Life's Lessons -- Ground Hog Day

My life's work includes assisting people with release work. When emotional wounds create blocks to our joy and success, they need to be cleared. I will use analogies, recall, rewrite, visualization and affirmations as my client and I work together. Recently, I referred to a powerful life lesson from a popular old film...

Life seems to challenge us with people and events that we try to sidestep, but those are just the ones we need most. It feels like that movie, Ground Hog Day. Bill Murray tries so hard to avoid a persistent insurance salesman, a deep puddle of water, and other obstacles... and he attempts to manipulate a woman he's met to get what he wants. But in the end, he has to drop all his schemes and even learns to embrace the insurance guy. I just love that. It's a deeply spiritual lesson about surrender. He cannot move on with his life until he learns it. What a great message:-)

Animal Communication -- Fish Story

One day I was shopping for fish to put in a wine barrel “tank” and saw a sign stating they weren't for sale. The aquarium at this store had about 12 bubble eye goldfish that were not looking so good. Most of them were tilted and barely mobile and one was floating completely on its side.

I put my hand through the opening at the top of the aquarium and cupped my hand around one of the fish. He remained still as I did this. I tried to envision healing energy and light flowing into him. I spent a minute holding him straight and then gently released him. To my surprise and delight, he was upright as he swam away.

I proceeded to work on each of the fish; I found all of them to be willing to have the healing treatment performed on them. I noticed artificial rock and a plastic plant in the tank and received a message that they didn't like these things. Then I got another message that their journey had been quite stressful.

After I finished the healing session, the fish looked normal, each in an upright position, swimming around in the tank. I spoke to a clerk who informed me that they had traveled a long distance by truck and plane. I suggested putting a live plant in the aquarium but she said living plants make cleaning more difficult. When I attempted to give a second healing session to a few of the fish, the store manager came over and told me it was against store policy.

I began to rethink my fish tank idea. Like most people, I had assumed that fish aren't smart or don't have feelings. I was considering how they'd look in the same way I think about a piece of furniture, but my time spent with them gave me a new perspective. Just like the circus animals I enjoyed as a kid, I saw these beings differently now. I no longer wanted to possess them, but preferred to respect them and allow them to be free.