The holidays intensify our feelings. This can be a wonderful thing unless they intensify feelings of loss, abandonment and grief. Today, the first of the new year is a wonderful time to reconnect with those who have lost a significant person in their lives and let them know how much you care about them. You don’t have to worry about reminding them of their loss and causing them sadness. Speaking from a voice of experience, they are already thinking about their loved ones who are just behind the door. Your energy can empower them to put one foot in front of the other and make today and 2012 a better year. For those who are experiencing the firsts of everything without that certain someone no longer in their lives, the holidays have been emotionally draining. Small things have elicited memories of another time –
remembering what once was but is no more. The tears are natural, even cleansing. Please take a moment and reconnect with someone who may be stuck and needs a boost of your positive energy. You will never regret going the extra mile to show them you care. It is similar to the phrase that has become popular from a movie a few years ago – Pay it Forward. Empathy and regard for someone in need is food for our soul as well as theirs. Remember the lesson on energy – it cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed in form. Let’s discover, together what this can mean in our lives. As Steve Jobs said about his vision of technology, let’s make a dent in the Universe. We can make our dent in the Universe on an emotional level by showing others that we remember and we care.
Reconnect and Reassure
Welcome to my website!
Welcome to my web site! I must admit getting to this point has been beyond challenging. As I attended classes and writer’s workshops the speakers were quite frank (sometimes depressingly so) about the specifics of writing a manuscript, the publishing world and ultimately the necessity of creating a web site to blog on a regular basis when writing a nonfiction piece. Now the manuscript is done I must say that communicating with our loved ones who are behind the door is actually easier than communicating through a web site!
I have been communicating with my son, mother and sister for over a decade since they passed on to another plane of existence. I will be writing about my experiences in future blogs.
The eulogy for Steve Jobs delivered by his sister, Mona Simpson, who is an author and professor of English at the University of California was so moving. She said that Steve’s last words were, “Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow,” as he look up and over the shoulders of his family members. This brilliant man who pursued beauty and function in a way that changed our world saw the next place and simply shared the awe of it. My mother responded similarly. I completely understood this reaction. Our loved ones who are behind the door have 20/20 hindsight and foresight and are waiting to reconnect with us to help us on our journey. The first law of thermodynamics says that energy cannot be created nor destroyed only changed in form. So where does it go? Stay connected to hear more about my decade of communication!
Just Behind the Door 