From Feeling Blue to Appreciation

Today I was feeling a bit blue. I went to my massage therapist, Margaret Donner and an Angel reader, who helped me work through some issues. Of course, the tears started running down my cheeks. She suggested I go to the Vanderbilt estate · Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt estate - and just sit by the water.

I took her suggestion - not calling anyone to let them know where I would be - and drove to it. If you have never been there - it is beautiful. Huge estate open to the public. There is a lovely picnic area, walking area and so much more.

Anyway, I parked my car and noticed an empty bench. So I went to the bench, sat in the middle so no one could get into my space, and just looked out at the Hudson River for a while. It is such a stunning site to see.

After a while I decided to go back to my car. As I was opening my door I noticed a man sitting down. I also noticed that he had dark glasses as if he had just had his eyes dilated and his left arm shook which meant he must have Parkinson's disease.

I decided to say something about the view and naturally we began to talk. He used to be a runner and can no longer run. But he walks those grounds as often as he can and he's an avid golfer.

He was very nice to talk to. Asked me about myself and I told him the Germany story and what all I do.

We must have talked for an hour. Just as I was getting ready to leave I saw two fellows walking in front of us. One was taking a picture of the River and the other was taking a picture of his friend who was taking a picture. Hope I'm making sense. I heard them say "ya ya" in a very German way. I asked if they were from Germany and they said yes. We spoke briefly about Germany and then I said my goodbye's.

As I was driving off, I felt the "weight of the world" lifted from my shoulder. I know that these were people I was suppose to meet to help me with the issue I was "struggling with." I really am not clear what it was, but I knew I was sad and wanted to cry.

The sad mood stopped and I became so appreciative of the people I just met. There are reasons why people come into our lives - sometimes we just don't know why but they do. We don't really need to know.

But somehow these three people lifted my spirits. I hope I did the same for them.

When I got home I noticed a book laying around. It's called "Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer" by Gregg Braden. I randomly opened it up and this is what I read...

"Don't be surprised if you find yourself welling up with tears and sobbing huge sobs. (that was me today) This is the way that the blessing frees our hurt and enables it to move through us. When the blessing feels complete, the world feels diffrent. Although the reason for our hurt still exists, what has happened is that we've changed the way we feel about our hurt. This is the power of the Blessing." (page 118)

The Power of the Blessing? I didn't know what he was talking about so it looked it up in this little, but powerful book.

"Blessing may be defined as a quality of thought/feeling/emotion that allows us to redefine our feelings about something that's hurting us now or has hurt us in the past. Stated another way, blessing something is the "lubricant" that frees our hurtful emotions, opening us up to greater healing, rather than keeping our emotions stuck and unresolved within the body." (page100)

Fascinating! I do feel Blessed and the sorrow has swept away. The tears were a blessing of releasing what I perceived as hurt. The opportunity was opened to me thanks to Margaret.

Meeting those three people was also a Blessing.

I walked my dog Meadow whom I mentioned in the previous blog. She's doing better and I'm doing better.

I'm no longer Blue - I'm in total Appreciation of the Blessing that happened today.

Have you had your daily dose of Blessings?

Karin
Author of "Magic of Intention"
Creative Life Coach