This is the time of year when we gather
around tables graced with perfectly browned Thanksgiving
turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and we give thanks.
We give thanks for our health and our families. We
give thanks for the partner who has arrived or is in
route. We give thanks for the abundance we have amassed
or the opportunities that have presented themselves
to us. We give thanks for each other. And, there is
so much more for which I feel grateful.
Now don’t get me wrong; perhaps even at one level
higher in priority than that of my next breath, are
my children and grandchildren. But, when I think of
all I am grateful for, some things different, harder
to see, bring tears to my eyes and catch my breath.
Perhaps it is a matter of age- perhaps a matter of
awakening – perhaps it just is.
I am thankful for the reality that even though I have
been single for quite some time, I fall often into
the arms of my beloved. I often rest in the knowing
that some energy, powerful and compassionate, is caring
for me in ways I am not even able to understand at
times. Growing up with an alcoholic mother and an abusive
father makes me so grateful that this Presence is always
covering my back, standing on my side, taking care
of me with generosity of spirit, compassion and understanding.
I am thankful that It is so much a part of me that
I am nearly unable to distinguish much of a separation
any longer. I am grateful that I have the most sacred
relationship with God, the Universe, All That Is – (what
ever you want to call it) that at times feels as if
I could reach out and stroke the cheek of my Beloved
with the same tenderness with which It holds me. We
talk. We love. We accept each other in sheer delight.
I am so grateful for having choices – for the
choices I have made. With whom shall I dance? What
do I want the quality of my life to be? Who do I want
to be when I grow up? In the most precious places of
not knowing, I get to choose. And, because I am awake
I get to choose only that which befits me, makes me
more and challenge the fiber of my character and the
strength of my spirit. I alone am designing my life,
either consciously or unconsciously and that is, as
well, yet another choice for which I am grateful. I
am so thankful that my choices no longer comes from
need but rather from a place of having so much in my
life that I cannot hold it all and want to share. Free
will is an immense blessing that we often take for
granted.
I am grateful that I have stopped taking detours away
from my own power – that I no longer need to
pretend that I don’t have the answers. I am grateful
that an unimaginably wise energy designed me is such
a way that I could find myself and discover the truth
of who I am through my own choices rather than ones
inflicted on me.
I am grateful that I have learned to listen when the Universe speaks. I have
discovered the immeasurable value of good friends and spiritual family, people
who speak truth, love generously and are making every effort to live authentically.
I am delighted that I am no longer willing to leave myself to be what someone
else needs me to be. I am thankful that I leave places and people who are invested
in chaos and drama and I no longer have a need or longing to stay.
I am grateful that I have come to a place in my life where I am aware that I
am part of a grand intelligence in the universe and that every contribution I
make that is loving is of value. I am grateful for the chance to sit here writing
words on a page that some of you will hear with your heart and which will unite
us with out ever having met face to face.
I am grateful for every moment of this life, every breath I take, every challenge
I create and every opportunity I am given to love someone. I wish you a moment
this Thanksgiving to reflect on your own unseen blessings. I hope they cause
a smile to gently appear on your face and a warm and honest moment of love to
fill your heart.
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