Yesterday we got off an 11 day cruise, and drove just over an hour to West Jupiter RV Resort and proudly declared, We are Home Again!

As I said that, I wondered about this idea of Home.

For the previous 11 days, our home was a room on the sixth floor of the Holland America, Veendam Ship. It was quite lovely and came with all the prepared food we could eat, room service, clean towels anytime we wanted them, the beds were made (or turned down) and the bathroom cleaned at least twice a day.

It was luxury, as only found on a cruise ship.

For the two weeks prior to the cruise, we had been traveling from Arizona to Florida in our travel trailer. So each night, although we were in a different location, we were still home.

When I called my parents and said, we’re home; they responded, but where?!

Where is home for us? The travel trailer? Arizona? Arkansas? We have homes in each of those places, yes; but where is home?

Home is where the heart it. Home is a place where I can relax and settle. When I’m centered and comfortable in my skin, I can find home anywhere.

For the next few weeks, we call Jupiter home; I look forward to exploring, to serving along our Book Tour and to a healthy mix of adventure and quiet times. I look forward to teaching my classes, working with my clients and getting back to the writing of the next book.

Yes, I said it here – my plan is to get back to the revising process. I’ve got a big project, a shift in how the book will read in front of me and I’ve been putting it off. So, I hereby commit – publically, to write in it and on it during this time!

Stay tuned for insights from the adventures; upcoming stops and more!

Sunday, January 27 – Unity in the Garden, Jupiter, FL. Services at 9:30 and 11:15 – Workshop Following the Second Service. Check out Unity in the Garden’s Post on Facebook, about our tour HERE! See our Continuing Unity Church Book Tour Here.

Mark Your Calendars and Plan on Meeting us!

• Sunday, February 3, 2019 – Unity of Tampa, FL, Revs. Carla Golden and Bob Uhlar
• Monday, February 4, 2019 – Unity of Venice, FL, Rev. Robin Reiter, Workshop and Book Signing, 7:00 pm
• Sunday, February 10, 2019 – Unity of Pompano Beach, FL, Rev. Lawrence Palmer
• Sunday, February 17. 2019 – Unity on the Bay, Miami, FL, Rev. Chris Jackson
• Sunday, February 24, 2019 – Christ Church Unity, Orlando, FL, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson

Beyond Florida…

• Sunday, March 3, 2019 – Unity Atlanta, GA, Rev. Jennifer Sacks
• Sunday, March 31, 2019 – Unity of Palmyra, PA, Rev. Stephanie Seigh

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Happy Holidays…  We are most of the way through them…  Hanukkah is complete, Solstice has past, Christmas is complete, Kwanzaa is just beginning and we are almost a week away from the New Year.

Whew… 

There is so much going on energetically during these busy times, but this week – the week between Christmas and New Years is my favorite of all time. Many years ago I did a talk entitled Holy Pause – and loved it so much, I kept the phrase alive for all these years.

My gift to you is the idea of taking a moment, an hour, a day or even a week for Holy Pause. Take this time to allow your soul to catch up with your busy body; to allow your mind to slow down; to sink into a sacred space of beingness.

Bask in this sacred space. In quiet. In reflection. Don’t jump too fast into releasing this past year, or planning the next, simply Be. Rest. Renew. Relax.

What we really hunger for is the present moment. Now is the time to find it. To feel your energy pulling back from the future and the past, settling right now, where all is well. Where there is nothing you have to do or be.

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We got the truck and we got the trailer – now we have them hooked together!  This is in the series of firsts as we prepare for our adventure! What adventure? You might be asking…   

Our National Book Tour Adventure – read all about it here!

As we began to plan our Florida Tour, taking my newest work out into the world, we decided to try out the RVing lifestyle.  It’s something my husband has always wanted to do (and something I’ve sort of always resisted.)

So we bought a truck and trailer. We’ve spend the past few weeks getting things set up – like adding a hitch and sway bars and some kind of balancing bars rig, to make it safer and easier for us to take across country.

NOW… they are finally hooked together and tomorrow, we are going to take our first trial run – a trip to the Lost Duchman State Park, in the Superstition Mountains – a whopping 28 miles from our home in Mesa, AZ.

Spiritual Insight

Hooked together is another word for Connection!  Connection to Spirit is one of the foundational principles of spiritual awakening, for if you are not connected correctly, you won’t get very far – just like the trailer to the truck! 

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Some of you know that way more than I do, a middle aged, white woman with a fair amount of privilege. But I have had my moments. I’m not comparing my experience with anyone else’s, so read this with a grain of salt and see if you relate anywhere along the story.

I received a phone call this morning, completely randomly and out of the blue from a significant person from a former place of employment. It was a job that was one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had and while some of you know parts of that story, I’m not going to go into it here. It was hard from the first day I showed up.

A bit of back story

(Ok, I guess I am going to go into a bit of it…)  I, and in fact we – my husband and I, were hired to share a position that entailed making great changes in an organization. From the very beginning what they said they wanted and what they really wanted were two different things. They wanted change, but they didn’t want anything to change.

You know the story line. “We want great success, but we don’t want to shift anything that is currently happening,” which was not great success. They wanted a balanced budget, but were unwilling to really look at why it was so out of whack or take the actions that were necessary.

An event happened – an absolute, designed to tear apart and break down, doing by a single employee that undermined all the structures of order; and the fusing  we were experiencing when from low grade to high level anger, feet in the sand resentments and utmost blame. Yet, we stood our ground. Many times we wondered if we should have left in that moment – it certainly would have been easier on me and us.

We stood in what we knew to be right; as the expertise they hired, and took bullets. Every change we wanted to make, we had to fight for. And we fought, for the greater good of that organization and it was a hard fight. There were many people who stood against us.

Then it was time to leave and things got even uglier. Because of the role we were in and basic human resource laws we could not speak into what was really happening, so we took it. Took the blame, the disappointment, the anger and everything else that was shot our way.

The Brutality

In the world of hatred today, it may be minor; but inside my psyche, it was brutal. Then in the last moments, after an agreed upon exit plan, we were dismissed once again. I believe it was their fear that caused all the actions, but there were also personality battles raging.

I had held my own fairly well, as far as my emotional and spiritual health, but physically I got sick. Sicker than I’ve ever been before and it was in that low point of my body failing that I came to the realization that my life was more valuable to me than the role I was serving in.

But the end, just when I thought it was all coming together; there were once more monkey wrenches thrown in and the combatting continued. We fought for our rights this time as employees, that were clearly defined in our contract, and won some; lost some. I lost hope; I lost faith in humanity; I was beaten down and my own anger emerged.

I can feel my frustration even now, writing this; from those last days. As much as I’ve doing my healing work, my forgiveness and moving on; the wound felt as fresh this morning, as this person called as it did over 3 years ago.

Why did he call? 

To Thank us. To Acknowledge us; the work we did and how hard it was. Just as quickly as the feelings came up; there were washed away.

Forgiveness, Compassion and Appreciation in Acknowledgement

I’m not sure he apologized, but he did acknowledge our efforts and the deep, hard, important work we did.

He acknowledged that they would not be where they were today, without what we did for and with them.

It is a bittersweet moment for me. I’m grateful. I’m humbled. I’m appreciative and I feel acknowledged in a way I didn’t realize was still important.

It’s hard to be hated.

It’s hard to be the voice of reason in disfunction. It’s hard to do the right thing when everyone around argues it. Yet, it pays off in the end.

Thank you to the one who called today. I am blessed and am basking in the release of another layer of those times. I have such appreciation for the effort you took to reach out. I feel freed of an energetic tie that I didn’t realize was still there. I am freed and so are they.

If you”d like support in working through a deep pain, I’m available to help you sort through what is yours and what is not. Simply Click Here to schedule a complimentary call.

Love the ones you love; Love the ones you struggle with; Love yourself for only Love is Love.

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More Shootings… no, not today… I’m still processing from a few days ago.

My heart is heavy, so much that I haven’t wanted to write about one more shooting – much less two more!

In the past week, we not only had the Pittsburg shooting at the Synagogue, but just days before there was a random shooting in a grocery store in Kentucky.

What is this world coming to? It breaks my heart every time, even as we are becoming acclimated to such violence and terror.

If you’re feeling disheartened, too; feeling that life is unfair; disturbed by the violence that appears to be condoned and even given permission by our leaders; know that you are not alone. I’m here for you.

What does that mean? I’m here for you. I’m a safe sapce to process your feelings, to voice your disbelief and despair because I can hold you and all that you are experiencing and expressing with great tenderness, and love. I can also be firm in my stance for you. After being a minister for over 18 years, there is nothing that can shake me or surprise me when I’m in the role of listening. Then I stand fiercely for you and your healing – whatever that might be.

I’ve opened up my calendar for a few consultation calls – no obligation chats to get to know you and to create an open space for you to process through the disbelief, despair and just plain old wondering what’s happening in our world stuff.

About the Image:  I’m including the image here because it spoke to me – shared from a friend who got it from a friend on Facebook, so I’m not entirely sure of it’s origin. I’m all for my Jewish friends, and that doesn’t exclude anyone or any religion for me.

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