Days 18-19
June 3, 2007
Intention:Listening
I need to open myself up to paying attention to the things that are being revealed around me. I am being led, God is leading me. I need to open myself up to the signs that are ever present around me. I also need to do a better job of allowing the message to be revealed though others. God is ever present and is manifested in the world around me and through the people around me. I am allowing God’s love and light through my focus on listening.
Manifestation: I always used to (and sometimes still do) get upset with my mother because she is very forceful when she has something to say. The bigger problem is that she tries to make everybody listen (which she can’t do) and doesn’t listen herself at all. It always used to hurt me because I wanted my mother to listen because I needed her to listen to me. I could never understand why. And it bothered me. I recently started to understand why she responded this way. She never felt like anyone listened to her, so she never took the time to listen to anyone else because she was always trying to get people to listen to her. So I vowed to make the effort to be open to listening more. How can I hear God through other people if I don’t listen for her/him to speak through people? And how can I expect someone to be willing to listen to me, if I don’t open myself up and listen to them? I’m ready to receive God’s message through people, I’m ready to grow through the messages I receive daily. I’m ready to allow the reflections that I receive in my daily interactions with people and to grow from those interactions. God is SO good!
Validation it is! So I have another blog where I generally ramble and give advice to people who don’t really know they need it! But what I do love about it is it gives me the opportunity to LISTEN! To open myself to what other people are feeling or thinking. This is a prime opportunity to receive God’s message through others. I posted a recent blog titled Moving into Necessary. It’s basically about moving past regret, doing what you need to do and not worrying about the supposed loses because the gains will outweigh them in the end. So I got a great response from my girl Relle and she had this to say: “Anyone that I love will be as a result of me loving me.” I needed to hear that, it is entirely relevant to my current situation. I am working on unconditionally loving me, always without hesitation and I’m getting better at it daily. Being able to successfully love another person is the result of me loving me. That’s what I needed to hear. It’s wonderful to have resources and support from God through loving and nurturing people. I feel SO blessed. God is SO good.
