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WATER AND LIFE

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Beloved,

Wow, isn’t the weather absolutely fabulous? It feels like we jumped from winter into summer with a long long pause in between. I am consciously intending to enjoy each and every moment as life feels so fleeting. Speaking about life, I am gaining a deeper understanding of life as I take these swimming lessons. In meditation this morning, I was given a deeper aspect of what life is comparing it to learning to swim. Water is life. That has many meanings as our bodies are composed largely of water. I discovered so many metaphors.

My swimming instructor gave me tools that help me navigate in unfamiliar territory. To learn to swim, you need certain equipment to make you more comfortable and at ease in the water. Earplugs are great to keep the water/life out of where it does not belong. We definitely need a meditation practice to keep the noise of life from our ears and mind. Goggles are a plus as you can see the water/life from a whole different perspective and you can see clearly where you are going, thus avoiding the obstacles that may be in your path. I always kept my eyes shut in the water but what a revelation it was to actually open them to see what was surrounding me. Does that sound like I put my head in the sand sometimes so I won’t need to see what is around me? YES! We all do that when we don’t want to face certain things. I am now more open to opening up to my surroundings.

The first lesson we learned was to put our face in the water and breathe out air from our nostrils, we needed to exhale bubbles. It sounds simple but it was very difficult for three of us out of the four students. It is terrifying to cover yourselves with a substance that does not allow you to get the air you need to live. Does life do that to you? Do you allow yourself to be so immersed in life that you don’t take the time to come up for air? Fear will do that to you if you allow it. You do have a choice and you can choose to look at that fear and recognize that you DO have power over it. It took me a year and a half to conquer my unreasonable fear of spiders but I did it. This is why I am taking swimming lessons to get over my fear of not having solid ground below me. I am seeking the freedom to not only be at ease in the water/life but to know with absolute certainty that I am safe in this world. I want to be able to be at ease in the water/life. We learned to do the dead man’s float while exhaling the air in our nose and our face in the water.

The second lesson we learned was to use our hands to push the water from the front of us to the back while moving our feet thus creating the power to move forward. Doesn’t that sound like life where if we do not push the obstacles (water/life) out of our way, we cannot move to where we want to go? It does not have to be hard to push either the water or life; if we relax we can move with the flow with very little effort. It is only when we struggle that it gets harder. At first we did not go very far but eventually we all reached the flags. There are flags above the pool which give us a goal to reach while still being in water/life that is not over our heads. What are your goals?

The third lesson was to gain some confidence while over our heads. The others were able to sink to the bottom of the pool and then use their legs to push themselves up and toward the wall of the pool where they could hang on. I could not get to the bottom of the pool because of my wetsuit so my instructor had to push me down so I could then move upward. What is keeping me from getting to the bottom of what is still an obstacle because of a crutch I am using? I needed help and trusted him enough to know I was safe even if I was being pushed into scary territory. We then learned to move our heads sideways to be able to open our mouths to get a breath of air while still swimming/moving in the water/life. I have to confess that I got a mouthful and noseful of water the first time and had to stop because I was coughing. Does that sound like the first time you attempted to reach your goal and it was not as smooth or productive as you had hoped? I still do not do well with this particular lesson but the instructor told me to be easy on myself and get more comfortable with this by turning over and breathing and then turn back to swimming with my face in the water/life. It sounds like good advice to put into practice with life and my goals. I think I am learning much more than just swimming for which I am grateful. I try to practice 5 times a week and that is helping me be ready to learn whatever the next lesson is. Next week will be lesson 4.

We all need instructors to navigate our way in water/life beginning when we are born. There is no end to becoming more aware of The Great Instructor in whom we can put all our trust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aRfjyoeJ9I&list=RDgRatzXUTEyQ

This article from Spirit Library is another perspective on life. Enjoy!

http://spiritlibrary.com/ann-albers/everything-has-purpose?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=0d92f467f7-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-0d92f467f7-120804410

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
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Love and Light

Mary Grace

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

FOLLOW THE RULES???

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Beloved,

What a week this has been. Emotions seem to be rampant – not only low vibrations but high vibrations also. Perhaps the full moon on Wednesday had something to do with it. One day we have summer weather and the next is bone chilling and the next is cloudy all day and the next rainy and the next stormy. Speaking of storms, I saw something on the lake that I had never seen before. It looked like a really long log just floating but I could not define it. Looking through the binoculars I then I realized it was ducks all in an almost straight line like a log would be. I kept looking but could not tell just which duck they were, I could not see clear enough. Oh, how I wish my binoculars were stronger. The shape of the head and neck looked like a loon. There were at least 40 of them and all I could see was the head and neck until they would flap their wings which were enormous black ones. I went to my bird book but all it confirmed for me was that the neck and head looked like a loon. I don’t see loons very often and they are usually alone, never this many at one time. My sense is that the storm brought them in; it was probably too windy so they settled down here. I wish they would come closer so I could actually define what breed they are.

While I was doing that, my neighbor came to the beach with her three year old grandson. Both were dressed for the rain and had boots on because of the heavy rain. I love living here at the lake but the beach is not mine, it belongs to a private beach club of which I am a member. So is she but the only frustrating thing of being able to see the beach and water so clearly is seeing other members not following the rules. The gates are supposed to be kept locked ( all members have a key) but this neighbor does not like to follow rules so she just drapes the chain and lock which at quick glance looks secure. Dogs are not allowed on the beach per the state law but she brings her dog which not only scares the ducks and great blue heron away but once a dog pees on the beach, other dogs smell it and want to come in. That just creates problems for others who have dogs. Since the rain washes away the sand, we have to pay to replenish it every year. Here she is teaching the little boy to pick dirt with both hands and throw it into the water. Not only the little one but she is also doing it along with him. What has she just taught him? That rules are not to be followed, that he can do what he wants regardless! I think it is sad when a parent or grandparent or even an adult teaches a child to disobey rules. Were they not put in place for a good and valid reason? I love the summer when I can see and hear the children giggling and laughing, having so much fun with the sun and water. Most of the time, I love being here and feel so fortunate to have the beach right in front of me. There are just some times when these things happen that I get frustrated because it is not mine and I can’t say anything without causing a ruckus. She has been spoken to about her not following the rules but she keeps doing it anyway.

My granddaughter and grandson came Monday to visit but in actuality it was to take out their father’s old canoe out for a spin. The seats have holes in them and their butts are not big enough to cover the holes but they put things on them and off they go. That day the wind was strong so they did not have as much control with the oars so they did not stay out as long as regularly but that gave me a chance to visit with them longer. This is a wonderful place for children and I am so grateful that I can offer them a place of peace and fun.

I got an email today that speaks about children and their perception from birth and how they alter their perception of oneness by Neale Donald Walsh. It was a new perception and it makes sense. He will be sharing a few more tales of our children’s’ growth in awareness in the upcoming weeks. If you would like me to share them with you, send me an email and I will make sure that they are included in my newsletter.

http://spiritlibrary.com/neale-donald-walsch/let-s-talk-about-contentment?utm_source=Spirit+Library+Updates&utm_campaign=5ce3ebab96-Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ef6a5211f4-5ce3ebab96-120804410

I have had a health situation the past two and half months that has given me a deeper understanding and compassion for those with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). After trying to alter my diet for two months, I decided I had better go to the doctor’s for testing. Usually different foods might give me those symptoms but I had tried for too long on my own so it was time to get answers. I did the three day stool test (yuck) and the tests came back negative. I already had an appointment with the doctor who handles my thyroid and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities so I figured I would see what he had to say before I made an appointment with a gastroenterologist. He is having me do the same three day test but eliminating all probiotics for 1-2 weeks before I do the test. That means I cannot eat my own home made yogurt (Probiotic) which I have eaten for over 30 years every morning for breakfast. What a blow that was. After he said that, my mind just would not accept any new information so I could not remember the instructions the next day and had to call for verification. Boy that will be difficult. After the test he wants me to eliminate all sugar and dairy for a while. Having Celiac Disease, I am familiar with food restrictions but this restriction will be quite difficult for me. Guess what I just did? I made myself a half of a gluten free bagel and put butter on it and also cream cheese. Oh! It was so good! I won’t be having that for a while but I have at least one week before the test and then the beginning of the restrictive diet other than not having yogurt now because it is a probiotic. See what orders and restrictions do? They make us ornery! And…I talk about my neighbor and her abuse of the rules??????

Every person has a choice at each moment. I can choose not to follow the doctor’s orders and still be ill or I can choose to follow them and see what develops. In my mind I cannot ask for help and then not follow the guidance I am being given. That would negate the whole reason for asking scenario.

Rikka Zimmerman is a vibrant and loving being who delights in helping people learn to love themselves deeply and completely. Through her experience with participants in her programs -all over the world- she’s discovered most people experience at least 1 of 3 main blocks to self-love.

When you register for Rikka’s free, upcoming 90-minute interactive Livestream, you will gain access to a free and unique gauge -The 30-Second Self-Love Quiz: Reveal Your #1 Block to Receiving where you can find out whether you suffer from 1 or more of these 3 common self-love blocks.

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http://selflovemasterycourse.com/self-love-livestream-opt-in/

When I read stories like this, it makes my heart warm. How many similar actions are taken by people who never get acknowledged for what they do? It is OK because recognition is not why they do it, they do these things because it is the right thing to do and they are in the right place to do it. I love Good News Network because their stories are reminders to me of the good of humanity rather than what I see and hear normally on the news.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/policeman-buys-bed-desk-troubled-boy-none/

Hey, did you get to laugh at the last video in my newsletter last week? It is a keeper; play it when you need some laughter to lift your spirits.

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Love and Light

Mary Grace

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