Getting to the other side (Pt. 2) – my changing observations!

Wow, I’d love to share how things have changed after a bit of healthy ranting and purging out the crap that IS there (like it or not) and getting to the other side to see more of the “whole truth” vs. the lopsided one I began writing from on last Monday (3:45 PM).

After sending out, “Dave’s getting to the other side”, I still felt a bit negatively-focused on the situations at hand, which also served to open up my eyes to what I still was yet to see from a heart-focus real Me vs. the fear-focused head/egoic me (and what a interesting paradox we all are). Ultimately part of the reason I wrote that, was to purposely give myself permission to feel what I was feeling and share it openly – a raw living moment.

And now I’ll share some cool stuff that showed up almost immediately after writing. Monday, one hour later, we went out to the mailbox to find a notice telling us that our food stamp card (yes, we have a food stamp card which is not easy to admit – practicing open and honesty) had been unexpected money credited to us due to some Hurricane relief efforts (Bam, we had food money). Then later that night Michelle’s mom offered to give us some gas money for our cars (Bam, now we had gas money). Then a voice mail came in from a dear friend Rhonda, with http://www.revitalizenetworking.com/ offering her services (a bartering blessing) in assisting me on calling and getting more companies for our life-work, followed by a great phone conversation with her that left me very inspired about all the possibilities (Bam, this is huge -you rock Rhonda!). Then at 10 AM on Tuesday, as I was walking into the Love Machine (L.M.), I got a voice message saying that my check that wasn’t supposed to be here until Friday was ready for pick up (Bam, money inflow). Then during L.M., I was really gifted inwardly with a dose of loving and honest conversations that brought even more clarity to my situation - an invitation to become more aware of what was going on – within this choice I/we made “to follow God/the path/this calling” and here’s one rich insight came of it:

My following was to “serve as an example of pushing through to the other side in the midst of the difficulties in life for the connection to God for all the needed Love, joy and peace – and even being able to say ‘thank God for the difficulty’ as a means of getting there.” That’s what people really need…to openly experience with their fellow sojourners – the whole and fully honest journey that is on all sides of their getting what is to be gotten for that moment in life – like with the onion – the layers ARE the onion, not something to be removed in order to get to something else…Now there’s a lesson in enjoying the entire journey (the layers), not just the destination (the core: no-thing).

Then, just to add few more to my gratefulness list, a friend, Ann Perle, connected me with Patt Cottingham, who has created http://www.creditheart.com/ : “Concrete advice, support, and encouragement from fellow travelers who have journeyed through financially rocky times and lived to tell the tale” - a resource for people like me! Wow… it’s amazing to consider all the loving emails, calls of support and conversations – even a gracious “accountability” conversation with a contributor to our lifework. What struck me so beautifully was how God just worked some things out – and that it had nothing to do with someone reading and responding to the email… and when that happens I just sat in awe of the reality that God was/is already at work in ways that we certainly aren’t aware of. Duh!

So, to wrap this up almost a week later (it’s taken a multiple sitting to finish this), I am left with: a growing awareness of God’s unconditional love and humor for me/us; the abundance of all that I need; a greater appreciation for all the many sacred invitations, so lovingly presented, in order to get the lessons that are concealed within every so-called “problem”; and the paradox of my human and spiritual self – the great reminder to give less attention to the ego-thoughts and become more fully present to the heart – where an authentic life is truly lived.

Practicing living and loving from the heart…

~ Dave E. Anderson
http://www.FreedomLifeConsulting.com