Grace Cards<\/a>. I shuffle and cut the deck. <\/p>\nThe card on the top of the cut pile reads, “Patience: Trust in Divine timing. Your future holds something far greater than your past.”<\/p>\n
I look at the card on the top of the pile proper and it reads, “Affection: Love yourself. You are the ultimate act of creation, fashioned by the hands of a Divine Artist.”<\/p>\n
The card now on top of the cut pile reads, “Relax: Breathe. Everything is happening exactly as it should be.”<\/p>\n
I go out. I meet some friends. One of them reads from a book of daily meditations to start a discussion. <\/p>\n
The reading says, “As always, we have a choice in how we will approach life’s challenges. We can dread and avoid them as threats to our serenity, or we can gratefully accept them as opportunities for growth.”<\/p>\n
I come home. I bawl my eyes out, shedding the fear, getting it out of my body. I rise up, willing to move forward, ready to walk fearlessly into the unknown.<\/p>\n
After a good night’s sleep I awaken, alive and well, with the gift of another day ahead of me.<\/p>\n
This life, friends, this journey, is a process of learning. We don’t do it perfectly and some days are better than others. So glad you are there! Thank you.<\/p>\n
Inspiring Message of the Day: I trust that there is a Higher Purpose to my life and if I ask<\/i>, I will receive the Guidance I need to continue moving forward in its fulfillment. I will practice gratitude no matter what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dearest Readers, This is how the Higher Power [or Cosmic Consciousness or the Life Force Energy or the Universe or God or whatever word(s) you’re comfortable with] works: The sh&% hits the fan and terror strikes. I pray: Help me, show me, guide me. I go to the Grace Cards. I shuffle and cut the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-higher-guidance","category-inspiration","category-motivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}