These past few days have been the best time of my life. How do I even begin to explain it?
These past few months, my life has gone a certain way, with routines and plans. I’ve had certain goals that I wanted to achieve: find a publisher, bring attention to Gorgeous for God, bring attention to A Course in Miracles, write to magazine editors, contact tv producers, spread the word that there is a way to experience love and miracles all the time.
That all changed on Sunday.
I actually found MYSELF in a brand new experience, and none of that other stuff matters to me anymore. I couldn’t care less if I never find a publisher. I don’t care about selling books anymore.
That is small, insignificant and meaningless … as I realize the magnitude of God’s Love and the magnitude of the forces of nature.
On Saturday night, we got hit with floods and I was evacuated on Sunday and then I lost my cats. I’ve been living out of a suitcase. I fly to New Hampshire tomorrow for a month. You would think life would be utterly chaotic and confusing during a time like this, but instead I’m the calmest and happiest I’ve ever been.
I’ve spent the past 2 days walking through the woods looking for my cats. I found them (one at a time) and lost them again in the process of transferring them to a new home. They freaked and took off (into a new set of woods!)
Good old Wisconsin. It’s woods everywhere.
But in finding them, I see that I have nothing to worry about. Sam had been missing for 4 days and when I finally found him, there he was: just walking around like nothing at all had happened, wagging his tail, being the way he always has been. I laughed out loud when I saw him. It was so funny. He’s been through 2 tremendous lightening rain storms, flooding, and he’s walking around like nothing at all had happened.
So, I got to play with him, love him, and then I tried to transfer him to the new place, and then he took off. He definitely had no intention of being an inside cat, kept prisoner. Which is exactly what Enzo did yesterday. I found him, then lost him also. The second we tried to get him through the door, he also bolted.
I still would like to find them, of course. But I’m not worried anymore. I met the neighbors in the new area, and everyone was super helpful and supportive. One holy encounter after another. This is the place where life gets exciting – in the everyday moments.
Who knew?????
Meeting the neighbors was more exciting than anything I’ve done in a long time.
We think we’ll be happy when we make more money or get a great career, completely forgetting that the best moments come from talking to the neighbors.
I never once mentioned Gorgeous for God, A Course in Miracles, or God and it was awesome.
In the process of all of this, my priorities got reorganized.
Thank the Lord.
The best part of all … is that Sam and Enzo continue to be my greatest teachers!!! They are teaching me something brand new by being “lost.” They are showing me what is important … and what is not important. And this could never could have been revealed to me if things had stayed the same.
Suddenly, everything I was doing last week and last month (and the past year, let’s be honest here) has zero meaning to me. It’s utterly meaningless. I realize I don’t care about Gorgeous for God at all. I’d be happy to get a job – any job – find the cats (or get new kittens), get a dog, and live life simply. Happily ever after.
In a state of BEING.
Sometimes (often) you don’t realize what you have – or how good you have it – until you lose it.
Honest to God, I didn’t realize how perfect my life already was!
Walking through the woods, I realized how happy I am in SIMPLE ACTION. It felt great to be in the woods. When was that last time I was out in nature??? It felt great to be away from the computer. It felt great to not have a telephone.
These past two days have been the best time of my life. Thank you Sam & Enzo. Thank you Mother Nature! Thank you God. I’ve had no cares and no worries, which is spectacular considering everything has been uprooted and disrupted.
With the flooding, I am amazed at how nature constantly balances itself. I need do nothing. Someone said “everyone thinks the flood happened because of the weather, but the weather happened because of the lake.” (Lake Delton, which is man-made, and which drained itself dry yesterday in 2 hours)
That is so true. We start manipulating the land, and this is what happens.
“Don’t mess with Mother Nature.”
If you manipulate anything, you will get the results of it. I’ve been having revelation after revelation these past two days, and I’m so grateful.
This flood is teaching me to let things flow naturally. Don’t manipulate natural forces.
Let everything be as it.
If a place does not naturally have a lake, then it is probably not a good idea to make one.
And if things are not happening easily & effortlessly, then it is probably not a good idea to force your own agenda.
For one year, I have tried to get a publisher, and no effort of mine has been successful, so it’s probably just good advice to let the river flow wherever it is flowing, and not worry about it.
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I am SO thrilled about this new place! I thought I’d lost my happy place for a day or so, but it was simply misplaced under my expectations =)
That’s the best blog post ever!
Youk’re beautiful and I love you!
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Sounds like Miracles are just dazzling your mind. I can feel the Peace emanating from you all the way to where I am here in Colorado. Thank you for sharing this.
Lisa, you are my kick start of the day
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Lisa, I love you and love your blog!!!! I am Marta from Spain and though we did not spend much time together in the Academy, I remember your energy very well!!
Thank you for helping me so much!
TE AMO!!!
Trusting others to care for themselves, even if they are feline friends, can be hard. This is a wonderful reminder that – truly – all life is responsible for itself.
Dearest Lisa,
Thank you with all my heart for your total sincerity and full exposure. You just made me cry and took me HOME completely! What a joy to be totally FREE…and I flow with you in that river of pure Grace now and Forever!!! See you in a flash*
With Love, Your Krispicritter