Here’s a story that was a beautiful life lesson.  Years ago, I was in my kundalini yoga teacher training, which I LOVE, and I had an interesting experience.  Part of our training includes going to morning prayer and meditation time, which is called Sadhana.

Generally you’re going to start before sunrise, and we were starting at 5:30.   We were having our morning practice at my friend Kimani’s healing center, the Women’s Healing Zone, in Montclair, NJ and then we all went to breakfast nearby and went to get in our cars and go to the Montclair Kundalini yoga studio for the rest of the day’s training.

When we walked back to our cars we found that my car had been towed, another friend’s car was on the tow truck, and another about to be towed because we had all parked the wrong way on a one-way street.

The police officer was there and he explained that the rest of the street was two-way, but right where we parked was when the street became one-way.  Signage isn’t great, no one else was parked there at 5:15am, so we didn’t know.  The officer told us he thought we were a bunch of drunks who were at the coffee shop at the corner sobering up.  Apparently, a lot of people get a ticket for this kind of thing.

I laughed and smiled and said “well I’m feeling pretty good about this because I just realized I’m 58 years old and I’ve never been towed in my life!  This is the first time ever.  Not bad!”  Also, I felt so elevated because of the hours of spiritual practice with my beloved kundalini crew and our “family” breakfast.

Here were the facts:

• I would have to pay $250 to get my car back.
• I have to pay a $60 parking violation ticket
• I have to go to the police station and get a form from them saying they approved me getting my car back.
• Then I have to go to the tow place to get my car back.

I knew all of that, but I also knew that I am always in my right place.  I know that God is my source and me having to pay those fines would not diminish my Abundance because my source is unlimited.

It’s not about how much I have, it’s about how much I will ALLOW.
Think of this:  Water seeks it’s own level.  

Abundance is according to our allowance, and it has EVERYTHING to do with forgiveness which is why I teach forgiveness (I’m offering my Forgive & Be Free workshop at no charge today in NYC).

Forgiveness has transformed EVERYTHING in my life.

So, to continue my story, the police officer was listening to us ladies talking about why we parked the wrong way, how we were going to get to our training, who was going to give who a ride and how we could help each other out, and then he said this:

“Here’s how I can help you out.  I haven’t written the tickets yet.  I don’t have to write them, so I won’t.  That will save you all $60 a piece.”

Yay!  That was wonderful.  To me, the most wonderful thing was that he became a giver and we became receivers and that helped shift some of the energy, because there was a bit of intensity between the tow truck driver and my friend.

My friend was a bit peeved that he wouldn’t take her car off the truck and she was worried that she’d be late for work the next day.  And I felt that, deep down, she was feeling guilty because she was the first one who parked the “wrong” way and we might not have parked that way if we hadn’t followed her lead.

I suggested that she let go of judging herself, I wasn’t judging her and I wasn’t upset AT ALL.  I knew that if she could release her self-judgment, the guilt would be gone and her happiness would return.  When we walked to lunch later we were discussing it and I said:

Don’t plan for your unhappiness.

Everybody loved that.  For me, I really had to learn that.  I used to plan for my unhappiness.

The story continues.  The next day we went to the police station, then to the tow place.  It was TORRENTIAL rain, epic rain, and we did it all with a smile even though there were some hiccups and my friend got to work on time.

Then, the very next weekend I had planned a Girls God Getaway with my BFF Lisa Natoli.  (I LOVE LOVE LOVE this woman!)

Lisa had picked a hotel in Milford, Connecticut and she drove down from Maine and I drove up from New Jersey. Lisa booked us a 2 bedroom suite so we could hang on in the living room, make breakfast and be in our bathrobes as much as we wanted. The room was $250 per night. Lisa decided to see if she could use her Marriott points from her credit card and she got us the room for FREE.

We were going to split the cost, so I saved that $250 that I spent on the tow truck. Get it? The universe gave it right back to me so fast!

Then, Lisa’s gorgeous husband, Bill Free, slipped a card with a $100 bill in it for us to enjoy a nice dinner. She found the surprise when she opened her suitcase.

Get it?

Worry is rehearsing for a future you don’t want.
Don’t plan for your unhappiness.
ALLOW your Abundance.

Don’t stress figuring out HOW, instead learn to relax and ALLOW.
And let’s allow the errors of the past to be undone.

A Course in Miracles tells us: The first corrective step in undoing the error is to know first that the conflict is an expression of fear. Say to yourself that you must somehow have chosen not to love, or the fear could not have arisen. Then the whole process of correction becomes nothing more than a series of pragmatic steps in the larger process of accepting the Atonement as the remedy. These steps may be summarized in this way:
Know first that this is fear.
Fear arises from lack of love.
The only remedy for lack of love is perfect love.
Perfect love is the Atonement.” T-2.VI.7.

Today, in every area of my life, I can choose to experience healing and this contributes to our collective awakening. In this way, every day, I can contribute to the liberation of all beings from the dream of separation and suffering. In this way, I can make every day a day of Beauty. In this way, I honor all beings.

Where are you valuing that which isn’t actually true, and it’s just your interpretation? Are you willing to give up your story to experience a greater awareness of God’s glory in your life? If you’d like support for that I’m offering a forgiveness workshop TODAY to for anyone who’s willing to do the work with me. You can register now, my gift to all, click now to join me: FREE forgiveness workshop TODAY, SUNDAY!

TODAY, Free Forgiveness Workshop with me Sunday, February 9th – Join me!  Let’s do this deep work and have a healing together.  Let’s lighten our load as head towards Valentine’s Day.  Now’s the time!  Free sounds good, right?  Invite a friend!  Register now and I’ll see you then!  Click here now to register for FREE!

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LATEST ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is Forgiveness Solves Everything  A Course in Miracles is a clear pathway to take us out of living a troubled and problematic life and into a peaceful existence that is deeply fulfilling. In this episode, I offer my own understanding of how forgiveness took me from pain to Peace. True forgiveness is a powerful way to liberate from the self-inflicted suffering. We can have a peaceful mind.