Dreams Really Do Come True

The idea of dreams coming true has been very much on my mind and in my heart the past few weeks as we enjoy the amazing blessing of our new office suites here in St Joseph, Michigan. See my previous post: Welcome Home.

Yesterday afternoon, I had a wonderful girls night out with my sister, Janis. We were guests of  our friend and colleague, Jana Serbenski, at the Paw Paw Michigan Young American Summer Camp show.

I was moved to tears by many features of the event: a special time for my sister and me (we both shaved our legs for it), the talented and enthusiastic performance by the Young Americans, and the equally talented and doubly enthusiastic performance with the 200 campers ranging in ages from 8-18. 

If you are not familiar with Young Americans, check out the information about them online. They are an amazing organization that promotes a better world through music and dance. Be sure to read about their educational mission.

That cast of forty young adults made every single child believe he or she can perform! Most remarkable is that they did this in just four days. These kids’ lives are transformed. 

The performance was inspiring, delightful, and it has a positive financial impact as well: At the end of the show, Paw Paw High School Performing Arts was presented with a check for over $11,000. In the five years since Jana held the first camp, over $80,000 has come back to their school. So much costs, but this event pays. Amazing….

 

Jana was a Young American. She had the dream to make this happen in her community. It was a worthy dream. Her dream offered benefits to everyone involved. The fruition of that dream took teamwork, but it was fun, and this is only the beginning.

Those same elements are woven into our new space at 815 Main Street Suites. No wonder I was so emotional through so much of the evening.

As I was congratulating Jana, she said, “Every school district should have a Young American Summer Camp.” I agree wholeheartedly. Jana is dreaming again, and I can see that dream coming true. 

This is a magical time of our lives.Take some time to open up to what you can dream into our world. Dreams really do come true.

Welcome Home!

My last blog post (Walking Our Talk, June 5, 2016), ended with the quotation, "Whether we realize it or not, our paths are being guided." 

5 days after we received notification of our need to vacate the office space I had shared with my sister, Janis, and brother-in-law, Larry, we had agreed to lease a beautiful new office space at 815 Main Street. Thirteen days later, my move had been completed. 

How did our finding the perfect space happen almost instantaneously?

As friends stopped in to bring their blessings of energy and support, we all recognized the deepest truth: Our hearts had felt this space for years.

More than one person teared up walking through the rooms, and feeling the sacred sense of home. (Kathy Zerler admires the energy quilt in the waiting room.)

We have already been blessed by our first Saturday morning yoga class in the lighted room. It has a very special energy—a result of each of us having realized the importance of nurturing our own inner beings. I remember Dr. Betty Lue Lieber saying it this way, "Our service must also serve us." 

We hope many are blessed by this wonderful new space. It is significant, just knowing it is here. And when you come for massage therapy, energy balancing, Healing Touch, to read or write or to just be, we know you will be filled with awe and gratitude for how our paths are being guided, even at those times when it feels like loss. 

We certainly are…

Walking our Talk

"Whether we realize it or not, our paths are being guided."

This quotation was included in one of those email "thought for the day" messages. 

We grew up hearing, "Do as I say, not as I do." Instinctively, we understood the flaw in that philosophy, yet taking to heart the truth that we teach what we are is not always first in our minds. At times, however, we do recognize we are invited to walk our talk with greater integrity than ever before. 

As my colleague and friend just said, as healers we are called to not add more pain or distress or fear to the world. If you have not seen my June 2016 Beyond Mastery article, I invite you to read The Truth About Healing so you will know the rest of the story.

 

I don't usually attend Thursday's Gentle Yoga class, but this week I had a very strong sense I needed to be there. In the meditation group following yoga, a class member shared a remarkable experience. In a hurry to meet someone—she purposely avoided engaging with a stranger who was coming in to the church just as she was leaving. Details will be shared later in a Sacred Story, but the point is she received an intuition she was to go tell that man God wanted him to become a priest.

In the way "Providence" perfectly provides, she almost instantaneously received confirmation the man had come to that church solely to pray, seeking discernment about that very question! 

I also told the meditation group about a colleague who was recently desperately desiring to have acupuncture for her hospitalized husband—another Sacred Story to be published—and within hours of stating her desire out loud, what he needed was provided (with great results!). 

Shortly after I arrived home, I got a call from my sister that our landlord had just told her   we have to move out of our offices by the end of the month! Given the circumstances, it would be understandable to feel frustrated, irritated, and even downright angry. 

However, perhaps it is time for us to walk our talk. We can move past the habitual emotional reactions and affirm the truth, "Whether we realize it or not, our paths are being guided."