Welcome: Lessons #1-3

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. I have never blogged before. Never thought I would be interested in having a blog. Never wanted to blog. Never thought of myself as a writer, so why would I blog? Lesson #1….Never say never!

My intention is that my blog is going to be spiritually & metaphysically based, but I may go off on a random subject now and then…but as spiritual beings, aren’t all subjects connected to our spiritual growth? Isn’t there something to learn and grow from in each random topic that comes our way? Lesson #2….Learn and grow from each and every experience!

How did I get here?

Not how did I get here in the sense of mommy & daddy loved each other so they made a baby. But how did I go from having no interest in writing a blog, to now having one? Hmmmmm…good question. I have to be honest, I’ve read a few blogs in the past, but never had much interest in them. Over the past couple of years, and especially the past year, I have gone through some major life changes. I’m 45 years old and finally trying to figure out what makes me happy. Which then led me to the question – how do you find happiness? So, like anything else I want to learn about, I Googled “how to find happiness”…or find peace in my life…or something like that, and I ended up on a spiritual blog and loved it! The articles were so well written, thought out and insightful. I thought for sure this person must be a professional writer, I could “never” do that – I’d be too embarrassed by my amateur-ish writing to ever write a blog, let alone publish anything for people to read! Wow! Look at my ego holding me back – comparing me to another so that I wouldn’t even give it a try. No wonder I was looking on the internet to learn how to be happy! Lesson #3....don’t compare yourself to others, be who you are! (Please note: I did not say, “Never compare yourself to others”...refer back to Lesson #1)

From that one blog, I’d follow links to other blogs and then follow more links to other blogs…sometimes having no clue how I ended up on the blog I’d just finished reading. I found myself so impressed by all of these people and their words of wisdom. My ego was in overdrive telling me that I could “never” do that...I’d sound like a 1st grader trying to compete with Mensa members (refer back to Lessons #1 & #3). But then one day, I started getting an urge to write. I had started writing in a journal a couple months earlier, so I though maybe I just need to write more, be more consistent. I kept being given the message that I should write...perhaps even have my own blog (yes, I get messages*). Sometimes I can be a bit stubborn, so I ignored these messages and urges to write. But for some reason, today I just started writing. At this moment I don’t even have a blog. I opened a Word document and the words just started to spill forth and I decided I’d start a blog in the next day or two and have my first entry finished.

My Blog’s Purpose

Let’s see, the purpose of my blog....I thought this would be the easy paragraph to write. I thought I’d write something so deep and so brilliant that everyone that read it would be changed forever. But, no such luck! It’s simple. I want a place to put my thoughts down. A place to share my spiritual journey, my thoughts & ideas and to share my process of getting to know who I am – the ups, the downs, all of it. I may not change the world, but maybe if something I say touches one person...rings true for just that one individual that somehow finds themself on my blog and makes a difference in their life...makes their journey easier...or makes their path a little bit clearer, then writing this blog will be more than worth it.

Curious?

So are you wondering what the first blog was that set me on my own personal blogging journey? It was www.UrbanMonk.net . Albert, I’ve never met you or even talked to you, but you have touched me and made a difference in my life! Thank you!!!

Thanks for visiting. Hope to see you back here soon and if you feel moved to comment, please do so!

Love & Light,
Carol


*Messages

As I mentioned above, I get messages. From who? Call it my Higher Self, God, angels, whoever you want, it doesn’t matter to me, I believe it’s all one in the same no matter what label you put on it. Most of the time, my messages come in thought form. I also channel when I’m journaling – I get some amazing stuff this way! Perhaps if you ask really nice, I’ll share some of it with you (just kidding - of course I’m planning on sharing). I also use Tarot & Oracle cards. I believe that we all get messages, its just a matter of being open to recognizing them for what they really are. You know, someone says “just the right thing”, a song’s lyrics suddenly have new or great meaning to you, or maybe suddenly you hear about a book, author, subject or something repetitively...is it a coincidence? How many times have I heard about the book “The Life of Pi” in the past month – I still need to go buy it! I don’t believe in coincidences – perhaps that’s a sign you need to read or learn more about it. Sometimes I just know stuff – it’s a strong feeling or urge – it’s hard to explain, but I just know that I know. Call me psychic...call me psycho – you wouldn’t be the first – it’s just a label, its not who I am.