Crossing fingers I will win a free spot at Jen Louden's #Writers Retreat http://ht.ly/4Pwka
Recent events are evidence that the Universe is aligning to guide me along the next step on my journey.
--Last weekend, I went on an overnight writing retreat with five other newly acquainted writers, three other women and two men, to a summer house on an island in Lake Erie. In the course of the weekend, I was told how much admired I was among the group because I don't let my physical disabilities deter me from living life with gusto. But then the speaker stopped me in my tracks adding "when it could have been so much easier for you to just give up." Huh? Easier?! WTF? Apparently the message the Universe intends me to send is still not getting through, so I still have some tweaking to do to get it out there.
--Monday night, I went to a volunteer usher appreciation party with a carnival theme. Part of the entertainment was two fortune tellers. The woman who read my fortune actually does intuitive readings as a sideline. She had me focus on a question I had for the reading. Then she had me choose three cards (face down) from the Path to the Soul destiny card deck. My layout included: 1) Fertility, 2) Bull Guide and 3) Path to the Soul. As she told me the meanings of each of the cards: 1) creative abundance, 2)strength & protection/standing my ground, 3) my true north/life destiny, my answer became clearer to me. This year's travels should be directed to connecting with my life mission rather than simply to cross another city off my bucket list.
After reading some of the other entries in the contest, I understand that they too may benefit from the message the Universe intends me to share. So whether or not I get the invite to Taos, I will share the message here, as my gift to you and your readers.
The message is RAIN. It is a mnemonic representing Resilience, Attitude, Intuition & Networking. That has been my formula for successfully living a full, rich and vibrant life ever since surviving a crippling hemorrhagic stroke nearly 16 years ago.
While the axiom, "into each life some rain must fall" may be used by some to describe suffering adversity, to me the experience felt more like a drought. All the juiciness and savor of life was sucked out--friends evaporated, relationships withered, job and life skills dried up. It was through the blessings of RAIN that I restored the sweetness and color back into my life.
Now the Universe is calling me to share that message, not only with my fellow stroke survivors, but with all who have endured adversity and are looking for healing. If there is a spark of spirit left, the easy way is not "giving up" but instead finding small ways to nurture that spark, to give it air, to bring it back to life.
Crafting that message and the various methods for delivering it are what I intend to do with this year's travels. So often, the demands of my rich, full, vibrant life get in the way of time to process and record my thoughts. One overnight retreat on an island is not going to get it, but a week in Taos in the company of other strong women might bring it a major step further.
Recent events are evidence that the Universe is aligning to guide me along the next step on my journey.
--Last weekend, I went on an overnight writing retreat with five other newly acquainted writers, three other women and two men, to a summer house on an island in Lake Erie. In the course of the weekend, I was told how much admired I was among the group because I don't let my physical disabilities deter me from living life with gusto. But then the speaker stopped me in my tracks adding "when it could have been so much easier for you to just give up." Huh? Easier?! WTF? Apparently the message the Universe intends me to send is still not getting through, so I still have some tweaking to do to get it out there.
--Monday night, I went to a volunteer usher appreciation party with a carnival theme. Part of the entertainment was two fortune tellers. The woman who read my fortune actually does intuitive readings as a sideline. She had me focus on a question I had for the reading. Then she had me choose three cards (face down) from the Path to the Soul destiny card deck. My layout included: 1) Fertility, 2) Bull Guide and 3) Path to the Soul. As she told me the meanings of each of the cards: 1) creative abundance, 2)strength & protection/standing my ground, 3) my true north/life destiny, my answer became clearer to me. This year's travels should be directed to connecting with my life mission rather than simply to cross another city off my bucket list.
After reading some of the other entries in the contest, I understand that they too may benefit from the message the Universe intends me to share. So whether or not I get the invite to Taos, I will share the message here, as my gift to you and your readers.
The message is RAIN. It is a mnemonic representing Resilience, Attitude, Intuition & Networking. That has been my formula for successfully living a full, rich and vibrant life ever since surviving a crippling hemorrhagic stroke nearly 16 years ago.
While the axiom, "into each life some rain must fall" may be used by some to describe suffering adversity, to me the experience felt more like a drought. All the juiciness and savor of life was sucked out--friends evaporated, relationships withered, job and life skills dried up. It was through the blessings of RAIN that I restored the sweetness and color back into my life.
Now the Universe is calling me to share that message, not only with my fellow stroke survivors, but with all who have endured adversity and are looking for healing. If there is a spark of spirit left, the easy way is not "giving up" but instead finding small ways to nurture that spark, to give it air, to bring it back to life.
Crafting that message and the various methods for delivering it are what I intend to do with this year's travels. So often, the demands of my rich, full, vibrant life get in the way of time to process and record my thoughts. One overnight retreat on an island is not going to get it, but a week in Taos in the company of other strong women might bring it a major step further.
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