The Real Key to Wellness

Well I just didn't have time to do a formal blogspot this week. I was supposedly on vacation with my kids. We did go to Cape Cod for a few days and did the New England thing. When we had finally had enough of lobster and New England Clam chowder, we knew it was time to head home. Of course, upon arriving home, my phone messages and desktop mail were calling my name..vacation over.
I thought I would take a week off from the blog, but here I am on Easter eve, in between laundry loads, meditation and prayer, and I feel the need to write.
The past three days have been a whirlwind of personal issues. It is when I take the time to pray that I am able to sort out the issues, the struggles, the roadblocks. Clarity sets in when I pray, and the mountain becomes a small hill...and I can handle a small hill...no problem. When I pray the urgency and desperation lessen, and I feel the calm.
This Easter Eve I took some time to reflect on what the significance of the past three days means for Christians...and for me. I thought about the agony, suffering, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I thought about the sacrifice, and the love that was the basis for the sacrifice. When we have different levels of love, so to speak, there are different degrees of sacrifice. For example, the sacrifices I would make for my mom would be different than the sacrifices that I would make for a co-worker (one that I am close to and do love). Sorry, I am just not evolved as Jesus Christ. Guess what? NONE of us are!!!
So, the greater the love, the greater the sacrifice.
One day I would like to experience ONE LOVE...maybe in this lifetime? Maybe not. I have WAYYY too much ego.
The other thought that came to me during prayer had to do with the Resurrection of Jesus. To me that represents, new birth, new life, the future with endless possibilities. In the moment that I was thinking of all of this, I felt this incredible need to let go of so much guilt, angst, anger, prejudices, old bad feelings. I needed to FORGIVE myself, my kids, my ex-husband, my parents, just everyone. I needed to puke...is what it felt like. So I did. I puked. I cried. I verbally forgave everyone on my hate list. I cried some more...this time from relief.
You know what? I feel great! I feel 10 years younger. I just realized that the true secret to anti-aging is just living well and free of bad feelings. Why do most of us hold onto shit for years?? Hold on to it like our lives depended on it??
This is the answer I hope that you all allow yourselves to experience. Experience great love. Just love...unadorned, untamed, unconditional, unadulterated. That love allows you to just LET GO. Just letting go...of the past, of old hurt, of old mistakes, of old regrets. Wipe the slate clean; it is so refreshing.
Forgiveness frees you from chains of bad feelings.
It is truly the best anti-aging potion around. I guarantee you that.
Have a Great Easter everyone, whether you are Christian or not. We all have the opportunity to resurrect our spirits, and the renewal of mind and body will follow.
Be Well.
Have Faith.
Forgive them...for they know not what they do.
Pace,
Tina