Ahhhhh solitude........Been an only child...empty nester for 18 years....
now a widow for 13 years.....I embrace it as my time now no one elses....
to hear my own thoughts , not others....to hear spirits voice not universal clutter....
to hear a clear voice of creativity and be able respond.............
stillness.....quiet......
quite a gift...use it wisely....

busy keeps us from spirits whisper.....

peace & lite,

Rev Kathy Graves

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"Although this letter is a little lengthy, it's well worth the read. Full of good advice,
it's from my dear friend Jean Kitchens, a woman with a Master's Degree in Patience!" ~ Sandy

Your comments brought some thoughts to my mind, and I would like to share them with you, while you
are going through this healing process with your injuries.

Remember the teachings that everything that happens is meant to be. That's a rather tall order for some people to truly absorb.

Patience is the hardest lesson of all to learn and truly embrace as part of your psyche. Patience includes tolerance, empathy,
acceptance. One must come to the realization that he was indeed trying to control things, and thus stops struggling to control
circumstances, and instead accepts and observes, and looks for the message or lesson in any event, no matter how simple it might be.

We are taught to understand that you are where you're supposed to be in life, doing what you're supposed to do, whatever that may be.
All events contain something to be learned no matter how incomprehensible that might seem be at any given moment.

So -- What are you to learn from the present time? Is it perhaps more tolerance and patience for those things over which we have little
control? Is it to stop trying to consciously or unconsciously control that which is not in our power to direct? Or is it something else?
There is something to learn, to become aware of ... one just has to figure out what that mystery might be.

Patience is a really big deal. What could be harder than to consistently maintain a patient acceptance and attitude over little everyday
things, much less the big events and traumas that occur?

I don't know, I'm still learning. I work at patience as a full time job. But I have at least learned to stop, listen, seek and wait for answers,
ask myself what am I doing, and what am I supposed to learn, how do I grow from each tough circumstance.

Perhaps this is your time to think, to rest, meditation time to learn more oneness with the Universe if you detach your mind from the
usual intensity of your work now and then. Just for a short time, whether it's a few minutes or an hour or so, for several days or for a
couple of weeks. Just make a little time that is total quiet time each day.

I think of it as joining in the rhythms of the earth and universe. It's healing time on a much deeper level. Immerse your mind in that
oneness and accept the healing that will be there.

More thoughts to remember ... All people who enter your sphere are there for a reason. Paths crossed bring something to you, or you
give something to them. There are no coincidences, so it is said. Interesting to mull that around in your head.

You should have very few negative energies around you, negative people, at this point in your life. And I'm sure you instinctively
recognize those influences which are or might be negative and take steps to clear them from your interaction.

With your beautiful property, there is probably a perfect place for you to sit where nature can fill your eyes, where you can block out
every single outside thought (you know, those thoughts of "Did I pay the electric bill already?; "Do I need to buy cat food?; "I'll bet
the kitchen floor needs to be mopped", etc.). Sit. Rest. Recuperate. Practice patience.

You already know all this stuff of course. Sometimes it is refreshing to read about it again, to recharge your "patience batteries'.
Patience is such hard work.

Sending you a happy hug (one-sided of course), many warm thoughts for a rapid recovery,
Love and blessings,
Jean

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