7. Day 31: Love Loves Tricks AND Treats!
What a fabulous day to conclude my month of extending love to honesty! All Hallow’s Eve. I feel both hallowed by gratitude and hollowed out like a pumpkin after getting up close and personal with honesty. I kind of hate to admit it hasn’t been as scary as I thought it would be to be honest and to welcome honesty in others. Before, I was like a kid who’d run up to the door and ring the bell but was too scared to see who answered the door. I never stayed around long enough to get my candy treasure. Honesty always answers the door. It can say yes or no or thank you....
Read More7. Day 30: Judgment Can Come Too
I had a docent training yesterday that left my head spinning. It went so long I was in traffic I normally miss so got the opportunity to sit quietly with my thoughts on the drive home. My thoughts were like a group of 5th graders after indulging in the Halloween treats offered at the class party; rowdy, tired, hyped up on sugar and had no way to expend the energy. Because I am extending honesty this month I tried extending honesty to the moment. I was tired, bewildered, hungry, confused, yet strangely empowered. None of this made sense. I am an art docent at the Crocker Art Museum and...
Read More7. Day 29: Is Your Gratitude Honest?
How does honesty jibe with gratitude? I have always been a very grateful person. I notice and give thanks for all I have; family, home, businesses, Love, friends, freedom etc. But I have not always extended gratitude for pain, or discomfort or apparent lack. I certainly have not extended gratitude for the pain or terror or loss experienced by those I love. So how do honesty and gratitude work together? Honesty includes all in gratitude. Gratitude is always honest. In other words, I do not have to choose or figure out or (God forbid) strain to think of something to be grateful for. I...
Read More7. Day 28: How Can I Include Myself (Right Now)?
I asked Holy Spirit how I can include even the fearful parts of ourselves in the wedding preparations. No matter how surrounded from within and without by love I am, thoughts of fear or discord or annoyance come up in an attempt to steal the moment from joy. Me: How best can I include all parts of myself in preparations for the wedding and allow for calm, delight and focused energy? HS: You set the tone of your doing with your BEING and your intention of being. Dear One, this is a marvelous unconditional practice ground to join in the delight and planning of an event (any event). Ask...
Read More7. Day 27: Guess Who’s In The Wedding Party?
I found myself sitting at the dining table with my daughter and a dear friend (who also just happens to be a wedding & event planner;) purportedly brainstorming about the wedding but actually getting a crash course in honesty. Who doesn’t love those early days of planning a big event? It is a time when dreams run wild and all is possible. What was different here is that I had also invited honesty. In myself, in my daughter and in my friend. I didn’t say “Now, let’s be honest with one another!” but that is exactly what happened. I was blown away by how...
Read More7. Day 26: Not A Parlor Trick
I am sitting here in the awareness of honesty. I asked Holy Spirit what do I need to know right now about honesty that I might go even deeper. HS: Dearest One, Honesty is not a parlor trick. It isn’t “that thing you do” when you want a different outcome. Honesty is that practice of willingness to go within and ask. That is all. Honesty is efficient because Love knows only efficiency. Honesty is powerful because Love is powerful. Honesty is revelation because Love is revelation. Honesty is a quality of Love. Be open to all that honesty can tell you about yourself....
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