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I GIVE THANKS

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Beloved,

Happy, Happy Thanksgiving

I give thanks for all the gifts this world and humanity offers me. There are so many that it would take my entire newsletter to mention them all by name. I give thanks for you, my reader and for the opportunity to share with you once a week, the things that touch my heart. You are quite a diverse group. All ages, sexes, religions, beliefs or non-beliefs having profound different arenas in your life. I like to think of my newsletter group as being members of humanity in unity but not in identification. You are each special and unique and bring your own gifts to the mix. Thank you for being YOU and for allowing me to share who I am with you.

Hey, check out the new banner for my newsletter. This was created by Barry Costa, a very dear friend who is quite the creator himself. He does websites and creates unique and inspiring art work that you can download right off the computer. If this interests you, go to www.fruitfulperspectives.com and check him out. What a surprise this was and so apropos for me. You see he is another gift that I am thankful for.

I am being given a special gift from Mother Nature as the birds and ducks are doing a dance ensemble right in the water and on my tree. First I saw the pileated woodpecker, the larger one with the red head and then the smaller downy woodpecker come for food. I usually never see them together and they did their dance as they climbed all the branches but were clever at avoiding each other. It was definitely musical and eye catching. Even a male cardinal came and perched on a branch for a while before flying away. Usually I see him only on the ground under the feeders. Of course, my regulars, the golden finch, sparrow, black capped chickadee, tufted titmouse and white breasted nuthatch were visiting for their thanksgiving breakfast.

I am being given a water show right here in front of my deck on the lake. I, of course, am inside as it is quite chilly right now. This does not happen all the time and usually only a few times a year and I feel very fortunate if I happen to be home to view this majesty. When I first opened my blinds, there were only 4 Hooded Mergansers right in front and what I thought was strange was that there were 3 males and one female and I don’t believe this is mating season. Then about 15 Canadian Geese showed up who are about 5 times bigger than the mergansers but the little ducks are not fearful and they mingle with them as they keep diving for food while the geese are just swimming.

I did my meditation and then had breakfast when all of sudden there was a flurry of excitement out my window. I had only seen the hooded mergansers once a week ago and I haven’t seen them since so this was a surprise. I had assumed that they had left on their migration. There must have been 24 hooded mergansers, plopping in and out of the water. What a sight that is, there appears to be no ducks out there and all of sudden they pop us and there are about 24 of them. It still thrills me to watch all of them go plop, plop, plop down into the water and then they pop up further down the lake. This morning they had an intruder, Oscar, the seagull who was among them. Sometimes, they surrounded him but they did not do it deliberately as their only interest was to dive down and get the little fish that were swimming in pods. Of course, Oscar wanted some too, so he would spread his wings to fly to get his food from one of the mergansers but even though he is at least twice as big as the hooded merganser, he never catches the food as they just simply dive down into the water and come up somewhere else.

This morning there was a switch though, Oscar is usually all alone but there was a smaller seagull a ways away just sitting calmly on the water and did not even have her head extended like Oscar did. I am assuming it is a female as it was smaller and much calmer. She was nearer another batch of mergansers but did not even move to be closer to them. Perhaps Oscar was trying to impress her by getting her some food. From what I could see, he did not succeed.

Suddenly more Canadian geese showed up and now there were about 45 of them. Some were preening on the edge of the beach and some were out in the water appearing to be bathing as they would lift one wing and then tilt into the water submerging more of their bodies in the water. They did not appear to notice the smaller mergansers that were diving in the water around them. How wonderful it is to see all these species getting along in the same area of water. All of a sudden, a little merganser was beating his wings furiously but remaining in the water and set out after another duck. After this happened about 5 times, I could not tell which duck it was, they all look the same except the difference between male and female, one of the ducks hightailed it a lot further away as if to say, I am leaving as I am not winning this bout. After about 2 hours, they all dispersed and were no longer right in front of my bow window where I could see them without my binoculars. I had planned to watch Macy’s parade but this parade was even more special for me today.

This was such an unusual show and I was touched by it happening on Thanksgiving. Mother Nature is so vast and I am so grateful to consider that I am part of her family on this special day. I wanted to share it with you also, so you will glimpse parts of your family that love to share themselves with you. I am so grateful for all of my family members of which you are a part of. Enjoy your Thanksgiving regardless of whom you share it with, you are never alone. I am sending you the peace and joy I received from the birds and ducks; feel it, accept it. You deserve it too.

Here is an article that will bring Mother Nature right to you.

http://spiritlibrary.com/pamela-kribbe/feel-again-how-it-used-to-be?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=f558ff20b6-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-f558ff20b6-120804410

Here are the people who really honor Mother Earth; they are saving the planet for us.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oil-company-surrenders-drilling-leases-sacred-native-american-land/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=23-11-2016

Let us join in and protect our mother, Mother Earth.

http://www.spiritofchange.org/politics-community/Why-Understanding-Native-American-Religion-Is-Important-For-Resolving-The-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-Crisis/

This is an example of how the world can come together to help each other.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/subway-passengers-come-together-prepare-anxious-man-job-interview/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=23-11-2016

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

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

ARE YOU OUR FUTURE?

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Beloved,

Please join me in welcoming the beautiful souls that have joined this newsletter group. It was awesome to meet them at the Natural Living Expo this past weekend. Thanks to all of my followers who came to see me, get a reading or just get a hug. It warms my heart right down to my toes and beyond. I met so many diverse beings who all carry their puzzle piece to this vast puzzle called Earth. You know that your unique piece of the puzzle will only fit in a certain place within the puzzle. Nobody can take your place or offer to others the love from your mission and you cannot take anyone else’s place either. I am waiting for the last piece to fall into place and then we will ALL see what God, Higher Power, All That Is, Creator, etc. created and WHY.

For those who were at the Expo, I was sent a short video of some of the people who were there. Perhaps you will find yourself or someone you know. It is only 2 minutes long and a picture of me is at 55-57 on the bar, perhaps it is you I am giving you a reading and healing to? Sending it for your enjoyment or curiosity.

http://naturalexpo.org

I need to admit that last week’s newsletter contained some fear and it was mine. I was responding to the deep sadness that humanity was feeling as we all were hoping for some miracle to happen pertaining to the elections. When I received the email about the petition concerning the Electoral Vote that morning, I reacted from the feeling that if I did not know that the Electoral voters had not voted yet that there was still a chance that the outcome might change, I wanted to spread that knowledge far and wide. I did not take the time to breathe or go deeper or pray on it. For that I apologize to all of you. My motto is to accept what is and look for the brighter side of which there is always one. I guess a little piece of me forgot that and simply reacted. I guess I pulled a “Trump”. I still deeply believe that the electoral vote is way out of date and does not reflect the true popularity vote and I would love to see it repealed.

Did you watch the 60 Minutes Show where Trump and his family were interviewed? I sat there with my mouth wide open. Where did this man come from? Why did we not see this side of him during the 18 months of his travels and speaking? I kept shaking my head and asking from the depths of my soul, who this was? This man will not do everything in the way I would like, but he will do it thoughtfully and with respect for others with no denigrating the ones who oppose him. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is not a train.

Steve Rother and the Group have a message for Earth with the meaning behind all of these activities.

http://spiritlibrary.com/videos/lightworker/after-the-elections-from-the-group?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=c825addca8-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-c825addca8-120804410

Here is Dana with another take and explanation on the election and then I will move to other topics.

http://spiritlibrary.com/dana-mrkich/shock-shake-ups-and-social-revolution?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=c825addca8-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-c825addca8-120804410

Good News Network shares so much with us and I wish to honor their wisdom with this message that was sent to all of you.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hopeful-message-post-election-2016/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=10-11-2016

My little dobblers as I call them are here. They are the small transient ducks that use my lake as a resting feeding ground and their way South. They have finally come and I laugh as I watch them going up and down into the water to get their food. They are so fast that they are hard to count because they are not all up on top of the water at the same time. This morning I counted 18 of the Hooded Mergansers. These are my favorite because the males have like a white hood on the top of their heads and they are much easier to spot than their brown female counterparts. I look forward to seeing them each fall and each spring. They remind me so much of childhood that it makes me smile. Remember that a smile is very similar to a yawn as both open passageways to the brain with their special chemicals. They are feel good actions we can take as our body does not know the difference between a fake smile and yawn than real ones. So it responds positively and guess what? I no longer get insulted when people yawn because now I know that they are giving me a gift of the moment to imitate them and give my body some relaxation. They are both contagious so spread the peace and joy everywhere you go.

I know that a good deed spreads love to others but I still am pleasantly surprised when it blossoms into something even bigger. I have so much hope for our future with these young ones being our future.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/one-girl-fed-thousands-thanks-unusually-large-cabbage/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=16-11-2016

Our youth are showing us older ones what must be done to bring peace. When I went to China, I was on a train not only with goats and chickens but with ordinary Chinese people. I did not have google but I had a book that would translate our languages. I sat with a mother and 2 teenage children and we “spoke’ to each other by finding and pointing at words in the others’ language. It was so much fun and I learned as well as they did. I still do not know how to use google like that but if I ever go to a country with a different language, I will definitely learn Google. It would be so much more fun. Enjoy this video.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/girl-hailed-using-google-translate-befriend-new-student/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=16-11-2016

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

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

WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE?

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Beloved,

I am in a quandary right now because I know everyone is thinking about the upcoming election. I want to offer some simple truths or beliefs but I can’t find any. I treasure my freedom to vote and I wouldn’t give up that choice even when my stepchildren threatened to kill me and I was told that when I moved, I would have to reregister to vote with my new address which would then be public or I would not be allowed to cast my ballot. As frightened as I was that I would be found, I could not give away the very thing that makes our country great; the ability to cast a ballot and have a say so in my government. So many people died to give me that privilege and we women fought hard and long for that freedom, I just could not let their lives and efforts be in vain.

Something we seemed to have forgotten is that: “WE, THE PEOPLE” is you and I. We outnumber all the politicians and they would not have a job if we did not give it to them. We are that powerful. Why do we give that POWER away so freely and easily? We all are aware that money runs our country but did you ever think or realize that you vote every time you buy something. All the 1% considers is the bottom line which is profit. Are you aware that if we all decided not to buy something, say a brand of coffee, for instance, that they would be out of business. There would be no one to sell that product to so there would be no need for that company. From now on, when you pull out your wallet or credit card, be aware that you are VOTING for that product and whoever profits from that sale. Who or what are you blindly voting for and giving permission to run your life?

We all know that Congress is the real power behind our government and we voted them in. The only power the President has is the power to push that button to start a nuclear war without the Congressional approval. Whose thumb do you want on that button? I, for one, do not want any more of our husbands, sons, nephews, cousins or any male be made to go to war. Wait a minute; I forgot that females are in the armed services now so a draft would entail all eligible young men and women. Ladies, have we not had enough losses in our family? The newer generations have lost the awareness of what war is because it has not been in our country. They have no idea what a world that would be to live in. I know because I lived in the last World War and instead of butter we had lard in a tube in which we broke open a yellow capsule and proceeded to squish it until it was all yellow. That was our butter. Hey, younger ones, would you like to eat that? That was minor compared to missing our loved ones who were exposed to death every day. A nuclear war would take out all phones, computers, every convenience you can think of. What would you do then?

I am so adamant about voting because that is one choice no one can take away from you here in America, you can only refuse to choose and yet by not voting, you do choose. You choose to never be able to complain about our government or what is happening in the world. We are so fortunate to have this freedom while other parts of our world would give anything to have that precious choice. Wars are in existence right now so that the citizens can have what we already have. Do you want what they have or will you vote? When you go to the polls, seek deep in your heart not in your head for the right choice. You will know and feel which person is best and that goes for all the other votes you will pass besides the Presidential one.

The Spiritual Truth about this Election.
https://www.visualizationtv.com/election

Do you feel like this often? “I can’t take it anymore”

http://spiritlibrary.com/brenda-hoffman/i-m-not-going-to-take-it-anymore?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=ab4ac2dc87-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-ab4ac2dc87-120804410

Indian Summer has been great around here, I appreciate it more now because I know what is coming. The young men who do my lawn and plowing came yesterday and all the leaves are gone except for what the wind brings. I went out in my kayak yesterday but could not go around the whole lake because the wind came up and the water got choppy BUT I got to out on the water and feel the kayak moving me through the beginning of the waves. It is like being rocked in a cradle yet I only really enjoy it when I am in front of my beach because there I do not have to paddle through them. My kayak is not the last boat out there because there are still a few diehards like me that wait until the last minute to put our chariots away for the winter.

Actions such as this one are what make our country great. It also makes me smile instead of being angry.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-pays-off-overdue-lunch-fees-hometown-elementary-school/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=02-11-2016

Reach out to someone with a smile; it is free and so appreciated.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/grieving-man-can-sleep-girl-reaches-grocery-story/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=02-11-2016

The Natural Expo is here again. It will be on November 12 and 13, 2016I will be there again at booth 11 and looking forward to seeing some of you. I believe this will be my last year attending as it is getting tougher and tougher to do all the preparations necessary. It is not tough to see you or give you love, that is my joy. Here is the info and hope to see you there.

http://naturalexpo.org/expo-program-guide.html

—
Love and Light

Mary Grace

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