Elders' Meditation: October 22nd

Elder's Meditation of the Day - October 22
"Growth is a painful process."
--Wilma Mankiller, CHEROKEE
Whenever we grow, we usually need to let go of emotional attachments. Letting go can be painful. Sometimes growth allows us to deal with fear. All fear can fit into two categories: one, we're going to lose something we have, and two, we're not going to get something we want. Both of these categories can cause pain. The best way to grow is to pray to the Great Spirit and ask Him to guide and protect us. All growth is guided by God.

My Creator, guide my growth today and give me Your love and courage to help my pain.

I haven't been present here for awhile due to the overwhelming lack of response.

However, I have been doing some thinking about some of the women & men I have come across as of late and their continual illnesses.

First let me say that it Totally Amazes me that so many people choose to be ill. To many people illness is a manner of life...it is a modus operendi.....it is a way of getting attention where they might other wise be ignored. So their illness serves them. For them to get well is not an option, for they might lose the attention of others and be forced into taking responsibility for their lives.

A woman I once worked with was always suffering from some malady or another...she always got better but she never got well....not until her verbally abusive mother passed. She always had the concerned attention of her father & most of her co-workers while she was ailing.

So in the manner of getting caring attention from her father and others, she chose to be ill and in this manner her illness served her.

We can choose our life and how we live it. We can choose health or illness. We can choose life or death. We can choose to be happy or not.

Personally, I have found that no matter how ill I become, that there is something else behind it. For sure when I developed asthma while being in an unhappy (repressed) relationship...well that was a choice of mine. Being in a repressive relationship manifested itself in my being unable to breathe & speak without choking, which was fine for that man...it's what he needed in a woman. But my inner self fought against it and developed a symptom that made me wake up to what was going on in my life. I walked right out of that relationship and am well.

I still find today that when I have something that needs being said in order to right a bad situation, that when I keep those words in, my body rebels and I can end up with a bad case of sore throat & then bronchitis....when I speak my truth then I heal more quickly.

I find the more grateful I am for my life and the more I express that gratitude to Creator and others, the better my life is. The more I affirm that I am healthy & live a vibrant life the more it manifests into reality.

So what are we choosing? What are we welcoming into our life? What are we getting from our situations? What do we really want? What would change if we let go of our negativity?

I believe to a major extent we create our reality & our lives...So I choose: Love, peace, harmony, good health, & prosperity.

I send the same to you. Walk in Beauty, Walk in Balance.