As John put it best, reuniting with other retreatants Sunday, Sunday, Sunday at Unity was a glorious trip back to “the tub of love.” But, to avoid sounding too much like a whack-o-kumbaya-ya chick, that’s all I’ll say on that one.The talk, however, does merit more musings. Guest speaker Paul Hasselbeck, teacher, author & funny, funny man, called his message, “Tag, You’re it!” Postulating that the best part of playing tag as a kid is being “It”, he spoke about tapping into personal power. Paul writes, in his book, “Point of Power,” about reclaiming our essence & taking control of our lives. Doing so, the rest of life falls into place much more easily. He even argued that when in our power, we could cope sans horoscopes & psychics. But I for one am not willing to go that far. This Pisces likes her a.m. inspiration!
The example that Paul used certainly struck a cord with me. He talked about how people (& Pixies) often refer to their cancer (or AIDS) diagnosis as “a blessing.” But by doing this, we (unknowingly) transfer the power to the disease & its diagnosis. Instead, Paul suggested saying, “I took my cancer diagnosis & turned it into a blessing.” God knows we’ve all seen people who went the other way on that painful path. Thankfully, I was not one of them.
I’m grateful that during my own dark days of cancer diagnosis (another lifetime ago it seems), the Universe sent me the tools I needed. But, more importantly, I’m happy I found the personal power to use them. In a way, getting cancer’s easy compared to the hard work required to rebuild a broken life.
& the rest they say, is herstory…What’s yours?
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