INTRODUCTION

There was a time when my life was good as I knew it.  It was as if my path was carved out in front of me like the parting of the Red Sea.  I clearly knew when to take action and what that action was to be.  Then, my life went south.  I lost everything: my home, my job, my friends, my possessions, and my beloved pets.  I probably would have lost my mind as well if not for my firm hold on sanity.  If I could tweet my life up to this point in 140 characters or less, it would read something like this:

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          God gave me life.  God took my life.  God healed my life.  God gave back my life tenfold.

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And all the while, from day one, He had been holding my hand and guiding me along the way as I am taken from a life of emotional pain and suffering to one of balance, peace and calm and, yes, even joy.  What it's taken almost 50 years for me to feel this way (alive) I do not know other than to say that it simply has been my path.

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If my life were to have come with a manual, one that would have presented to me at birth, I would want [it] to look something like what is written here: that being what I have learned as I walked along a path of emotional healing - that pain and suffering is a part of the human experience and is not our reality.  

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The way out of our pain is through God.  You see, God doesn't give us our pain; the Dark One gives us our pain.  In life, the forces of Light and Dark come together for our personal growth and spiritual ascension.  Earth is a planet of Light and Dark.  It is our job to find a balance of these two opposites through the choices we make.  Sometimes we get it right, but sometimes we miss the mark.  And it's all good because we learn from our mistakes.

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I often imagine where I would be now if only I had known then what I know now.  Of course, that's not how life works; life is a journey, not a destination.  You may think knowing the future will prepare you for what's up ahead, but it really doesn't because the purpose of life is to "experience" it, not just to put in your time and get the heck off.  No, life is more than that, much more.

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I don't profess to know everything.  One of the most important things I do know is that the more I know, the less I know, as there is much to know about the human experience.  I've come to believe that the higher we ascend, individually and as a species, the more that Truth is revealed.  Truth comes to us in steps and is revealed only when we are ready.  Emotional healing is no different.  We heal only to the degree that we are ready to at that particular moment.  We come with a safety net that prevents us from healing too much too soon.

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Before we are born, we review the life we have chosen to be born into.  When conception has occurred, we (our spirit) can enter and exit our little body as we please.  At some point, however, we choose that it is in our best interest to remain in our physical garment, the body.  Because we previously reviewed and saw the life we are about to enter into, we, even as little babies, know what we are getting ourselves into.  But God, being the loving being that He is, decided to make life more interesting and challenging for us as our memory cards are wiped clean upon our arrival into the world, at which point He so lovingly whispers: "Let the games begin!"

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It is in the midst of this forgetfulness, we often wonder just what were we thinking when we signed on for the game of life.​​​​​​​​​