Category: Change

Master stubborn will

1/6/2012

Yesterday’s post on letting in the light – letting it all the way in to effect the necessary changes for progress – pointed to the fact that this isn’t always comfortable. But it is healthy. I can give an example.

About three years ago I damaged our brand-new car. As soon as we brought it home, my husband realized it wouldn’t fit in the garage, but I wasn’t convinced. So, I waited until he went to work to see for myself. I was pretty sure I could make it fit. And, my first eight or ten practice attempts were successful. However, disaster struck when, on the next try, I wedged the car in at such an angle that I couldn’t get unstuck. I bashed the back end up pretty well, and left considerable damage.

No point shutting out the light

1/5/2012

Here is a photo of my kid kissing my cat. It's the background photo on my computer desktop. Everytime I look at it, I remember this particular cat's habit of seeking out the sunniest spot in the apartment - my home office - for her nap. There she would lie, soaking up the warmth, but with her eyes squeezed shut and her face buried in her paws. I would laugh everytime I saw her, because it seemed so contradictory.

I would say, "But you CHOSE to lie there! Stop trying to shut out the light!"

Letting love move you on, gracefully

10/27/2011

Who hasn't experienced major direction shifts in life? Most of my moves have been voluntary. Occasionally they have occurred under the stress of circumstances not of my choosing. But as for my move to France, I happily arrived six and a half years ago. Now, however, I am going back to the US because the time has finally come for me to empty out and prepare to sell my former home. Everything in it will have to go. It is time to move on.

As I prepare for this next adventure, I am happy to find a colleague's blog on the subject of "moving on". Marta Greenwood writes, "I was doing some house clearing and wondered how many other things cluttered my life—things I no longer needed and could get rid of, even though many of them revived happy memories and ideas, and would stay in thought as a blessing. There was just so much stuff! I realized as I got rid of most of these things that they were making me move on to live life in the ever-present now. For me, the lesson was such a deep one: 'Release them and move on. You will remain in a place so rich with God’s love that you cannot possibly miss the items you’ve given away...'

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Michelle Nanouche, Christian Science teacher, spirituality, healing, prayer

I have practiced Christian Science professionally in
some form since 1979.
But my journey with
Christian Science started
in a Sunday school
where as a young child
I was taught the Scriptures and some simple basics
of Jesus' method of
scientific Christian healing.
A significant experience
at the age of twelve
opened my eyes to
the great potential
of this practice.
After impaling my foot
on a nail,
I prayed the way I had learned
in Sunday school.
Within moments
the pain stopped
and healing began.
By the next morning the wound had disappeared completely.
Having experienced
the great potential
of Christian Science,
there would be no
turning back.

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