Sorry, I forgot to post this for you. I sent it to The Wellspring subscribers (my newsletter) but did not post it here.
Part Four of ‘A Spiritual Holiday’
May every challenge in your life
be a stepping stone to resolution and Inner Peace.
Energetically Hope is an iridescent, all color, grid structure that configures in your life with your direction and intention. Its structure is two fold:
1) Hope incorporated into your daily, inner practice allows you to post your dreams and expectations before you for review. Your mind now clear of distractions can review What Is for meaning and validity.
2) Hope gives you structure to hold onto as you let go, Trust and journey towards personal fulfillment.
Knowledge is comfort. Knowledge shared births Hope.
The year 2008 was especially challenging. We began the year expecting the economy to improve. There was a greater overall optimism about financial decisions individuals were making with their investments and home purchases. Statistics indicate that many more Americans at the beginning of 2008 than today approved of the military decisions of the U.S. government and had Faith in how their lives would unfold. In fact, worldwide what was once peaceful and we assumed resolved, is probably no longer settled and wrought with confusion.
Without going into too many specifics, our expectations have been shifted and in many cases the reality of how we live has changed in ways we could never have anticipated. The challenges we are facing have driven deep into the Heart of our lives affecting the poor, the middle class and the wealthy. A massive leveling is occurring and the global community is One in its participation and fear about what the future holds.
Change is a challenge to our stability and sense of self, and the fear factor worldwide has destabilized multiple areas of our lives. The number one strain on a personal relationship is the stress and fear created during a financial crisis. Families are being uprooted with the loss of jobs and homes. Many expectations and dreams are being altered or destroyed. Stories of loss are rampant. Whether we feel personally devastated or not, we all know someone who is.
It is becoming more and more difficult to maintain balance in one’s life. Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being are all aspects of the self that have tilted out of balance creating discord and disharmony. When this happens physical health issues begin to arise and relationships suffer. Those mired in personal crisis or feelings of loss can feel overwhelmed, depressed, and lose themselves completely in addictive self-destructive behaviors such as obsessive thinking, suicidal feelings, over eating or drug/alcohol abuse.
There is a way out…It comes in small, deliberate steps that move from inside a challenge, out. These first cautious but brave steps begin the journey into the Best of What Can Be. Our answers are always being offered to us. It is our choice whether we listen and walk towards resolution or not, whether we tune ourselves to resolution or more of the familiar suffering.
The only way out is In. This means that to resolve the very twisted configuration we have created to find ourselves we will have to know our challenges for what they truly are. Today we are being invited to find the strength of character, integrity, and Compassion that has always been ours but been buried under the international driving lust for material gain and power. We are meant to live in harmony with each other and nature. When we lose our footing and walk the path of independent selfish gain, everybody loses. Our Hearts close. Compassion dies for others. Suffering becomes epidemic.
But…2009 is the Year of Hope and Promises Fulfilled. The opportunity for resolution is here! Everything is aligned for our success. We come to a time in our evolution as human beings when we realize that to not get this right for ourselves is to devastate our planet. If we can find the Inner Peace we need to live in harmony with ourselves, we can offer it to others – and the Goodness Within will be the model for others to follow.
Everyone wants to be well, to feel accomplished and to be Loved. Aspire to be Hopeful and to fulfill the brightest of Promises for yourself – and share your personal work with others. Be a messenger of Hopefulness.
Let’s intend to be the best we can be, in order to save the world!
A tall order? Not at all! Everything begins at the beginning. What you accomplish for yourself, you do for the world. This is what the 21st century with its technology and spirituality is offering us. Our interconnectedness allows us to share anything and everything that we do. The powerful connections of those involved with the internet and social networking is proof of how our technological advances have been molded to answer our need for community. The more desperate the times, the more we need each other. And when one of us intends for Hope and Healing, every one of us benefits in some way from that intention. Who we become is who others become. Inner Peace shared grows quantumly. Let’s all be a part of the wave of Hope reconfiguring our lives.
Here is what is calling us:
The opportunity is here for us to look at everything that is wrong or could go wrong in our lives, to learn to manage these things, to be infinitely wiser than we are today, and then to make wiser decisions than we have to date.
Make a study of Hope.
Be Hope Full.
Decide to be the best you can be.
Act in Compassionate ways.
Share Joy.
Show Love at all times.
Be a Messenger of Hope.
This is the year to set yourself on a trajectory – and Trust!
