Talking to Myself...with Purpose!

My days lately have become adventures. I ask myself questions like, "What kind of people will I meet today?" "How can I improve myself?" "How can I be of service?" It used to be that not long ago I would resist asking myself such questions...they seemed too hard to ask and even more difficult to answer. Today, these questions roll off my back and I see how God is speaking to me through the people around me. The voices in my head are no longer all that scary. There are still some issues that I definitely need to heal...but I'm not terrified to pick up the rock and see the bugs run out any more--so to speak.

I did some major healing last week regarding how I decided to come to the planet. You know, we decide "on the other side" how we're going to "come in", right? We didn't just accidently arrive in the hospital by random chance. There is purpose to how we decide to be born and to whom.

I realized that I was resisting how I wanted to be born and all sorts of things. I did some healing and it's really cool how my life has become such a wonderful, fun-filled adventure. It's not like my life wasn't wonderful or fun-filled...but now I recognize when it's happening and I don't feel guilty for it. I am participating!

The Great Adventure and the Tomato

Did you know that YOU have to be the one to decide whether or not you will participate in your life? Yeah, that information would've been useful to me say...30 years ago!!! I have to be the one in charge of my life, decisions, and how I show up in the world.


Now that I'm older...kind of wiser...and more informed: I'm ready for life! It only took how long? I am excited for all that I'm learning now about spirituality, healing and how to participate in the world.


I volunteer at a local farmers market on Thursday afternoons. I would like to say that I work there to make money...but I don't have a vegetable garden right now!! I enjoy participating at the market because of all the connections I make. I would have to go knocking door-to-door for at least a year to make the connections that I've made in one month. This opportunity fell in my lap and I am grateful for my friend Heather who introduced me to the people in charge of the market. This whole idea of networking is new to me. It was somewhat overwhelming to think about how I was going to call complete strangers to see if "they wanted to play" so to speak. With this opportunity...I've already made friends with the people who run the town where I live, learned about a local clergy group, made a connection with a presidential campaigner, and I help support the local food growers in my community. How great is that?

The tomato is the image used for advertising for the Dimondale Farmers Market. I was inspired to research the correspondence to my church's theology. As John Worcester says, "[tomatoes]
represent some external, natural wisdom; and their bright red color, as well as their family, indicates that it is wisdom of
domestic affection. It is neither comprehensive nor spiritual in quality; but simply the bright sociability of natural affection, which helps to make home cheerful and harmonious."

So we can look to the tomato for inspiration to make our homes happy and our social relations that much more substantial. Funny how life can come full circle.

More later,

Jenn