FAITH – Page 11 – Daily Muse

This post was inspired by a recent group healing session I took part in lead by Michael Tamura to heal Japan after the earthquake & tsunami.

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How you wish to show up in the world is your choice to make each day. You can show up full of negativity and drama, holding on to the energy of others, with competition and ego OR you can show up full of love and shining the light of your true spirit for all to see!

The decision you make each morning when you wake up affects your day and possibly even your week, month and in some cases the rest of your life. It is by your choice and intent to do the work necessary to heal yourself and thereby healing others in the process. If you hang on to that which does not serve your higher purpose or are always responding to the demands of others, you are not showing up as you! You do not need to be controlled by those energies. It is your choice to break free from a painful past and show up in the world not based on that past and being a victim of circumstance but to show up generating energy full of love, forgiveness and compassion!

Showing up in the world as YOU, free from the encumbrances of your past or the energy of others takes courage! It takes faith and trust that who you are doesn’t need excuses, apologies or perfection. You are a perfect spirit being however none of us is a perfect human being. You have the free will to choose how you wish to show up in the word with all your human-ness.

It takes courage to forge a new path and stand up for yourself. Your choice and free will to show up as YOU begins the process of healing your life. If you choose to hang on to pain and fear, surround yourself with negativity, and continue to live the growth and drama of others in the name of healing, that is precisely how you will show up in the world. Full of negativity, pain, fear and drama….none of which is really yours in the first place!

Each day when you awaken, decide how you will see the world. Is the glass half full or half empty? Is the sun shining and creating prisms of beautiful light or do you choose to see the shadow and storm clouds? Do you choose to show up in the world full of love, light, joy and living from the present? Do you choose to show the world the light that shines from within or live in fear? Are you choosing your adventure?

Breathe in the golden light of love! Allow it to transform your inner being then exhale that same golden light of love. Breathe in your essence as spirit and allow it to transform how you show up in the world. It is your choice to see and be exactly who you are and show up in the world that way. It takes courage, strength and fortitude to actually choose how you show up in the world. I know you have the courage…so how will you show up today? ~Shine Your Light Debbie

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In Loving Memory of my Grandma Sara Bank

“Before descending into this world, the soul is emanated from the mystery of the highest level. While in this world, she is completed and fulfilled by this lower world. Departing this world, she is filled with the fullness of all the worlds, the world above and the world below.” The Essential Kabbalah

On Friday September 25, 1908 as the Kaufman family was preparing for Rosh Hashana which would begin at sundown, Clara, my Great Grandmother, at 7 months pregnant was scrubbing the floors and went into labor. There was no time to get the Doctor so my Great Great Grandmother, Viniziana, delivered a miracle into the world. A little baby girl, her Grandaughter, my Grandma, Sara Bank (nee Kaufman.) As the story goes, being premature my GG Grandma knew the baby needed to stay extra warm so she wrapped her in cotton batting, put her in a roasting pan and into the oven. On her way to get the Doctor she ran down the street screaming “Clara had her baby, Clara had her baby!” I’ve never tired of hearing that story.

What makes the beginning of her story so poignant is that my Grandma could not wait to begin her journey of life & love and therefore it’s fitting that she wanted to stay for as long as possible on this earth. For well over 102 years my Grandma graced us with a beautiful presence. I feel very fortunate and blessed to have a Grandma whose spirit wanted so much to be a part of living, loving, sharing and caring for so long. In my Grandma’s eyes I could do no wrong. In fact, in her eyes, I’m perfect in every way and walk on water! I can’t even imagine what life will be without hearing “OOOOOO Debbie, I love you so much!’

I could tell you stories about sleep overs, going to see the Christmas lights and the live sheep in the nativity scene then McDonalds. I could tell you about the little game we played every Passover when she would sneak me pieces of my favorite Pastel then yell at me to stop eating it or there wouldn’t be enough, yet she’d actually made a smaller 2nd one. I could tell you how only a few month’s ago we were having breakfast and she said “Debbie, you know what I need? I need a boyfriend. A younger man cause anyone my age is just too old.” Yes I could go on and on with wonderful stories but what they all come down to is LOVE. Pure, all-encompassing LOVE!

My Grandma taught us how to love so deeply that it transcends everything. Her whole life was a love story. She taught us about the power of love. Not just any love but that unconditional love that we search for and is written about in sonnets. Of course she was human and bickered, held grudges, and there were some people she just plain didn’t like but lady that she was, she was always cordial; BUT when it came to the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, well, we walked on water. and we ALL were her favorites. Personally, I think this is how a Grandma is supposed to be. Grandma’s understand unconditional love when it comes to their Grandchildren and Grandchildren experience and learn this love from their Grandma’s. It is the grandest legacy anyone can leave. The legacy of love.

These last few years I loved watching Gram watch US at family gatherings. She would sit and look around at all of us talking and just beam with joy. This past month I went to see her every other day and honestly I wouldn’t give back one moment of that time. I will cherish the day after we were told she probably wouldn’t make it until morning and I arrived to find her sitting in a chair smiling. That very day she beat me at gin….twice! Those Doctors didn’t know my Grandma! 🙂

We got to ‘hang out’ and had some very special loving moments. Those moments allowed us many many kisses and time to tell each other I love you and that everything would be OK when she decided to leave. In the end, no regrets, nothing left unsaid, only LOVE.

The earlier quote from the Kabbalah said that the soul is emanated from the mystery of the highest level. That mystery is LOVE. Grandma lived that love and passed it on to US and to all who knew her. My Grandma left fulfilled, loved and complete. She departed this world filled with the fullness of all the worlds, the world above and the world below….the world of love.

In loving memory of my Grandma Sara. She is dancing with the angels and walking hand in hand with her beloved, my Grandpa. I love you Grandma!

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