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You Are a Miracle

You Are a Miracle (Part 1)

Now I come to tell you again that this is what is true: Love is unconditional. Life is unending. God is without need. And you are a miracle. The miracle of God, made human. This is what you have wanted to know all along. It is what you have always known in your heart, and what your mind has denied. It is what your soul has whispered to you time and time again, only to be silenced by your body, and the bodies around you.

You have been asked to deny Me by the very religions that would invite you to know Me. For they have told you that you are not Me, and I am not you, and that to even think so is a sin. We are not one, they say, but rather, the Creator and the created. Yet this refusal to accept and know yourself as one with Me is what has caused all of the pain and all of the sorrow of your life. I invite you now to a meeting with the Creator. You will find the Creator within. Communion With God Neale Donald Walsch Pages 125-126

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

....that change cannot be avoided in life. So do not

resist change, embrace it.

 

Life is changing all the time -- and certainly the

day-to-day conditions on our planet are changing

now in ways we could not have expected -- so the

fact of change is real, and very present.

 

Our invitation from life is to not let changes get us 

down, but to lift ourselves up, and move past them.

love story
An incredible love story has come out of China recently which has touched the world.
It  is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other  in peace for over half a century.  
 
 

 The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife ,passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.
 

Xu already had children.

 

 

 

At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern Chong Qing Municipality.

 

In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food.  They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp which they used to light up their lives.  
 

 

 Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.'
 

Liu MingSheng,  one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they  have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day.  He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's  convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that  much.'
The couple had  lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned  from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as  he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able  to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away.  
 
 

 'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?'
 
 Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks. In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to  preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love  story can live forever.

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
> Touching words from the mouths of babes.
> What does 'Love' mean?
> A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
> The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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> 'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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> So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
> Rebecca- age 8
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> 'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
> You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
> Billy - age 4
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> 'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
> Karl - age 5
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> 'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
> Chrissie - age 6
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> 'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
> Terri - age 4
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> 'Love is when my mummy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
> Danny - age 7
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> 'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
> My Mummy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
> Emily - age 8
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> 'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
> Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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> 'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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> Nikka - age 6
> (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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> 'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
> Noelle - age 7
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> 'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
> Tommy - age 6
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> 'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.
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> He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
> Cindy - age 8
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> 'My mummy loves me more than anybody
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> You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
> Clare - age 6
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> 'Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
> Elaine-age 5
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> 'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
> Chris - age 7
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> 'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
> Mary Ann - age 4
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> 'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
> Lauren - age 4
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> 'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
> Karen - age 7
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> 'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'
> Mark - age 6
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> 'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'
> Jessica - age 8
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> And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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> The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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> The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
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> Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
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> When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said,
> 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
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> When there is nothing left,    that is when you find out that  love is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot!

Find a Friend for the Peace Intention Experiment
Find a Friend for the Peace Intention Experiment
Dear friends,

We have thousands of people already signed up for the Peace Intention Experiment.  But what if we doubled the numbers?  Please make it your business to tell at least three friends about the Peace Intention Experiment and urge them to sign up.  Let's treble our numbers by Sunday.

New participants can sign up at:

www.thepeaceintentionexperiment.com

How the web pages will work

Our web team are placing the finishing touches on our Peace Intention Experiment's experimental portal. I'd like to share with you how it's all going to work on Sunday and every day next week, so there are no surprises.

Read more here.

book excerpt

Excerpt from Story's Book, 'The Messiah Seed'   

"I choose to open my heart to feel acceptance for all things."

Realize the joy in acceptance.  Acceptance is a state of heart, not of mind or matter.  Realize that to accept another is always to accept a gift.  You are each a gift.  To fully accept a gift and experience its joy, let in into your heart.  Realize that the route to joy lies through the heart.  Accept the gifts of your heart.  

Many of you feel guilty when you receive, because you do not deem your Self worthy of it.  Sometimes upon receiving a gift, your reaction is to instantly think of what you can give in return that will be of equal or greater value.  That is not accepting a gift.  Until you come to value your Self, you will not be able to receive into your heart and you will find your Self separated from the love and joy both within and around you.  Realize that to value your Self is to accept your being.  To value your Self is to experience the gift of your being.  There is little joy to be derived from the world if you do not accept your Self first.  It is to live a life that you do not accept, in a reality that you do not accept, from a state of being to you do not accept.  It is to live in denial of your Self.  Do not deny your Self.        

www.LimitlessnessCentral.com.

 

Walking the Camino
well, I finally arrived in Santiago today after averaging 25-30 km a day!!

Creating Abundance In Your Life -

Two Choices

Two  Choices

What  would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there  isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same  choice?



At a  fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning  disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that  would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school  and its

dedicated staff, he offered a question:

'When not interfered  with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with  perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do.  He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where  is the natural order of things in my son?'



The  audience was stilled by the query.



The father continued... 'I believe  that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled  comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents  itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he  told the following story:



Shay and I had walked past a park where  some boys Shay knew were playing baseball... Shay asked, 'Do you think  they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone  like Shay on their team, but as a father Ialso understood that if  my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of  belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his  handicaps.



I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not  expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and  said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I  guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the  ninth inning.'



Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a  broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye  and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being  accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few  runs but was still behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning,  Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits  came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the  field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In  the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two  outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay  was scheduled to be next at bat.



At this juncture, do they let Shay  bat and give away their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shay was  given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because  Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with  the ball.



However, as Shay stepped up to the

plate, the pitcher,  recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment  in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay  could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung  clumsily and missed.

The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss  the ball softly towards Shay.

As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the  ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.



The game  would now be over.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could  have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been  out and that would have been the end of the game.



Instead, the  pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach  of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and both teams started  yelling, 'Shay, run to first!

Run to first!'

Never in his life had  Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down  the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.



Everyone yelled, 'Run to  second, run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards  second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.

B y the time  Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball . the  smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for  his team.

He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the  tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally  threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.

Shay ran  toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the  bases toward home.



All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the  Way Shay'



Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop  ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and  shouted, 'Run to third!

Shay, run to third!'



As Shay rounded  third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet  screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'

Shay ran to home, stepped on the  plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game  for his team



'That day', said the father softly with tears now  rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of  true love and humanity into this world'.



Shay didn't make it to  another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero  and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully  embrace her little hero of the day!



AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO  THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a  second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices,  people hesitate.

The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely  through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often  suppressed in our schools and workplaces.



If  you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're  probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the  'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message Well, the person who  sent you this believes that we all can make a  difference.

We  all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the  'natural order of things.'

So many seemingly trivial interactions  between two people present us with a choice:

Do we pass along a little  spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave  the world a little bit colder in the process?



A wise man once said  every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst  them.



You now have two choices:

1. Delete

2.  Forward


May  your day, be a Shay Day.