Apologies if it was confusing to you.
Life is very full right now.
Maybe the need is greater?
Possibly he Call is stronger?
Or I am more willing?
Or all of the above?
What do you do to take care of you?
How do you listen and reassure yourself?
Are you judging or accepting?
Are your resistant or appreciative?
When there is more on your plate, can you celebrate?
When there is lots to do, how do you love you?
Do you remember to begin with a prayer of gratitude?
When we fully appreciate what is, the way is clear to succeed.
Some need to rest.
Some need to give their best.
Some are called to serve.
Some may be needed to teach or heal or let go.
Whatever you find is on your mind, consider it and follow through.
This is your way of honoring and trusting You.
Sometimes I forget to slow down and listen.
The body may show me the need to just wait.
Or perhaps things are not easy or there is a block.
When there is upset or pain, there is always a call to get back on purpose.
So as we let go this autumn, let us give thanks.
As we undo what is no longer needed or wanted, let us bless what has gone before.
As we plan to celebrate with family and friends, let us remember to encourage and support one another.
As we perhaps change our habits for new and better ways, let us focus on the Good in what is.
We need not linger in pain.
We need not judge what has been.
We need not begrudge others mistakes.
We need not hold guilt and regret.
Let us simply step into today
Finding our way with openness and appreciation.
Let us enjoy this moment now.
And feel the Joy of simple being grateful for it all.
Loving you,
Betty Lue
Honorable Closure
How do you complete a relationship, a marriage, a teaching-learning experience, a job, a friendship?
How do you know you are really complete?
Often people walk away without really finishing the spiritual work, because it is easier emotionally.
People don’t know how to come to a truly peaceful place, where “good-bye” is really “God be with You.”
When we are complete, we are at peace and in love.
We have no regrets, no resentments, no unhappy memories.
Honorable closure acknowledges:1) the learning and growth received,
2) challenges and difficulties experienced,
3) appreciation of gifts and blessings,
4) forgiveness and amends made.
Acknowledge within your self and with the other person all that you have learned and how you have grown and benefited from the experience.
Honor and express the challenges and difficulties that occurred and perhaps were endured during the time together.
Offer your gratitude and appreciation to the other for the benefits you received.
Share your forgiveness and/or make amends for those places of unconscious or conscious errors of omission or commission. Often neither party is aware of what went unexpressed until the two have an opportunity to talk together. This is very valuable when done with the conscious intention for a peaceful conclusion.
And lastly, give your full appreciation and blessings to those whom you are leaving.
Honorable closure always includes a face to face or heart to heart connection so that all parties have a full opportunity to express their piece of the whole. Incompletion is never one sided. If one party loses and is in grief neither person is at peace.
Do your part when you part.
When we complete a relationship, job, living situation with honor for all, we are free to choose again without being haunted by the past or unconsciously repeating the same patterns.
To move on, to create anew, to be fully inspired requires honorable closure. Begin now.
Saying good-bye can be done with love, respect and profound gratitude and inner peace.
Betty Lue