Life is filled with new beginnings.

As childhood ends, we leave school and begin the next phase of our lives.

We may attend a new school and learn new things. We may move to a new city and begin to put down new roots. Perhaps our friends move away or our relationships shift and we begin again. Life happens and our health changes and we begin to take care of our physical form in a different way.

Yet, it’s not like starting over. We don’t have to re-learn the lessons of 2 + 2 = 4; or our ABC’s. We take the knowledge already learned into the next phase of our lives.

However, the lessons we take with us may not be the lessons Spirit asks of us. Hardship forced upon us in new beginnings may teach us to hold back or be less trusting. Does Spirit teach us that lesson? No, Spirit teaches us that not all people are worthy of our friendship. Spirit teaches us about forgiveness (detaching, clearing, releasing while retaining our self-worth) as a tool for peace and a shield for protection against further abuse.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could recognize the freeing lessons brought to us through Spirit and thereby releasing the restrictive and disheartening lessons brought to us by life?

Pain and hardship shuts us down and blocks us from moving forward. Spirit releases us and uplifts us into a new state of being. Even through painful experiences, Spirit speaks to us of love, gratitude, and the power of joy. Can we find it?

Go out into the garden and seek it there. Attend services and seek it there. Watch a sunset and seek it there. Ask for the willingness to see Spirit’s love, instruction, and guidance through the pain of hardship and sorrow.

Spirit’s loving embrace awaits.

Move through the current situation and into a new beginning with hope and open curiosity. We once were fearful when we left school – it was all we had known. With a new beginning, who knows what happens next? Just take a fresh breath and a new bright step into your true self.

Begin again.

Now begins again