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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY & PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF JAPAN

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I realize I am a day early but I so wanted to wish you a
Happy St. Patrick’s Day even if you are not Irish. I am
not Irish but I love the joy and celebration that the Irish
people put on for the whole world.

Even if you’re not Irish, you get an Irish Blessing. So here it is.
It is yours for the rest of the year.

May your blessings outnumber
The Shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go!

What would St. Patty’s Day be without a little humor.
Listen, enjoy and come back because there is more
information further down the page.

Irish Sick Note (sound on)

When you just have to call in sick!

Click here: YouTube – Sick Note

I know you are aware of the disaster in Japan and the
news covering it but this is from a different angle. I wanted
to share a personal and up to date account from someone
who is living it. Let us see the best in and for our
brothers and sisters

www.SacredLiving.com : First Hand Account From Japan –
Very moving! Please pass along….

So beautiful. May we BE the change we wish to see.

~~~~~~~

A letter from Sendai
ANNE THOMAS 3/14/2011
published online @ Ode magazine

Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal.
But I am very blessed to have wonderful friends
who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is
even more worthy of that name, I am now
staying at a friend’s home. We share supplies
like water, food and a kerosene heater. We
sleep lined up in one room, eat by candlelight,
share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful.

During the day we help each other clean up
the mess in our homes. People sit in their
cars, looking at news on their navigation
screens, or line up to get drinking water
when a source is open. If someone has
water running in their home, they put out
a sign so people can come to fill up their
ugs and buckets.

It’s utterly amazingly that where I am there
has been no looting, no pushing in lines.
People leave their front door open, as it
is safer when an earthquake strikes.
People keep saying, “Oh, this is how
it used to be in the old days when
everyone helped one another.”

Quakes keep coming. Last night they
struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens
are constant and helicopters pass
overhead often.

We got water for a few hours in our
homes last night, and now it is for
half a day. Electricity came on this
afternoon. Gas has not yet come on.
But all of this is by area. Some people
have these things, others do not.
No one has washed for several days.
We feel grubby, but there are so much
more important concerns than that
for us now. I love this peeling away
of non-essentials. Living fully on the
level of instinct, of intuition, of caring,
of what is needed for survival, not just
of me, but of the entire group.

There are strange parallel universes
happening. Houses a mess in some
places, yet then a house with futons
or laundry out drying in the sun. People
lining up for water and food, and yet a
few people out walking their dogs. All
happening at the same time.

Other unexpected touches of beauty
are first, the silence at night. No cars.
No one out on the streets. And the
heavens at night are scattered with
stars. I usually can see about two,
but now the whole sky is filled. The
mountains are Sendai are solid and
with the crisp air we can see them
ilhouetted against the sky magnificently.

And the Japanese themselves are so
wonderful. I come back to my shack to
check on it each day, now to send this
e-mail since the electricity is on, and I
find food and water left in my entranceway.
I have no idea from whom, but it is there.
Old men in green hats go from door to
door checking to see if everyone is OK.
People talk to complete strangers asking
if they need help. I see no signs of fear.
Resignation, yes, but fear or panic, no.

They tell us we can expect aftershocks,
and even other major quakes, for another
month or more. And we are getting
constant tremors, rolls, shaking, rumbling.
I am blessed in that I live in a part of
Sendai that is a bit elevated, a bit more
solid than other parts. So, so far this
area is better off than others. Last night
my friend’s husband came in from the
country, bringing food and water.

Blessed again.

Somehow at this time I realize from
direct experience that there is indeed
an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step
that is occurring all over the world right
at this moment. And somehow as I
experience the events happening now
in Japan, I can feel my heart opening
very wide. My brother asked me if I felt
so small because of all that is happening.
I don’t. Rather, I feel as part of something
happening that much larger than myself.
This wave of birthing (worldwide) is hard, and yet magnificent.

Thank you again for your care and Love of me,

With Love in return, to you all,
Anne

—
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is an opportunity for you to join in
the healing of a part of our humanity
who is suffering. This is something
you can do right from your home and
it is free and yet what you are offering
to them is priceless.

Christ Vibrational Earth Healing

Monday, March 21st at 6:00pm Pacific Time
Please join me Monday evening March 21st
for a FREE CHRIST VIBRATION Healing
for Japan, the Earth and for all people. This
event is a Conference Call at 6:00pm Pacific Time.

We will join together as one light, one love and
one healing force.

We will send this healing force out together as
one knowing that the God within us can and
will heal all that is needed.

You will find this event on my home page
http://www.VirginiaEllen.net.

Thank you for joining me in sending the healing
power of Divine Love to the World.

I wish to thank all of those who wrote me with
suggestions, names and places where I can ask
for help with the promotion of my book. I so
appreciate it. You are wonderful and such a
reminder of where would I be without my
fellow brothers and sisters.

Love and Light,

Mary Grace

TheWoundedChalice.com
TheWoundedChalice.com/blog
[email protected]

WHAT REALITY DO YOU WANT? CREATE IT!

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Woweeeee! What a week and what a storm or should I say
storms. Since I wrote you last week I have had two snow
storms, the first brought one foot of snow, the second
brought two and a half feet.

Last Saturday night, I came home from Church at 6:30 PM, put
my car in the garage and then the garage door locked only 1/3 down.
The motor kept making sounds as I hit the button to close but the
door itself would not budge. I tried to pull it down and then push it
up (as it was too low for me to move my car out of the garage) but no
luck. I remembered that once I had to do it manually so I looked for
the cord to pull it out of electric mode. Since my new vehicle is a
small SUV, it was too tall for me to reach the cord without a ladder.
So I proceeded to get a ladder and yank on that cord. Still nothing.

I came in the house and called my oldest son, Steve. He is the one
that always helps me when I have problems with it . He suggested
that it sounded like something had jumped a track so I could use
a broom handle to try to and get it free. I tried that even though
I could find nothing to hit, I just kept hitting everything with the broom
handle, it worked for one half second and then froze again. He lived three
quarters of an hour away and he offered to come up and check it
out but I knew he and his family would be coming the next day to
celebrate Christmas so I told him I could wait. He asked again if
I felt safe with the door open and I told him that I would probably
get some cat visitors who like to climb all over my car but other
than that, I felt safe.

Sunday morning I woke to discover we had received a foot of snow
overnight. The weather man had not forecast it. I live on a private
road so the town does not plow our street. What could I do? How
would I get the street and my driveway cleared for my family at
10 AM? I called the two young men who do my lawn and also
do the shoveling and spoke to their mother. I explained my
dilemma to her and asked if her boys would be willing to come
and make the path clear for my family. They are contractors and
have only a certain amount of time to clear all of the areas they service.

Within 10 minutes, one of the boys (young men) was plowing down
my street and started shoveling my driveway and sidewalk. What
angels they are to me, they take such good care of me. I could tell by
the truck he used that he had interrupted his contract work just to
help me out. My family arrived safely as it seems only my town
which is on a high elevation had received so much snow. Of course,
you know I had snow in my garage also.

My son checked out the garage door opener and managed to get it
free but said I would probably need a new motor, or part. As long
as I don’t raise it so high that the lock engages again, I can get my
car in and out, opening and closing it manually. It is a Craftman’s
and someone from Sears will be here today to check it out.

We had such a wonderful visit with food and presents. They were
able to visit for two and half hours which was such a treat. To have
the whole family together at once is a rarity. His two older children
have jobs and school so they are not always available. The youngest
is almost two so she is always with them.

The Northeaster was predicted thank God, so we were all prepared
for it. The schools closed and many businesses. The snow started on
Tuesday night and continued all day Wednesday. Thursday morning we
awoke to two and a half feet of snow. It was the fluffy kind and the
sheer volume made it quite dense as the newest snow put weight
on the snow already on the ground and made it quite heavy. Of
course, Mother Nature was having fun sculpting the snow with
her wind so there were many drifts.

Yesterday afternoon we finally got our street plowed out but
I was still in seclusion because I could not walk anyplace
because although I had kept my stoop clear, the snow was much
too deep for me to be able to even walk. When it is higher
than your knees, how do bend your leg and knee to lift it up
to walk. Facing me as I stepped onto the stoop was a wall
of snow that was up to my shoulders. By suppertime last
night, my driveway and sidewalk had been cleared by my
angels and yet I cannot feed my birds. The snow is too high
to be shoveled to get to the feeders on both sides of my house.

I have never faced this dilemma before so maybe I will need to
somehow put the birdfood on plates or something that I can
just place on the snow. Fourteen years of living here and
I am still learning new ways to live here. This winter so far
has been a doozy and it is only just begun.

The lake is so quiet, there is no activity. There is actually
too much snow even for the snowmobiles. Being the
fluffy snow, you sink to the bottom so you cannot
even walk on it. No ice fishermen either. People were
using snowblowers to clear the ice on the lake when we
got the storm that was only a foot. It is now too deep to
be able to use a snowblower so I guess the activities will
wait for Mother Nature to either pack it down with rain
or the sun will eventually make it denser and less thick.
The dock is even under the snow, you cannot see it.

There were no deaths that I know of and many of
our people are sleep deprived trying to get our
community up and running again. Even the Post
Office was open during a Northeaster, can you
believe it? The mail was even delivered to some
places where the mailboxes were available.

There is another community that has come together
to honor their fallen. I am talking about Tucson.
This tragedy has brought our nation together again
in compassion and love, but why does it have to be a
tragedy to bring us all together? Learning about all
these individuals and their private lives, has brought
to my mind just how much good is created by
everyday normal people as well as the well known.

These fellow victim Americans represent the totality
of the USA. All ages, faiths and cultures were gunned
down in this senseless act. No one was “chosen” but in
a way, they were symbols of what America is all about.
I believe that is why our hearts were so touched and
our compassion went out to the families and friends
of these beloved citizens. Bravery of the individuals
who responded so quickly and without thought of
any safety for themselves are such a shining example
of humanity and its response in times of crisis.

I don’t know if you listened to the President’s speech
in Tucson but he gave a voice to what each of us was
thinking and feeling. A voice of the multitude of
people who live in the USA and the willingness to
help others in times of need. The grit and bravery
shown was not foreplanned, no one knew this was
coming so they responded from their hearts.

Here is the link to listen if you missed it.

President Obama’s Speech At Tonight’s Tuscon Memorial Service
www.youtube.com
?12 January, 2011 NBC News

I know there are some people who will see nothing
good about what the President had to say. They believe
he is only self serving and not to be believed. Just listen
to the words without any preconceived ideas and I
believe you will hear the truth of who we are as a Nation.
If you watch him and the people who have been touched
by this tragedy you will feel the love and pride that is America.

WE CREATE WHAT WE BELIEVE.

If we believe in the good of ordinary people and the
American Way, then that is what we will create. I am
choosing to create a country where the response will
be one of compassion for the victims and the honoring
of those who served in whatever capacity they could.
Without planning and only with the thought of helping,
let us be proud to be part of that American Heritage.

Let us hold onto the hope and belief in her country
as well as her aspirations to make a difference in this
world that Gabrielle displayed.

AND….A CHILD WILL LEAD THEM.

Love and Light,

Mary Grace
www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.TheWoundedChalice.com/blog
[email protected]

PO Box 403
Wales, MA 01081, USA
413-245-3977

CONFUSED? STAND TOGETHER FOR THE USA

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BRRR! 62 degrees today, fall is here. I had another poignant
sign of Fall this morning. I looked out at 6:45AM as I always do to
check out the beach and to see if anything happened unusual
through the night. There were no geese, in fact all was in order.

It felt like I had just turned around and all of sudden, 32 geese
were on the beach. WOW! Without another thought I proceeded
to go out onto the deck. I am certainly glad that I was dressed in my
sweats as it was chilly. Geese will ignore if they see you and you do
nothing so there is not another opportunity to make a grand entrance
to startle them. I said in a loud voice: “GO”. The geese that are
familiar with me started to head for the water but the other
multitude just looked at me as if to say: “Who is this crazy old
lady who is hollering, she can’t mean me”. Soooo I headed down
through the gate swinging a white (so they can see it) pail. They
moved into the water but were still just curious, they had no
intention of leaving. Once I hit the beach, I started to run and
stamp my feet, swinging the pail and shouting: “GO, GO, GO”.

Geese are like humans in a way, once some of them started
leaving, the fear spread like wildfire. They picked up on the
fact that the geese who live on the lake were leaving so they
decided to go to. But…..only so far. So I filled my pail with
water from the lake and threw it towards them which makes
a big splash noise which enforces what I am telling them. “GO!”

The local geese spread their wings and flew over the buoys but
the new ones did not know what to do. So they kept swimming
around the U shaped buoy protected section and did not like
the rope that held the buoys together. Finally, a couple of them
honked and flew over so then a bunch of them did but still about
7 of them acted confused until they finally decided to spread their
wings and fly over.

This is the time that all geese are gathering together to fly south.
They love my lake as they gather and practice being in formation.
The regular ducks have been gathering for a week so I should have
been prepared for the geese but I wasn’t. I was still in denial (I still
am) that winter is upon us. There will be more congregating because
some years ago, I have counted around 80 to 100 geese gathering for
the big push. I can only hope that the word will spread among
them that they are not wanted on this particular beach.

I find the behavior of ducks or geese and humans are quite similar.
They congregate in packs and if you can startle one then it spreads
like wildfire.

I did have a little thought as I was marching out to the beach that
if they decided not to leave or even to advance towards me, I would
run the other way. After all, there are so many of them and with their
necks stretched up, they were quite big. Yet…..each of them were
thinking singly and each one saw me as a giant and a force to reckon
with without realizing that if they stuck together in their refusal to move,
there was nothing this giant could do to them.

We humans are that way also. We think only of what we see as an
individual and do not realize the force of us joined together would
be a force to reckon with. Just look at what Pastor Terry Jones
has been able to do with a congregation of only 50 people. He is
certainly in the minority, in fact he is not even a decimal point in
the amount of people who do not like what he is doing.

Do you wonder what you can do about it except for just watching
the news?

Do you realize that you could be a force for peace?

I know I was wondering and as I threw the water at the
geese, a thought came to me that I could envision throwing
water on the Beloved Book of the Muslim People as
he would be trying to light it. I “saw” a crowd of us
humans standing there with pails of water that could be
used to stop the burning metaphorically. Let us not be
like the geese in our perception but join together to
be a force to be reckoned with.

I am not Muslim but I am an American and my beloved
country stands for the freedom to practice your faith
regardless of what faith you subscribe to. Yet we also
stand for freedom of speech. Terry Jones has the right
to talk about what he does not like but he does not
have the right to “harm” anyone and the Muslims
would be harmed in their heart and soul if something
sacred to them was harmed.

THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO!!!

Fly the Flag Country-wide tomorrow.

This year, people have agreed to fly their flags everywhere!

Remember the first time 9/11 happened? Everybody put flags
on their cars or houses!

We really showed the world and those terrorists our patriotism,
strength and love for our country!

So on Thursday, September 11th, please put out a flag, any size,
in your front yard, on your house, your car, anywhere to show:

Respect for the symbol of our country, the American flag,

Remembrance for those who died, those left behind, those
fighting to hold our freedoms,

Rebellion against those who try to hurt us, and

Reverence for ourselves and this great country, right or wrong!

Let’s all do this together and pass the word.

Thank you for doing this and God bless you and America!

Love and Light

Mary Grace
www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.TheWoundedChalice.com/blog
[email protected]

3 Brows Beach Dr
PO Box 403
Wales, MA 01081, USA
413-245-3977