Join us on March 17  9pm Eastern, for the TalkRadio program called Life’s Little Lessons.  This material is taken from a book being written by Barbara Marie.   You can join us by telephone or online.  Join us for casual chat, fun and information that will enlighten your life!  Click on the link to find the details. 

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The topic will be:      My world revolves around ME!

Because My world revolves around ME, I see everything from my own perspective.  I see all things as My work, My car, My kids, My home, MY opinion ! We are conditioned to do this.  It is natural.  To open our eyes and see from another perspective will give us much more freedom and understanding.  The freedom will come from expanding our awareness and the understanding will come as we see from another point of view.

I ask you to practise looking at things from another person’s perspective…

An example of this would be….  Wife and mother of four, she was a stay at home mom, for many years.  She was home all day with four kids and was tired by supper time.  Handling the kids as well as doing breakfast, the clean up, washing a load of clothes, putting them in the dryer, folding them and putting them away, taking everyone for a walk to the park,  then lunch, cleaning that up…well you get the picture.  The physical jobs were just part of it.  The mental pressure that a stay at home mom is under, is horrendous.  The organizing of everything as well as the physical safety of everyone comes into the picture.  So then at five pm.  Hubby comes home….he eats supper and goes and watches TV.  Duh!!!  Are you kidding me??????  She needed a break!  She wants to sit and watch HER TV show!!!  Well really, of all the nerve!  She was at home with the kids all day and he comes home and wants to watch TV!!!!!! She feels unloved, disrespected and just plain tired.

Now let’s look at this from hubby’s perspective.  Gets up every morning from Monday through Friday at 6am.  Has a shower, eats and goes off to work by 7am.  He would love to sleep in some days….some days he’s really tired from all the pressure at work.  Pressure too from being the only “bread winner” in the family.  Sometimes he’d like to  tell his boss to “shove it” but he knows he can’t.  He has to support his wife and four kids.  He can’t just do what he wants….he has to keep this job and keep the money flowing for his family.  He comes home, eats supper, although sometimes it is just “hot dogs”. He wonders that day…geez can’t she cook a decent supper for me?  She’s home all day long, what else was she doing all day???  He feels unloved, disrespected and just plain tired.

If she could get him to look at her life, and he could get her to look at his life, well you get the idea.  They would each in turn understand the other, and find a way to give each other a break…or at least a little more love, respect, and attention.

When we look at this example we can also take it and use it in several different but similar ways.  The parent and the teenage child can “see” through each others eyes.  It just takes a few minutes but can change the relationship and their own personal happiness as well.  Take the elderly mother and her adult child.  They could do this as well.  Two neighbours could do this.  Take a minute to “see” THEIR life, from THEIR perspective.  If you can’t do this without personally sharing with them, then take the time to ask them questions about their life.   Take the time, to understand where they are coming from.  It will happen naturally at some point that you can share where you are coming from.  Share how you are seeing things.

This can all be done in loving conversations.  It doesn’t have to be mad, angry shouting matches.  Seek first to understand and then you will be understood.

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Today is July 6th and I found myself having a hard time getting back to my daily routine.  I took the weekend off and it is hard to get back in focus all of the things I need to accomplish today.

How do we lose focus?

How do we get it back?

I expect that many of you have the same challenge.   You see I love what I do and I do it seven days a week.  I forge ahead with all of my dreams and goals being a focus.  My “to do” list is also a focus.  When I take a day off, it does feel nice to have a break, but sometimes I think it is not worth it…hahahahahahaa   I need to get things done once I get back and then I feel like I am behind.  I lost my momentum and my drive in those days off.

It is all just pressure I put on myself.  I do realize that.  I will take a deep breath, ask spirit to help me and then listen!

Does anyone else have these same thoughts?  Please share if you do.

In one of the last articles when I wrote about the session I had with Kate, I was shown how I did not receive very well.  Today I had a session with Susan LeClair.  I took her through the Red and Violet stages of the Rainbow Method of Transformation, and I was shown even more about this giving and receiving balance.

I was able to see how I did not receive, in certain situations.  My Guidance Team showed me specifically some examples from my own life.

Example One:  One of my daughters gave me some flowers for my birthday.  I said thank you, just like a good mother would do.  In my head, I was thinking that I wish she had not spent the money on flowers because they were just going to die anyway.

Example Two:  One of my sons wanted to take me out to dinner for a special occasion.  I said okay but really did not want to go.  I went.  Just like a good mother would do.  What I really wanted was for someone to help me with the garden, or to just do the dishes for me!

In each case, the child gave in the manner in which they wanted to give.  These were gifts  given with love.  This was great!  The sad part was that I judged their giving and I did not receive it with a clear and open heart.

After being shown this, I realized that I do this all the time.  JUDGE, JUDGE, JUDGE!  Dang it!  Just when I think I have made progress, things like this show up.  I am being fine tuned I guess in order to help others, to see these same things in their lives.  It seems that I need to learn the lesson first before I can teach it!

I love it all though.  It makes me happy.  I learn my little lessons and then pass them on.

At the end of my session that I had with Susan, I asked her what the “pot of gold” was that she will take with her after the session.   She started to name a few things that really helped her.  She also thanked me very beautifully and very heart felt.  I started to do, what I usually do which was to blow it off and let it go.  I am helped just as much as my clients, so it seemed silly for me to take the thank you.  This time, I stopped myself.  I looked out the window at the lovely day, and I listened to her words.  I took them into my being and let it flow through me.  It felt wonderful!  This was the first time that I had ever done that.  I will do it from this day forward.  I sure have missed a lot of love, by not accepting the gifts and the thank-you’s with my whole heart. 

If this lesson applies to you too, please take a moment to really feel the appreciation that others have for you.  It is not an ego thing.  It is a love thing!

My friend Susan Le Clair can be found here:  www.divineparenting.org

Know that I love and support you on your journey.  If you have lessons like this to share, email them to me and I will be happy to post some of them.

Blessings, Reverend Barbara Marie

www.ReverendBarbaraMarie.com

Little did I know as I was waiting for Kate to come to the phone, my life would dramatically change!  As I sat at my desk, head phones on for the phone call, I prepared myself for the Life Line Session.  I sipped on the glass of water that I had near by and wondered why I somehow knew that Kate could help me.

During my relaxing bath that morning, I had asked my guidance team a few questions.  Why was I resisting Kate being my writing coach?  She had mentioned it for the second time, the day before, and I felt this guard go up.  I wanted to do the outline and the basics of this particular project that we are working on and have her fill in the details.  After all, she is a writer.  I just want to be….or do I?    Read more…

Have you ever felt like you were stuck? Do you just plug along day by day with no joy? With three simple keys you will move forward towards your dreams and goals. You will revive your zest for life! What I will share with you in this article are three keys taken from the The Rainbow Methods of Transformation. My clients use these three simple keys and they have experienced dramatic life changes. Don’t be fooled by their simplicity. They are powerful tools. I share them with you now.

Key #1 – Support

Everyone needs some type of support to realize full success. It is important to you because it will be a bridge between you and your dreams and goals. Your team can be the glue that helps you stick to your path and accomplish more than you ever have before. You will never feel lost and alone when you have a support team. It is possible to take steps today to form your own support team. It is wise to gather a team for each goal or project that you are working on. You may need a team for your personal life or your business life, for a short time or a long time. This team can shift and change depending on your own needs.

 Read more here.

It is my sincere desire to provide a safe space to share the lessons we have learned.  Let’s be a blessing to each other.