As 2014 begins, so begins my new journey to blog. My desire to write and to share my spiritual messages has been with me for the entirety of my life. Until now, however, I simply wasn’t ready to put myself any farther out there than a few family members and a handful of amazing friends. It has been a couple of those friends that have encouraged this new venture. I thank them for the confidence they’ve given me and the love they’ve allowed me to share with them.
I am forty-two years old and as far back as my memory retreats, I’ve had the deepest thoughts, feelings, and messages surfacing in me. I have been told I’m a deep thinker, religious, philosophical, and have seen the puzzled look on a few faces of the people I’ve attempted to share my beliefs with. Maybe it was my inept ability to deliver the message or perhaps they just weren’t in a place to absorb it. Whatever the case may have been, the message just never seemed to cross the bridge of understanding and instead caused me to question myself. Who was I to think I knew anything and what have I done to assume I even have a platform to speak from? This would be my belief throughout my twenties and most of my thirties. The heart, however, should never be underestimated and has a power to command our lives beyond our understanding.
So, I have spent the past six years of my life quietly gathering the wisdom of my soul. I have done this through the stillness of my heart in communion with God, a group of the most beautiful women, my husband, children, and the observation of my family. This culmination of people and the experiences of life have given me the confidence of knowing that there is an intelligence that we all share and therefore gives us our platform to speak from. It is the intelligence of the heart and it grows as we live our lives. Our brains cannot comprehend the innate wisdom that sits within each of us because it doesn’t originate there. It originates in the center of every living being. The greatest gift we could give ourselves is to walk out into the world everyday as humble students of life, eager to learn from each other, with no judgment, but rather with the excitement of a child exploring a toy for the first time.
I am grateful for the path my life has taken, where I am now, and the future that awaits me. Gratitude, I have discovered, is the mother of all emotion. It welcomes forgiveness, lifts you to places beyond your imagination, and restores your soul.
So, here is what I’ve concluded and will begin my blog by sharing.
My messages are valid, not because they’re right but because they come from the deepest places within my soul and are aching to come forth with the intention of bringing the light, love, and peace from which they came. I am valid, not because I’m better but because, to put it simply, I’m me. We are all points of light working together as one and each of us brings the validity of being the ‘I am’ that we are. The titles we hold and the identities we wear everyday are mere props that we’ve been given to move through this life and the lessons that must unfold for each of us. Let us never forget that we are all love, we each serve a purpose, and we are of One Spirit.
May the candles of our hearts be lit one beautiful soul at a time. My prayer is that my yearning heart touches yours through the endless river of love that connects us all.
Blessings,
Julie