The
special moments in which we individuals receive a grace
show
how the universe loves to become personal,
to
incarnate itself in time and space.
David Richo
Photo taken by Joshua Thomas of Red River, New Mexico
For our Angel Group’s meditation on
Monday morning, we each said a little prayer before drawing one of Cheryl
Richardson’s Grace Cards out of a hat. Then we one-by-one slowly while
breathing deeply shared the wisdom contained on the card. I drew silence. It
was lovely.
One of the Angels shared how she
thinks of me while doing an exercise for her back. She’s a do-do-do kind of
person and lying on the floor for ten minutes is an eternity for her. She
thinks of how silence was so important for me on my recent retreat. Later she
gave me a hug and told me she reads several times a week the personal message I
wrote for her on her Christmas card.
Last week in the Spirituality Forum
I attend at our senior center, one of our members mentioned Anne Lamott’s book
about the three essential prayers, Help
Thanks Wow. I shared that my prayer at this time is “Help!!” Monday afternoon,
a friend from the group called to respond to my prayer of last week. She’d been thinking
about me and called to share a spiritual practice she used at a time in her
life similar to mine that helped her. She added that she sees me as a good
person who deserves to have what I want in life. When we ended the
conversation, she said, “I love you.” Needless to say, I was moved to tears.
I noted, “This was probably risky of
you to call and share all this with me.”
She agreed, admitting she
doesn’t think she has the right to interfere in another person’s life. I told
her I did not experience this as interference. I felt loved and cared about and
thanked her for taking the risk.
I will be adopting her spiritual
practice.
Then later in the evening the phone
rang again. A very dear friend of many years (the same one my daughter and I
called upon for help recently) had been thinking of me during the day and
decided to call. She had an experience yesterday that increased her appreciation
for my listening skills. She said, “I
think you’re a highly evolved human being and I’m really glad we are friends.”
After her call, I wrote in my Grace
journal these wonderful connections made during the day and the gifts of grace
these women bestowed upon me.
We all need to know we are loved and
that we make a difference in the world. I’m grateful for these women extending
Divine love to me in human form and to know I make a difference in their lives.
And I’m grateful for the difference they make in mine.
I am truly in awe at the gifts
of grace bestowed upon me on this amazing grace-filled Monday.
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