This past week has brought in a lot of heavy energy. Here in the North East we got a terrible ice storm. Down South, where our youngest was visiting, saw deadly tornados. I have had countless conversations with others who are facing struggles, dealing with loss and suddenly facing huge paradigm shifts in their worlds. My family was not spared from this shift either. But today the Sun is shining bright, the temps are finally above freezing and the Robbins are back in full force. Today we can feel the shift into Spring taking place and for that I am immensely grateful for.
I reflect today from a space of gratitude. Gratitude that the tree only hit our shed, my puppy is still living comfortably despite the tumor and my son's flights landed safe both times. What life has taught me, sometimes very aggressively, it that with each perceived challenged, there is an opportunity to grow, to transmute, to shift. That is the gift of grief. Gratitude isn't a space one naturally goes when they face struggle. When your in the bottom of the pit it is difficult to see the way through and that's okay. What gratitude does, is it shines a light on the way through. It creates the space for light to shine in and to broaden your perspective. It guides every step of the way, if your willing to allow it.
The secret is that gratitude is something that should come natural, that should be second nature, yet we struggle with it. We have found our selves, as a collective, in a space of disconnection. A space where we are often taught and then reinforced to ignore out own intuition, our own thoughts and our own feelings. So to anchor into this space of gratitude effortlessly, it must become a practice. It's through your will, your desire to have a different experience, that YOU create that experience. You are the MASTER of your Universe!
Now we must heed a warning. Gratitude isn't an excuse to turn a blind, we mustn't ignore the root causes that make us feel discord to begin with. When we diminish our experience by ignoring it and refocusing on something else; then the practice of gratitude becomes toxic. We don't do toxic spirituality here. He don't mask, we empower.
So how do you navigate that fine line, between gratitude and masking? When we face a challenge that seems too overwhelming; take a pause. Verbally express to those around you that you need time to process it. Deep breathing helps to calm the nervous system, quieting your mind helps process the information. As we quiet our mind, making lists of gratitude helps create a space to safely explore those deeper connection and the root cause of why this challenge seemed so overwhelming. From there you enter an empowered state when you can take divine action and overcome the most insurmountable of mountains.
What happens with toxic spiritual practices it that often people find that state of peace and stop. One feels if they have quieted their minds and reduce their anxiety that they have overcome. What they fail to miss it that is just the beginning of healing, of seeing. Seeing the Divine Creation Power that you posses. It's through going deeper, looking at root causes, sitting with them finding the lesson in them; then using that lesson to dive even deeper. That is when we transmute the energy. That is where we find our Sovereignty, this is the gift of grief. When we don't follow the path of light, when we find a comfortable spot and stop, that's when we will see repeating patterns. That is when the universe transpires to continually show you what you need to transmute and release. The Universe is persistent in this, it will continue to show you until you take up the call of action. This is the beauty of living on earth, that it transpires daily for your highest good, even when we have a hard time seeing it.
For me and my family, this week was met with the deepest of griefs, finding our our Sweet Pea has an inoperable tumor on her spleen. This puppy came into our lives when we needed her love and protection the most. I would lie, if I didn't say that is almost feels unfair. That this beautiful loving creature gave us so much and there is nothing we can do to spare her of this fate. But even now, with this diagnosis, she is still showing us and teaching us so many beautiful lessons. Today I choose to wrap her in my love, to find gratitude in all the joy we created together. To honor her in all the gifts she gave me as a momma, protecting my youngest when I could be there. She still has a lot of life left to live and a lot of love to give. It is now in this time that we are aware of our mortality and the gift in this awareness is being mindful and staying present with her. Today the sun in shining and my heart is full. Today, even in my sorrow, I am grateful.
I hope you all enjoy this sweet picture of our Sweet Pea. On this day she wore herself out swimming in a cool mountain creek of Appalachia and snuggles "her" floaty all the way home.
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