photo taken on Maui in 2007 during an initiation to a new life. It was both a magnificently beautiful and heartbreaking time.
I’m writing my first book, as some of you know. It’s about the wounded heart and how to heal with spirituality and creative expression. Why do I write about this topic? Because I live with a wounded heart and have learned to love it fiercely. It has given me so much to be grateful for.
We could look at the wounded heart as grief. I’ve found that grieving is a sacred life-long journey of deepening into a love affair with life.
During daily conversations with the Divine, God, Spirit, Source, whatever you want to call the ineffable indescribable Oneness, I’ve received profound healing. In my conversations with the Higher Power and many humans who are dedicated to their own growth, I’ve learned that we are here to heal.
Here is an excerpt from the work-in-progress introduction of my first book:
“By learning how to express our pain and give love to ourselves, we make our way to safe connection with others and find our way back to our dreams. No matter how bleak things seem at times, it is a reconnection with our dreams that can pull us out of darkness.
When we experience great loss and trauma we may lose our way and abandon our soul’s callings, those dreams that propel us forward. There were times when I wanted to give up. During those periods, I could only see that things were going to get worse. I couldn’t dare muster up the energy to live in the light of day. All I wanted to do was hide in shame.
I see many people feeling this way today, defeated. That is why I am writing this book. I want to be a voice of hope by offering spiritual energy and creative wisdom to help people out of hiding in their pain, and into a new-dawn day. Something in me knew I would make it back from those dark times.
Because of that ‘somthing,’ I have created great happiness in my life, along side the pain of betrayal and abuse. The world is in turmoil, and yet we still live our lives. We wake each day and face the story we are living. I share a vision with many others, and possibly you too, that we are awakening to our true nature and creating a new earth based on values of the heart.
It is my intention to help you reconnect with your inner power and ignite your connection to the guidance of the universal spirit that lives within us all. When you can express your creative and spiritual self more fully, you contribute a valuable gift to that great vision’s manifestation on Earth.”
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Thank you for reading today’s offering of creative inspiration, friends. I hope you are well. And if you are not, I hope you have support and comfort to make it through the storm.
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Thanks for your support. Sending you all so much love, Rachel
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