My life is where I learn.
It is in experience that the ideas, suggestions, words, prayers come to life. Settle into my soul and my body breathes an ‘aha’. It is joyful when I remember this and a reminder to go curious and wide-open – let the experiences come.
And I learn that time and location are often irrelevant … I cannot force an idea into my heart – I invite it and it comes as it does.
I had a powerful, wonderful, generous gift given to me last weekend. A neighbor of my mother’s was the giver. I’d met her, goodness 10 years ago or so when I’d moved to mom and dad’s for a while with a very young child. I was finding my way and I got to witness her finding hers through a dance with cancer.
I’d go over to her home and I’d learn what positive attitude in action looked like and sounded like. This beautiful woman made a decision that there was no way she was going to let this get her. And in that decision
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And I saw her last weekend – flourishing, thriving, alive – just like she said.
I saw her because she came over to mom’s to see my wedding dress. I am getting married for the first time at 45 – and I am overjoyed to be experiencing this now – right on time. I tried on the dress and she looked and poked and tucked and quickly let me know how it could be altered to fit like a glove for the big day, and a way to tie it up after the ceremony so I could move freely (and Dance!!). She said “do you want to do it the quick way or the right way?” and smiled that beautiful, impish grin.
I responded “honey I’m doing this once – the right way!” So she gave me the details and it all sounded so effortless to her and I listened in awe.
And then she said “and this is my gift to you.”
And I cried. This woman has already given me so much – she taught me what guarding my attitude like my life depended on it looked like and sounded like…at a time where my life DID depend on it. And here she says “well Carri, have another.”
So I said through tears, “thank you!” and I practice receiving.
It is easy to be vigilant about my attitude when I can FEEL my life depending on it, in crisis. The reality is my life is ALWAYS depending on my attitude. It is my responsibility and I can choose the attitude I have.
What are you grateful for this day?
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