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...
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