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I Believe...

CONSISTENCY, CONFIDENCE,

LOVE and INFORMATION are

MY BELIEFS...

Copyright 2019 by Linda Amato | believablealternatives.com

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What I believe stems from years of reading, schooling, meditation and journaling. My life has opened

to a journey of deep discovery of self. I imagine that at one time, I had to face the challenges, choose

love and in the light of Spirit’s embrace travel to where I am today! The books I have consumed are

many. The teachers, vast and the prayers have aligned the path with a golden belief that I adhere to

daily. All I ask of you is to open your mind as you read my words that stem from the light within my

soul as an avenue that may be alternative but also may inspire you on your journey.

My ride has been amazing! Jump on and let’s discover for you the truth of what you believe.

The following writings began many years ago but I am going to share with you the entries going

backwards from August 2013. It is an exhilarating ride to discover the path of one’s self through the

written word. I hope you write or at least keep some form of journal to look back on. Here are some

of my thoughts, words and beliefs.

In all of our lives we desire to know our purpose to live a passionateexistence. Sometimes, we search for something to manifest as abelief, a way of being, or possibly anything that fills us with joy daily.

Since I was a young child, I loved books and writing. I have a deep respect for the written word andnever realized how this passion would develop into who I AM and what I share with the world

today! Take this moment, to look within, sit with your eyes closed and reflect on what stirs you into

action, joy and happiness since you were a young child. Now read my thoughts on the experiences of

my life that I have embraced with love.


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The Fears of Life EventuallyLead us to our Path, Passion and Purpose...

I believe with my entire self that anything is possible. I believe in love and kindness for all. I believe

I have loved deeply and will always love deeply. It is the part of me that best describes who IAM!

There was a time though that I feared life. Why? In retrospect, I was lost and scared. I needed tobelieve first in who I AM. I created a pattern of letting my own self, my truth to disappear, and be

taken from me. Strange words to write! I imagine for others to read, as well, and yet it is the essence

of life one needs to learn to see the beauty of which one can be in life.

I have learned that we are all beautiful in our own way. We just glow brighter when we realize ourown beauty comes from within. To let another rob us of who we are is a lesson to accomplish in

returning to oneself, to simply remember our truth.

This pattern we create to survive is our shield, mask, or simply not who we believe we are allowed tobe because of fear that has been gifted to us by our parents, spouses, or society.

The path of life is to love the life you have chosen. To develop a trust that there is a process to all oflife and that everything happens for a reason. Those who dare to believe otherwise, refuse to learn

about themselves. Clearly, I see the pain in life that we ourselves need to create due to the basic belief

we choose when we choose fear. Once love replaces fear the pain will be no more.

We all at one time need to grow our thoughts, words, and actions with a belief that is positive byplanting one seed at a time. Each seed that we plant needs to be watered, nourished and filled with

love. A wholeness will then develop to set one apart. As we realize there is a part of us that is our

spiritual self, we will then discover that these inner parts are deep and profound, as well as, perfect.


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We create barriers in our own lives! Who or what is this barrier? It has to be an emotional state one

gets into which is not contributing to who one really is. As the carrier of our own emotions we need

to release the ideas, thoughts, and feelings of yesterday’s relationship with life that has become a habit

today. In doing so, a new beginning will unfold.

There is a definite oneness to life – a unity that connects us all, yet we are individual with our owncreativity to allow one to progress in life to complete self-harmony. We will then become balanced

and have responsibilities through the service of this creativity to fulfill a life daily with this inner

wisdom which is our self-harmony. Individually each one of us needs to attain this for ourselves.

The barrier created by emotional attachment will be released then forever. The beauty of life is whenwe choose not to allow despair into our being and to stop the growth of it to become a strength that is

unacceptable. We must grow beyond what we ourselves can imagine.

There comes a time when we desire to travel alone in life without the strength of another. Why?We need to find the strength we possess within! When one flies to the highest change one can

experience the discovery of who they can be is waiting to complete them. This release of emotional

attachment to our past is the grandest of complete growth and our independence. We all have the

right to travel this journey of knowledge that we crave about who we are and who we can be.

There will then be a positive sight to cling to and the path will be cleared of the debris of fear that hadbeen gifted from one to another. The body, mind and soul, creates and craves to release the negativity

of life that surrounds everyone. This is the needed escape to cleanse the thoughts of yesterday of life

that surrounds everyone. This is the needed escape to cleanse the thoughts of yesterday once and for

all. The routine of the vicious cycle of life one is accustomed to will then end quite quickly. We cannot

stop the fears of yesterday by the thoughts of trying to reason or ask why. That is not up to us.

Embrace the lessons learned and leave the rest.


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It is a bit difficult to be able to stand up and believe in oneself. Yet, it is needed and the only way is to

follow the inner ache of the heart for more. The truth of who anyone can be is this accomplishment.

We are never taught to love ourselves first but to do for others, especially as women. It is expected

that women must sacrifice their lives for those they love. Men also have the burden of being strong,

successful, responsible and insightful to the needs of the women they love. Whether we are women or

men, fear is of the ego.

Love erases the fears of yesterday and connects one to God. Anyone can get a chance to live a lifethat can fulfill their desired dreams at any age. A miracle of insight and knowledge, of all one can

desire, dream and imagine starts by the simple act of loving oneself.

One may wonder how one begins to love oneself and reach as deep within as they can to find theirpath, passion, and purpose – their power. It is not easy to relive the past looking for answers to all the

questions that start with why? Know that there is a road to travel that is waiting for you. Leave the

past where it belongs in the past and become aware of your present thoughts, words, and actions.

The steps can be many; from diet, exercise, affirmations, Reiki, acupuncture, aromatherapy withessential oils, massage, meditation, prayer, energy healing in the form of a Chelation and the inner

work of taking pen to paper is the greatest therapy I have ever experienced to release all that no

longer serves me.

My greatest moments in life have been when I connected to Mother Nature’s beauty; a walk at thebeach, a walk around the block, sitting under the moon, swimming in water, even hugging a tree to

ground myself to her and fill myself up with her strength. We are one as we all spend time with her

daily in any form that we travel. Mother Earth connects us and supports us in all that we choose to be.

The monthly cycle of the New Moon and Full Moon are a good place to start to release and to makeyour wishes in life. We are all spiritual beings living a human existence. Connect to Mother Nature

and find your truth today. Remember she nourishes us in many ways.


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LOVE BEINGS

Love is an emotion that fills us with joy. This joy is our happiness when we are filled with Love for

another; our family, friends, job, home, possessions. But, what about how we Love ourselves? We are

Love Beings but yet we are miserable, sad, and unhappy when we are not in a loving relationship,

dislike our job and believe we need more stuff in our lives to make us happy.

At times, we feel overwhelmed by the life we have created! However, if we Love who we are, as weare, shouldn’t that be enough and everything else would fall into place? As a society, we believe if we

are not in a loving relationship to complete us something is missing in our lives.

We seem to be under this impression that we are lonely and alone because we are not good enough orworthy enough. We lack something personally because we are missing the most important aspect in

life which is a loving, supportive mate to share our existence with. We begin to crucify ourselves for

not being good enough, thin enough, pretty enough or capable enough because there has to be

something wrong with us. We are lonely! We are alone!

With this inner ache suffocating us we cannot comprehend life without another. Why? I believe thatwe need to remember that each person, as well, has their own personal contract with God! Love is

this emotion that has to simply be the root of who one is.

Many of us are wounded by our past, the words spoken to us from our parents or any negative,abusive behavior that we have endured. Yet, those who have abused us were taught themselves to

abuse by how they were treated. We wear our abuse like a life preserver and choose to float through

life and sometimes even sink to the deepest depth of despair.

We are a society of generational beings who abuse ourselves because another has abused us. Wordsplanted like seeds to grow float around our minds for years. The inner child screams at the self in fear,

guilt, shame, and grief, because of the lies, illusions, and attachment to a life believed to be empty of

Love.


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Everyone at one time or another is in a relationship that fills them with happiness one moment and

then disappointment. Many of us cry, laugh, support, and encourage those we love but then feel we

are not supported or encouraged in life. Life is about the cherished moments and difficult times.

I believe that in any relationship there MUST be respect for another’s space, and one MUST keeptheir individuality to know their truth. Everyone is good at something, do what you are good at and

life will flow. Choose to be happy by connecting to your truth.

The bottom line is that we are all doing the very best that we can and yet we attack one another formemories of moments from our past that ignite pain. The triggers of the mind are the ego holding on

to that which is done.

You are not that child today and you can have your own voice now. We are all ‘One’ and there is aconsciousness to life that we all add to – choose your thoughts, words, and actions wisely because they

affect us all! Think about the following and imagine how you have struggled with any of these or

know of someone else who has:

1. How can anyone Love another if they cannot Love themselves?2. Who is not addicted to something?3. Who has not been abused at one time in life, whether mentally or physically?4. Who has not been betrayed by someone or themselves betrayed another?5. Who has not despaired over another?6. Who has not felt responsible for those they share their life with?7. Who has not blamed themselves for everything wrong in their lives?8. Who has not blamed another for everything wrong in their lives?9. Who has not felt like a victim, slave or prostitute at one time?


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I believe we do not lack anything and what is most important in life is to Love oneself, set free the

belief that you are not complete so that you can surrender to your agenda. There are no mistakes, no

accidents in life. Everything happens for a reason.

We create tomorrow, today by our thoughts, words, and actions.Choose what you want to create carefully by releasing that which nolonger serves you from your past. To be happy, joyful, and wholeone must be who they are today. We are all Love Beings, please

believe this is so.


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FORGIVENESS; BUT, WHY, WHEN, HOW …

That small voice of our inner child is terrified and needs a hug, a kind word, acknowledgement and to

know she/he is loved. What has scared her/him into being fearful is the screams, the anger, the

shame and the dysfunctional pain of yesterday. Can she/he release the nightmares, the ache in her/his

chest that fills her/him to hate another – a mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, or friend. She/he

carries the words, the punches, the screams and abuse today because she/he is trying to make sense of

yesterday.

I love you as you are and I know you did nothing wrong. As a child how could you have doneanything wrong. To release the fears of yesterday, the pain, and abuse forgiveness is key. Forgive

yourself for you are innocent. Forgive those who have harmed you for they had to be taught how to

harm by another. Most likely it was a person who claimed that they loved them!

We are all doing the best we can by those who have raised us as children yesterday. A child needs toknow they are safe, loved and that they have boundaries to adhere to. No one is allowed to hurt

another with words, an object, or their hands. Yet, we are a society filled with fear and pain by hateful

words, flying objects and hands that abuse another by hitting or inappropriately touching another.

Neglect to a child is no boundaries to know what is allowed and what is not.Neglect to a child is yelling, screaming and a parent who does not listen to them.Neglect to a child is fighting between the parents.Neglect to a child is not feeling safe in their own home.

Parents are powerful and the first law of the Universe is respect for this child you have brought into

the world. Children are born with unconditional love for their parents and when this love is not

returned the inner child closes down and suffers a deep pain that they carry through life.


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How can a child forgive those who have created this inner fear, this feeling of being unloved,

unwanted, not safe or just filled with guilt and shame? Learning to pray as well as meditate and

keeping a journal will all benefit an unloved child. Talking to someone that truly loves them and will

listen and not judge or criticize, is a good place to start.

God is Love. Love is God. When we turn our belief to Him and trust that He has a plan for us weforgive the past, we forgive ourselves today as adults. There are only two aspects of life; the first is

love which is of God and the second is fear which is not of God.

It takes more energy to be angry then to laugh.

It takes more energy to hate than love.It takes more energy to stay mad then to forgive.

Pay attention to your emotions and shift them to be filled with love for yourself and others. The

past can no longer hurt you because it is done. The present is your choice to live a life filled with joy

by moving past the moment of pain which cannot be changed. We all have our stories but we are all

given ’free will’ by God so change the story to one of love for all no matter what has happened

yesterday.

You are responsible for your thoughts and once you change them to positive, loving, kind thoughtsyou will change yourself and those around you. May God bless you with inner peace, joy, happiness,

and love because you are a child of God and you are here to be like Him.

Don’t let another dim your light even a little.


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Wisdom

I imagine we are born with a deep understanding of life that sits silent until we are ready to connect

the dots. In the past, I never would have imagined that I would grow up to be this woman who I am

today. I believe there is this deep mystery to life and when we begin to question our own actions, how

we speak and even the thoughts we think the door cracks open.

Not completely open but a little bit every day! Before this opening begins, we struggle through lifetrying to figure everything out because we have this need to know, this desire to control and this

instinct that we know what is best for everyone.

I believe that the greatest of lessons to learn of course is the ability to love unconditionally. Then tonot take anything personally, and to savor moments by staying present!

As a mother in the past raising four children, I believed I was setting an example and that I was beingwatched at all times by them. I knew to be present and today I am grateful that I have the memories in

my mind forever of being an at home mom who stopped whatever I was doing to listen to my

children. I supported their dreams, their achievements, listened to their fears and learned to respect

them.

My youngest daughter, has decided to live far from her family and travels around the world asa Recreational Therapist for children with disabilities. I look at her in awe as I am clueless as to God’s

plan for her and I feel blessed that I know she does not belong to me and has her own inner wisdom

that has cracked the door open early for her.

I am thankful that this inner wisdom has unfolded to show me that I have the ability to wake up in themorning daily to meditate, pray and journal as I thank God for another day to try to be like Him.

Is this wisdom because of my age? Or, is this the crack in the doorway opening wider?


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I had a conversation recently with my husband about someone being middle-age … we had to smile

because we are past the middle-age mark and yet I know in my heart I feel so young. I have a deep

connection to that girl from yesterday and I marvel at how clueless she was about me and where I

would be today.

This is the mystery of life I celebrate!


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Woman, Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother

I am amazed at the passing of time and the beauty of becoming a grandmother. I have travelled a

journey filled with the discovery of who I personally came here to be. I was a little girl once and I

adored my mother but even at a young age I was aware of her favoritism for my brother and her fear

of me. How did I at 8 years of age know this?

Today I know, we are spiritual beings with an instinct that we deny maybe because we are in denial ofour power or scared ourselves to imagine the truth we carry in our heart about our mother because a

mother’s greatest part in life is to love her children unconditionally.

I imagine today as I reflect on yesterday’s lessons, I learned from my mom that she learned all sheknew from her mother and was not aware that she could make changes or think for herself. She was

raised in a family of eleven and has confided in me that her mom favored her brothers! An ‘Aha’ …

moment for me!

When my mom was sixty years of age, she was the grandmother to 7 grandchildren when shedecided to return to live in Puerto Rico where she was born. At this time, she was filled with despair

because of the sudden death of my brother. It was then when I began to travel yearly on her birthday

to be with her in the month of April.

I have six exciting, amazing, spirited, beautiful and loving grand babies. She has never met any ofthem! As I have written in prior articles about her, she suffered from dementia. I have sent her albums

of pictures but I have to imagine and believe she has some kind of recollection, at least of me in these

pictures. Dementia was a sad and hurtful part of my life because I chalked it up to once again to feeling

abandoned by her years ago. I forgive her for yesterday! I forgive her for today! I love her, she is my

mom! (5/18/2021 my seventh grand baby was born in 2020 and my eight will be born in the winter of this

year.)


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I am blessed with six grand babies under the age of ten and I am filled with a need, a desire, a depth so

deep within me to know these babies as I know my own children. As a mother of four brilliant young

adults and six delicious grand babies, I am grateful for all that I learned from my mother. However, I

am thankful that I knew to make some adjustments to what she believed and to grow into a mother

who loves unconditionally each one of them as they are … with no favoritism.

I watch my daughter with her son and fill with this inner essence of knowing that I did a good job. I

am proud that she has grown into the woman, daughter, wife and mother she is. Her love runs deep

and I tell her to imagine that I love her more than she loves her Franco, Salvatore and Luciana only

because I know her longer.

Although he has stolen our hearts, I know there is so much down this path that he will gift us with onhis own journey. I will be there for every moment, I promise! These years of being a mother and now

a grandmother are the best part of my life experience which I treasure.

On the other side of the coin I have a daughter-in-law who is the mother to the other two boys andone girl, I adore. Blessed again to know such a woman as she, am I! The oldest Hunter, being ten,

stole just a piece of my heart until I gave a piece to Hudson when he arrived, and then again when

Jameson was born.

My heart expands for these grand babies in a way that I could never have thought possible. I call themall my babies because I am aware of the generational blessing that has brought us all together as a

FAMILY. There will be so many more babies for me to love in the future that I am jumping for joy

already.

Motherhood is that which can fill one’s children with love or fear. May those who are reading this asdaughter or son, mother or grandmother or even if you are a mother-in-law or daughter- in-law,

know the power you possess. Know your mother did or is still doing the best she knows how. We

must forgive that which no longer serves any of us. Respect for your mother no matter what is key to

your own happiness. Let go and Let God!


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DEMENTIA

Mom has dementia! I have been wondering how is it possible to erase one’s mind?

I believe that the fear, guilt, shame, grief and lies experienced on the journey of life begins slowly to

erase that which is too painful to endure. Death, which many fear simply because of the loss of a loved

one’s touch, the grief of never seeing them or just the emptiness that comes with their physical body

disappearing from our sight creates an ache that is inconsolable.

In my mom’s life experience as one of nine children growing up, at a very young age she was witnessto death and grief as her siblings died one by one. Her mother wore her grief for everyone to see by

wearing black clothes for her entire life, empty now and filled with pain because she was in mourning

for her children.

Laughter was not allowed because there was sorrow to endure. The ache that grew in mygrandmother’s heart would detach her from the living. Truly we are taught many lessons from one

another as I have been able to learn.

My mom was taught well by her mom and never deviated from the lessons. Fear was her greatest classand she feared life to an extreme that devoured her own existence. First the incomprehension of a

husband that was alcoholic and manic-depressant which terrified her and whom she finally ran away

from, then her son and first born dying unexpectedly at 38 years of age by a drunk driver, her first

grandson being murdered at the age of 23 and then her healthy husband dying of colon cancer.

Today, I thank God that she has found a path of her own to continue to live without her fears. She ischildlike now as she is cared for and plays dominoes daily! Clueless to who she is, where she is or

what she has lived through. I see the joy in her eyes because of the freedom she is embracing today.


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Yesterday, though, I was emotionally angry and feeling abandoned by her. I felt deep

disappointment that she doesn't know me, my four children or my seven grandchildren. She has

missed so much and we have missed so much of her wisdom.

I have dug deep within to make sense of this world she now lives in and delighted in the memories ofmoments from the past. I have laughed, cried, shopped, and walked holding hands with her. I have

listened to her childhood stories over and over again, as well as the nightmares she carried from those

years married to my father. I have journeyed with a woman I called mom and whom I loved

unconditionally and still do. I am grateful to her and all I have learned from her.

Yes, I would love to share with her my becoming a grandmother but when I think back on my ownchildhood, I never knew my grandparents but yet I know of them through her own stories. Mom, I

promise you that I shall share your stories, your fears, your innocence with your grandchildren and

great grandchildren.

We are all here to love one another no matter what we assume another has done to us in any way orthat which has created any form of pain. However, we all have free will to choose how we want to

live and who we want to be and show to the world daily.

I choose to forgive, and forget that which cannot be changed and love my mom as she was.

My mom transitioned over on February 15, 2017. May she rest in peace and fill with joy when I share

her stories to my children and grandchildren


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IGNITE THE FIRE

There comes a single moment in time when the whispers of the soul begin to scream. One can no

longer handle the fear, guilt and shame because grief fills the heart for that which is no longer and can

never be. There are these days in life where we fear the past, as well as the future.

Our hearts begin to ache for what, we wonder? Something is missing; a hug, a tender word, or maybejust to sit in silence. What is this despair that fills the heart daily? It is at that moment that the dawn

of change is created and transformation begins.

Many of us look outside ourselves for the answers but the truth of who we are rests within. The truthof life is that everyone must love who they are as they are and then the heart will fill with this joy and

love for all will be manifested. Love yourself then love the life you are living.

To grow forward in life, one must ignite the fire, burn the past, walk through the flames and start tobreathe fresh air again. The act of fire releases the past symbolically when performed with intention,

love and an open heart!

Many of us carry proudly the unkind words we have heard over and over again in our heads, differentforms of abuse, along with this inner sorrow of fear, guilt and shame that is not our own but that

which is given to us by those we love and trust.


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Through radio, television, newspapers, and movies our society has been given fear on a daily basis.

Fear is of the first chakra and throws us off balance. We simply do not feel safe. Guilt rests inthe second chakra and comes from the beliefs of another who wants us to be a certain way andwe struggle with trying to not be ourselves, especially if it is about our creativity and emotions.Shame is that which sits in the third chakra because of our actions or choices we madethat disempowered us by giving our power away. Chakras one, two and three can be unbalanced because of those we share our daily lives withtoday as well as yesterday. If you experience fear, guilt or shame you need to heal these firstthree chakras to open your fourth to love who you are as you are.Chakra five will open for you to live your truth, speak your truth and move you to heal upwardstowards chakra six intuitively and chakra seven to discover your inner wisdom.

I believe in ritual, candles, incense and cleansing ourselves, and our homes by creating sacred spacewith intention, prayer and meditation. These simple acts that are ignited with flame can allow a

journey of transformation to begin. Start your day with meditation, light incense as a ritual of

cleansing yesterday! Today is a new day, begin again. You are sacred. Your home is sacred. Life is

sacred.

Find time to write to those who have hurt you and thank them for the strength they endowed youwith to get to this stage in your life, then burn the past once and for all with a small ritual and begin

again as the unique, beautiful, gifted spiritual person you are. Many of us fear the act of sitting with a

journal and pouring our hearts out, I say pour your heart out and then release it all by the act of

burning it.

Another ritual is to walk outside surrounded by Mother Nature and see the beauty, hear the birds,wind and trees speak to you of the magic of life, or just step outside and thank Mother Earth for this

new glorious day, to begin again!

Releasing that which no longer serves you today is the key to unlock the door of tomorrow with anopen heart filled with love. Today is a new day, begin again!


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LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO LIFE

What am I looking for? I have asked myself? Those who I love and cherish have also asked this

question of me? In the past I was looking for my belief in life, is the answer I would give. At this stage

of my path I wanted answers to yesterday’s life. It seemed to me that my present life was

transforming.

I had a secret that I held close to my heart because I was unaware of the outcome but a desire pushedme forward to find my freedom, my belief, and unconditional love for me and for all.

I was not able to tell you back then who I was going to be or how I was going to go about being who Iam today but there was an inner light that connected me in knowing that I was returning to me. I

don’t know if this makes sense but I had to go back to the beginning of this life experience and find

something.

I was developing a process through meditation where I began to understand for myself that my lifehas been about lessons and that everything happens for a reason.

The first lesson I learned was that we are all teachers and that Earthis a classroom where we are to learn to love one another byawakening from our dream state and remember our truth.

I began with my parents and the lessons I learned from them. This filled me with a deeper love andunderstanding for their own lives and the reasons they were who I chose this lifetime to learn

from.


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My dad taught me the true meaning of unconditional love for everyhuman being, strangers included and the beauty of Mother Nature.An avid walker, he showed me how to bask in the sunlight, dreamand appreciate the beach, parks and stars. It was his voice that spoketo me of kindness, love and respecting all of life. True acceptance ofhim allowed me to accept all and I must say to never be embarrassedof another’s actions.

I smile with the memory of our walks and talks as I reflect on my deep love for Mother Naturebecause of him. He transitioned home on February 24, 1998. I miss you dad!

My mom taught me to favor no one and to do my responsibilities asa wife and mother with love and with a song in my heart. I travelledwith her on a journey of truth and found that truly we are all taughtby our parents and I made a point to always remember that I wassetting an example for my children because of her.

Her wisdom and pain I realized were erased by those that she believed she had to listen to because

of the generation she was born into. She never had the chance to have her voice and to follow her

dreams but as her daughter, hopefully I helped her to live through me and know she was a great

teacher, mom and friend who I truly learned so much from.

The pains, fears and sorrow she carried in her heart this lifetime has allowed her to finally escapefrom it all. With dementia she has found her freedom. I would love to hear her voice one more time,

say, “hi, Lyn!”

My path has been a deep journey of discovery which I shall continue to embrace and share.


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THE PATH IS THE JOURNEY

The Path we travel in life seems to be something which all believe they need to search for!

What if the path is where our feet stand at this exact moment in time?What if there is no need to search for anything at all?

Personally, I have lived a life filled with interesting lessons that I have learned, which have been

part of my path. I have made choices in life that have empowered me to continue always on my path

forward, although sometimes a bit slow.

I smile at the memory of the freedom of my youth, as well as the fears I learned, a marriage at a youngage, where I was clueless to who I was and would be and then the joys of motherhood. However,

through those years, I had many detours to embrace with a belief of my own that unconditional love

is the best medicine in the world.

My learning experiences have created in me an awareness that I always have a choice. Sometimes Ichose silence for many years (these were the slow years) only to digest that which I could not

comprehend from those I loved. Other times, I roared as a lion to protect my cubs, who I respected

and knew that one day they would have to leave me because I did not own them.

There were times where I escaped into a good book or that I should write many books, just to rest fora while. For me the daily writing of my experiences cleared a wider path to walk. At times I took to

my bed with a heavy heart depressed and dealing with grief that had suddenly come upon me.

Through all the years of my life I acquired a belief that if I did anything with love in my heart, I would

be okay.

When a fork appealed on my path one day, I had a choice to make which would change and transformmy life tremendously but I believe today I was led and have always been led to rise and continue on by

a force which I call my Higher Self, God, or Jesus!


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At times I doubted myself and all that I was transforming, learning and creating. I wondered if this

was possible for me, at this age, at this time? I began to seek, search and acquire with a belief that I

needed more. I simply needed to know. Throughout this journey I was never aware of what I was in

need of knowing!

Recently, I came under the awareness that I am on a golden path filled with singing birds,beautiful flowers, strong trees, blue skies and a sun that warms my soul as the stars twinkle above

me in the night. Where I stand today, as I AM, is my path.

The path I have discovered is to have a belief, to know my rights, speak my truth, cry if I need to butmost importantly to choose love. It is the most important lesson in life for all. Simply, choose love.


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WHO AM I TODAY?HOW DID I GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY?

Who am I today? How did I get to where IAM today? These are the questions that have popped into

my mind over and over. I have struggled for years with not knowing the direction of my life. Married

at twenty, raising four children and now I am a grandmother to six grand babies and still, I do not

know who I am. How can that be?

I have been searching for this answer for my entire life.I have meditated and prayed for this answer, as well.I have filled many journals over the years inquiring about an answer.

I have read literally thousands of books.Gone to many workshops and studied under many teachers searching for this answer. I havebecome a Reiki Master, a Certified Holistic Health Counselor, Metaphysical Practitioner andSelf-published Author, imagining I would find this answer.I studied Science of Mind, ACIM, Kabbalah and the Teachings of Abraham by searching on ayearly basis for an answer.I signed up to study with Deborah King once again seeking to know of an answer. I havewalked the streets of my neighborhood, the mall, skipped at the beach with tears of joywaiting for this answer.I have been called a student of life, a healer, a counselor, a comfort to many and veryspiritual and intuitive from women and men.I wondered and was amazed at how others saw me, just maybe one of those labels is the answer?


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At night when I lay down my head on my pillow, I close my eyes and have recited for many years the

following:

"Lord and my Lady, Jesus the Christ and St Mary Magdalene for this day. The moon, thesun, the stars in the sky and the earth that grounds me. Thank you for the foods that I have

eaten. I thank my Ancestors! I wait a second and pray God is Love, Love is God, God is all

there is. I look within and smile to myself if I have spoken to all four of my children,

especially on the rare occasion when I see all four! I thank God for another day with my

husband. I say and imagine in my mind’s eye, IAM as God created me, a Spiritual Being of

Light and Love. I create joyful experiences in my life, I trust the process of Life. I AM a

Spiritual Healer, I AM a Spiritual Teacher, I AM a successful Author. I AM healthy, happy

and whole body, mind and soul. IAM safe, IAM fearless, IAM abundant…”

It seems to me that I have struggled with God’s plan, His belief in me because of my own doubt anddisbelief in myself that I now release these questions for they no longer serve me. I believe, finally I

have received the answers to my questions and I can let go and let God lead me on this journey, as He

has been obviously doing.

It feels great to know that IAM not in control and that there is a Divine Intelligence that is leading meto be “Me!” I have been truly led all of these years and I believe the questions stem from my ego-self

but finally my God-self simply whispered a little louder.

All I need to accept now, is that, All is Well, as is…


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BEING ON PAUSE

I received a word this past week that allowed me to look at my life differently! It was just a whisper,

gently heard from within but the word “PAUSE” stopped me dead in my tracks. I had to agree as I

smiled, “yes, my life is on pause…” Simple and clear it was time for me to reflect, remember, and

renew. I had always just moved forward in life asking no questions just going with the flow. I

remembered that I never wanted for anything yet I received everything I could ever want or

imagine.

As I write this Sunday, I sit in the window seat of our cabin in Upstate, NY watching the snowfallever so gently on the mountains and treetops that surround me. It is silent in the cabin I have named,

“The Palace,” as I breathe in all that I am witness to. I believe I have a connection here, on this land to

Mother Gaia which started as a child.

As I reflect on yesterday, I see that little girl who I was, learning about the beauty of Mother Gaiafrom her dad, who was an avid walker. I remember we walked everywhere our feet could take us

because my dad did not own a car, otherwise we took buses and trains.

We walked through the streets of our neighborhood, the streets of Manhattan – even the Bowery andit was at a young age I learned of the homeless and forgotten men and women of our world. I was

amazed and a little afraid at the men and women who approached us, but my dad told me to hold his

hand. I would be okay, these people might have been doctors, lawyers, nurses and they just lost their

way but they would not harm us. That is over sixty years ago and I can still feel how safe I felt with

my dad at my side.

The greatest of these memories is the times we went to Coney Island and a neighborhood park inGreenpoint, New York which I believed was called McCarron Park. It was there that my brother and I

had our own trees that we had chosen and which we climbed and hugged when we visited. I would

try and run so fast once we entered the park to try and beat my brother to our trees.


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I no longer walk as much as I have in the past, I no longer climb trees, but I do still hug them!

This land that we own, 165 acres, renews me and I believe my appreciation, my love and joy in

Mother Gaia was planted as a child from my dad.

This past week I journeyed to the life I have lived to reflect on who I am today. I learned that I need torenew myself, to pause and just remember how great my life is and has been. This I believe in my

heart but I know it stems from deep within my soul. It is with gratitude that I now thank all that I

have experienced both negative and positive.

I also remembered this week that as a little girl, a teen, a young woman, wife and then mother I didwant to be a writer for I have always been an avid reader. I wanted to tell stories that in some way

would and could put a smile on another’s face, maybe let them reflect, remember and renew.

As I type this day, I fill with joy as a self-published author of two books. The interesting journey ofdiscovery for me is that I have been inspired, guided, and given clarity all along the path. I am in the

process of writing two more books at this time and the magical, mystical, mystery of my life is

unfolding more than I could have ever imagined.

Dreams do come true when we choose love and believe with the passion in our own purpose as aspiritual being experiencing a human existence. All is Well!


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I CAN DO IT… WOW!

If you have read this entire process, that is just a glimpse into my existence. I applaud you. My life is

filled with stories that I have taken the love from, the lessons learned and I have developed into who I

am today as a being of light and love.

Was the road, path, journey or experiences difficult, challenging, filled with despair and chaos? YES! Ihave to say that LOVE was part of the process as well. I did feel loved by many growing up. My

father, mother, and husband have loved me the only way that they could. The only way that they

knew how to. Today my children and grandchildren love me with their open hearts. I am blessed!

My love for the written word has brought you to read my thoughts as expressed in my books, blogs,

courses, membership and counseling sessions. I am thrilled to have you on this amazing ride with

me. Please develop a love for whatever you are passionate about and stick to it.

My first self-published book - Making Believers: “Connect to the Light within...” and I traveled toTampa Florida for a book signing in November, actually 11/11/11. It was a marvelous experience and

I signed 75 books and met and greeted many amazing men and women.

What I enjoyed most was that my book written from the depths of my heart was on a journey to helpanother heal in some possible way.

The gift of being a self-published author is that we obtain a voice, although still silent we are ablethrough the written word to be heard and capable in helping another by the words of our own life

experiences to some degree. This is what connects us all as ONE.

I am thankful and grateful to all who choose to read any of my words! My eBook is a quick look intoThe Seven Gifts of Time That Will Change Your Life: “find that which creates freedom of thought...”


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I AM LOVING LIFE

The ride is not over! At times, I feel as if it is just beginning.

There is a quality to the life we all choose to manifest when webecome human. For myself, I imagine all that I have experienced Ihave asked for. My parents, brother, husband, family and friends.The clients that I serve know me as I know them. We have been onthis journey before.

In studying life, I learned that there is this process that serves uswell. When we choose the first one, we are led to follow the path!Just like in a domino effect and the end result is happiness.

Life comes down to how we choose to live through our thoughts,words and actions daily.

It always begins with who we are and who we choose to show tothe world. CHOOSE ...

• To Love• To Forgive • To Respect • To Enjoy • To be Kind • To be filled with Passion • To know your Purpose • To be Happy

Be Love, Linda

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