Carmela Snelbaker

Author of "Thank You For Your Service, Sheep!"
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    • Scars, Lasting Aftereffect of Trouble, Suffering or Trauma

      Posted at 11:20 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      May 1st

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      What determines if our scars and wounds will leave us with wisdom or damage?  Whether we live our lives in love or in fear the probability of pain and heartbreak are equally apparent. Our hearts can break and be easily wounded when we reach out to others in love and we are hurt. Physical as well as emotional hurts can be very hard to bounce back from. There are times in our life when we acquire abusive hurts in our formative years of life that may make dramatic differences in how our lives will develop in the future.

      As the sun comes up tomorrow morning it will be the start of a new day. The world will begin anew in many ways. Many innocent children will be born and many human souls will leave their earthly bodies behind as they are welcomed into heavenly presence.

      Each day brings us very limited and precious moments. We have the ability to choose how to use these moments. As adults we can make choices. We can choose to follow our limited human brains or we can search for higher enlightenment and understanding by opening our hearts to Divine Love.

      Living in God’s Divine Love fills our hearts and minds with a wisdom that surpasses all understanding. It fills us with a strength to Live in Truth and strength to endure the untruthfulness of others life may send our way.

      As an innocent child we are born with a heart of Love. The growth and development of that Love is in the hands of the adults who surround us in our most formative years.

      In my past experiences working in the mental healthcare field I have worked with many adults who were scarred by abuse in their formative years as a child. Reading the many tragic life histories of these children brings tears and leaves a sorrow on your heart that is impossible to forget.

      The child is innately programmed to trust, love and confide in those that care and nurture them. If those in control are harming them, the child does not have the proper developmental tools to understand they are being mistreated. They are only beginning to learn about the world. Their world is love, eat, sleep and play. Learning enters into their lives as they progress in their growth stages.

      “Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.”~ Marianne Williamson~

      It is never to late to choose to look outside of yourself for Divine Guidance. Open your heart to Divine Wisdom and Living in Truth.

      “We are not held back by the Love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the Love we are not extending in the present.”   ~ Marianne Williamson Quote

      Please pray that the children who have been wounded from misguided adults are blessed with Divine healing of the scars from abuse.  Pray that adults in need may find Wisdom, Understanding, Peace and guidance to seek Divine Love so they may experience love in themselves and others.

      “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

      With Respect, Joy, Peace and Love,    Carmela

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    • Offer Whispers of Truth and Love

      Posted at 4:08 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Apr 25th

      A Dandelion blowing seeds in the wind.

      Have you ever been in a situation where you are among a group of individuals that you have never met before and you feel drawn to a certain individual? As time passes and you have the ability to talk with them you discover that you share something in common with them. There would have been no way of knowing this through simple eye contact and a smile, but it was intuition that I like to refer to as a Whisper From God.

      More times then not the truest and most beautiful messages come to us as a whisper.

      During a lifetime, individuals will experience very deep hurts. Painful experiences that we carry within our hearts that we will never get over. Emotional heartbreak is not a wound that will ever really heal. You will always miss the loved ones that are no longer with you. We will always feel loss from tragedy. It lives beneath our skin as a secret message written on our hearts. This secret heart message acts like a magnet when God introduces us to someone who has a similar secret message written on their hearts.

      I have found that in the most difficult times of my life God has introduced me to the most beautiful and helpful people. It is as if God has an Intensive Care Unit. I am protected completely from adversity and I am introduced to the most loving people who share wisdom that I need, and it is the magnetic ability of the secret heart messages that we carry that connects us with others living with major painful experiences on there hearts as well. This can only be explained as a result of Living in Love and allowing Divine Guidance to lead you.

      Please pray that those who live in fear, turn off the noise of everyday life, stop reciting memorized prayers long enough to simply be in quiet and peace, open their hearts and lives to Divine Love and Guidance and listen for the Whispers of God.

       

      With Respect, Joy, Hope and Love,   Carmela

       

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    • Love Joy and Peace on Earth

      Posted at 9:49 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Apr 22nd

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      As we celebrate Earth Day today we must keep in mind that in order to continue to exist here on earth we must search deep within our hearts to access a Love and understanding greater than our human selves. We must reach past the fear and allow our eyes and hearts to be open to Love, Respect, Hope and Joy. Human wisdom is limited by fear. Divine wisdom surpasses all understanding and is only attainable by reaching beyond your human ego and allowing the Divine Love of God to lead our hearts to Live in Love.

      Many humans live their entire lives relying on their own wisdom. Believing that they know all and are wise enough to control their lives’ journey and in doing so their actions and attempts at survival trespass the boundaries of others they meet along the way.

      Living in this human survival mode you are unable to see how your actions effect those around you. You will only be able to see what you feel you need to do to survive.  When you are living in the state of survival you are living in fear. You will have a heightened sensitivity. You may react to situations as if you need to defend yourself. Often times when you are in this heightened state of fear you will react aggressively to situations that never even included any hostility or unfavorable criticism. Your mind is simply so heightened and ready to respond that you begin to identify any response as a threat.

      This manner of living will bring only negative results. Can all of the hate and conflict that is going on in the world today be caused by human beings Living in fear and relying on human wisdom alone?

      The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
      Gandhi

      Weather it is one individual in a destructive relationship, or a leader of a country, allowing another human to cause conflict, abuse, and intimidation and trespass upon other humans’ rights and boundaries is wrong and must be confronted and stopped. The only way to stand up against fear is with the power of Divine Love.

      It is only after we allow our hearts to be open to Divine Love that we will be able to live and act in love, have empathy toward others and move beyond simple tolerance and embrace and celebrate the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each of us.

      God provides us with the strength to keep going and opens our eyes to reveal awesome beauty and fills our hearts with Joy, peace, love, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness,  goodness, and self control.

      With Respect, Joy, Hope, and Love,    Carmela

       

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    • Seeking Clarity Amongst the Fog

      Posted at 3:08 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Apr 20th

       

      There will be many times in a persons’ life when they will find themselves in a state of mental confusion or fog. Survivors will often be in a fog or mental daze for days after a catastrophe.

      Tapping into a positive vein of emotions and strength after an emotional or physical crisis is not always easy.

      Fear, sadness and devastation are very big hurdles to overcome. Attempting to take on the challenge alone can be overwhelming. Depending on the events that we find ourselves battling back from, accepting and trusting another human being with our fragile, vulnerable emotional state of confusion takes a tremendous amount of strength and trust. The alternative of keeping calm and carrying on as if nothing happened and everything is ok, leaves you dealing with very big problems with only weak human wisdom as your defense. Sort of like a very naïve citizen attempting to defend themselves in a courtroom against a relentless attorney. Even though it may be possible it also may leave you to living with angry resentful and negative feeling for years to come.

      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

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    • Life Sucks, Go Get Help :)

      Posted at 5:08 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Apr 7th

      Life sucks I cannot wait until I can live in heaven with my grandson in peace! In saying that I in no way mean I am ready to end things here on earth as I know that the time that I spend here is not to be left to my own control. I have a really deep understanding and belief in God and I render my life to divine guidance, and will carry on until I have an official invitation into Heaven.

      So here is my newly acquired lessons, I am feeling the need to put out to the world so that it may help others who may find themselves confronted with similar conditions.

      First off as parents please be aware as we are raising our children, every experience we share with them is setting into their memory and leaving a mark. The way that we act in front of them, to them, and with them is a learning experience that they will use as reference in their future life.

      There are many adults living in this world who are acting in ways that are aggressive to others. They may or may not know the error of their ways. Some may have been taught this way and others may have simply fallen into these ways by other means. Some of these people may even be in the possession of a badge or other accreditation they may even use to gain your trust.

      I have seen people perform extremely well in the position of authority doing amazingly impressive helpful work; and in a matter of hours later I have watched the very same individual fall out of the ability to verbally express a need and resort to abusive techniques to obtain what they needed or what they wanted to obtain.

      Abuse is not always about physically attacking someone. Abuse also comes in ways of abuse of authority, manipulation and intimidation. The intimidation abuse is even more frustrating and debilitating to the victim because the abuser will always stop at nothing in attempts to trash and lie about the victim’s explanation of events. The victim will be portrayed as a liar, and a crazy person.

      Sometimes it may be mental health issues other times simply problems with authority. Maybe just a mean bully. Weather it is how you were taught from the beginning or simply it is just how you want to act. It is wrong and needs to be stopped and called attention too.

      As a victim there are things you can do. You can place a stop all contact with the person at your local police department. I am posting these things because in my own situation these things were not clearly apparent from the beginning and when stress is very high it makes functioning and responding so difficult. When you share your situation with others it gives you great strength and support. It still however can leave you at a loss for what to do next.

      Bullies are small people. They need to use manipulation and intimidation as a way to obtain what they want. They do not know how to communicate and they do not have knowledge and respect for boundaries. There are many wonderful books out that can help explain respect for boundaries, respect for another persons’ individual personal space, (I like to call this spacial boundaries) and respect for physical boundaries such as a door, a piece of furniture, or any object.

      I find it extremely sad because these individuals can be very nice people and do very good things when they are in a positive “head space” and when they are being admired, looked up to and receiving positive reinforcement, however when normal every day activity is happening and they feel the need for attention they find themselves unable to verbally find words to clearly state what their need is. At that point they may snap into a rage of demands, demeaning attacks using belittling and nasty words of hate and accusations. They will make themselves aggressively threatening and fearful by breaking down any physical boundary between you and them and disrespecting any request for personal space (spacial boundaries). The other person is always made out to be crazy and they will always portray themselves as being completely free from any fault. Their story of the events will be completely different than the actual event with very hateful accusations toward the opposing party.

      Please if you ever come across anything similar stand up to them and make them seek help, you have to walk away because they will never accept help from you because they KNOW they are always right. Unless you bring attention to a Bully and his actions he will continue to go about his ways and hurt innocent people and himself over and over again.
      Human beings have many more likenesses than differences. Every human has vulnerabilities.
      My heart goes out to those in pain, and I truly wish that no one had to experience pain and negative situations ever. If you have or are experiencing difficulties and negative situation, and have ever felt hopeless. Please take a moment to try to look at the situation in a completely different manner.
      Step back from your individual pain and examine the situation as though it were happening to someone else. Negative emotions are universal and every living being is vulnerable to them.

      What if the uncomfortable experiences that you endure were a divine gift of understanding and compassion that we could use to help the many others who are feeling hopeless? When we use our experiences to reach out and help others, we can open our hearts and minds to become the pathway through which Divine Guidance can lead others toward hope.

      Blessings to you and all those who are in pain. Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Open your heart and allow Divine Guidance to lead.

      I truly believe that Peace and Respect for all living creation is a very attainable goal. Every person can be a teacher. When you practice respect, you are teaching respect.

      Perhaps the answer to attaining this is as the Teacher’s Prayer states. If each one of us starts with teaching just a few people, many and beautiful things, so they can one day teach a few people. As this continues on and on we can make Gratitude, Hope, Joyfulness, and love abound.

      With respect, hope, wisdom and love,  Carmela

       

       

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    • Open Letter to Political Leaders and individuals who spew hate toward anyone who may vote differently then themselves

      Posted at 2:19 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Mar 17th

      Unconditional love that comes from God is that which can forgive harshness, criticism, and disparaging words. It is only in Hope from the Love that we can draw enough strength to endure. As individuals if we look first to God for direction, strength and wisdom before speaking, acting and retaliating to a tongue lashing, our response may change significantly.

      Could the major problem behind all the political difference of opinion, disparaging words and often childlike attacks be that we respond quickly, without contemplation with reasonable cognitive thinking? Does it make sense to respond to someone’s harsh unreasonable words with even harsher and more unreasonable words and blame?

      I once read a bit of “drive by wisdom” at a time in my life that involved many major life changes. Because I had been tormented with grief and praying for help with anger and unrest, looking for wisdom, and attempting so desperately to find Hope, it wasn’t until I read this statement that I was able to see clearly that I was also an active part in all of the wrong that I felt was going on around me. The statement said very simply…. “When arguing with a STUPID person, make sure he is not doing the same thing.”

      In my years as care giver to people with cognitive and behavioral disabilities, I experienced many disagreements daily. Often times even the smallest difference of opinion can unleash a massive war of words, accusations and aggressive actions. This is where another phrase of wisdom comes to mind, ”Hind sight is always 20X20”. How many times have we quickly responded to something only to later find out that we now feel differently, and wish we hadn’t said that?

      As I write this I am humbly not claiming to have any solutions that will bring world peace or even at the very least an amicable election year. But what I do hope is, that everyone will remember, before they react or respond, this very simple bit of wisdom …. “When arguing with a stupid person, make sure he or she is not doing the same thing!”

      In conclusion please don’t forget as human beings we improve ourselves by continuing to search for wisdom and enlightenment. We all may not go about it in the very same manner. The important thing is that we act with Love and not hate, and disagreeing with someone does not automatically mean they are stupid. Spend some time contemplating before reacting. We teach respect by acting respectful to others.

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    • Peace

      Posted at 10:00 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Aug 23rd

      Photo came from http://www.morguefile.com/

      Proverbs12:20  There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace.

       

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      “We may not always see eye to eye but we can walk hand in hand and promote peace”

      Photo is from morguefile.com

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    • How many times do YOU say no?

      Posted at 3:31 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Aug 8th

      Don't Say That jar, collecting coins for bad words

      I love when I read a post and it brings up a past experience that relates to the situation but in a very different way. I recently read a very good blog post by candidkay about clearing out the negative in our lives and making room for more positive influences. The link to her post is here. Please be sure to read it, I am sure you will be glad you did!

      I am always both so amazed and fascinated at how alike and yet totally different our lives can be.  No two people are ever exactly alike. Just like Dr. Seuss says, “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.

      I must tell you of an individual who I am very grateful to have met. I will refer to him here as Phillip. When I first met Phillip I was told  “You must never use the word no when you talk to Phillip”. Phillip had a lot of energy. He was about 6 foot tall. When happy he would sing, clap his hands, cheer and had a beautiful smile and laugh. When he was angry he was very strong. When agitated he would put his pointer finger out as a child does to resemble a gun, and begin shooting pshhhhh, pshhhhh, pshhhhh. If not calmed down fairly quickly and redirected from the cause of his anger, it could escalate into physical attacks on others as well as major property damage. He had a diagnosis of explosive disorder. Minor agitations could quickly grow into a major outburst without proper intervention.

      Some memories of my first week with Phillip went a bit like this. Phillip talked in broken sentences. “Orange Juice?” he asked.  “sure” I walk to the refrigerator to get him some.  I very calmly realize we are out of orange juice and in a happy light hearted way I reply “Oh no, we are out of orange juice. How about some grape?”  I don’t think I even realized that the word “no” flowed out of my mouth. “Why you  pshhhh, pshhhh, pshhhhh,  Thank heavens a veteran staff was training me. I look over at them questioningly “whats wrong?” I asked. “You said no” she said as she very calmly cracks a smile. So what do I do but respond all nervously “oh no, now what do we do?”  I knew this would be a bit of a challenge but good Lord it had only been one minute and I had him upset and already used the word no twice! Being trained to work at this home was both extremely funny and stressful at the same time!

      Believe it or not, this very quickly became one of my favorite places to work.  Although it is not easy getting used to seeing someone rushing toward a housemate to grab them and 90% of the “usual” statements used to respond to a situation like this were off limits. I learned to adapt very quickly with  positive reinforcements and redirection.  The “game plan” was when he is agitated simply offer him a choice to do something that he enjoys doing, like saying the word Ghostbusters (one of his favorite movies) and then getting it and putting it on for him to watch.

      I worked with him for a number of years and very quickly learned what things made him happy, calmed him and redirected his mood. One of my most successful calming plans for Phillip was singing He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands. Running in between two angry individuals grabbing the “attackers” hands looking directly into his eyes and breaking into a song became my #1 go to plan for keeping Peace. 🙂 Phillip loved going to church and he loved when you put his name into a verse….” He’s got  ______ _________, in his hands”.  It was a perfect example of the Lords peace in action.

      He is such a shining example of how positive energy can fill our lives with hope and peace. As candidkay put it we are all responsible for the energy we bring.  Are you the screaming meanie in your family, berating those around you for not serving your every need? Own it. Start where you are. Make it better. Also take care not to let others suck you into a their negative vortex.

      Although Phillip’s thought process was very childlike I truly believe he understood there is no room for negative energy in our lives. We need to weed out the negative! Like bad weeds in a garden, negative people and thoughts prevent a person from growing, blossoming and being productive.

      We should all take a lesson from Phillip, get creative, be more positive, say no less and look to Jesus to bring you peace 🙂

      Luke 24:36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them “Peace be with you”

       

      With respect, hope, joy and love,   Carmela

       

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    • Divine Gifts of Understanding and Compassion

      Posted at 2:08 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Jul 31st

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      -What the Caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly- Richard Bach

      When we are experiencing emotional pain we almost always feel we are alone, feeling great sadness, regret, shame, embarrassment. Our mind will tell us that we are the only one in the world who has ever had reason to feel this ashamed, embarrassed, or sad.. We feel as though everyone is against us. Although the real truth is that in our small corner of the world we are not the only one who ever feels these negative emotions! The opposite is usually true.
      These emotions are very common however because they are negative and make us feel inferior we keep them hidden from others, and by doing this we give them power and allow them to pull our self-esteem even lower.
      Many human beings that appear to be very confident, out spoken, social and happy, boldly being a comic, shaming, blaming or laughing at others, often times beneath the surface they are insecure people who are attempting to cover up the negative feelings of unworthiness, guilt or shame.
      Human beings have many more likenesses than differences. Every human has vulnerabilities.
      My heart goes out to those in pain, and I truly wish that no one had to experience pain and negative situations ever. If you have or are experiencing difficulties and negative situation, and have ever felt hopeless. Please take a moment to try to look at the situation in a completely different manner.
      Step back from our individual pain and examine the situation as though it were happening to someone else. Negative emotions are universal and every living being is vulnerable to them. What if the uncomfortable experiences that we endure were a divine gift of understanding and compassion that we could use to help the many others who are feeling hopeless? When we use our experiences to reach out and help others, we can open our hearts and minds to become the pathway through which Divine Guidance can lead others toward hope. Blessings to you and all those who are in pain. Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Open your heart and allow Divine Guidance to lead.

      With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love,     Carmela

       

      Please take a moment to listen. Many times songs will contain very important messages……. Please listen and share with others!

      overcomer-Mandisa   Gold-Britt Nicole   I gave up-Mark Schultz

       

      https://carmelasnelbaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01-gold.mp3

      https://carmelasnelbaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01-overcomer.mp3 [audio

       

       

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    • If Courage Is A Flower Desire Is The Water That Helps It Grow

      Posted at 11:08 PM by carmelasnelbaker
      Mar 14th

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      “Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” – Aristotle

                               Courage

      Being courageous is not allowing our limiting beliefs stop us from accomplishing what we want. It’s about following through with difficult procedures, tasks or dreams when everyone and everything around us says it’s impossible to do.

      If Courage is a flower desire is the water that helps it to grow.

      One cannot have courage apart from desire. The fire fighter rushes into the building to rescue someone with great courage only because he has the desire to help others. The desire to help is the very thing that gives him such great courage. The teenager that tries out for a role in the high school musical has the desire to entertain others. The student that studies medicine has the desire to heal people.  Might this be an example of the awesome universal connection that is available to every living being? One apart from the other will fail.

      Is the humble willingness of a person to open their heart to accept and ask for assistance from God what gives a Hero the amazing sometimes super human strength and desire to both endure and react heroically?

      There are many places within the Bible that state “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.”

      What if a very simple silent prayer for Divine help is all we need to fill our heart with both desire and courage.

      The Immenseness of our universe is both unimaginable and magical. Simply take a moment to admire the stars on a clear night. Quiet your thoughts and simply be still in the moment. One persons’ physical presence seems so incredibly small and insignificant under the vast sky.

      However if a person opens their heart and mind and asks for wisdom and guidance from the very maker of the stars the significance and potential  increase immensely  as a beautiful Divine light of desire and courage will  glow from within. Might it be this connection, the companionship of human and divine that leads us to an unimaginable coexistence filled with joy, love, wisdom and peace?

      Every day we are faced with situations that require courage. Some may be mild and others can be devastatingly harsh. Planning ahead and thinking through how we can possibly respond may be helpful in reducing stress and increasing courage, but most importantly always keeping your heart and mind open to and listening for the whisper of Divine guidance from within will give us the courage we need to stand up for what is right and just and possess the confidence to respond in a brave and compassionate manner.

      With respect, hope, joy, and love,

      Carmela

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