Sometimes we don’t see the damage to our roots or the foundational core of our being until we’ve fallen or become visibly “cut down.”

It’s up to each of us to decide to lay where we’ve fallen to rot and decay away from whom we know we are Divinely, or to get up and walk into the space we know is ours to hold in the world... for ourselves and for one another. 

Don't be another ”Dead Man Walking” as sung by: Jeremy Camp. 

At first glance, some things may not seem so detrimental.  Take the first picture, which merely looks as if the smaller tree is providing some minor support for the larger tree. 

Upon closer inspection of the second picture from a different angle, we see the larger tree’s need was so much greater than the other tree had resources to provide, in keeping it aloft. 

Just as we humans tend to want to “rescue” fellow humans, despite knowing we lack the strength or capabilities at times by giving from wells not refilled enough or vast enough to draw from for the other’s needs... we can permit the uprooting of our inner peace and souls. 

It’s okay to say “No.”  It’s okay to make self-care a priority.  No, it is ESSENTIAL to make and take time for self-care. 

It’s better for everyone when we stop avoiding that “Little Voice Inside,” as Jaci Velasquez, sings so eloquently. 

The Bible’s book of Mark in Chapter 5: 34…. depicts a story about the emotive… “If I could only touch the robe of Jesus… I’d be healed.”  

At our worst moments, those deep, dark moments we’ve felt alone and we didn’t give up… those were our moments… the moment we laid down our hurt/pain and “touched the healing robe of the Divine.” It's the moment we reached out for healing; but, when we listened in that moment, we felt the hand of the Divine resting on our hearts… hearing the whisper… “everything you need to heal… is already within you, my child.”       

Casting Crowns sings a BEautiful and heartfelt songs called “Scars in Heaven,” which talks about “the scars we’ve picked up along the way…” and how “they won’t belong to me and you,” once we’ve passed from this earthly life. Hallelujah there will be no scars in Heaven, except “on the hands of the one who holds us” each day we are on earth. What could we accomplish… if we lay them down, now? 

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Most folks have heard at least this one line of a song, “Let there be peace on earth… and let it begin with me…” right? At least within the Christian community, within the USA, you probably have. What a concept.  

I think it’s a smidge funny… how nearly everything written nowadays is assumed to have been written with “a tone,” whether it is or isn’t… we often don’t even realize how our pasts still come into play, within our day-to-day. Many profess to be “healed,” yet, often I have found the energy and professions of these individuals… including myself, has showed me otherwise. 

Lengthy is the list of those professing to be able to heal, coach, etc. “the broken.” How often we find the primary “revelation” residency within those healing and coaching programs to be the same old, same old… “sanctioned” teachings or readings by the few “great and wise ones,” simply regurgitated with a twist of lemon or lime… because they’ve fallen for this “new order” often taking the elitists’ programs to learn to heal themselves; then, they’ve paid them again to teach them how to coach with the same material. If we were truly paying attention, did we not learn both in the first “revolutionary program?” Are the “elders of the info” given credit within these “new” courses/programs? Over the past decade, I think it’s become almost anecdotal… those who can financially afford to attend “healing” and “overcoming brokenness” coaching/classes/courses etc. then deem it their mission or life goal to “heal the broken.” If one has read the book “The Greatest Miracle in The World,” by Og Mandino, one would realize the entire industry, as well as medical psychology and psychiatry are based or “led” by those living on or within having or “should have been” ones who have the clinical diagnosis of codependency!

Here’s a novel thought: What if, instead of assuming people who are human, and experiencing the same range or ebb and flow of emotions that even Christ himself exhibited or showed us is innately born within us… we simply swallow our uncomfortable-ness in those moments. What if we became more Christ-like and actually offered the sacred space of listening to a person sharing the depths of their heart with us, without feeling the need to go elsewhere; because, maybe we have some unprocessed/unresolved emotional baggage that we’ve professed was healed; but, were merely engaging in the business of “the doing and the having;” because, others said it was… “The Way?” What if “The Way” is actually welcoming and encouraging the conversations and sitting within those moments of uncomfortable awkwardness, sharing and walking side-by-side through “The Truth…” in order to get to experience the great-full-ness of “The Life” and “The Light” within each of us?  

What if we acknowledge our fear of conversing “amidst the uncomfortable…” or that IT is the true underlying reason for the high rates of addictions, crimes, suicides, homicides, etc.? What if instead of giving presents that may or may not bring even a fleeting moment of happiness during a holiday season, we give the Gift of actual PRESENCE with one another, and make a commitment to do so… a little more each day? MAYBE THEN, each of us could find more harmony within ourselves and let go of the need to “heal” or “fix” those we perceive as “broken.” Maybe when we can also acknowledge our definitions for things like “success,” “attractiveness,” and “wealth” are not all the same… we can begin to truly see value in one another; and, experience true… “harmony within.”

Sometimes, we can hold onto so much that it can feel like we are twisting apart inside or like “just one more thing” may “break us.” But, we are humans. We can surrender the mindset we’ve been brainwashed into thinking... we are breakable or “broken.” True, our bones can become brittle or broken; our communication lines can become broken… between ourselves and with others; and fear can break our healthful mindset and lower our vibrations. But, these are not things that cannot be overcome or at least greatly improved, with effort and a more “healthy diet” of realizing and embracing… everything we surround ourselves with daily… is, in fact, our diet. Therefore, the best way for us to not feel we are already or on the edge of BEing twisted all out of proportion or “broken” is to surrender and acknowledge things we’ve held onto that may in essence be holding us back from the full realization from living the life we envisioned, in our youth. What is something you have been holding onto that prevents you from BEing all you are called to BE… something you are willing to surrender?  

You will find a song by the same name, Surrender, on our music page. We hope you use it and the recommended essential oil pairings to help you embrace moving through anything you’ve been holding onto, twisting yourself all up in knots sometimes… rather than surrendering to what you have been called, all of your life, reaffirmed by your life experiences. If you don’t have the essential oil blends, you may simply close your eyes and meditate on what you want to surrender, before listening to the song. You may find it very helpful to begin a journal to log your spiritual and self-enlightenment journey, with us. I always end any journal entry, by sharing something I am truly grateful for receiving… whether it be a message, a song, a visit from animals, or even being able to breathe or think some days. We all have difficult days; but, centering our hearts, surroundings; and surrendering that which we cannot control or alter, can have such a profound effect on our daily lives.