Touch Faith

As what normally happens before I sit down to write there are several things that catch my ear or that I am thinking about that seems to gel into this blog.

I actually had a text from a friend earlier today letting me know that she was having some physical issues and was at the doctor that very moment trying to figure out what was going on with her body this time. She knew she had brought it on by stress. Which is a very cool thing to recognize… now to recognize sooner before one ends up at the doctors office.

There were lots of reports from students undergoing finals this week that claimed to be getting sick, or having colds .. and I had one client cancel her appointment with me today because she said she felt too sick to even come for healing. Wow.

A lot of stress induced havoc on the body.

I think most of the people I see have some type of stress issues that they are keenly aware of when they come for healing and life coaching and to learn how to release the stress through QiQong exercises.

I was reminded today that I need to heed my own advice and take care of myself in the same way I am teaching my clients. Seems the middle of the evening wake up and stare at the ceiling has once again found me.

I am sure my brain is working over time on issues that I am not really allowing myself time to process and release — and then they wake me up in the middle of the night.

I have spent the better part of the last 6 weeks trying to reclaim my house. It is amazing how much things like organization and a clean home just get thrown out the window when there seems to be more pressing issues. That and when the issues cause you to not want to do anything when there is down time — well, things get out of hand.

I think the garbage man is going to start wondering why there are 4 garbage cans full every week at such a little house. Today there are 4 more filled, and a basket for Thrifty Threads and another car load for the recycle bin. The kids room has been mostly organized, there is a visible living room again and today I finished uncovering the kitchen. Yesterday was probably the rough day. I finished the bedroom. To do that I had to go through some boxes and such to find out what was in the boxes and go through a closet that has been Dean’s for 7 years. Emotions running the gamut from irritation to fondness to crazy trips down memory lane — all the way back to grade school. It would be so terribly easy to just plant my brain in a couple of those fonder boxes of past memories and relive what was and think about what could have been.

Could have beens are hard — they are usually choices or conversations or times that because of the inability to converse or to stand up for what you really wanted a title wave of unhappiness or regret followed.

Could have beens are the areas of our life that we learn from.

I saw a lot of could have beens yesterday. I saw a lot of places that if I would have just said something different, been wise enough to ask a question, been strong enough to act differently my life would be very different today.

I was pondering all this in meditation and prayer at 3AM this morning. And this old song — as what usually happens came into focus for me. Although I do not think the artist video interpretation is how I was interpreting the lyrics when trying come to terms with what was going on in my brain I think the lyrics are pretty helpful.

Personal Jesus —

Here are the beginning lyrics:

Reach out and touch faith
Your own Personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own Personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who’s there

We all have our ability to reach out and touch faith — to gain strength from the Universe and Divine. Spirit all around us, energy and love and guidance there always. I think as I become more connected and am able to hear better the could have beens will become less. I do think some things happen as a way of a trial or a test to make sure we are ready for the next stage of our spiritual development. That we handle whatever it is in a manner that is suited for the best of us and the people around us. But I also think that a lot of times we are shown the greatest good for oursleves right in front of us and because we are afraid or we don’t listen properly and we do not grab hold that we lose the gift. Those are the greatest could have beens on my plate.

Most of them have to deal with other people and friends. Luckily, by reaching out “to the the telephone” of prayer second and even third chances are given to make things better — to become the person that you know you should have been and could have been all along.

Reach out — Touch Faith — Find your own personal relationship with Divine. Ask the hard questions, release the stress, know there is always someone there.
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New Information — this part added August 3, 2022 when a graphic appeared with my words, words from above I no longer hold true: The image reads:
“In life, some things happen as a way of a trial or a test to make sure we are ready for the next stage of our spiritual development.”