Aligning with Grace

I believe we receive exactly the messages and insights we need, exactly when we need them. But, you have to be open to receiving those messages! Several times, in the last few weeks, I have received variants of the same basic insights. Yesterday, I drew two cards from the Tosha Silver deck of "Change Me Prayers." I only meant to draw one. But something told me to take one more. And here they are - Love and Acceptance. May be I be changed into one who loves and accepts unconditionally all that I am given - in terms of challenges, opportunities, insights, gifts, blessings, relationships and burdens. I know, it is easier said than done... But the thing is, we are always wiser in hindsight. We can see things with a clarity we did not have when we were deep in a situation. Or, we might not ever see the experience for what it was - or what it gave birth to. More often than not, the choice is ours. I know I will never be perfect. I know I will fail at times. But I choo...

Today, after a couple of days of rain, and several weeks of absence, I returned to my "happy place," the river, that invited me nearly a decade ago, to begin this journey of writing, of growing, and transforming. Today, a new month begins. Today, is the first day of that month. Today, my thoughts are elsewhere - with a dear friend who manifested a new home by the sea, and today - it is hers... Today, I think of the importance of manifesting dreams, of taking care of ourselves, and of having at least one happy place to go to. Today, I reflect on all that the season of Advent invites us to do and to become, drawing us more deeply into a time of preparation and waiting. Indeed, there is so much to prepare for on so many levels of our lives. Today, we begin the last month of this year. It has been a difficult year for me personally, punctuated by the most contentious Presidential election in memory, and dare I say - even in our history as a nation. Some rejoice at the...