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A Grateful Heart

by Rev. Robert Thompson

On November 11, 2006, Revs. Deb and Paul Phelps gave a workshop called, Appreciation Inspirations at Pathways of Light annual membership weekend. During the workshop, we were guided to take a few moments to write someone a letter of appreciation.

In the workshop we were reminded, “All it takes is a little willingness and inspiration from the Holy Inspiration does the rest.” Following is my letter of appreciation that I wrote to my Mother during that workshop.

Dear Mom,

Just thinking about you this weekend. I am up at Pathways of Light and am doing a workshop exercise of writing a letter of appreciation to you. I know that I have said many of these things to you before, but I want to say them again to you, in writing, for two reasons:

One is to remind you who you truly are. And the other is for this letter to be your constant companion, especially during the long nights, when constant pain makes you look for something to read. I hope these words help you with your pain and help you find peace and joy.

Seventy years ago, when you were a girl of sixteen, unmarried and pregnant with me, you thought about ‘giving me up.’ But your final decision was to ‘keep me.’ And so, for seventy years you have been, not only my mother, but my guardian angel, my counselor, my defender, my protector, my confidant, my cheering section and my loving critic.

In turn, I have been your eldest son, chauffeur, cook, card player, friend and son. I appreciate your honesty and your sense of humor. We have taken the time, during those seventy years, to be together. You have seen me in a bar room brawl, in a foreign country and also, speaking from a pulpit.

Recently you told me that you no longer worry about me because you know that I can now take care of myself. What a gift for a parent to give a child!

Thank you. Your son, Robert

P.S. Thank you also for ‘keeping me.’

Rev. Robert Thompson is a Pathways of Light minister living in Portage, Wisconsin. Web site: wwwbumpityroad.org

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There Is No Fear in Love

by Rev. Veronika Wilcox

There is no fear in Love.
And as I am Love,
created by Love like Itself,
There is no fear in me.

God is not fear; He is Love.
I am not fear; I am Love.
Fear is but the belief that God
Can change Himself.

Fear seems to claim
That I can oppose the Almighty.
Even if I wanted to, I can’t.
I am as God created me – Love. ❦

Rev. Veronika Wilcox is a Pathways of Light minister living in Bega Valley, Austrailia. Web site: http://www.trueimage.name

© 2007, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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Accepting Change with Love and Gratitude

by Rev. Cheryl Ford

This past year has really proved to be quite a profound time for me at this stage in my life. With all of the changes of leaving the United States and moving to a new country, I thought the extent of transitional life adjustments couldn’t be stretched much further. But I’m currently finding that this is not the case…

When I arrived in the United Kingdom last year it was not alone. My husband and two children came with me. I guess I should emphasize that my two ‘children’ are really adult age and came along as an expense paid opportunity to travel and learn from the ‘school of life.’ Our time together abroad has been wonderful, but now it seems to be coming to an end.

My daughter has decided that she misses her life back in the states and wants to permanently return to be with her friends and go back to college. My son is now 22 and is also ready to fly the coop and seek his fame and fortune in the world of form. I don’t blame them. Growing up and eventually starting a life of your own is natural and expected.

This is where I am currently learning one of the biggest developmental and spiritual lessons of my life — letting go. But it’s not as easy as it may seem. There are many twists and turns along the way and lessons galore! At first, I thought I would never be able to come to terms with my ‘babies’ leaving home for the first time, but now I’m finding that I’m actually looking forward to it.

For a long time I looked at my children as helpless; needing me for food and sustenance; unable to fend for themselves in a cold cruel world. How could they possibly survive on their own? Further compounding my doubts and fears was the idea of suddenly being alone with my husband for the first time in 22 years. Would we still have anything in common?

At this point in my life I would no longer be the maiden or the mother, but the crone! What if I ended up with feelings of meaninglessness and depression? I believe that is what psychologists call the “empty nest syndrome.”

Then, the not so pretty reality of day-to-day ‘caring for teen or adult children syndrome’ kicked-in. I started growing weary of picking up hair curlers and bobby-pins from the floor in front of the television, and washing mountains of half used bath towels. Not to mention the dissipating appeal of cooking meal after family meal into seeming eternity, and watching my hair grow gray waiting in line for computer, phone and bathroom time.

Slowly but surely my fears have subsided and I am beginning to realize the potential highs of having my children leave home! However the biggest help of all has come through the loving lessons of A Course in Miracles. I am reminded that all relationships are made holy when given over to Spirit to serve the purpose of love and forgiveness. But once that purpose is fulfilled, we may often seem to part ways. In truth, however, there is only oneness so we are never really separate.

I am also called to remember that my children are not small, frail, helpless beings in a big, scary world. Instead they are powerful, limitless Beings of Light fully capable of extending love and joy into whatever they do, wherever they are, always safe and cared for in the loving hands of our Heavenly Father!

Finally, Spirit reminds me that ‘love is the way I walk in gratitude.’ I am honored and thankful for having had the chance to experience so much giving and receiving of love in this lifetime.

The lessons of forgiveness and patience have been too numerous to mention, and the gifts of happiness and peace shared within our family arrangement has offered me amazing opportunities for spiritual growth.

Now, rather than feeling sad and uncertain when I think about my life without raising children, I think about the potential and flexibility of being more independent for the first time in many years, and I wonder what Holy Spirit will call me to experience next on our great path of awakening…

Rev. Cheryl Ford is a Pathways of Light minister living in Birmingham, England. Read more of her inspiring Healing Journal articles on the Pathways of Light web site. Web site: http://www.awakentothelight.org

© 2007, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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On Being Falsely Accused

by Rev. Myron Jones

Someone I know accused me of something I didn’t do. In the ego, being falsely accused brings up so much fear. First, if it is a false accusation, there is nothing for me to fix. I can’t make it right. I can try to argue the point, but even the ego knows that too much arguing just makes it more real. So it just sits there, unresolved and seeming to taunt me.

I find it hard to look away, and the more I look the worse I feel. I feel that I have been attacked and since I can find no other way to defend myself, I return the attack. There must be something wrong with this person. If his accusation is so patently false, he must be projecting. He is showing his true colors. He said about me what he really feels about himself.

Strangely, though I feel completely justified in my attack, I do not feel better. I do not understand this. It makes perfect sense. I took the high road in not pointing out his error to him. I saw what was really happening. Why don’t I feel better? Why is his accusation still just sitting there taunting me? And why is my justification sitting beside it?

Now not only do I feel diminished by his attack, I feel guilty because I found my brother wrong. Not voicing my judgment doesn’t lessen the attack as I thought it would. This is all his fault. If he had not made that totally unnecessary and untrue remark, I wouldn’t feel so bad. Oh my gosh! Did I just say that? Did I just give my power to him? Did I just make myself his victim? Cancel, cancel, I take it all back!

Oh lord, this is so confusing. I hate that man. I wish I didn’t know him and had never met him. It just gets worse and worse the more I think about it. OK, Holy Spirit, I need help. How do I get out of this? I don’t want conflict in my life. Please help me to unravel this.

“Myron, when you feel diminished it is because you think you can be diminished. You feel that the Son of God can be chipped away a little at a time by stray words flung about carelessly by others. I want to gently remind you that your wholeness is protected by God and has been so protected since your creation. Nothing can be taken from it. You are free, however, to experience yourself as less than if you so choose, but it doesn’t make it true. It is only a thought. You are equally free to change your mind about that thought, and choose to feel your wholeness instead. Then you will be experiencing the truth of who you are.

“If you choose to experience your wholeness, you will be teaching your brother his wholeness without ever uttering a word. If he does not choose to look at your wholeness now, and he does not choose to experience his wholeness now, it does not matter. The gift was given and will wait for him. All gifts given through Me are given to all, and so the truth about you has been reinforced. As you continue to use all of the circumstances in your story to practice this, the truth will become more real to you than the ego stories you have written.”

“Holy Spirit, this feels so good. I feel much lighter and freer without the conflict. I don’t understand how I could have been so confused. It is really very simple. But what I have seen is that I am easily tempted back into the drama of the ego. Sometimes I hold onto the drama for a long time before I become willing to let it go. I feel very guilty about this, and a little scared, too.”

“Holy child of God, you are completely untouched by the play of your mind. You can only pretend to be hurt. Play all you want for as long as you like. Pain is self-limiting. You will always stop when the pain becomes unbearable. You have already spent too much time in joy to tolerate much pain, and now you stop yourself soon after you have begun. Continue to come to me with your errant thoughts and I will correct them for you. I will not hold your ‘evil’ deeds against you because God does not. You need not hold anything against yourself either.

“There is nothing to be afraid of, precious one. If you become afraid of what you make with your thoughts, invite Me to join you in the experience. This is the same as exposing them to the Light and the Light will dispel the darkness of your thoughts. Do not be discouraged that you must repeat the process. That is what the world is for, to give you many opportunities to practice moving from darkness to Light so that, slowly, you may become accustomed to the Light, and learn that it is really the Light you want.”

“Thank you, Holy Spirit.”

Rev. Myron Jones is a Pathways of Light minister living in St. Charles, Louisiana. Read more of her inspiring Healing Journal articles on the Pathways of Light web site. Myron’s web site: http://www.forgivenessistheway.org

© 2007, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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