Life is difficult. Many of the things we experience we may have made choices that have led us to the result, and some experiences may be no fault of our own we simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Whatever the cause for difficulty and struggle when we place our lives and faith into God’s hands we will have the strength, wisdom and peace to continue on and overcome adversity.
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
Today as I sit at my assigned post at work I had another visit from my 11 heavenly sent geese. My location is about a mile or slightly more from the lake that I last seen them and photographed them at. You can read about that experience here. Many geese showed up at my location however it was these 11 once again who broke off from the crowd and came right down to my exact location to seek me out.
Keep your eyes open for the messages from Heaven.
Thank you Wy, we Love you!
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
This would have been Wyatt’s choice of song to share on my post
Deep wounds cause pain. Everyone reacts differently to pain, some scream in pain, some lash out and try to inflict pain onto others, some stoically endure pain. If we are unable to explain why some individuals lash out so violently, how then can we ever hope to live in peace with others?
My heart hurts equally for all who have endured pain and loss this week. My heart longs to understand why people react so differently to pain.
Understanding the reaction to pain emotional or physical is what could bring peace.
Fear enrages pain, and Love calms pain. As I am writing this I cannot stop thinking of the elderly lady I met many years ago. The detailed story you can read by clicking here. This beautiful lady lived through the murder of her daughter. Her explanation of the events that she recounted to me seemed too unbearably difficult for anyone to get through.
I talked with her about how she was able to keep the rage, anger and unfairness of the hate filled act that took her daughters life from taking over. Simply hearing the series of events she explained made me wonder how any mother could live through such horror and not be consumed with rage and anger. She very simply said it was my faith that got me through it. Her Gentle spirit continued to explain to me that it was not easy but she had many loving people who supported her and she prayed.
This also makes me think of the Amish School shooting and the reactions of the Amish people after the horrific act, in offering forgiveness.
It is through faith and love from within the heart that cleanses the rage and allows the sorrowful drops that emerge as tears to wash away the need for rage-full acts of revenge.
Humans beings need and long to be heard. Everyone has a story that needs to be told. Expressing our feelings and having another person listen with respect and concern makes us feel valued and loved. When this does not happen our self esteem is compromised. When we do not feel and live with self respect how then can we show and share respect for others and life itself.
It is never to late to reach out for Divine Wisdom Strength and Love. Whenever you feel pain of any kind pray, breath, and Believe in Divine Strength to endure. The answer is never in hurting someone else because you are hurting yourself.
When you give love it comes back to you. Even if you do not feel the love returned from the person you extend love to, your life will still be filled with Love and Peace. No person who acts and gives Love ever lives without Love. Love is multiplies when it is given.
When you are at your lowest and pray for guidance to a higher power outside of your limited human abilities, the strength to act in love will take over to tame the emotional pain and rage.
It is the brokenness of a soul staying stuck within the human confinement of the body, and not looking to heaven for strength and guidance to get through difficult and painful events, that causes a person to want to inflict the same pain they are experiencing on another individual.
Before God we are equally wise—equally foolish. ~ Albert Einstein
Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. For the Lord grants wisdom! ~Proverbs 2:2,6
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
As individuals we need to quiet the noise of the world and contemplate Love and true Freedom from within. The word freedom can have numerous definitions as any word can. Situations and experiences within individual’s lives hold many different depths of meaning. What one person may explain as imprisonment another person may envision as being free.
Human life and human emotions all vary and take on individual conclusive wisdom relative only to the situation and experiences we grew up within. If we were not exposed witnessed or taught to look outside our limited human abilities and seek wisdom and enlightenment from God/Deity, our experiences will be limited to human ability,conduct, and fear.
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
By seeking out Divine Love and opening your heart and mind to Divine Guidance our hearts are filled with Hope and we are guided to act in Love.
“There is no joy without hardship. If not for death, would we appreciate life? If not for hate, would we know the ultimate goal is love? At these moments you can either hold on to negativity and look for blame, or you can choose to heal and keep on loving.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (The Wheel of Life, 1997)
Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here………. My heart becomes free and my shame is undone…..
Invite Love into your heart. Choose to act in Love, and hold onto Hope.
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
Increase your Joy by bringing Joy to others.
Light is love, darkness is fear.
A smile is God’s cosmetic. Let your inner light shine brightly, share kindness, love and compassion with a genuine caring smile, and help others find their way out of the darkness and seek Divine Love and Guidance.
There is no room for darkness in a room filled with light.
This post was written for the Daily Post prompt Burn.
With Respect, Hope, Joy, and Love, Carmela
This morning I was not in the best of moods. A combination of grumpy, overworked, sad, I guess a good term would be just sort of edgy. I am uncomfortable being grouchy, but thankfully I have friends that get grouchy with me and when we get together and grumpily discuss, silly options and solutions to our most pressing stresses it helps to calm the edgy demeanor and make us laugh.
Sometimes when sad events or memories creep into the mind it has a tendency to have a domino effect that can cast a shadow of sadness onto any experience if you allow it. The best way to counter act the domino effect is to make yourself laugh.
I found the Laughter Yoga video’s a few years back when I was working with adults with disabilities. It became a very fun way to distract or redirect negative behaviors on difficult days.
I hope you will watch the video completely….I am sure you will find yourself laughing along with the video. Silliness is a good thing.
When my children were young we loved the VeggieTales Bob the tomato, Larry the cucumber, could always spark a few giggles as well as relay many important positive messages and techniques for getting through life.
Hopefully you will take a moment to enjoy their silliness.
Larry shares one of his deepest fears with his therapist……. If my lips ever left my mouth, packed a bag and headed south…..
Thank you to my silly friend’s early morning phone call that sends me into the day envisioning silly options to the monotony of reality.
And thank you to Marianne’s along side of the road post for making me seek out some more silliness today 🙂 I hope you will click on the link and read her post. I am sure you will enjoy it!
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
Frustration is brewing in my thoughts and emotions today. Have you ever expressed concern and suggested a possible solution only to have it be met with a list of the many reasons why this could never happen. I am a firm believer that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I often find myself advocating for improvements to prevent possibility disasters, and am usually met with negativity. So…. does this make my thoughts of needing to prevent disaster negative or their thoughts for resisting change negative?
My past has taught me that bad things can happen when you least expect it. You can be living your life, not taking risks, not in a threatening manner and happily enjoying your existence only to wake up one day to find your world is completely upside down.
There is no promise that living a peaceful existence, following your heart and attempting to make a positive influence, and improvements as you live out your days will come easily.
Patience, persistence and entrusting your life to Divine Care and Guidance will give you the wisdom strength and patience you need to endure.
Never Give Up on Your Dreams
Dare to dream. Be brave and move forward with each day.
Anything is possible when we ask for and allow Divine Guidance to lead us.
Focus only on Peace and Love.
Act only with Kindness and Compassion.
Meet resistance with Mighty Strength and Conviction 🙂
Make a positive impact.
Communicate positive resolutions and peaceful solutions.
Be respectful of all opinions and beliefs.
Pray for wisdom and resolution of the negative resistance.
Never give up Hope.
Always Hope, Dream and Pray for Love, Peace and Contentment for All.
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
I read a very interesting post today from Wandering 40 days titled …. A Call To Love, Regardless! I hope you will read his post by clicking on the link.
He states, “If we can only identify with and love people who have experienced what we have experienced, then we will fail to love. Just because I haven’t had cancer doesn’t mean I can’t sit and cry with a friend who does. That is love. Just because someone’s struggle is far different from mine doesn’t mean I can’t pause and listen to their heartache and longing for love.”
He also brings up the point that “To value life is to love all humans, regardless of their beliefs. It is not a prerequisite to believe as they do in order to love them.”
This makes me wonder if the individuals who speak out and protest with angry words and rage against the opinions that oppose their own, form protests and take actions to divide and change people to their way of thinking are doing so out of fear?
Did they not feel True Unconditional Love from childhood? Did they not learn peaceful solutions to disagreements or misunderstandings? Might this be why they are only comfortable with feelings that mirror their own limited beliefs and conditions?
Are their actions based in survival tactics….. I hurt…. I now make someone else hurt?
Do they not realize that when we point a finger at another person there are three of our fingers that point back at ourselves?
Maybe God intended it to be this way? Maybe he wants us to examine why we are filled with emotions, why we are pointing a finger and criticizing another person for having a different opinion, or living their life differently than our own. Maybe he is asking us to simply reach out with Agape Love. Maybe those three fingers pointing back at us signify Agape Love, The Holy Trinity.
Maybe those three fingers that point toward our own heart are really reminding us to…. Act in Love.
We can Love a person without loving their actions or opinions.
When we are filled with Divine and Spiritual Awareness and completely understand that as a Child of God we are Loved Unconditionally, it is only then that we can truly Love others and not fear or feel threatened by our differences.
Trusting in Divine Guidance and choosing to Live in Love gives you a power that is super natural and greater than all understanding. God’s wisdom will provide you with safety, clarity, strength and a wealth of support around each and every corner! The beauty of God’s loving kindness will fill you with unexplainable levels of Peace, Love, Joy, Contentment, Wisdom, Understanding and Hope.
Please pray for those in need, so they may look to the heavens for truth and wisdom to begin living in Love and not fear. It is not until you are honest with yourself that your life will be open to a Divine Love and Protection that surpasses all understanding.
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
Nature holds beauty and communications from God. When my days are rushed, stressful, and chaotic, I pray, withdraw as much as possible and cocoon myself within my own world of quiet observation of nature and it’s amazing beauty.
Whether it is a song from a bird, a butterfly, the beauty of the smell of the rain, or the presence of wildlife nature brings peace and contentment when we stop to breathe, and quiet the thoughts on our minds and take in the moment.
My life has been somewhat melancholy in the past weeks. Life events, loved ones health issues and longings and feelings of sadness for my loved ones in heaven.
Mothers day, and Fathers day always trigger much appreciation for having many awesome memories and experiences that my parents shared with me, but also there is some sadness as well, missing the fact that their earthly bodies are no longer with us.
When I think of them, am missing them, and find myself in these contemplative states of mind is when I find that nature seeks me out.
I found myself driving to work the other Saturday at a very early hour, barely past dawn. As I come to a stop sign by a lake and begin to drive away, a flock of 11 Canadian Geese step off of the sidewalk and begin crossing the street in a single file line. My heart was so happy to watch them and I wished I was able to photograph them, however I knew I would not be able to. So I simply enjoyed their presence.
Something told me to count them, when I did this I knew this was no simple coincidence for my grandson Wyatt was 11 when he joined Jesus in Heaven, and out of a huge group of geese that were both on the lake as well as already on the opposite side of the road……. It was only these 11 that decided to stop me in my tracks and demand I take the time to see them! 🙂
I then returned to work several more days glancing in at the geese as I pass and the very next Saturday I find myself very early for arrival at work and decide to stop at the lake and get out to enjoy the geese.
I chat with another person who was there photographing some of the nesting birds in the trees and I began to video the geese on the lake. It was very hard for me to see what I was videoing because of the glare of the early morning sun that was coming off of the water. I was able to obtain a short video before the message came on to tell me I had to recharge.
It was only after I downloaded the video that I was able to see the rays of sun that had divided the water with two lines forming a type of triangle between the top and bottom of the photographed area. Within the boundaries of the sun’s rays were floating a total of 11 geese! Two geese at the top of the area and nine geese below.
My granddaughter is always finding feathers from Heaven, as she rushes to pick it up she looks up to Heaven waving and saying “Thanks Wyatt! I Love You”.
The best way I know to end this post is by simply saying “Thanks Wyatt! I Love You”.
A day of perfection! This post was written for the Daily Post Challenge word Perfection.
With Respect, Hope, Joy, and Love, Carmela
Divine Love, guidance and wisdom become clear to us through our life experiences. My entire life God has introduced me to beautiful people who I have needed to help me better understand myself.
As human beings we all hold wisdom and understanding we have obtained from life’s experiences. We can choose to examine and put words to those events or we can choose to look away, ignore the experience, and continue on never grasping the wisdom we were offered.
Painful feeling and experiences are meant to be shared. This is the only way to fully understand, overcome, move forward, and improve our lives.
Life can be peaceful and full of joy but we have to be brave enough and take steps to fully find it.
Sometimes this means sharing the hurtful, embarrassing, shameful experiences that we have lived through. By doing this our eyes,hearts, and lives are opened to a deeper level of awareness, peace, and connection to humanity.
The words “It is in pardoning that we are pardoned” come to mind as I write this from St.Francis Prayer for Peace Susan Boyle sings it below.
I must tell you that I am so grateful for all of life’s experiences and Truly Thankful for the Many People who God has introduced me to that have helped me find Clarity, True Love For Life and the Longing to Share it with Others.
With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
Carmela Snelbaker 