Contents
Dedication
Every Life Is a Precious Jewel
You Have the Right to Exist
Do Not Neglect the Gift That Is in You
Your Life Purpose
In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions
Retrieving Your Personal Power
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
The Vampire Effect of Negative Emotions
Self-Sabotage or Opportunity?
Twilight
You Are Meant to Thrive
Believing in Who You Are
Illuminations
No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent
Consider the Lilies of the Field
Experiencing the Almosts
in Your Life
Living In the Christ Consciousness
Letting Go of the Past
What Do Golden Retrievers Know That We Don’t?
Your True Self: What Were Your Earliest Interests?
Your Presence on This Earth Is Essential
Spirit Messengers
More Than Memory
Letting Go of Judgment
What If There Is Nothing Wrong With You?
How Do You Measure Your Self-Worth?
Dear Reader
Other Books by This Author
About The Author
Dedication to…
Luminous Things
white magnolias in an indigo dusk
the first thin line of dawn
a child’s laugh in the rain
the sound of trees in a high wind
a Brandenburg concerto
dragonflies
Merlin and the Gleam
by Tennyson
new snow in moonlight
Gregorian chant
a story by Chekhov
the words once upon a time
silence
Every Life Is a Precious Jewel
Humans spend an inordinate amount of time wondering about their life purpose, often feeling that unless they can figure that out, they are not living fully AND may not be living rightfully. It is as if certain conditions must be met that make our presence legitimate and without those conditions being met, we feel restless and uncertain and often, unworthy.
Only, those certain conditions
are artificial. We make them up as we go along and they change according to our age and life circumstances—but they are our construct, our interpretation of reality. And they miss the point.
We don’t have to do anything. We don’t have to emulate anyone else or wish for another’s achievement, or for what anyone else has. We don’t need to do any of that, ever.
Every life is a precious jewel. No exceptions. We are enough just as we are.
Our life is about aligning our human self with our soul truth—and that is it. That is everything there is to know.
How can you do that?
If you are doing work you love, you are aligned.
If you are touched by the call of a bird at dawn, you are aligned.
If you find joy watching a field at night that is filled with fireflies, you are aligned.
If you have a pet you love, you are aligned.
If you take delight in something joyful, you are aligned.
If you feel love even for those people you don’t like, you are aligned.
If you realize you are here in the image of God, you are aligned.
If you honor who you are right now, your presence here, you are aligned.
Let your heart be the primary guide for everything.
It holds the diamond light that is you.
You Have the Right to Exist
It is an unconditional existence, this life—that is, it is given to us by God without strings attached. Our presence is its own justification for being. It isn’t something we have to earn or deserve.
But how seldom we are able to accept this. Our most frequent thought is that we are unworthy. If we don’t say it out loud, we think it, which is just
