I’m transcending limiting ancestral patterns through current challenges with my family. Because I care, I’ve had a tendency or addictive pattern to get sucked into their drama and feel guilty when I don’t suffer and they do. Of course, I want the best for them and do prayer treatments in their behalf, yet they have free choice and are responsible for their lives. I can have compassion and listen to their woes without being dragged down by them.
I am learning to not become enmeshed with my family’s crises and their opinions of me when I don’t try come to their rescue and jump into the pit of misery with them. The daily inspirations in “Spirit is Calling” by Chris Michaels and Edward Viljoen are helping me take a stand for myself. Page 108 has a powerful statement I repeat often. It pulls me into the joy of the moment, this fabulous life of mine. “I am not a victim. I am a partner with God, creating a wonderful life.”
Sometimes after lunch, before jumping into the next task, I feel like being present to my abundance. I mentally sit in gratitude, thinking of and taking in everything I am thankful for. My horoscope in last week’s Bohemian newspaper said, “More than ever before, you have the power to want what you actually have...to enjoy the fruits of your labors...to take your attention off the struggle so that you may fully love the experiences your struggle has earned you.” Rob Brezsny
May you enjoy the abundance, love, pleasure, and beauty you’ve created!
I Have
I have this moment,
these eyes that see,
This body that feels.
I have this breath, this heart of love.
I have this quiet,
this light upon crystal and blue glass.
I have these trees,
still in the sky of winter morning.
I have these sounds
of animals and house-creaks,
that enter the silence.
I have this home, this warmth,
this kitchen filled with food.
I have miracles.
I have myself.
©2004 Sher Christian, Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry
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