Me Too - Lexi

I had the pleasure of driving with Lexi to the Chattanooga Autism Center Walk 2016 this weekend.  By ourselves in the car I knew that “Tween Music” on my Pandora would make the drive easier for her as riding in a car has never been fun for her.  She knows all the words to all the songs and when Meghan Trainor’s song “Me Too” came on Lexi asked me to turn it up.  The tune is fun to listen to.  The song is about her, I assume, and the life and times of a pop star.  Yes, it sounds a bit conceited but then it probably is pretty accurate of her life.  But it was the chorus that struck me and which Lexi loved the most.  It goes like this:

“I thank God every day (uh huh)
That I woke up feelin' this way (uh huh)
And I can't help lovin' myself
And I don't need nobody else, nuh uh”

Wow.  Powerful words for anyone to believe in.  But that Lexi is a child with Autism and wakes up every day loving herself is beautiful.  I learned this weekend that 1 girl in 189 girls are affected by Autism.  That statistic surprised me more than I can say.  I’m not sure why.  We knew from day one that Lexi was different but a diagnosis didn’t come until she was 6 years old.  Until I learned the facts about Autism, I was like every other person who judges children who are different without knowing all the facts.  Thanks to the awareness I am learning every day through the CAC, I feel more confident that I’m not judging anymore.

When Lexi asked me to turn up the song when it got to the chorus, I did it.  To sing out with joy that she is happy, confident, loves herself and thanks God for it every day; that’s all I need to know that she is on the right path and will succeed in whatever life brings her.  Her gratitude for all who participated at the walk and/or made a donation was sincere.  Her huge bear hug and genuine “thank you” she gave everyone as they left our home after the Walk, said it all.

As for me, I thank God every day for all my grandchildren and their love for each other.  I thank God every day for my family and friends who supported the Walk by sending money, prayers, and good wishes; who called, cheered us on, and sent messages of love.  It’s not about the money as much it is about the Love. 

Jesus My Jesus

I'm beginning a study on "Lessons From Jesus" by the Unity Church.

Day One:

              It was my job to get it right the first time so that my little brother and sister did so as well.  If I messed up, they got punished even if they hadn’t done anything wrong.  I grew up thinking this just wasn’t fair.  Of course, I was five years old and my parents weren’t punishing my siblings because of any wrong I had made.  This was just how I thought things were or something I had perceived without understanding all the facts.

                In truth, my parents were at times unstable and made harsh decisions about me and my brother and sister, but not one of us made it happen to the other.  And how “good” or “bad” I was at any given moment, did not determine how the others were treated.

 My parents took us to church and Sunday school sometimes.  Always on Easter Sunday and Christmas Eve, but in between was sporadic at best.  By the time I was ten we were members of a new church and both parents became involved.  My dad served on the vestry and my mother taught Sunday school.  My teacher was the tallest man I ever met and my dad’s best friend.  He had a very soft gentle voice, a delightful sense of humor, and a stern sense of right and wrong which I grew up respecting. As my Sunday school teacher I listened carefully and paid a great deal of attention to detail, hanging on every word from his mouth.

When he talked about Jesus, I was amazed and enthralled and confused.  The Jesus of my youth was the shepherd and kind storyteller that my grandmother spoke of.  She had taught us “Jesus Loves Me” and I knew it was true because my grandmother was the smartest person in the world.  But in my middle school years, I saw Jesus through the eyes of my teacher.  I saw him as my savior and the son of God.  I realize now that is when I began my life of thinking that not only was Jesus something apart from me but also was God.  After all, I was just a sinner and not worth dying for, but now I had to live my life the “right” way to pay Jesus back and if I was lucky when I died, I might get to see God.

For many years after that, I lived the life that my parents hoped I would live, raising my own children in a Christian home with the same values I grew up with.  It wasn’t until after they were in their teens and college ages that I came to realize that I might just have misinterpreted some of the things I had been taught and then passed on to the classes I taught and my children. 

I came to realize there is a difference between the truth and the Truth.  And it all depends on your perspective; looking from a literal sense or figuratively.  But always Jesus was the focus and part of my being.  Rev. Paula Mekdeci writes, “We each create a composite view of Jesus that is personal to us and evolutionary. It shifts and changes as we learn and grow. We may come to see Jesus as our Way Shower, Master Teacher, Savior, Elder Brother, beloved friend, rabbi, faith healer, zealot, Holy Comforter, or some combination thereof. We each choose the concept of Jesus that inspires and resonates with us—the one that serves us best where we are on our spiritual path.”

Today, I agree with Rev. Mekdeci’s words, “My Jesus is not the same as your Jesus, nor does it need to be. In the context of Christianity, the important thing is: Do you have a concept of Jesus that serves your spiritual growth—one that helps you become more loving, more aware, more open-minded? Does it inspire you to serve others and the world? Does it help you to know God? The answer for me is a definitive “yes.”

I give thanks for my grandmother’s gentle love, my parents’ desire to lead me to God through Jesus and the church, to my dad’s dear friend who loved teaching us and introducing us to the Christ, and finally to all the times I found myself seeking and then finding the answers I already knew, that Jesus found his way to God and only wanted me to do so as well and once I did, I found the Christ consciousness inside me that guides me and “Loves me, this I know.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Sunday in Lent- 2016 – Imagination

Imagination is the ability to image, picture, conceptualize, envision, and dream. In order to change conditions in our mind, body and affairs, we must first transform the pictures we are holding in mind.  If we don’t like the conditions we are attracting, we can change them by building new images with the eye of mind, our faculty of imagination. We imagine the life we desire and focus our thoughts and actions to bring it into manifestation.  

When I think of the word imagination, the first the first things I think of are dreams, imaginings, or made up things.  But it is much more than that.  It is also using our minds to create realities.  This year my Cadettes (6^th graders) in my Girl Scout Troop are working on an anti-bullying patch called the BFF Patch (Be a Friend First). The goal is to help them feel safe in school, online and everywhere in between; build confidence to deal with mean girls and cliques; and develop healthy, positive relationships.

For their homework (because we don’t have enough time during the meetings), I’m asking them to consider what the world would look like if all girls treated one another with kindness and respect and no one was bullied – at school, online, or out in the world.  They love making videos on their phone; so I want them to create a public-service announcement (PSA) video that tells us what that world could look like and how we can get there.

This is going to take imagination and they will have to reach deep down into their consciousness by answering some serious questions about what bullying is before they can create their videos.  I think they are up for it.  After all they are Girl Scouts and say at each meeting the Girl Scout Promise and Law.  They have the training and qualities to be resourceful and creative.

GIRL SCOUT PROMISE:

 

On my honor, I will try:

to serve God and my country

to help people at all times,

and to live by the Girl Scout Law.

THE GIRL SCOUT LAW:

I will do my best to be,

honest and fair,

friendly and helpful,

considerate and caring

courageous and strong, and

responsible for what I say and do

and to respect myself and others,

respect authority

use resources wisely,

make the world a better place, and

be a sister to every other Girl Scout.

 

This is my 24^th year as a Girl Scout.  My life would not be the same if I had not been a part of the Girl Scouting experience.  When I was young girl growing up, it was the one constant that kept me strong.  As a teenager and young adult I never imagined that I would accomplish so much including earning the highest award at the time, The First Class. Later as a young mother, I enjoyed being my own daughter’s Girl Scout leader and now I’m in my sixth year as my granddaughter’s leader.  Using creative and imaginative ways I serve my highest good and that of others.

“Long live Girl Scouts.” ~ Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts, 1912

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lent 2016 – Day Ten – Power

We are the power of God within. We have the power to be and do what we want to be.  The power to control our thinking is the highest gift mankind has been given.

 

I remember the first time I said out loud that I would not ever let anyone have power over me.  I was walking along the track at my junior high when my P.E. teacher yelled at me and my friend to run.  At age thirteen, I was skinny, uncoordinated, and not in the least bit athletic.  We had run for what seemed forever and the heat and humidity of that day seemed overwhelming.  I believed in my heart that I could not run anymore.  My teacher come up from behind us and instead of encouraging us with positive reinforcement or urging us with empowering words, she belittled us and continued to embarrass us.  Something snapped in me and I just stopped and I started walking.  When I got to the gate, I walked back to the gym and got dressed in my school clothes.  I’m not sure I passed my physical fitness test, nor did I care.  It was a wonderful feeling to say out loud to my friend never again. And I stuck to that the rest of my life.  What I did learn from the experience is that power can be misused and only I can decide which way to use it.  I chose to use my power from my heart.

Power comes from within.  I am not alone. I know that power is a spiritual tool that leads me in an abundant life.  We live with the truth that all power comes from love.

“I use my power to manifest the life I want.” ~ Rev. Paula Mekdeci, Unity

Lent 2016 – Day Nine – Love

Yesterday’s 2016 Lenten theme was Love. The Rev. Evelyn Foreman writes, “Like the sun, love’s joy is pure, nourishing, and continually giving.”

Susannah Conway challenged me to find heart-shaped objects or just hearts.  Love is a theme for the month of February.  Hearts, flowers, Valentine cards, and chocolate candy all have a common thread – love.

Finding the hearts has not been easy.  I have a beautiful book by Connie Smith, a cancer survivor, entitled “Never Lose Heart; hope for the journey.”  It is filled with photographs of hearts and inspiring poetry.  Slightly intimidated, I have begun my search.

 

I found: a cut paper lamp shade that has been a bedside table lamp for years, a Pennsylvania Dutch print wedding announcement, a gift from my parents;  a Pirkenhammer tea cup, originally from Czechoslovakia in the 1800’s that belonged to Mark’s grandmother;  a drawing by my granddaughter Lexi; a signed and dated poster of the Canton (MS) annual Flea Market showing hearts on the clown’s face; and a heart-shaped frame of my precious dog, Speck who shared 16 years of his life with our family.  All these heart shapes are symbols of the love that lives in my heart. (Excerpt taken from my Facebook Musing.)

 

“Love in Divine Mind, is the idea of Universal unity.  In expression, it is the power that joins and binds together the universe and everything in it.  Love is a harmonizing, constructive power.  When it is made active in consciousness, it conserves substance and reconstructs, rebuilds, and restores mankind and its world.” – Charles Fillmore

When we know the Truth we know that we are all one, that there is no separation whatsoever.  We learn by experience that love must be directed by wisdom.  God is kindness; God is love.  Loving-kindness is a word of rare compound.  Our greatest good comes in the welfare of all.  Divine love sees no distinction among persons.  When we even faintly realize the love of God, we begin to love our fellow man.

Love is more than gifts one time a year, it has no boundaries and knows no limits—it soars beyond strife or struggle.  And remember through love all things are possible.

“I am blessed by the overcoming power of love.”

~ Rev. Toni Stephens Coleman, Unity

Eight Day of Lent 2016 - Wisdom

I grow in wisdom through forgiveness and release.

Listening to my inner voice keeps me on my path.  I may get my divine messages from a dream, an email, while meditating, from something I read, and/or a conversation with someone.  Knowing that my messages come from God, I see it as pure light RADIATING through me and into my world.

“Christ within me is my glory.  The brightness of God’s presence wipes out all darkness, and I am filled with life and light.” ~ Charles Fillmore

The questions I face every day are not unlike so many others.  How will I react when I am faced with someone who “pushes my buttons”?  Can I go without judging?  Can I balance what I hear and what I say with what I do?  I trust my inner wisdom to make the right choices.  This is because Wisdom is the spiritual capacity of knowing the Truth.  And that which is will set me free.

I have a new Fitbit.  It’s not new, but new to me.  My granddaughter gave it to me.  She upgraded and offered me hers along with a dozen or so colored bands.  I chose the turquoise band because at the time it matched my turquoise fingernail polish.  But in truth, it goes with just about everything I wear and when it doesn’t, I don’t really care.  I like that it counts the calories I burn, the steps I take, the miles I walk and the amount of time I sleep at night.  It does more but I don’t have that programmed in yet.  I use it because it keeps me accountable.  This morning I got an email telling me I needed to charge the battery in my Fitbit and the instructions noted that it might take up to three hours to fully charge.  Bummer.  My husband and I had plans to walk the Mall in a few hours and I would have to leave the Fitbit at home.  Then I remembered I had a pedometer that I could use as backup.  I listened to my inner voice and let go of the concern and went about my morning.  When time to leave arrived, I noticed my Fitbit was fully charged.  It had only been a couple of hours; so I’m guessing it didn’t need a full charge.  I share this because it is a perfect example of an opportunity to get frustrated or disappointed.  Instead, my path was made clear.  Listening to my inner voice, I received two good solutions.  I believe that as we walked around the Mall I could actually feel myself becoming conscious of the Christ radiance.

“I awaken to the higher wisdom within me.” ~ Rev. Paula Mekdeci, Unity

Lent 2016 – Day 5 – Twelve Powers

The Twelve Powers are Unity tools for an abundant life as named by Unity founder Charles Fillmore.  He said, “These spiritual abilities were perfectly expressed by Jesus and are present in every person.”  These powers include: Faith, Strength, Wisdom, Love, Power, Imagination, Understanding, Will, Order, Zeal, Elimination, and Life.  Fillmore also saw the twelve disciples of Jesus as symbolically representing each of these twelve pathways, these twelve powers of the Christ.

February’s power is STRENGTH.  Andrew, brother of Peter, who became fishers of men was the disciple of Jesus that represents this power.  It means the ability to endure, stay the course and persevere.  It reminds us that we have the STRENGTH to do all that is ours to do.

“Through Christ the mind and the body of mankind have the power of using strength on various planes of consciousness.  I affirm that I am steadfast and strong in thought and in deed, and thus I am establishing strength in soul and in body. I refuse to let the thought of weakness enter my consciousness, but always ignore the suggestion and affirm myself to be a tower of strength within and without.” ~ Charles Fillmore

Last year my Girl Scout troop hiked on Lookout Mountain, GA.  We hiked a trail in Cloudland Canyon State Park, which is approximately two miles round trip to the bottom of the waterfall rising 90 feet.  I was amazed not only at the beauty and strength of the waterfall but also the courage and strength of my Scouts going the distance.  We sat on the rocks, poked sticks into the wet earth surrounding the pool.  It was the first time many had hiked much less seen a waterfall.  I sat back and watched with delight in their new discoveries.  However, our true strength came when we hiked back up the mountain.

The 40-degree slope going down wasn’t too bad, but going up explained why the hike is considered “strenuous.”  It was the 1,200 stair steps that almost did me in. About halfway up, I stopped and centered myself.  I know that I am stronger than any challenge; so made it back to the top of the mountain.

Every experience is our teacher and through these experiences, we discover new STRENGTHS.

Lent 2016 - Day Four - I AM

“I am a joint heir with Jesus to abiding life, wisdom, love, peace, substance, strength, and power.” —Charles Fillmore

Rev. Pat Veenema writes, “The ‘I AM’ presence in you is the same that was in Jesus. Your I AM is the spiritual perfection of the Christ Idea to which Jesus was completely awakened. You, too, can awaken to your I AM spiritual identity, and allow that presence to illumine your thoughts, words, and experiences.”

The I AM is both individual and universal.  We are all part of God and also part of the God-consciousness.  The real source of life is within us.  The I AM is the same in all men and women.  It is without limit in its capacity to express the potentialities of God.

Through the conscious and subconscious of Mind, we live, move and have our being.  It is easy to judge and act upon something positive or negative, but not so easy when it is happening without our conscious effort to make it happen.

Rev. Veenema also said, “I am in God, and God is in me, as me.”  I agree and I wouldn’t want my life to be any different.

When we bought our home there was one plant in the backyard, a burning bush.  Once a year the green leaves turn a bright red.  Eric Butterworth writes, “When Moses heard God speak in the burning bush, it was a knowing so clear that it was as if God was speaking to him. He was told to take off his shoes, meaning to let go of preconceived notions and to become as a little child.”  I look at my burning bush and I am reminded that my I AM is the Christ within me.  If I want to see my life through the eyes of God, then I have to remind myself where my real source of life is, within, and live that life with God.

Lent 2016 – Day Three – God

“God is good and everywhere present.” ~ Lent 2016, Unity

The Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Shepherd writes about the importance of seeing things from a higher ground and also the lower ground.  He writes, “Higher ground is everywhere—when women and men take a stand for faith and justice and open their arms to people from all branches of the human family tree.”

When I was a little girl, the most impressive place in the church, to me was the alter.  The brass cross, candelabra’s, huge white Bible, and sometimes flowers.  Growing up in the Episcopal Church, rituals and pageantry was a staple.  For a time, I helped my mother and other women clean the communion plates, polish the brass and pews.  We worked in a side room off the chancel.  I remember thinking the Alter looked so bare when we did our polishing.  I thought God wasn’t in the church unless the Alter was set up perfectly.

Trinity Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, LA

 

 

 

Of course I grew out of those feelings and even began to take the Alter for granted.  Then one day many years later, I realized that the Alter with all its beauty was just a symbol.  It is that place of consciousness where we are willing to let go of the lesser for the greater, to let go of personality and enter into individuality.  Today, I know God is not just on the Alter, but is everywhere present.  In the words of Charles Fillmore, “God as principle is the unchangeable life, love, substance, and intelligence of Being.”

Rev. Shepherd goes on to say, “Lower ground is the root system, telling me who I am and where I’ve come from and how to celebrate the joys and challenges that have brought me here, today.” Every day I make choices and every day I look for my greater good.  I do this by letting go and letting God live through me.  For me, God is very real.  God is Love, Wisdom, Intelligence, Power, Substance, Mind, and the Truth and I find God when inside me as Tennyson said, “Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.”  I go to the Alter and find myself with God and I am grateful.

“There is only One Presence and One Power in the Universe and in my life, God the Good.”

 ~ Rev Pat Veenema, Unity

 

 

Magic Hour at Chickamauga Lake 001 by Janice Kennedy

Lent 2016 – Second Day

Affirmation

Judi Marshall writes, “Nothing is more empowering than choosing to see circumstances in a positive light and acting from that light. We can reframe each situation affirming the good in every circumstance. Through the Christ Light in us, we are open to receiving our good.” ~ Unity Lent 2016

Those that have great faith, have great power.  God created mankind to express God in the manifest world, and we fall short in our mission when we fail to measure up to our divine authority.  When Jesus prayer things happened, and He expected His followers to do likewise.

Today is the eleventh day of “the crud.”  This is a common name given to a cold that is not really cold but has characteristics common with a cold and moves from one symptom to another making life miserable to those who have the misfortune of catching it.  I won’t go into details but to say I’m glad things are getting better.  Yesterday was a low point with aches and pains that felt like bruises radiating down my legs.  I thought, “What does that have to do with a cold?”  Then I remembered that I’ve been continuing my regime of walking every day and I think the muscles in my legs are trying to tell me something.  I’m not letting them get off so easy.  I woke up this morning affirming that my legs don’t hurt, my coughing has stopped, my sinus are back to normal and I’m going to walk no matter what.  It worked.

When we affirm our good, we attract greater good.  Repeating an affirmation is leading the mind to that state of consciousness where it accepts that which it wishes to believe.

“An affirmation is our inner voice giving birth to the highest truth.” ~ Rev. ClaudellCounty

 

 

 

 

I believe with all my heart the power of affirmations.  Like the RADIANT rays of sun breaking through the trees early in the morning, I am a ray of positive light shining into the lives of the people I touch.  Several years ago, I wrote this poem affirming my desire to be the Light of God:

 

 

The Light of Love

 Priscilla N. Shartle

 

 

The light of love touches my cheek

as a ray of sunshine.

It may come as a blinding light in early morn or

as a beam dancing around the shadows of trees.

 

The light of love warms my fingers

in a sink of sudsy water.

A simple task that can be done alone while meditating or shared with someone I find dear.

 

The light of love tugs at my heart

when my granddaughter calls my name.

“What darling?” I ask in response

as she begins to tell me about her day.

 

The light of love is a gentle hug

from a dear friend.

Old or young, the gesture binds us to each other

reminding us of the power of touching.

 

The light of love is the Divine presence

surrounding me.

It lights my life, warms my heart, and

reflects back into the lives of the people I touch.

 

 

 

“All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

 

 

 

 

First Day of Lent 2016

 Ash Wednesday - Denial

Negative thoughts have no power over me.  I am centered and peaceful.

Just as spring is the season for new and expanded life, Lent is a time of spiritual rebirth and renewal. It is a time for realigning ourselves with the Christ Mind and allowing ourselves to be transformed at depth.  Lent is a time for rising in consciousness to higher ground. As we ascend to the mountaintop of spiritual perspective, we see the patterns of our lives—what we want to continue and what we want to release. We call upon the Christ within to make positive changes and help us know our Oneness with God every day. ~ Unity



The challenge for me this Lenten season is to find a way to combine a spiritual rebirth and renewal as I explore my senses and look for RADIANT beams shining in and through me.  

The days are getting longer and my free time seems to be extended as well.  This seems the perfect time to challenge myself to be the person I am called to be.   Rev. Toni Stephens Coleman writes, “I have learned to put my trust not in material things, but in spiritual principle. Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore defines principle as ‘Fundamental Truth … the underlying plan by which Spirit (God) moves in expressing itself.’ ”

I cannot deny that I already know what that fundamental truth is: that I am called to live from the Divine in me.  Today I am turning to God within to guide me into my best life.

When we give no power to any thought or action that does not serve us, we are free to manifest what we truly desire in our lives.  When training a puppy, we don’t say “stop jumping up on Johnny” or “no chewing on that slipper.”  Instead, a simple “Stop” or “No” is all that is required.  The same is true for stopping thoughts or actions that don’t serve us. Whether I’m making a conscious decision to lose weight, eat healthier, meditate longer, walk farther, sing louder, or shout to the world my joy, I know deep in my heart what is right for me.  I turn away from a belief of negative thoughts to the spirit of Divine love where anything is possible.

“The Divine Light within is infusing all my surroundings with a delightful spirit of

wisdom, dignity, and peace.” ~ Charles Fillmore

The Letter P

“In order to be able to really SEE we must train ourselves to look beyond the grey familiarity of our every-day world.”  Thank you to Susannah Conway, again, for challenging me to explore my senses.   After meandering through my house, I found things that were red, purple, and yellow.

I got a bit side-tracked in my search for my initials and heart shapes.  It’s not that I didn’t look, but I think I just didn’t look hard enough.  This is because Girl Scout cookie season and a trip to beautiful South Carolina to celebrate my granddaughter Emery Kate’s birthday have taken precedence over my exploration of my senses.

Cookie season is a two-and-a-half month season of training, pre-order sales, delivering cookies and collecting money, booth sales, and believe it or not reorders which can be huge.  This year I will have over 2,500 boxes of cookies in my garage before all the girls pick them up.  That’s about 200 boxes more than last year.  The troop makes .65 cents on a $4 box of cookies which we use to send girls to camp, go on day trips, and buy supplies including all their books, badges, patches and awards.  We always donate cookies to places such as the Ronald McDonald House, the Salvation Army Café, and the Chambliss Children’s Home, to name a few.  Cookie sales are a business, an experience unlike any other, and it teaches the girls valuable lessons in life.  But for the leaders/cookie chairmen it is all-consuming those weeks.

 

My husband and I traveled to Beaufort to visit our granddaughters and celebrate Emery Kate turning five years old.  We had planned to stay longer but cookie sales interrupted it, but we squeezed in a lot of hugs and kisses and birthday wishes while there.

 

She had her party at a local Christian based bowling alley.  The couple who bought the bowling alley a few years ago converted it, cleaned it up, and since this is the third party my daughter has held here, I can see that it is a huge success.  Classes were going on for a group of children; families were bowling together and two other party tables were set up for later that day.  Emery Kate invited seven little girls and one boy who happens to be a family friend, not a school mate.  Two of the little girls and the boy showed up.  None of the others RSVP'd; so my daughter had to assume everyone would come.  That meant buying enough pizza, cake, ice-cream and favors.  That seems to be the norm these days.  Sadly, parents don't respond to invitations anymore. The good news is the smaller group meant the parents got to enjoy the delicious pizza, Bluebell Ice cream cups,  and cupcake cake.  It was a "My Little Pony" party.  Her big sister Lexi painted a ceramic My Little Pony for her little sister and kept it a secret for a long time.  Both were very proud.

Later that day, I sat on their front porch.  The wind was brisk and I could have sworn that I could hear the waves two blocks away splashing on the beach at Port Royal.  Warm temperatures were not enough to withstand the wind, but I found a few minutes to sit in the sun and quietly think.  When I opened my eyes I saw a recent painting by my granddaughter, Lexi, a blooming artist as seen from the eyes of one with Autism.

Here was my first P:

 

 

 

 

With my first P tackled, I’m ready to find others.  Today, I will open my eyes and see with my heart and remember to sit quietly and be grateful for all my senses.