Beloved,

Hooray, we had sun for a couple of days last week. One day there was not much wind so I ventured out on the kayak, thoroughly enjoying the ease of movement and the peace and quiet of being alone on the lake. As I am going around the lake, looking at the houses that are not yet ready for summer, I wonder what is happening in the lives of the people who go with the unopened house or cottage. There has been a cottage that has never been used for the 16 years I have been here. There is tarp on the roof and the windows on the porch are broken and I often wonder what the story is behind the people.

Last year, one of my close neighbors on the lake, did not come down even once last year. This year, the pontoon boat is in the water and there are signs that the owners have been there. There is another house across the lake where they had sealed up the back of the house facing the lake in order to remodel but nothing was done last year and it looks deserted. My imagination conjures up that it must be very important to prevent them from coming to the lake to enjoy peace. I send my prayers to whoever is connected to the home. Of course, most of the homes are occupied and it is exciting to see the cottages which are usually summer homes, open up and you see the docks coming off the land and being put in the water in preparation of the traffic it will bear.

Only children have been in the lake so far, the water is still too cool for us adults to go in. Yet there have been a few water skiers and jet skiers braving the water. Our buoys are not put up yet to prevent the boats from coming too close to the swimming area. The dock needs repairing again; the ice breaks the end of it off every winter. Not while it is frozen but when it thaws as the ice floe moves around. We, the Lakeland Beach Club, will have our first meeting tomorrow morning to see what needs doing. We only have volunteers doing the maintenance like rototilling the beach, spreading the new sand and putting out the raft. Summer has begun, at least as far as the lake is concerned. Actually, summer begins in two weeks.

I am now not only gluten free and soy free, but dairy free and sugar free. I am spending a lot more time reading the labels in the grocery store and being surprised again and again by what is out there. I did find “OAT” milk without sugar and this week found an almond one without sugar. I also found a substitute butter that doesn’t taste bad at all. It is Earth Balance without soy so now at least I can have some butter taste on my toast which is made without gluten, soy, sugar or milk. That particular type of bread does not taste like bread and is much more fragile. The “fake” butter surprised me most of all. I’ll let you in on a secret, with all the restrictions I am feeling quite deprived so I am eating more “snacks”. I ate healthier and more natural before the last two restrictions. I am confident that in another month, the results of all of this will show that I can go back to just being gluten and soy free.

I was shocked when I came across this article. I knew I could not eat strawberries but I never understood why until I read this. I want to share it with you so you will be aware enough to make a free will choice of your own.

http://healingyou101-chemsens.blogspot.com/2014/06/when-is-organic-no-longer-organic.html

I know that the energy coming to earth right now is shaking up a lot of people and their preconceived plans for their future. All the things you did not want to look at, deal with, or even consider is coming into your awareness now. You are releasing all that no longer serves you even if it is painful to let it go (like me having to let go of making and enjoying my own yogurt for breakfast for over 30 years). The Universe is washing away all the things we think we need to make room for all the glorious new desires and dreams that we are allowing ourselves to have. It is painful and we humans do not like change. We would rather keep doing what we have always done; it is easier and requires no thinking. Watch and listen to this video and see if it pertains to you. Everything that shows up in our life is a gift for us even when we don’t think it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYQNwEaHaN8

And….if all of this info is too painful, just follow these instructions

http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108552853158-220/Walt+Whitman.pdf

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

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