Find Your Smile and Feel the Joy

Found my smile today. It was buried under a pile of chores; dog walks, cleaning, shopping, work, and all of the worries that accompany a day. When did I lose it? When did I tuck it away; no longer something that came freely the way it did when I was a child? The carefree after school days when I could not wait to come home, change into play clothing, and run out back to play with the boys. A tomb-boy I was and good at it. I kept up with the best of them; played football and baseball. Bases loaded, I hit the home run. Hide and seek and pinky ball against the wall were my favorites. At dusk, the mysterious shapes and shadows said it was time to go inside. Slowly, and somewhat begrudgingly, I walked towards the house wondering why the day and the carefreeness of play had to end. Still, as a child, I was able to find my smile. Tomorrow was another day of play. And true to form, after school, I was the first kid out in the alley knocking on neighbor's doors letting the  kids know that it was time to come out and play. Somewhere along way into adulthood, I lost the carefree way I used to play, and in the process I lost my smile. Perhaps it was after the first, or was it the second divorce, or the death of my third husband. Maybe it was the years watching him struggle through rounds of chemo and radiation knowing the futility of that type of cure for him. Perhaps it was after his estate was divided for his kids-difficult children to please. Or maybe it was after 911and the support groups I ran soothing other’s worries, containing my own.

However, today, I found my smile again, and when I did my heart overflowed with joy-a different kind of joy than I felt when I bounced the pinky ball over and over against the wall. It was the joy of knowing that I have a Higher Power that is forever connected to me. A Higher Power that has been with me through-out my life; through the hard times, the easier times, the tired times, the manic times. A Higher Power that has been, and always will be there with me, guiding, encouraging and moving me forward, opening and easing my mind and heart reminding me to let go, relax, enjoy the moment, and to smile.

Love, Light, Healing and Many Blessings,

Ruth Starseed
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A Waking Dream Message from the Angels

Recently, during a challenging time, I randomly opened a book to a passage that said, “This too shall pass.” A waking dream message, I thought. This too shall pass was a phrase my mother said when consoling her children through difficult times. Reading the sentence again I felt the Presence of my spiritual guides and angels. A few hours later, I overheard someone at work say, "This too shall pass." Now my spiritual guides had my full attention. I was being reminded that no matter how difficult a situation, my spiritual guides and angels would always be with me. I was not alone.

As a child I was comforted by this phrase. However, during a challenging time perspective is distorted. Fear settles uncomfortably into one’s consciousness pushing out feelings of hope and joy. When this happens there is a loss of contact with the higher self. The little self, the ego, holds tight and wants to steer the boat. Another approach, a counter intuitive move, is to let go and turn it over to a higher power. It takes loosening the grip and trusting that something Greater than the little self, the ego, has a wider more expanded point of view and will guide to safer and calmer waters.

Turning things over and trusting a higher power is difficult for just about everyone. It is natural to want to hold on and force solutions. It is a relief to let go and allow oneself to be guided. The process is not always comfortable. In fact it is quite a stretch to move out of one's comfort zone and trust that something Greater than oneself is guiding towards the best possible outcome. By letting go and releasing the tight grip of the ego you will cope with the roller coaster ride. At some point, all challenging situations change and pass into something new perhaps into something greater and better than you ever imagined!

With love, and light, healing and many blessings,



Ruth Starseed
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