Well, we keep hearing that we are living in unprecedented times. ’Tis true. Those of us who have chosen to be a part of Pebble Hill Interfaith Church have probably chosen on a soul level along with our conscious decision. Not so different from our soul’s choice to incarnate on to this planet at this time.
So, now that we have been self-quarantined for a week or two or three, with or without others, we recognize that we have our good days and not-so-great days. We are finding projects to start and finish, books to read and/or write, meditations to sink into, and art (etc.) to create. Or perhaps we are still working, either from home or at another location (in that case, hopefully you have a good mask and an environment in which you can do the 6ft of social distancing).
We may be wanting desperately to “get back to normal” or as my Dad used to say “what we laughingly call normal”…. I’m sure many of you are keeping tabs on the reports about this pandemic and you know all the different models and possibilities of what will/might happen. We do not know the future, but we have seen and heard many teachers who have either come to Pebble or other locations we have frequented and we can understand that our thoughts and prayers and visualizations can be very powerful.
I would like to ask you to join me in an exercise to help create a future that we would like to see as we walk out of this pandemic. The world won’t necessarily go back to the way that things were, for the most part…which then means that there will be opportunities and openings for new ideas to come to fruition since we will need to live differently. People will make a lot of changes in this world, why couldn’t some of those people be us? No reason that I know.
So, I am suggesting that each of us grab a piece of paper, a copy book, a journal, the back of an envelope (or 2) and a writing instrument (or open up a Word document) and begin to write ALL of the things you would like to see happen or manifest in our lives as we shift out of this pandemic. It doesn’t matter if any of these things seem possible and it doesn’t matter if someone will say that those ideas are hogwash (or some other descriptive that makes you feel it will never happen)…I don’t care if your idea includes Unicorns, write them ALL down!! Thoughts are energy and we can send them, these ideas, out to the Universal Source Energy. I’m not asking you to share them with anyone, unless one day we all want to do that. What I believe is that we need to write them down, as many as you can….and then the next day, write more and then the next day, write more (if you are so guided). Sometimes the more ideas you write the more you will come up with as time goes on. I would invite you to be as specific as you can and as big as you want. This doesn’t mean that you have to do all or any of these things; be the idea person and do this simplest of things. Write down how you would like to see the world change. I am reminded of that song from a TV version of Cinderella back in the 60s – the song “Impossible (Things are Happening Every Day)”.
Everyone stay safe and healthy, please. I look forward to a day when we can all get together for Celebration and get back to the hugging hippies we may be. Much Love and Peace to you all!!
Rev. Susan Manning
