Healers

Happy Wednesday everyone,

How are you all doing? All is well here. Yesterday was awesome, I got to see my great Aunt Billie and my cousins. We had a nice Mexican lunch and we sat and talked. Boy, could I write a fun book on the many journeys of my family. Some good, some not so good. Aunt Billie says she wants to get some of our family history written. Fingers crossed, maybe she’ll tell the story and I can write it for her. Of course, it would be her book, but I would love to hear all the amazing things that my ancestors were a part of. I think I’ll ask her tomorrow what she thinks about letting me write her book for her. I get to have lunch with her again. Her and Sherrie are meeting me for lunch in San Diego with my Aunt Cathy. I just love my family.

Spent last Saturday with Tommy and I get to see Kevin Sunday. The best part about seeing my boys is, they are accepting John and really getting to know him. Tommy takes us out on his boat and last Saturday, while out on the boat, he and John really had some nice conversations. It was so nice to see. Made my heart happy.

Today I thought it would be nice to chat about healing. It seems that so much is going on in our world today that people are really feeling the impact of world events. Now back in the day when I was a cult member, I would have told you this is God’s purpose for mankind. We are, after all, warned about such world events in the book of Revelation. We were a dooms day religion that promised a paradise for those that came into the “truth.”

Through my incredible journey of waking up from the JW religion and opening my mind to consider other religious viewpoints, and more importantly, other people’s thoughts, I’ve really come to realize, if life were perfect, how boring would that be. I am so grateful to the people who have come into my life and who have shared their many different journeys. My heart breaks for those that have to endure suffering and hurt, especially little ones. I hate to see anyone suffer. I still try to wrap my head around finding the good in everything or figuring out what lesson I need to learn from it. I do notice though, the more positive people I hang around with and the more I tune into positive affirmations, the way better I do.

I read this amazing quote about healers. “Healers are not perfect. They are actually far from it. Healers are people who have stared into the face of pain and suffering and found themselves staring right back. They create themselves through all the adversity, and in the process, inspire others to do the same. Healers do not necessarily have to heal others. They heal themselves and inspire others to do the exact same.”-unknown.

When you think about it, how true it is that when someone shares a piece of their life and strength with us, we might just see ourselves in them. Maybe we gain a sense of power, knowing we aren’t alone. Have you ever thought that when you face a huge difficulty, maybe someone is watching how we handle it, and, perhaps, we really don’t know the impact we have on them?

I was watching a Wayne Dyer documentary and I really connected with something he said. He talked about how he had written tons of books that all made the best seller list, and his publicist wanted him to write another book or two. One on sex because the publishing company felt Wayne Dyer was a better writer than Dr. Ruth and the publishers also wanted him to write about how to make money, yet Wayne had another idea for his next book. He explained he felt this shift within himself, and he knew he couldn’t write about sex or money, he needed to write about something spiritual, and that’s when it hit me, I totally related to that, and he put into words what I’ve been feeling lately.

I’ve been telling John for a long time now; I need to do something spiritual. I come from a very heavy spiritual background. Granted, it was all religiously fanatical and cult like, but I do have a strong faith, more now than ever before. I have a relationship with God unlike I’ve ever had. I have faith in a loving, compassionate and caring creator for the first time in my life. The God I grew up knowing was one that I feared. My good was never good enough in the religion in which I was raised. Now though, I feel this need to share my spiritual journey. I want to share my experiences in hopes of helping someone.

My Aunt Cathy told me last week at lunch, after our conversation about religion, and she said she’s so happy to see that I have a positive outlook on life and on my relationship with God. She also said she feels I’m finally in a healthy place spiritually. I am grateful for the compliment. I don’t take it lightly.

I’ve had to do tons of healing since leaving the religion and I still find myself at times falling prey to their teachings that have been so heavily inculcated in me. Facing the pain of such an upbringing though has been one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done, but I’ve learned so much from my experience and being able to write about it and share it with you readers is such a blessing. I told John after watching the Wayne Dyer documentary, I want to be the next Wayne Dyer. I want to be able to grow much like he did in his journey to being able to share how to let go and let God. I want to help others heal by sharing my experiences and the experiences of others.

When people tell me their stories, I feel honored. I’ve been able to write about some of the journeys of others and let me tell you, the strength that these people shared with me is mind blowing. I had one woman share her story of getting a second chance at life and how she’s given up drinking and now, she has two little boys and when she holds them on her lap, she tears up because they are her blessing. Her story was one of courage, acceptance, gratitude and it took hitting her rock bottom to figure out what was her importance. I am blessed to have been able to hear her story. Just when I think I have it tough, I meet someone like her who has fought a fight against demons I’m not sure I would have the strength and courage to fight, and through her story, she helped heal me in some small way. She’ll never even realize the impact she had on me. I’m eternally thankful to her. This remarkable woman created her true self, through her challenges and adversity. I only hope I can have even the tiniest effect on someone like she had on me.

I’m so inspired to work towards the peace that people such as the woman I talked about here and Wayne Dyer. I can only imagine the calm in life when you heal from your trials and learn to let go and let God.

My dear readers, we all have faced adversity in life. Don’t ever let yourself think it was in vain or that you deserve anything less than being able to stare back at the pain you’ve endured and overcome and know that through your hardship, you not only are healing yourself, but you might just be the healing strength someone else needs.

Well guys, I must get ready to head out soon. I’m headed to San Diego tonight so I can be ready to see my aunt’s and cousin tomorrow. I’m super excited to spend some time with them.

Please shoot me a text or drop me a comment. I’d love to hear from you and hey, if there’s something you’d like to see me share here on my blog, let me know. You never know how your story might help someone.

Until next time, I do hope you are all having the greatest of days and don’t forget, Love Life++