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SICK & TIRED? “STOP IT”

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Beloved,

The rain is pouring, a real downpour. There are many huge whitecaps on the water. It is the kind of day that you want to stay in bed. As I was watching the water, a thought came to mind. After the storm is a good time to search the beach for the gifts that the storms bring to the surface for you to discover. Can you relate that to your life? There are definitely gifts after the storm when we finally relax and just take in and process all that happened. This is the beginning of a new year yet we are still feeling the effects of the rush and hustle and bustle of the holidays. There seems to be letdown from being so busy as if we cannot remember what it felt like to just rest. As we rest we still feel jittery as if there is still something for us to DO. Remember that you are a human BEING not a human DOING.

When I finally allow myself to stop, breathe and just sit, my body and mind get so relaxed that I don’t want to move, or cook, or DO anything. I am chuckling as it happens often as I am watching TV. I even find myself watching something that I don’t care about because I don’t even want to move my arm and hand to get the remote. I seem to be in another zone. Those two scenarios are opposites, thank God for the in-between where you feel more normal. Winter is a hard time to relax although I believe it was created to give us an excuse to just stay home and vegetate. Can you give yourself permission to just BE?

This made me laugh as it really is so simple but we humans complicate it. We are responsible for our own happiness. No one can be happy for us, it us up to us to choose which state we want to be in. There are times you may want to which is OK and other times when we are fed up with being sick and tired. Remember the words: So, just STOP IT.

Bob Newhart’s therapy….Stop It!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36MEqSyGIVY

With the elections coming, the rhetoric from the candidates is heating up. I have decided I do not want to hear all the accusing tones that is being spread. Abraham has some good advice for this. I can find other excuses for being sick and tired but I will not use this one any longer:

Do you remember those glasses at the movie theatre that lets you watch 3D movies? Those glasses make you feel like you are actually living in what is being shown? Who would have thought that doctors would be able to use them to actually save a little baby’s life? This is combining the past with the present, the mundane with technology. Imagine using a cardboard box with the smart phone to be able to fine tune a surgical operation. This gives me such hope for our future.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/doctor-saves-babys-life-with-20-google-cardboard-virtual-reality-glasses/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=13-01-2016

Another phenomenal sign of what the future will hold for humanity. The choices we have and will have.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-powered-pod-allows-you-to-live-anywhere/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=13-01-2016

What a special idea? Imagine the loving energy in that clothing and the joy it brings to the parents to have something for their little one that represents true love.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-woman-repurposed-her-wedding-dress-into-gowns-for-stillborn-babies/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=13-01-2016

There is someone who is meant to resonate with each person on Earth. This will bring a smile to your face and a warm feeling in your heart.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-amputee-and-3-legged-kitten-make-for-a-pawesome-friendship/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=13-01-2016

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Love and Light

Mary Grace
http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com

CHALLENGES AND THE NEW ENERGY

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Beloved,

First thing, I wish to thank all of you who took the time to respond to my dilemma with Mail Chimp which sends my newsletters out to you. Since there are over 500 of Beloveds on my list, I need to have a partner in making sure that all of you receive it. Mail Chimp is a good provider of services but some snafu occurred and there was a possibility of some names being accidentally deleted.

Looking at it from a different perspective, it has created a situation where I received a lot of loving support. I create the newsletters so I can share the wonderful news and perhaps some humor and also insight to what is happening in the world with you. I felt such love and appreciation from so many of you that it revitalizes my mission to serve you and all who I can touch with my words. Sooo, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

http://files.ctctcdn.com/6a626ea1201/602029b0-9f25-4a3f-8ba6-c68e9a9e43d1.pdf

Have you felt the chaos that is occurring right now? Everyone is feeling it and it is occurring within many different story lines. One of my sons is experiencing it with scheduling within his job. A friend is experiencing it with an unresolved problem since October but it feels more chaotic to her now. This New Year is bringing all of us an opportunity to release all, and I mean all situations or conditions that upset us. This is necessary so that you can be truly free. You can’t take your baggage with you and you can’t fly freely with all these albatrosses around your neck. YOU are receiving many opportunities to breathe deeply and be calm while in the midst of the storm. You and I both know that nothing ever stays the same. One undeniable effect of being human is the constant change that occurs. That we can be sure of which means: hang in there, it will change.

Here in New England, we have a saying: “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute because it will change”. That is so true. Of course, you all know that the weather patterns have changed all over our globe. California is finally getting the rain water it needed albeit, too much at once, but it will change and things will settle down again. One benefit I am experiencing is that I still respond to the challenges so that they can be resolved but I am much calmer while I am doing it. It is like being in the center of a tornado or hurricane which is where it is the calmest. Let us practice being in the center of the storm without being tossed to and fro. You can do it and perhaps you are already doing it but have not become aware of how you are handling those niggly events. Things that would send me into frenzy do not affect me the same. Even technology!

“Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time.”

Eckhart Tolle

I had a period of time just lately that I was challenged by my TV, my cell phone, my land line phone and even the water filtration system. My TV suddenly had closed caption on it constantly. Closed caption are the words being written on the screen to help the hearing impaired. I could not stop it from happening even with help. I discovered that I could not ignore the words, I just had to read them so I could not pay attention to the scenes unfolding as I was reading it even though I could hear it. It must take practice but it would stimulate me so that I could not use the TV to put me in a restful state before bedtime.

Someone thought it was the remote so I bought another one and still it would not go away. The Menu would not allow me to reach whatever I needed to so that I could shut that feature off. I finally gave up and was returning the new remote when suddenly a thought occurred to me that perhaps if I bought a more expensive one, it would work. I was not aware that there is a CC or CCD button on remotes but I am now. It worked and it had been the remotes after all and not my lack of expertise or confidence in my ability to handle technology. My ego got a boost and I now have learned a lot more about dealing with technology. I teased my kids that I am turning into a genius because my brain has more outlets now that I have had to change my method of doing things for a whole week. I realize that it had not been a disaster but to me, in my world, it felt like it was.

Here is an excerpt from Abraham that addresses this issue with greater clarity and also humor. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DztsNWbtr7A

Eckhart Tolle dittos this advice for now and the rest of the year.

https://www.eckharttollenow.com/new-home-video/default.aspx?shortcode=xtie2x

This has a lot of knowledge but it is lengthy. Make sure you have time to absorb it.

http://spiritlibrary.com/uriel-heals/2016-predictions?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=6ed8a3057d-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-6ed8a3057d-120804410

Ten inspiring stories from 2015. Who said that 2015 was not a good year? To these people, it was a wonderful year.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/top-10-inspiring-business-stories-of-2015/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=06-01-2016

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com

SOLSTICE DARKNESS AND CHRISTMAS LIGHT

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Beloved,

Oh, the joys of owning a vehicle. I am thrilled that it has not snowed yet because it is making traveling easier. My mechanic is about 40 miles away from me but I have had him for 35 years and I trust him implicitly. We have had many journeys with my vehicles and he has always been there for me. We ladies need to be scrupulously careful about whom we believe when it comes to our cars because most of us do not know much about them. He does not do Inspection stickers so I need to go to someone else for that. One time I went to a garage for an inspection sticker and he said I needed some work done under the car (I can’t remember now what it was) and when I refused to let him do the repairs, he gave me a rejection sticker. I brought it to Teta’s Automotive in Chicopee, my mechanic. I asked him if I really needed that job done and he smiled and said I could have gone a while before it was necessary but since I had a rejection sticker, I had to have it done in order to get a new inspections sticker. Believe me, they were not happy to see me or vice versa, when I returned to get a new sticker. You have to bring it back to the station that rejected you!!! I have never returned to that station again.

Back to what I was saying before I got sidetracked. I took my car yesterday morning for its regular oil change and car rotation. Everything was fine but when I got on the highway to come home. The car would vibrate as if a tire was loose when I hit 63 MPH or above. I called and was told to bring it back this morning so they could check it and put the tires back the way they were. They re-rotated the tires at no charge and recommended a tire place to have a wheel alignment which I did. I was told that they needed balancing so we proceeded with that. He said everything looked fine afterwards but on the way home, on the highway again, the car started to shake more like before. I called the tire alignment place and he said to have Paul Teta drive it to see what he thought was the matter. I called Paul and he said since it wasn’t the tire rotation that caused it to begin with that he would have to drive the car to get some sense of what is happening. He warned me though that I might have to leave the car there for perhaps 2 days for it to be repaired as he knows I do not have any other transportation. He cannot take it for a ride until next Tuesday so I have a few days to find out where I can rent a car for two days. I love my vehicle; it is a 2004 Toyota Rav4 which has just gone over the 100,000 mile mark. I am REALLY grateful that there is no snow and I hope it will hold off until my car is repaired.

Episodes like this are reminders to me of how much I have to be grateful for and the people who take such good care of me. Here is a quote from Abraham that helps in frustrating times:

“A feeling of being overwhelmed is your indicator that you are denying yourself access to all manner of cooperation that could assist you if you were not disallowing them.

As you begin to feel freer regarding the expenditure of time and money, doors will open, people will come to assist you, refreshing and productive ideas will occur to you, and circumstances and events will unfold. As you change the way you feel, you access the Energy that creates worlds. It is there for your ready access at all times.

—Abraham

Excerpted from: Money and the Law of Attraction on August 31, 2008”

In this Christmastime, nerves are getting a little frayed as we rush to and fro to have a Perfect Christmas. Just know that it is you and your loving presence that is the most important thing that all of your relatives and friends like to see. BE YOU and the rest will flow.

http://spiritlibrary.com/ann-albers/there-is-plenty-of-time?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=4f35a7ee17-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-4f35a7ee17-120804410

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The true spirit of Christmas which is the most important feeling all year long.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/old-woman-shows-muslim-doctor-some-love-after-donald-trump-news/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=16-12-2015

A message of hope by Steve Rother.

http://spiritlibrary.com/lightworker/beacons-of-light/fulfilling-the-vacancy-of-light-a-time-of-hope?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=e29b1075e9-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-e29b1075e9-120804410

Remember that Monday, Dec 21, is the winter solstice. It is the longest night of the year and the shortest day. To me, it reminds me that all of the darkness that is showing up not only in the weather but in the world is now on the way out. The day, the Light will get stronger each and every day so there will be less and less darkness. I want to you give you a smile to take with you until Christmas Day. Let’s shine the light out to the world each and every day.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/friday-funnies-orangutan-goes-ape-over-magic-trick-watch/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=16-12-2015

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com