Del Rio News Herald

Growing in spirit is not for the unadventurous.

This is one of the truths I discovered long ago when I first embarked upon the most important journey of my life.

As I look back at the places I’ve been, I am impressed by how much I have unknowingly hampered my own progress.

With each step forward, my past is revealed more clearly, allowing a glimpse of the spiritual infirmity that has colored my perception of life.

Since learning of the cancer in my thyroid gland last summer, my motivation is high to identify and release all impediments to my wholeness.

This way of thinking is not new to me, for it has been the underlying foundation of my path of awakening. But with this latest news, my eyes are open even wider.

Sometimes, when we least expect it, we are given a wake-up call that brings our lives into sharper focus. That is where the blessing lies for me.

With each step, I know beyond doubt that the road Home is found in the full expression of each moment.

As I heal deep within, I gain a more profound sense of the honesty and humility that this practice requires.

I don’t believe that we are meant to suffer as so many of us do in mind, body and spirit, but nonetheless, it happens.

Part of my own invitation to wellness involves getting to the root of why my body has learned to attack itself from within.

While I acknowledge the role that genetics and environmental factors play in the manifestation of disease, I believe there is a component that is often overlooked.

Although there is nothing I can do to alter my genes, or my past exposure to unhealthy substances or conditions (aside from prayer), there are things I can do now.

We endure great physical strain (not to mention the mental, emotional and spiritual toll it takes) when we ignore our deepest needs.

I believe that we will be much healthier as a people when we learn to care for ourselves completely, with respect for the gift of Creation that we are.

I like to consider the effects that living in conscious contact with our Source would have on the condition of our bodies, minds and spirits.

To be honest, I must admit that I’m not always close to that level of Connection. And I doubt that many people I know have attained that state, either.

Speaking personally, it’s easy to accept our life conditions as reality, even as we pray for them to change.

The single thing that has altered the quality of my health the most, on every level, is the realization of my part in the answer to such prayers for healing.

By continually avoiding the inevitable pain of being human, I have built a formidable wall around my heart that has surely affected my health.

Year after year of denying the full spectrum of my humanity has prevented me from accepting the Abundance which can flow so Divinely through our open hearts.

It’s only been recently that I realized that living with so much locked inside has taken my life on a course that has harmed me in many ways.

I feel sobered when I consider that my responses to the changing nature of life were long distorted by an opaque filter of waste that has dimmed my spirit.

From where I am now, I see that my growth has been severely limited by my inability to face myself honestly before my Maker.

It is my understanding that the root of human suffering lies in the separation we feel from our true Home.

Underneath the countless offenses we have endured in our lifetimes is the basic longing for an unbroken connection to the endless Wellspring of life.

I like to remember the stories I’ve heard about people who overcame great personal hardships through their absolute trust in a Power greater than themselves.

I believe they were able to live in that Sacred space while enduring indescribable trials, and emerge stronger and wiser in both mind and spirit.

We, too, can live that quality of faith, when we choose to admit our vulnerability.

Instead of blaming the world for our struggles, we can begin to see just how much we have hindered our progress on this earthly journey.

Such clarity of vision requires a humble and willing heart, and in these changing times, nothing less will do.

More than ever, this is the moment for us to discover what it means to truly Live what we believe.

Perhaps half measures worked to some extent before, but these days call for a willingness to face our truth with understanding and compassion.

As we grow in confidence, we will soon uncover the key to the Kingdom within the deepest experiencing of our lives.

Once it is found, we can use that key throughout our travels to access the bottomless pool of Possibility that enlivens the furthest reaches of our souls.

This, I am learning, is the only way to live. For this precious key unlocks the door inside our hearts to the unceasing flow of Love which makes all things new.

A bright morning

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