October 2010 - Prayer, Light and Healing Requests thread

[mysticalchick]

October 2010 Prayer, Light and Healing Requests Thread

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Creator, let your will for me be known.
Use me, as your creation.
When a kind word needs to be spoken, use my voice.
When a load needs to be lifted, use my back.
When a hug needs to be given, use my arms.
When a journey needs to be taken, use my feet.
When a message needs to be delivered, use my mind.
When a friend needs to be loved, use my heart.
In all things, in all ways, use me as your instrument of love, faith, peace and tranquility.

Anne Lamott wrote this in her book "Traveling Mercies" and I thought it was appropriate for this thread:

Broken things have been on my mind as the year lurches to an end, because so much broke and broke down this year in my life, and in the lives of the people I love. Lives broke, hearts broke, health broke, minds broke. On the first Sunday of Advent our preacher, Veronica, said that this is life's nature, that lives and hearts get broken, those of people we love, those of people we'll never meet. She said the world sometimes feels like the waiting room of the emergency ward, and that we, who are more or less OK for now, need to take the tenderest possible care of the more wounded people in the waiting room, until the healer comes. You sit with people, she said, you bring them juice and graham crackers.

As we head into the month of October, chock full of pumpkins, goblins and falling leaves, let us open our heart to those who need what we may have to offer - a hand, a hug, a heart, a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. (Is that last one just me?)

As my Guides told me, I will tell you: "You have everything within you to do what is needed." You just have to believe that.

Take care of yourself, blessed ASAH friends, and take care of someone else, too.

:grouphug:

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It is I who asks for your blessing, Father-Mother, no longer in whimpered tones.
I have grown throughout the seasons and stand now, tall and sure.
I am sensing who I truly am, and I stand to meet that test.
I am your word within this life - this lifetime.
Know I this.


Disclaimer to comply with DU rules and to protect those who are healers and energy workers from liability: this discussion of alternative and complementary healing methods serves as a means to come together to discuss and share options, experiences and modalities of healing other than the medical model. It is in no way intended to take the place of mainstream medical care/tests. Members are advised to seek the advice of a medical doctor before experimenting with any alternative healing methods.

[JanusAscending]

1. Beautiful.......simply beautiful!

[murielm99]

2. Others have so many more needs than I,

but if it is possible, please ease my back pain. My son and I moved heavy, awkward furniture. I've been in pain for a week.

Thank you.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. You are always so humble, muriel....

Your kindness and big heart touch me deeply.

Back pain can be so debilitating. :( I do hope it eases for you very soon! Is it out -- have you experienced it being out of alignment before? Or did you a pull a muscle, do you think?

I hope someone miraculously comes onto your path who can help, be it a massage therapist, chiropractor, etc.

Whether muscular or mechanical, if you're able to maneuver well enough, maybe soaking in an Epsom salt bath would be soothing and helpful?

Sending hugs of healing your way..... :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[laylah]

5. Healing thoughts being

sent your way. :hug:

[I Have A Dream]

6. muriel, your needs are important too.

There are always people with greater needs than what we each have, but the Universe can multi-task, as I'm sure you know. :hug:

I am asking that your back pain permanently subside quickly and easily. (This or something better for the highest good of all involved.)

Please consider seeing a doctor if you haven't already. If it's muscular, he/she might be able to give you a muscle relaxant, if you're open to taking that type of medication.

[murielm99]

14. I did see the doctor.

He gave me a muscle relaxant. It helps for a few hours at a time. I know this will ease soon. Thank you, Dream, and everyone.

[Kind of Blue]

9. I know how you feel, Murielm99.

Sending light to the area. :hug:

As a non-swimming sister, my feeble attempts this summer have really helped to ease my back pain a lot. Also doing some gentle belly dance movements while sitting helps too.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Beautiful, Mysticalchick...beautiful

Thank you. Blessings to you as well...

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[I Have A Dream]

7. There's so much power in your words.

Thank you so much, mysticalchick, for sharing them with us.

Thank you also to MorningGlow for her efforts during the month of September. May she be blessed for her service to the group.

[Kind of Blue]

8. This intro makes me weep.

This place can be so hard but still we have to be fully there for each other. It really is one true joy.
Thank you so much MysticalChick :hug: :hug: :hug:

[mysticalchick]

10. You are welcome ....

.... the Anne Lamott quote was sent to me by my Guides because I haven't thought of that (or re-read that book) in years and years. I was out walking around and they said "crackers and juice, remember?" and I said "Got it" and promptly found the quote online. :-)

Everyone who does these lovely threads before me left me a beautiful example to follow and I am thankful for that.

Hugs and prayers are sent your way Muriel. And much love to the rest of youse here. :)

[Celebration]

11. what an inspiration

that is wonderful, just wonderful.............

Here's to October 2010!

[MorningGlow]

12. A brilliant opening, MC

Wonderful imagery--photo and words. I will remember "juice and graham crackers". But nobody gets my pumpkin spice latte! :evilgrin: Ohhhh okay I'll buy two! ;)

[BlueIris]

13. Nice work. Also, I want to say thanks to all those posting

and moderating the monthly prayer threads, as I had originally intended to, before computer issues/life caved in on me in March. Great job, prayer thread coordinators!

[FirstLight]

15. Is it stress...or flu?

couldn't sleep last night...3 am and i was still trying, today i'm all whacked. headachey, nauseauted, actually got sick this afternoon with nothing in my stomach, and i just wanna curl up in the fetal position for the rest of the year...

worried about the welfare cuts in CA, getting a job, the kids and their health- mental & physical, worried about MY health...mental especially!

need some healing vibes and if anyone can 'read' what this is...stress or sick?

[orleans]

16. i was gonna say: cut an onion

someone told me that lately
but i just googled it and snopes says it's not true.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/swineflu/onion.asp

get lots of rest--drink a ton of water. hope you feel better soon.

[FirstLight]

20. I think it's energetic/stress

Been really 'overwhelmed' by things this week/weekend, even my youngest was on edge saturday.
Last night I added some 'herbal medicine' to my repetoire and slept great and had way better clarity or purpose this morning. been running energy and praying alot too...

I got that we need melatonin...for calming and to counteract light pollution.
It would be better than me using alcohol to get to sleep, that's for sure!

so when i get pad tomorrow i am going to the health food store asap!

[BlueIris]

17. Ms. BlueIris needs a gigantic hug as she settles back into her writing.

And some positive affirmations that are the rough equivalent to "I don't need to publish anything right now. I don't need to publish anything right now." Thanks in advance, and all best to those here going through tough times.

[Dulcinea]

18. Prayers & healing for my friend's mother.

She's bleeding internally and will have a colonoscopy tomorrow. She's had lupus for years. Whether or not this is related to the bleeding, we don't know.

The prayer in the OP reminds me a little of the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pray0027.htm

[northernlights]

19. gods, goddesses, universe...please grant me the focus, energy

and friggin' rote memory I need to pass Clinical Microbiology.

Last week I aced the Serology test (which I'd been told was the toughest course).

This morning I failed...and I mean badly failed...the 2nd Microbiology test. Turns out I overprepared for Serology and grossly underprepared for Micro.


Basically, the students who had one general micro instructor have a head start in this class -- they've already been through memorizing a bunch of stuff so they already know the genus and species names and tests, just not what this particular instructor is focussing on. I had the other general mico instructor -- so I know how the cells work and conceptual and molecular biology stuff...none of which is relevant to this class.

And frankly, I suck at rote memory. I much better when things are in a conceptual context and when patterns emerge. So far this is just random bits and pieces of trivia with long, irrelevent names. :(

In a way, I wish they'd let me take -- and fail -- micro last year. I would have dropped out with half the debt I'm incurring, and with a job to carry me through.

[kimmerspixelated]

21. Quite lovely, MC!

Thanks for this.

[Brewman_Jax]

22. For my boss

just got the e-mail that his mother passed away this morning. She had been in poor health for quite a while. Your good thoughts are appreciated.

[Sienna86]

25. Sending good thoughts

that your boss may be comforted by warm memories of his mother.

[Cleita]

23. I'm having minor surgery tomorrow, so

anything you can send my way for me to get through without complications will be appreciated. My blood pressure is a concern to them so I'm a little bit worried.

[Sienna86]

24. Cleita

Sending love, light and healing your way for this evening and tomorrow's surgery. May strong, steady, knowledgeable and compassionate hands take care of you.

[japple]

26. Dear Cleita, sending you healing energies and asking the Universe

to give you comfort and peace before and after your procedure. May you sail through this with ease.

[JanusAscending]

27. Darlin' , rest assured you are in my thoughts and prayers.

May God guide your surgeons hands, and Angels surround you and help with a speedy recovery. Keep us updated on your recovery process! Love you dearly!

[BlueIris]

28. Let's keep the Chilean miners in our thoughts.

Even after they are rescued, they will need a lot of support.

[FirstLight]

29. Had to share this beautiful Healing Image

:loveya:

[Silver Gaia]

30. Just a quick request for prayers for healing and guidance

for my daughter's best friend, Vo. She is bi-polar and is going through a really rough spot in her life. Her dad passed away 2 years ago tomorrow, and life is hitting her hard right now. She's approaching 30 and questioning who she is, why she is, what there is to live for... and coming up empty.

She is suicidal.

Last night presented is with a crisis involving her that required our intervention. She is here with us this evening for a while. She and my daughter are sitting outside talking right now. Please send her some strength to make it through this period of her life and help us to find the right words to say or to know when to just be silent when that's what's needed. Above all, I hope she can find a reason within herself to live.

Thanks. You guys are awesome. I know I don't post much, but I read here every day and send my love and energy to those in need, even though I may not post to say so.

[Sienna86]

31. Light, love and healing

for your daughter's friend. May she be granted the strength to move forward through this difficult time.

[Silver Gaia]

81. Thank you so much. She is doing much better,

Sorry it has taken me so long to post an update. It's been an up and down process, but I think we can safely say she is feeling more whole and healthy now. She has re-connected with her mother, which she desperately needed to do, and has ended a relationship that wasn't working. Things seem to be on the mend. Thanks so much for the love and light and healing energies.

Blessings in return...

[Dulcinea]

32. Request for clarity, focus, and knowledge...

I want to take the GRE next month. I just turned 45, and haven't taken math since high school! I'm studying, but I think I need a math tutor!

I hope to be accepted to grad school (Master's degree) in Applied Linguistics and ESL. I want to teach English as a Second Language at the college level.

(crossing fingers)

[japple]

38. Dear Dulcinea, I ask the Universe to give you the assistance you

need in this endeavor. I also ask the Universe to help you retrieve the math you acquired in your earlier years. Sending calming, peaceful energies in your direction...

[FirstLight]

33. Job Possibility!

part time, 15 hrs a week, $14 an hour, clerical, working for the phone book guy...long term!
it's through my temp agency, so there's competition...

Prayers for the best possibility... I am not attached, we shall see if that is what i need to 'take the pressure off' with welfare and then use the other 15 hours a week for building MY thang...

:hug: thanks!

[FirstLight]

36. HEY! ...some mojo much needed over here! ;)

I have an appt with the welfare people on friday and i would really like to tell them where they can stick their job search...

let's pray for that interview to happen asap!

[japple]

39. Dear FirstLight, I ask the Universe to give you confidence in your

abilities. Sending a double dollop of calming, peaceful energy in your direction. Best of luck, and keep us posted.

[BlueIris]

34. Special request from my friend, M.

Friends of hers have a daughter who is being treated for cancer and facing down the possibility of radical surgery to stop its growth. They are really, really hoping to avoid these procedures and of course, to avoid losing their daughter.

The child's name is Eleanor, and she is currently in Delaware.

Any insights or advice anyone picks up would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

[japple]

40. I don't have any insight or advice, BI, but am sending healing

energies to Eleanor in Delaware. Asking the Universe to give comfort and peace to her family.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

35. Asking for healing for the nerve problem in my right hand.

I've been seeing a chiropractor 3 days a week. I get snap crackle and popped and then get a TENS unit used on my upper back. Just about all the time my thumb is asleep.

Not a whole lot of improvement, but some. The DC said my neck vertebrae/discs are worn down merely from age (I'm 55).

Dear Hubby suggested I go to Houston to see a neurologist if things don't get better. I can still type and move my hand. Since I am right handed I have to tell myself to not pick up heavy things with my right hand or it will get a sharp burning sensation in my thumb.

Still baffled about thyroid/adrenal/whatever balance to have more energy.

[japple]

41. Dear MOL, I am asking the Universe to provide the answers you

seek for your neurological and thyroid/adrenal issues. Sending healing, peaceful energy in your direction.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. Thanks.

So far I have seen the chiropractor on Mon, Wed and Friday for two weeks to get snap crackled and popped and also they put an ultrasound unit on my upper back to relax the shoulder muscles.

I think I will need to go to Houston and see a neurologist. My thumb is a little better but not much.

I have to keep telling myself to not pick things up with my right hand because I am right handed.
If I move my arm up and back or pick up something heavy, I get a bad burning sensation in my thumb.

[murielm99]

37. I would like to request prayers and healing for my

youngest daughter. She fell while doing aikido training at her dojo. She broke her collar bone and will need surgery. She will have to have a plate and screws - permanently. She is in pain, but she is distressed that she will not be able to train again for a long time. An important teacher from Japan is coming in two weeks, and she will not be able to train with him.

I know she needs to concentrate on healing first, before training. Her art should be teaching her this type of patience. Her dojo is her family away from home. She will miss them.

[japple]

42. Sending healing, calming energies to your daughter, Muriel. May

the Universe give her comfort and patience during and after the surgery.

[BlueIris]

43. Good news from my friend, M.

The daughter of her friends, Eleanor, will not (for now) have to have the kind of radical surgery the family feared (which included hysterectomy). So, um, keep the positive vibes coming? The girl is still in Philadelphia.

[PhillyGurl]

44. Very inspiring, thank you for that

I love everything you put in this thread. Thank you so much for doing this. :hug:

[I Have A Dream]

45. I would greatly appreciate your help.

I am asking that I hear the voice of my Higher Self extremely clearly right now. I need to clearly tell the difference between my ego self and my true Self. I need to be sure that I'm operating in complete integrity and that I don't let my ego interfere in any decisions that need to be made.

I would really appreciate any prayers and light that you send my way.

Thank you. :hug:

:(

[Cleita]

46. You seem conflicted.

I'm asking the angels to help you.

[I Have A Dream]

55. Thank you so much, Cleita.

I could feel their presence. :)

[OneGrassRoot]

47. You have it.....

You have my prayers and my complete faith that you clearly know the difference, Dear IHAD.

You already know the difference...your heart knows.

:hug:

:loveya:

[I Have A Dream]

56. Thank you, OGR.

It's a very sad day for me, but I have remained true to myself.

[japple]

48. Dearest IHAD, I ask the Universe to give you clarity and the

assistance you need to solve your "identity crisis." You are a beautiful soul and need to trust and believe that you always operate at the highest level of integrity. Sending light and peace in your direction.

[I Have A Dream]

57. Thank you, japple...

for what you sent my way and for your very kind words. They truly helped. :hug:

[BlueIris]

49. Please give clarity to I Have A Dream. nt

[I Have A Dream]

58. Thank you, BlueIris.

I appreciate your efforts on my behalf.

[kimmerspixelated]

50. I wish to be healed both physically

and especially emotionally as they are tied together.

[I Have A Dream]

59. I am praying on your behalf, kimmerspixelated.

:hug:

[kimmerspixelated]

64. Thank you, it must be working.

I feel better today.

[I Have A Dream]

65. I'm so glad, kimmerspixelated.

Truly. :)

:hug:

[kimmerspixelated]

70. Back at ya!

:toast: :hi:

[Kind of Blue]

51. MysticalChick, my family and I

are going through a bad time right now. Please send us light. It's just hard for me to get in that place right now although I cannot give into despair.

[mysticalchick]

52. Always light and love to you ....

.... if there's anything I can do for you, please let me know. Sending you all a big big hug.


:hug: :hug:

[Kind of Blue]

53. Thank you, Dear!

:hug: :hug:

[I Have A Dream]

60. I will send light your way as well, Blue.

May all things that are troubling you be resolved quickly and easily. (This or something better for the highest good of all involved.)

:hug:

[Kind of Blue]

62. Thank you, IHAD.

Thanks for the reminder: This or something better for the highest good of all involved. It is comforting. :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

61. Bless you and your family, Kind of Blue...

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[Kind of Blue]

63. Thank you, OGR.

Can't help but smile seeing a multitude of hugs. :)

[northernlights]

66. phew. I failed....but I can recover

70 on the exam. I feared a 20 or maybe a 30. 70 I can recover from. In fact, even with the 70, I still have a B average.

Now I can breathe. And even enjoy the day. I'm on top of it again. :)

[I Have A Dream]

67. Awww, northernlights...

70 isn't failing. That's just what the average person people gets all the time. You're just so used to being extraordinary that you think of it as failing. :hug:

I'm glad that you're realizing that you'll be just fine and that you can still move forward without worry. :)

:loveya:

[northernlights]

68. that's so sweet IHAD, but in this program anything below 77

is fail. As in, if you finish this or any other class with a 76 average you are dropped from the program. I was afraid I'd only gotten a 20 or 30 (I could only remember 10-15 questions I was pretty sure I got right) -- and was in too deep a hole to dig out of. But with 70...I still have a B- in the course. Not my preferred position, but no hole to dig out of either.

It was a perfect storm and not my fault at all. I've been running a marathon for 13 months. I should have passed the finish line at 12 months and been able to quit the job by Sept 1, but the financial aid office forgot to send me forms, lost forms, failed, failed, failed. I didn't want to quit my job until I had secure funding. Plus I had the serology test the week before -- that class I have been taking on video by special permission, so had extra pressure to do well. And I'd been told by a student last year that serology was the toughest class this semester. I focussed heavily on the serology and got 104 out of 105. I then gave myself a day off and spent the next 4 jamming in the micro. But I ran out of gas, ran out of time, crashed and burned.

And yes, in the rest of the world, a 70 is a C or C-, and not a fail. Just this program is very tough. As they said to us in the beginning, if you were in the hospital wouldn't you want to know that the people taking care of you learned at least 3/4s of the material they studied?

[I Have A Dream]

69. I can so empathize with you on the crash and burn part.

I remember that from my days in college. By the very end, I had pushed myself so hard that I just had no more to give. Physically (and mentally as well, I'm sure), I couldn't have done another semester.

Just try to be gentle with yourself, northernlights. :hug:

[BlueIris]

71. Please keep it coming for that little girl (Eleanor) in Philadelphia.

New prognosis is that her condition is improving a lot and radical surgery won't be necessary to treat her cancer.

The friend of Eleanor's parents who asked me to bring this here thinks our vibes may be working (I'm not sure this is true, but I don't think more good vibes can hurt.)

[I Have A Dream]

72. I will send, BI. nt

[OneGrassRoot]

83. Joining you.....

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[japple]

73. Please send positive energies to "B," a young man whom I've

recently started tutoring. He somehow reached the 9th grade in school without having learned how to read, although he was involved with drugs for many years and that might have had an effect on his ability to remember what he learned in earlier years. He is 30 yrs. old with 3 children. This is such an uphill climb for him and I am praying that he will stick with it. He has been mandated by the courts to enroll in an educational program and get his GED. Otherwise, I think he will have to serve time.

[I Have A Dream]

74. I will send light to B, and I will also pray on his behalf.

I was in a similar situation with a man that I tutored, although he wasn't involved in drugs. Not being able to read was holding him back in his dream job of being a chef.

The most important thing that I had to get through to him was that just because he couldn't read didn't mean that he wasn't intelligent; he was an intelligent man. He just somehow got behind at some point, and it snowballed from there. His pride kept him from ever reaching out before he got this wonderful job. The potential for his dream to come true made him take action in spite of the embarrassment he felt.

Thank you for helping this man and his family, japple. You're doing really important work. :hug:

[Oak2004]

75. I'm posting from the emergency room

Two things: first, there's the leg ulcer that may be infected.

Second, and maybe more importantly, is that I seem to be entangled in a never ending mess of absurdities and frustrations with the medical system today. There's the madness that requires I use an emergency room instead of the Dr's office because Medicaid won't allow one to schedule a wheelchair van a second later than 5 pm the previous day, unless it is to the ER (so I had to come here rather than go to my Dr's office (it could wait overnight, but not two days). Then I used my last migraine pill today, and my migraine medicine is entangled in prior approval red tape as the state attempts to "save money" by deliberately dragging their feet on prior approvals (which pretty much guarantees I'm going to end up back here a few times a month as, uncontrolled, I end up with 3+ day long status migrainous). Then the VNA is refusing to use appropriate dressings on the ulcer (again, no doubt, "saving money")... ... the damned state is going to go bankrupt "saving money" by jdriving me into the most expensive possible treatment settings while they actually give me the high blood erroneously listed in my med records here. Aaaaaargh!!!!! Either that or I'll next be posting from the psych ward.

I hate hate hate having to deal with crap, and I fantasize about walking away from it all, except for the "tiny" problem that I haven't been able to walk for years and at minimum need to deal with the system for a wheelchair and the pain meds I need just to get out of bed and into that wheelchair.

I am at my wits end today.

[japple]

76. Dear Oak, I am asking the Universe to send peace and comfort

to you and to assist you in dealing with this frustrating situation. I am sending you positive energies and hope that your leg ulcer will be treated in an appropriate manner and that you will receive what you need to ease your migraine pain. Hang in there and keep us posted.

[JanusAscending]

77. Wow Oak!

OK I'll stop complaining now. I've been pissing and moaning about things like what you have already gone through. I can still walk...with a walker, and fighting to keep it from getting to the point you find yourself in. I really think they just want all of us to give up and go into a nursing facility so they can get all that we may have left, or just go ahead and die! You are in my thoughts and prayers. Here's to all of us out there that are bucking the system.

[Oak2004]

86. A small unsolicited suggestion (feel free to ignore)

It may not be worth your while to struggle to walk.

Mobility is very important. How you get it, not so much. When I was struggling to walk, all my energy was tied up in getting from point A to point B, and none of it was left over to do much of anything when I got there. When I got over the notion that I was somehow obligated to do it on two feet, and got a wheelchair, suddenly I could get from point A to point B without atrocious levels of pain and with the energy to do something once I got there.

I could not only get to where I needed to go, but where I wanted to go again. I remember the first time after I got my chair that I went to the kitchen during a TV commercial for a snack. It was something trivial, that I had taken for granted all my life, that I hadn't even realized I had lost during the years when I was moving about so painfully I had given up on unnecessary movement. It was wonderful to be able to do something so small and silly again.

"Confined" in a wheelchair is nonsense--- wheelchairs are liberating.

OTOH, it's always worthwhile to struggle with the idiocy of America's financial health care bubble to actually squeeze some health care out of it.

[OneGrassRoot]

87. You completely and absolutely....

ROCK!!!

:yourock:

:hug:

[I Have A Dream]

88. What a wonderfully positive way of looking at the situation.

I just experienced a paradigm shift.

[I Have A Dream]

79. I'm sending positive energy and light your way, Oak.

I will also pray on your behalf.

I'm sorry that you have to suffer so because of the uncaring system that exists. :(

[OneGrassRoot]

84. Oh dear....

Thinking of you and sending :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[woodsprite]

78. I have a friend in need of some healing thoughts

My friend and singing partner, Joy, will be having some extensive kidney surgery the first week of November. She has a tumor which the doctor believes is malignant. The biopsy won't be done until the actual surgery due to location. The type of surgery she needs is going to require removing a rib or two inorder to get where they need to be. Please lift her up in your thoughts and prayers. She is a young mom with a wonderful husband and 2 lovely little blonde-haired girls who just know that Mommy needs to go to the hospital for awhile to fix a boo-boo.

This is the first place I think of to come when I seek spiritual calm, and I wanted to add her to the Healing Requests list. She has a very calming sweet personality, and is very spiritual, but I hear panic in her voice as she talks about the coming procedure and her family as the date gets closer.

Thanks for everything you all do.

[I Have A Dream]

80. woodsprite, I will pray on her behalf.

I'm sorry that she's having to go through this. :(

[japple]

82. Dear woodsprite, I will ask the Universe to send healing and peace

to Joy. May her surgery be successful. Also asking for comfort for her family. I am sending positive energy in her direction.

[OneGrassRoot]

85. "spiritual calm"

I agree, and I ask that for you and your friend

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[FirstLight]

89. Prayers for strength in parenting...

*groan*
I didn;t want to have to go there yet...buti am wondering if i should throw my teen's ass out on the street, seriously.

he seems so sweet and nice and like everything is so mellow...it is just because laying low is his M.O. and he doesn;t stir the pot and does the absolute minimum to get by...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9367785

so i am dealing with these feelings today of inadequacy, wondering where *I* was the bad example...was it because i was a young mother, was it because the second marriage failed and he had no male role model? i dunno, but it is getting to the point where i want the issue out of my house...
I have real problems with the "slacker male' persona...it reeks of ALL men i ever relied upon, and i hate that he is turning out to be that way...

how do i deal with this :shrug: i guess i grow some cojones...

[lildreamer316]

91. I'm sending, FL...

I really hope this situation finds a good resolve. :hug:
Don't be too hard on yourself. Parenting is very challenging.

[lildreamer316]

90. Please send light/prayers to help me choose love over fear the next two days.

I have what I'm choosing to call a "large opportunity" to choose love over fear today and tomorrow. I feel myself easily slipping into negative and unloving thought, so please..if you can spare a bit of support; I could surely use it.
Thank you, blessed freinds. :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

92. I have complete faith in your ability to make this choice, lildreamer...

YOU ARE LOVE.

YOU ARE.

You can do this. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

93. I'd like to also add something that just came to mind very strongly...

and it's something I just went through myself...still going through it.

Be most mindful of choosing to love YOU.

:loveya:

[BlueIris]

94. There are some times when choosing based on fear is valid.

Fear is an instinct you have at your disposal to warn you of real danger. If you are in a dangerous situation or with a person who poses a danger to you or yours, it is valid to recognize you are in danger and make the decision to get away from the danger your fear warned you about.

Loving those who don't love you isn't just inappropriate and non-self respecting, it can endanger your physical safety. There are some people and some situations who are beyond our capacity to love or heal, and even if they weren't, aren't safe for us to be around.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to say--choose safety first, and love only what is loveable.

[lildreamer316]

95. I do, and thank you...

I certainly understand clearly what you are saying, and I am definatley keeping it in mind.
However, this issue has to do with a bill we have due (a very LARGE bill) that we are not ready to pay. I have to have faith that things will be ok, and not give in to fear that we will be without power by Thursday...sigh. :)

[lildreamer316]

96. I'd also like to ask for prayers/light/vibes for my SO.

(yes,he is receptive to it; btw)

He's made some initial contact with a person that ..well, made his life hell and scarred him very badly. This is really the root of most of his 'issues'. As much pain as he's in; I think this is his way of starting to try and work through it and heal it in his life,and I'm proud of him for trying to stand up and do this. It's painful for me to see him go through it, and I can see that it's going to be hard.
On top of that, he has his court date for his (pretty darn serious) offenses next Tuesday. This is stressing him out big-time.

Any light or anything you feel is appropriate to send would be welcomed. He's chosen to learn some very hard lessons this life.

Thank you, as always, friends.

:hug:

[BlueIris]

99. Here's hoping your husband is open to the healing experiences

these challenges could offer him. FWIW, I have an okay feeling about the court date.

[Missy Vixen]

97. I sent a bunch of query letters and partial submissions over a week ago

It usually takes three months or so to hear back - why am I so jumpy? When I'm not feeling jumpy (and checking my e-mail every five minutes,) I'm just afraid.

There has to be a lesson in this. I'm not quite getting it.

I would really appreciate any good thoughts you could send.

-MV

[Missy Vixen]

101. I got a rejection this morning

I'm still working...

Thank you to everyone that thought of me the past few days or so.

-MV/Julie

[I Have A Dream]

102. Much love to you, MV.

May you be upheld until what is in the works for you manifests into your life.

:hug:

[Missy Vixen]

98. Okay, I'm back

My husband (if the references check out the way the company wants them to, and he has amazing references, according to the employment agency who sent him on the interview,) is about to get a job offer.

If they offer, he will accept.

If this is what's supposed to happen, I'm hoping for a smooth transition.

I'm also hoping that every person on ASAH has abundance, and every beautiful thing you send into the lives of others comes back to you a thousand times.

-MV

[BlueIris]

100. Nice! I am still feeling

an enormous amount of heightened, and IMO, positive energy around your husband. Like really, really heightened. So I doubt he is going to be doing anything ordinary at this time in his life.