In my last post, "What Beliefs Limit Me? " I shared how I believed it would be hard to provide a service to others while also living the life of my dreams.
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I was encouraged to write a new story...a new belief about it.
What is it the new story that I now choose to believe?
I am not 'going into' service work. I have already begun. I just don't work in a traditional sense, at least not yet.
I work in the realm of forgiveness...forgiveness for myself, for other individuals, and for groups.
My method requires deep, self-reflection and often times it's hard to face. It reminds me of the Mirror Gate of the Southern Oracle in The Neverending Story.
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It transmutes the darkness though.
I am able to find, if I look hard enough, compassion...and even, a gift...lessons...things to appreciate.
It sometimes seems like it will be impossible.
Yet, somehow it always comes to the same...a gentle release replaced with a brief moment of uplifting unconditional love.
Nevertheless, it's emotionally taxing. Sometimes I get avoidant.
But I keep coming back. It's healing work.
Healing for me for sure, and absolutely transformational, but I believe that radiates out into the world.
And we need more forgiveness...
More compassion...
And a true understanding and embodiment of unconditional love...not just the words...
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And just a couple of weeks ago, I was given the message (again) that I need to let in the suffering of the world, connect to it rather than look away. (I don't even watch the news!)
The message was stronger this time. Sometimes life has to get stronger and stronger with its messages before I finally pick up on it, or in this case...before I would finally take action.
It's not the kind of work that I can go and apply for. I mean, who would be the employer? And I really need to find a source of income soon, don't I?
But then a little birdy told me....
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that I am well cared for. I have plenty to keep me going right now.
And I have been getting intuitive and emotional guidance that I am tapped into and follow as best I can, and that guidance has led me to numerous financial windfalls over the last couple of years.
I wrote them down, the ones I remembered off of the top of my head and I was shocked!
I AM...
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In fact, abundance has been flowing to me in other ways too - coffees, discounts, rides, parking, water, etc... I cannot recall all of it at the moment. There have been so many friendly people on this path that have stepped in to help me here and there. 😁
I'm sure that I could not have predicted most of these happy surprises!
So, what's my new story?
"I am already doing the hardest part of my work. That is the alchemy of forgiveness into compassion, appreciation and unconditional love. Now I am simply sharing it with the world (at least The Hive.) I trust that life is taking care of me."
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