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WHAT FEAR IS STILL KEEPING YOU FROM YOUR FREEDOM

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Beloved,

I am just realizing that my spiritual journey back to myself began many years ago. I was “terrified” of spiders as my older brother used to torture me with them. One Sunday I was at the beach with friends and I was lying down on a blanket with my young toddler so he would take a nap. Suddenly, I saw a spider crawling on his back and I just got up and ran away from him. It was instinctual with no forethought. Of course, my son was startled and ran after me and that made me run even faster. I finally took a breath and realized I had terrorized my own son. How could a mother run away when her son was in danger? I was mortified and ashamed of my action and it caused me to look at my own fears. If my love for my son was not enough to protect him, I needed to do something about FEAR.

We were living in a project (low income housing) and I had no dryer so I had to hang clothes outside. When they froze, I had to bring them back in and hang them in a hallway so they could thaw. Of course, this dampness drew many spiders especially daddy-long-legs which were the scariest to me of all spiders. When I saw one, I would take a deep breath and run for one of my husband’s shoes as I could not bear to use my own shoes because then I would need to wear them. It took two years for me to conquer that fear enough to use my own shoes to kill them. But I DID IT! My love for my son enabled me to have the courage to face my biggest fear. ) Today, as a Reiki Master, I honor all life even spiders)

I then, one at a time, looked at my fears and faced them down but with LOVE. Love for myself as I was not truly free until each and every one was conquered. Right now, I am facing down my fear of putting my face in the water. When I was around 8 or 9 years old, I was at a lake and I decided this was the day that I would reach the raft, I felt like I was strong enough to swim that distance. I did make the raft but every time I would put my hand on the stairs to climb up, some boys would push me away. They thought it was a game. I knew I was drowning as I just got too tired to stay afloat. I passed out and when I came too, I was alone on the raft. I have no idea how I got up on it, I am assuming that the boys realized I was in trouble and got me up there but then were too embarrassed to wait for me to come to.

Of course, I was too scared after that to ever go over my head in water. In fact, I could not float without a noodle, my feet needed to be able to touch ground. I just learned two weeks ago the secret to floating. Imagine all these years and I have not been able to float. A friend who I did not know was a swimming instructor in the past, told me to put my ears in the water. I tried it and my feet came right up. You are never too old to learn.

Ocean State Job Lot had wet suits for $20 and when they offered 25% off for seniors one week, I took a deep breath and bought one. I thought well, I have wasted $15 on other things so I was ready to try. I don’t go in cold water so I also do not have the freedom to go in the lake until August. Maybe this wet suit would solve that concern and fear. I went on line to find more info about them and when I went to try it on, the zipper would not come down. I have no idea why but it was stuck really tight, so I brought it back and got one with a zipper that worked, I tried it before I bought it. Was the Universe trying to tell me to not do this? I did not know but I had to try everything before I gave up. I managed to get it on and off which I felt good about but I still could not muster the courage to go into the lake with it on. That was when I received a booklet in the mail about the YMCA and I decided to give that a try.

I made up my mind that this summer I would swim in my own lake. Watching others swim with so much ease and freedom makes my heart sink. I joined the YMCA where they have two pools, one is a lap people kept at 81 degrees and over my head at one end and another warm pool which is not over my head but kept at 90 degrees. Two weeks ago, I began going to the warm pool to do exercises for arthritis and I just LOVE warm water.

I checked out the opportunities and found that I could take swimming lessons but it would have to be in the lap pool. I had my first lesson with three other people last Tuesday. I had done my research and had goggles and swimming cap and also ear plugs. My goggles were too tight and the cap kept pressing the ear plugs into my ears, very painful. On top of that my body would not stop shaking, I was so cold. I can hold my breath for quite a while as I meditate so I am used to that but he wanted us not to hold our breath but to blow bubbles out of our nose. I could hardly do that for any time at all so I kept breathing the water up my nose. It was not a fun experience, I will tell you that.

But I am stubborn and I try to keep the commitments I make to others and to myself. I was not ready to give up on my dream of swimming in my own lake this summer. I asked if I could wear my wetsuit next week and was told yes. You see, I have wanted to learn to swim for so long so I tried to think of all that would help me achieve that dream. In the meantime, I bought a cap that will fit over my ears so I don’t need ear plugs and I found and bought another pair of goggles which keeps the water out of my eyes. I have been practicing breathing through my nose every time I went to the warm pool for exercise. Either I practice before or after the exercise program. Yesterday, I finally realized that I could open my eyes under water and I felt a rush of freedom. I had been concentrating so much on breathing and I always closed my eyes under water so I never even realized that it would be safe to open my eyes. Talk about baby steps, it takes all these small steps to conquer any fear but most of all it takes commitment to yourself and your dreams.

WHAT FEAR IS STILL KEEPING YOU FROM YOUR FREEDOM?

Do you love yourself as much as this dog loved his family? You are worth it and you are loved.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-emerges-tahoe-forest-2-years-reunites-family/

Can you imagine being hugged by this young girl and feeling the love she has for you? Hug yourself and allow yourself to feel the love you have in your heart for the being that is you. You are worthy and you deserve the same love that you give to others.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/girl-gives-hugs-suicide-prevention-walks/

You can change your perspective and become who you are really meant to be. If he can, so can YOU. See yourself as this child and know that you are taken care of and nurtured by some unlikely beings that are put on your path just for you to know how much you are loved. Even when they don’t appear exactly as you expected angels to look like.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ex-con-saves-baby-side-georgia-road-plays-gospel-music-calm/

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

TAP INTO THE ENERGIES OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE

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Beloved,

Wow, what a beautiful day this was. Although we had no rain, I looked out and saw a rainbow that appeared to start at the point of clouds that looked like a spear with a boomerang above it. Have you ever looked at the clouds and shapes just seem to appear? I just love looking at them and they are the ones that make the sunsets ever so beautiful. I am always pleasantly surprised at Mother Nature’s vast skills at painting sunsets distinctly different each night. In fact, at this time of the year, I hate to go anywhere in the evening as the sunsets are right in front of my own eyes and I do not have to travel to see them.
Happy Summer Solstice. It is officially tomorrow morning around 6:30 AM EST. I do not follow the stars or the planets but the information I have been reading, this one will be a powerful one. Here is an explanation that will give you some food for thought.

http://spiritlibrary.com/shanta-gabriel/2014-solstice-activation-opening-the-stargate-of-the-heart?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=335f8af0bb-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a52

Ladies, do you look at yourself differently than others see you? It is a common trait among the females and you won’t ever see most men worrying about how they appear to others. I envy them sometimes for their ability to just be who they are, they are not concerned about protocol, fashion, or how others see them. Yet…we women respond to certain modes of dress, hair and actions. When I watched this video I was struck by a deeper appreciation of who I AM.

http://www.successunlimited.org/shocking-social-experiment-about-women/

“Why, oh why can’t I?” sings Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Part of being a woman is to allow hope in our hearts. One concept from this that I garnered was not to look outside myself for the rainbow or the castle in the clouds. Each of us has everything we need right inside of us, we just need to look there and trust the guidance we get. I say thank you quite often during the day but I was listening to a speaker who said that the secret to being grateful is to be thankful from the heart. I think the words and I say them usually out loud but I can’t remember focusing on my heart when I do. That is the secret to “feel” so lucky that every day, every moment is like a rainbow that beckons us to be real joy. Intent and focus on the gratitude being HEARTFELT is the secret ingredient to always feeling truly happy.

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

On this day of your life,
I believe God wants you to know…
…that home really is where the heart is. And if your heart
is centered on God, you are ‘safe at home’ everywhere.

In this day and time of continuing change, many people
find themselves moving a great deal, and constantly
having to try to make yet one more place “like home.”

Yet home is a quality you bring to a place, not a quality
that a place brings to you. Let yourself feel at home
anywhere and people everywhere will welcome you
always. And isn’t a place where you are always
welcome…’home’?

So feel good where you are right now. That’s mastery.
Neale Donald Walsh

I just learned a new word, Angiogenesis. I think we are going to be hearing a lot about this in the near future. I wanted to let you in on this so you will be familiar with it and what it means. I believe in miracles, do you? Miracles come in many forms and today’s advances in technology and medical breakthroughs would have been considered miracles in my parents’ lives, even in my own younger life. Listen to this video and you may just learn something new and perhaps change your perspective on the future of humanity. These new items just make me smile as I realize just how much we are taken care of from above by the ingenuity and guidance our inventors receive.

http://healthierliving.me/miracle-monday-miracle-cancer-fighting-foods/

—
Love and Light

Mary Grace

http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

ENERGIES OF THE MOMENT

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Beloved,

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all the men.

The weather is still erratic and seeing how the weather affects us humans, are we acting erratic? I feel the energies as we all do but I know I released a lot of erratic energy in my dream last night. Or should I say the dream I had after I went back to bed this morning as the weather is grey and rainy and also chilly. Why are these dreams so vivid and usually so chaotic? Perhaps it is to release some tension that we are still feeling. I am grateful to my dreams and also my nighttime sleeping for giving me rest and more energy for the next day.

Would you like some inspiration? This story inspired me although I have no intention of running but I did buy a wetsuit so I can take some swimming lessons. The water is always cooler in the pools where they marathon swim or “teach” others to swim. I have always wanted to learn to swim after a childhood incident where the boys on the raft kept pushing me away from the ladder and I could not get up on the raft to rest. It was my first attempt at swimming the distance from the shore to the raft so I was a novice. I still have no idea how I got up on the raft but after that episode, I always felt I had to have my feet touching the ground while in the water. Here I am on a beautiful lake and I watch people swimming with such ease that I am envious. It looks so freeing just to glide on the water without fear. I have a day pass to the YMCA to test the temperature of the water in the teaching pool and they also have another pool which is a lot warmer but it is only 4’ deep so it is no good to learn. My body does not like cold water so I usually don’t go in the water until later in the summer. My intent is to be able to use the wetsuit for lessons and also to be able to enjoy the lake much earlier. ** I did try the wetsuit on and I did not get stuck in it, I was able to get it off**

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/91-year-old-woman-breaks-marathon-record/

I know a lot of us keep asking why there is so much turmoil in the world. Why is Mother Nature being so finicky and causing havoc around the whole planet. AS I was reading this article, I had a knowing that through all of these disasters, there are very few deaths. This is given to humanity as an opportunity to open their hearts as well as their homes to those who have lost so much while we sit in our homes being very comfortable. We, as a species, need to be able to give of ourselves and if no one needs us, then we forget to give freely from our hearts. These disasters are reminders to humanity what really matters.

My mom was in a nursing home for at least 10 years and I learned so much from her as well as those who took care of her. Without the elderly in the nursing homes, how would all those who care for her and the other patients have the opportunity to give of themselves for others? There would be no jobs or need for all the necessary equipment or services that are provided. It is NOT us that give to them; it is THEM that volunteer to stay on earth in service to us. While my mom was alive she made me feel vitally alive and useful as well as loved. Today, my children are all independent as well as my grandchildren and great grandchild. There is no one in my family that really needs me or what I have to offer. (Advice from the elders is not really asked for today and the times of today are always busy, busy, busy). Please know that I am not feeling sorry for myself because I am very grateful that I can be independent and being independent means that I am capable of finding other avenues for my loving energy to be used. I am soooo grateful for my health and vitality. I just became aware of why I am going down this train of thought today. A dear friend, the administrator of our Senior Center was hospitalized for two weeks and now has been accepted by Hospice. Here is a woman who devoted her life to serving all who came to the Senior Center and she will be leaving us for a better heavenly home in a few days or so. And…..she is younger than I am. Boy, does that hit home and make me even more aware of the privilege it is to do for others while they are still with us.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/900-evacuees-found-shelter-in-alaska-homes/

Yesterday was a full moon and I am sure it has a lot to do with how us humans are feeling and reacting to the energies. Here is some info that is very enlightening and useful. Enjoy!

http://spiritlibrary.com/kara-schallock/full-moon-gateway-june-2014?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=7b14fa9755-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-7b14fa9755-120804410

I cannot leave you without providing you with a smile.

The shortest video you’ve ever . A woman goes back to work after thirty years.Watch carefully, the video is only 5 seconds long, but, you’ll get it.
If you’re younger than 40 years old, you probably won’t understand it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0
—
Love and Light

Mary Grace

http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html