I’ve been quiet lately. Usually when I’m quiet – not posting frequently on the blog or on my Facebook page – it’s because I’m doing more internal work.
At the end of May, I got an insightful and helpful reading from a colleague of mine. She shared at the end of the reading that I was going into a period of intense spiritual growth for the next three months. As with any reading, I considered this information, weighing it inside to see if it resonated as truth with me. It did, as a reluctant truth, but truth nonetheless. I was reluctant because I knew that spiritual growth isn’t always easy, however, I know this is the path I’ve chosen as a healer, life coach and seeker. And I also know the rewards are great.
Part of my spiritual growth during this time has come from a training program I am taking. I am learning how to access additional information from my spirit guides. The information I’ve been given has helped me to identify limiting beliefs, or illusions that I have believed as fact, and the knowledge of the illusion is transformative, dissolving the old belief structures and opening me up to overcome what once seemed insurmountable. While much of the coaching training I’ve done has taught me many tools to identify limiting beliefs and begin creating new and more effective thought patterns for both myself and others, there’s something different about the approach I’m learning now. In my opinion, it seems to work more from the spiritual and energetic level, causing a beneficial ripple effect through the physical and emotional levels. The next two levels of this training, which I will complete this fall, will teach me how to use this process with others, and I look forward to sharing this level of healing with my clients.
Another part of my spiritual growth has come through the experience last week of sitting at my grandmother’s bedside. At 94, and after a full and active life, she suffered a major stroke. Several of us stayed with her for the last 6 days of her life, and as I sat with her, there was plenty of time to reflect on her influence on me and the large family she created. Her funeral service this week was a truly beautiful celebration of her life, and it inspired me to consider, what stories will be told in my eulogy? How will I be remembered? How do I WANT to be remembered? And how can I incorporate those values in my daily life?
So I pose to you the same questions for consideration: How do you want to be remembered? And how can you live those values today?