A thought...

Have you ever noticed that the only difference between "think" and "thank" is one letter?
I haven't decided what that means, but it's got to be absolutely HUGE.


Two words you don't want to leave home without!

A thought....

When you can look beneath their behavior that hurt you, dear one, and you can see the frightened child - it becomes nearly impossible to be angry and carry a grudge.

And you so can.

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A Beautiful Testimony

Hi Skip,

I read Brandon’s holiday letter to us and the phrase ‘let Grace use me’ stayed with me – and so that became words I spoke every day. Then it became ‘Grace lead me’ – and then the yellow brick road was there! When I was a trainer at an intensive in Denver when my son, Clay became very ill with the stomach flu and a child with CAH getting the stomach flu can be serious – and that time it was because he ended up in the ER having an adrenal crisis. I came to the Journey because of my fear, deep fear of my son dying – it was paralyzing and heart-wrenching at times. And here I was in Denver, in a hotel room, with paramedics all around and my sweet angel lying there limp with an oxygen mask on. Oh God, give me strength to slow this down because I had to give him a steroid shot – and this was the first time I had ever given it to him. Here I was with trained personnel around me – and they couldn’t ‘legally’ give my son a shot that would save his life. It was up to me. Literally, I had to tell them to ‘stop’ so I could do the one thing that would ‘guarantee’ his survival.

And then the gift…. this week, I got a call from CARES Foundation, the non-profit for congenital adrenal hyperplasia, in which I sit on the board, to go to Washington, D.C. to be the spokesperson/advocate for all EMS nationwide to carry solu-cortef on their trucks and to be able to administer the inject to persons with CAH!

I now know why it all happened that weekend, that way – I was surrounded by the love of Grace and my journey family. Brandon, thank you for sitting in your own fire so that we too can sit in ours - it is in the fire where the Light shines the brightest and our diamond selves sparkle with brilliance, love and Grace. Tears rolled down my cheeks as they are right now, knowing that the gifts of the journey are so simple and real and it permeates all souls. I am so deeply grateful to have these tools so that I can guide emotionally intelligent souls who can feel their feelings and know they are ‘safe, whole, free and loved’.

So I have a wish, a deep desire to create a way, a means for those of us raising children in this paradigm of consciousness, a part of our Journey family, to be able to support one another. To share our trials and errors, words and actions, Love and Grace.

And as my dear friend Dr.Deb’s swami said… in this time of emergency, let’s ‘emerge and see’….. let us see the Light that shines in us, around us, for us and with us – all of us!

Blessed be…..

J.U.

Appreciation

"You only live once. Take time to enjoy the little things."

This moment is an invitation to take a step back from your busy schedule, your hectic day, your list of to-do's...

Focus on something (or many things) that you appreciate. Maybe it's something in nature. Maybe the sun is shining through your window and you haven't stopped all day to say, Thank you Sunshine! Or maybe a bird is singing outside and it's been background noise all day... bring it forward and just listen for a moment.

Or maybe you feel like appreciating someone in your life. All the little things that people do for you throughout the day. Sometimes the little things go by overlooked. Think of those things right now. The little gestures that your loved ones show because they care about you.

You might even feel like taking the time to tell someone, "Thank you for all you do. I appreciate you."

Whales

I had the incredible opportunity to go whale watching last weekend. Humpback whales are migrating from Alaska (their feeding ground) to Hawaii (their mating ground). What an amazing experience. I found the poem below and it totally explained the silence the moment you see the tail raise above the water. Sometimes you can find the words to describe such beauty and sometimes it's best to let someone elses words fill in the space that Grace created in your heart.

First Voyage

It is a spiritual universe. And together we slipped away under a starry sky from the continents and islands we knew,to meet ourselves — in the light of a dazzling dawn.

With a deep calm upwelling beneath us, we cast our faith and love upon the waters to meet ourselves — for the first time.

In the knowledge that healing is possible,and that miracles can and do occur — we swam.

Grace washed over us with every sigh of whale-spout, heave of water, and sleek arch of humpback — in a glittering sea.

Was it because we couldn't touch the whales, that we were able to touch each other?

Or because the whales touched us so deeply, that we had the courage to reach out?

From mother to calf to me, a song of forgiveness passes from heart to heart to heart, until trust replaces fear—every time.

14 April 2001
Susan L. Grimshaw