More good stuff

I had a wonderful weekend with a friend who came down to see me over her birthday. While here, she gave me a book. I am only on the 4th chapter, but have not only found words for myself in it so far- but words that apply to soo many people I know where they are in their lives right now.. so I wanted to share a bit of what made me think of so many people I care about.

We are all assigned a piece of the garden. A corner of the universe that is ours to transform. Our corner of the universe is our own life- our relationships, our homes, our work, or our current circumstances-exactly as they are. Every situation we find ourselves in- is an opportunity probably occurring to teach us something.

 

Sometimes it is to love instead of fear.

 

Whatever energy system we find ourselves a part of, its our job to heal it if it hurts. It is never really a circumstance that needs to change- it is WE who need to change. 

 

 Sometimes we don’t realize that the present is always  a chance to begin again- a light filled moment. We respond to the light as if it were darkness and so the light turns to dark.

 

Sometimes it is only  in retrospect that we can see that we were given another chance at life, at a relationship or whatever it may be- but because we get so busy reacting to the past we miss the opportunity at something radically new and more beautiful than before.

 

( excerpt from A Return To Love by MariAnne Williamson)