I Am Here Only To Be Truly Helpful

As I sit here thinking it has been almost a month since I have written, I look up and see a poster with wording from A Course In Miracles. I don't consider myself a true student but I am drawn to much of what it has to offer. 

I remember the first time I attempted to do the daily lessons. Resistance is an understatement.  In some ways, I continue to be resistant and yet the wording on this poster speaks to me today as much as it did some 30 years ago.

I've been reading What's Your What? by Julie Moret. The basis of the book is to discover your purpose. I continue to look for my purpose or what I want to be when I grow up. And I continue to wonder what in the world that could be.

Every time I delve into this mystery, I come back to this from A Course In Miracles, "I am here only to be truly helpful." Maybe this is my purpose. I do know I feel good when I can be of assistance wherever and however that may unfold. Sometimes I'm not sure it is appreciated though.

Possibly the time has come to quit searching for my purpose and to start living it. I have walked this earth for quite some time.  I have a vast amount of experience in this walk. Some good, some not so good. Maybe it is time to share my experiences with others on the path.

I shall leave this entry with the complete message from the poster above my desk.

I am here only to be truly helpful.

I am here to represent Him Who sent me.

I do not have to worry about what to say or what to do because He who sent me will direct me. 

I am content to be wherever He wishes, knowing He goes there with me.

I will be healed as I let Him teach me to heal. 

A Course In Miracles

Foundation For Inner Peace.

Peace and Blessings,

Mareda

www.maredaeckert.com

New Month, New Year, New Decade!

Happy New Year!

It has been a long time since I have been moved (nudged) to write an entry in my blog. It is a new year and a new decade so I figured this is a good time to start a new habit - blog entries on a regular basis.

Last year was interesting and challenging. I look back and wonder why I am so happy it has closed. Nothing horribly tragic happened. I'm still healthy and employed but there were challenges that I really do not feel I handled to the best of my abilities. 

This year my intentions shall be different and hopefully successful.  I feel it is important to put them down on paper, so to speak.  So here goes.

1. Start a spiritual practice and stay with it. None of this one day on and one day off.  Figure out what I want to include and do it. 
2. Accept that which I think is unacceptable and look for the good.  
3. Be more patient with myself and others. Walk in their shoes for a brief moment, then act.
4. Recognize how fortunate I am and focus on that. 
5. Recognize that which I can control and that which I cannot. Probably the most difficult 'cause I do have control issues.  
6. Be open to the possibilities that come to me to increase my prosperity.  

So to all who read this, may your new year, your new decade be filled with wonder and delight.

Peace and blessings,

Mareda