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Healing Our Planet!
What We Each Can Do!
by Cathy Combs
What we each can do? How I love that question! The invitation is so very clear and
so very open. Step into the magic, mystery and power. Claim our divine heritage as
calm, confident and ever-so-capable. The potential is there. The ability may be hidden,
if not yet used.
Remember that story about holding the metal to the fire. The glinting steel is awaiting
the fire of transformation -- the focus of intention, the faithfulness of our undivided
effort. Can you even imagine how much you can do?
I have looked back at times in my life from where I currently stand at any given
moment and so very often thought that I never could've imagined the specifics of
what I'm currently doing. What I did know is that I wanted to do good work, to heal
the pain I saw and felt all around me. I knew I would commit to doing my best! Where
that would lead I had no idea. I just set out! I trusted good would come and good
would be done and it certainly did come, and it was done!
What I know unflinchingly now is that my task is to do what I love and enjoy. Done
in that spirit, it's not a task; it's fun and it is a gift and a profound joy. That
same invitation and outcome is open to you, as well.
I remember being told as a 17 year old that I'd make a great teacher. I remember
the feeling of that day. I was prepared and I was comfortable and honored for the
opportunity -- and I was scared. I appreciated the acknowledgment of my preparation
and my potential. Today I appreciate the truth of Einstein's statement, "Chance
favors the prepared mind."
What that means to me today is that we always have chances to do good works. We simply
need to give ourselves the opportunity by doing the work and getting prepared. That
is what I continue to do to this day. I clarify what brings me joy and I find a place
to get involved, to hone my skills and share my love and my gifts. I continue to
develop the skills to say the difficult things in compassionate and clear ways. I
continue to create and provide win-win situations for all present. I continue to
move through the wounding of the past so I can live joyfully in the present. I forgive
myself and those involved for what we didn't know back then.
I come back to this step as often as needed until I can transform that moment and
let it go for good. I trust that my Highest Self meant that experience for good,
not for pain. The ego doesn't like that lesson; the ego doesn't even necessarily
trust that lesson, but my Highest Self knows the Truth of that lesson. As I focus
on that Truth, I loosen ego's grip on a painful illusion of so-called "reality."
It helps me to smilingly remember that ego thrives on illusion and separation and
that my Highest Self is faithfully inviting me to fulfill a higher destiny in this
present moment, calling me to inhabit the integrity of my Highest, Highest Self.
It is within reach! It is within -- period! Sometimes I forget the blatantly obvious.
Sometimes I forget to look within, because I listen to old, worn-out messages. I'm
laying new patterns in my soul every day as I focus my attention on the gifts of
my Highest Self. That gift of awareness is so precious. That gift of attention to
intention is equally precious. That's how I change the past and write a new present
and future. That is how I bring healing to myself and to my whole, entire world.
Blessings of healing and peace as we all embrace the everpresent love of our Highest
Self.
Cathy Combs lives in Kansas City, Mo. Contact her at (816) 561-5719 or e-mail
ccombs9583@aol.com
Copyright © 2005 Cathy Combs. All rights reserved. |
March 2005 |
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