On my Camino Adventure, I saw this sign today and it made me laugh!  One of the very most loving things we can do for ourselves is to stop complaining.  It seems really hard when we don’t really want to do it – and it seems harder still when we don’t rely upon Spirit to lead, guide and direct us.

We’re all working on a single tapestry. It’s a tapestry of human life. Some of us are focused on weaving something exquisitely beautiful and may look like the life of someone like John McCain who (whether you agree with his politics or not) was able to survive being imprisoned and go on to lead a happy and productive life in service to others.

Another person may be like the man I met in Cambodia two years ago who was part of a food collective in his town where the whole town was working to recover from war, prosper and raise their children well with more education than they had.

Some people, like many friends of mine, their life is dedicated to undoing the knots. It may look as though the knots came from their family and the way they were treated by their relatives. Maybe.

I’ve learned for myself, with help from A Course in Miracles, and my own willingness to value the truth, that I’ve brought the patterns in with me and those who seem to have contributed to them, have only helped me to bring my attention so that I will get on with the work of untying the knots.

I don’t wish to waste another minute complaining about how things are or how they were.

It doesn’t help, and in fact it becomes a magnetic attractor for more of the same.

There are no victims, even when it looks like there are victims.

We don’t know what’s really going on.

I’m absolutely certain that some souls volunteer to live a life in service being the challenging child of a person who wishes to learn compassion. This is the way of the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva is the awakened being who chooses to continue the cycle of reincarnation in service until all are awakened.

I imagine that from the Bodhisattva’s perspective the entire tapestry is beautiful.

I wish to see the tapestry of life from that Bodhisattva perspective and see only the beauty

When I see something I don’t like, let me not complain and lend it energy. Let me not invest one more drop of my precious life-energy into that which is not untying the knots or refining the beauty.

As Howard Thurman would say, let me “keep fresh before me the moments of my high resolve” so that there is nothing more appealing or attractive to energize in this moment or any other.

The way to achieve my goal is to quit complaining.

Complaining has been such a strong habit for me.

There were times when I thought, and I do really mean this, that it was the purpose of my life.

Now, I can feel clearly that the purpose was to untie the knot of complaining as a habit.

Today, let me untie the knots and bring more beauty with each choice I make.

What do you choose today?

Can you see the knots that it is your life purpose to untie?

If you wish, please share in the comments and I will hold it with you in pryer.

Together we will surely succeed!

Spirit will carry us there since we’re so willing!

If you’d like support in doing this work of untying the knots, please consider taking my Finding Freedom From Fear spiritual bootcamp and joining with other like-minded souls who are doing the same work. I find that when we do the work together we get there faster and we laugh a lot more. It’s so much easier when we peel the layers of painful patterns together. Easier, faster, more Love, more Light, more fun, that’s the way for me!

Finding Freedom From Fear spiritual bootcamp with ACIM Principles starts on MONDAY, October 16!

My Finding Freedom From Fear Bootcamp is about being able to practice going the other way, changing our mind and being more interested in the truth than our perceptions. We begin in a few days time – Monday, October 16.

In Finding Freedom From Fear, we’re devoted to clearing away the resentments and regrets in order to receive intuition, insight, Divine Guidance, and inspiration more clearly than ever before.  It’s the VERY best gift we can give to ourselves and we get to share it with everyone because all minds are joined..  This healing requires that we give up the judgments that block our intuition.  This is the practice that allows us to expand into a life of perfect Love!  Come join me and let’s finish the year together brilliantly!

Spiritual Liberation, that’s what finding freedom is really about.

I’ve got several things coming up you may find fun and helpful:

• Finding Freedom From Fear Spiritual Bootcamp based on ACIM principles starts October 16
• Forgiveness Retreat in the NY Catskills November 9 to 12 – this is an absolute BARGAIN – only 497. Plus a great rate on lodging and meals! CHECK IT OUT!
• Spiritual Counseling Training Intensive in the NY Catskills November 13 to 19.
  If you’re interested in the training, consider coming to the Forgiveness Retreat too to have a MAJOR shift and a big discount!

Let’s make a quantum leap together.
If you’d like my help developing a spiritual practice of Self-care that clears out the old patterns of past beliefs in order to move out of the unconscious guilt and punishing yourself, blaming others, living like a victim or a martyr, feeling guilty and ashamed, and into feeling more connected with Spirit, please check out my Finding Freedom From Fear Spiritual Bootcamp class – it’s designed to be a rocket booster for your spiritual journey.

If you feel you’ve been holding yourself back and letting fear decide, this might be your answered prayer! If it’s right for you, you’ll know. Trust your intuition!

Not sure if one of my programs is right for you? You’re invited to schedule a free Exploratory Call with one of our certified spiritual counselors to get your questions answered and see if this program can bring you the results YOU would like!

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!  The most recent episode of my podcast’s topic is The Undoing of Fear. Fear is the direct result of how we choose to see the world. The Holy Spirit can undo our perception if we’re willing. In this episode, Jennifer shares how to undo the habit of fear, and to more quickly wake up to the truth of the Love that we are. It’s not hard. Living in fear is hard.

FREE Forgiveness Workshop on Saturday – that’s right, it’s free and it’s for you. Please join us on Saturday – sign up now for this free forgiveness workshop!