Getting the Gift from Your Pain

Freeman?” It might as well have been a living angel herself, he was so ecstatic. She had been called by the person in the nearby store and, having been given the wrong cell phone number, had been unable to reach him; subsequently, she had locked up the store and was about to leave when she saw him drive by. They went in and got the dress, and she commented on how grateful she was that they were contacted because they had accidentally left the air conditioning on. It all worked out and we got the dress. Hallelujah!

But, that’s not the best part of the story. The point I want to make is this: our deeply held beliefs make themselves evident by various means. We transform these beliefs by taking advantage of the opportunity to release and reprogram new ones. When we experience painful times and are willing to look at the beliefs that create the perception of separation or fear, we can begin to choose anew. This circumstance forced me to look at underlying beliefs and do the inner work that was necessary to change those beliefs. Yes, we were able to experience the end result we had in mind, but even better than that, we were able to heal a belief that had created separation and distance between my daughter and myself. She had held a belief about being separate and different and not “belonging” to the family, which she had communicated that to me many times; she had created many opportunities to separate from us, both physically and emotionally. But I had to admit that I must have had something to do with her having that belief, because it was in me, too, so I promised myself that I would do my part to clear it in me. That night, under the moon, I was able to experience a healing.

The wedding went beautifully, and Arielle

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