Spiritual Awakening: The Facts Of Life!!!
Today’s blog entry was inspired by The TV Show The Facts Of Life. As I watched the intro and listened to the lyrics I began to think how each character relates to a spiritual awakening lesson and how each one character gave us some tips that we can apply on our journey to spiritual enlightenment. We all had a Ms. Garrett in our lives at one time. The person who we could confide in and the person that was there to lift us up when we were down and encourage us to keep going when things seemed bleak. My Ms. Garrett was my mother, who passed on July 5, 2012. My mom played a big role in my spiritual awakening and even though she is no longer on earth in her human form her presence is felt daily through many messages that I receive. Who was your Ms. Garrett.
There was Joe who was the tomboy tough outer exterior with a kind and caring interior who illustrated the ideal that even though we may seem tough on the outside we may have some inner conflicts to resolve as we achieve a spiritual awakening. There was Blair the spoiled rich girl who had no cares until she realized that everyone was in the situation together and thus taught us about inner connectivity and we reminded us that we are one. There was Trudy who was the young one trying to fit in and discover who she was showing us all that we are all seeking our purpose. There was Natalie the bubbly girl who was masking some issues reminding us that in order to have a spiritual awakening and to be spiritually enlightened we must face our issues and come to a resolution of accepting who we are and not being afraid to be our true, authentic, and transparent self.
As I sat on the bench in prayer at the cemetery today paying respects to my mom who passed a year ago the message for this blog entry came to me in the words Finding The Positive. Through challenging times my mom would find ways to make me and my brother feel better about the situations we were facing. As I sat on the bench all the positive memories started to come back. There was a sense of joy and sadness at the same time. I looked to the heavens and thanked god for all the time he gave me to have with my mom. I thanked my mom for all the great times she gave me over the year. I then wen to my car and retrieved the stone I brought with me to symbolize that I was at the cemetery, I cleansed it in the fountain and then found a place to place the stone and said a prayer. As I started the car I felt the presence of my mom telling me to stay positive.
What thoughts are you watering to create positivity? We can wake up every morning and look at the negatives or we can choose to do something and change them to positives. Imagine if today a newscaster said breaking news 90% of Americans are employed, 88% of property owners are paying their mortgage on time, or 89% of all high school students are graduating, the change in attitude and the positive shift that would occur. Shifting from a gloom and doom, if it bleads it leads mentatlity to the concept of positivitity is going to take a conscience effort for people to become advocates for positivity. It was written if you think you can or you think you can’t you are right. It is a lot better when you adopt The I think I can attitude. You are a special person who can do anything you put your to. As Napolean Hill stated what the mind can conceive, the heart can believe, you can achieve. How many times have you had an idea to become an advocate for positivity and something held you back? It could have been the memory of someone saying you aren’t good enough that you haven’t released and said to yourself I am good enough and I am going to move forward in a positive direction and whatever happens happens.
