This has been a very interesting week and a new
beginning into Spring. I took the snow shovel out
of my house and put it in the garage. I removed
all the snow brushes and snow shovel from my car,
that is how confident I am that Spring is truly here.
Boy, does that feel good.

I am chomping at the bit to get the yard cleaned from
all the leaves and replace broken fence rails and get
ready for my flowers to show up. But……I got a big
surprise. I was pulling dead grass from under my
forsynthia bush when I struggled to reach an area of
grass that was out of easy reach and gave a tug.

Well, the grass did not give but my muscle or tendon
under my ribs did. I know better than to do that as I have
done it before. I wish I would follow my own advice
about struggle, pushing hard to achieve and being so
focused that you don’t even let your common sense
have a voice. Now it will take me three weeks to heal
as well as the pain, so what did I gain? I will not be
able to do yard work for a while or…worst of all….
not be able to kayak for about a month. My memory
got a boot to remember this the next time.

You get so involved with what you are doing that nothing
else penetrates. You don’t have to struggle so hard any
more. Struggle and pushing hard only gets you stressed
out and does not accomplish what you are trying to do.
Does that sound enlightening? Our bodies are showing
us that such stress only leads to illness and sorrow.

Have you ever taken a deep breath, ok a few deep
breaths and suddenly what you are trying to do or
remember is right there. It seems to be effortless if
you just relax and surrender your will to the One Will.
God, Higher Power or whatever name you give to
Source is right there with you all the time. Why or
why do you think you have to do it all by yourself?

How many times have you heard about staying in the
moment? That is where the power is and concentrating
on the next moment while you are in the present one
only gives your power away to the future and robs
you of the strength of the present one. I was not
focusing on what I was doing in the moment, I was
reaching and struggling hard to get to the next
moment of being finished.

The audio version of my book is about three months
behind schedule and the end of March deadline passed
and still it is not ready. Do you know anything about
tracks on a CD? I realized that I could not back track
as I was listening to the proofs of my audio book so
I requested some guidance and was told that tracks
could be added to make it easier for the listener.

As I was listening to the second set of proofs with
the tracks imbedded, I could not make it backtrack
except for a few words. I tried the CD Player in my
car, in the computer, on my regular CD Player and
still nothing. I even asked my son after his induction
ceremony to put one in his car CD Player and see if
he could backtrack. He could not either.

I was frantic as the person doing the editing was on
vacation so he could not correct this problem and
the other two errors in the CDs. I had to wait a
week until he came back home. Jennifer McLean
always comes on the telephone 15 minutes before
the show so she can talk to us and I explained my
problem. I was having trouble explaining my problem
as I did not know what was causing it. A woman
who was on the phone also said: “Mary, just hit
the arrow button twice.” I said:’ WHAT? ”

It was that simple, just hit the button twice. I tried
it and it worked. Here I had been so upset about this
because I need the audio book version of my book to
make it’s debut at the Whole Health Expo this coming
weekend. Can you tell technology is not my strong
suit? I mentioned it to my son and he: “Yes, mom,
that’s right. I never thought about it”.

How many times are we on auto pilot when we do
something until someone asks us how to do it.? Then,
you have to really think about it before you can explain
the procedure. It’s a little like running through all the
numbers of your social security number so you can
give the person the last 4 numbers.

I think I had my holy week a week ahead of time.
The worst part of this week was the LOSS of my
peace. I am usually calm and feel serenity no matter
what is happening because I know All is in Divine
Order and Divine Timing. Yet….I had forgotten and
slipped into worrying. Have you heard the quote:
‘Worrying is your imagination creating something
you don’t want.’

Just when I think I have conquered a weakness,
it rears its head to remind me to still stay aware.
I want to share something that slips me into a
different state of mind and puts me back into peace.

Come join with me, please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=RP4abiHdQpc

Love and Light

Mary Grace
www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.TheWoundedChalice.co/blog
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Wales, MA 01081, USA
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