Consciousness. Integrity. Love.
Learning to Be Whole
I used to think that I was only as good as my last success. When I was a child, I would come home from a challenging piano lesson in tears if I couldn’t play my piece well enough. Getting anything less than an A was a heart-break and an affront to my self-esteem. Honing my skills and shining them up was my chief activity. Thankfully, since being on the spiritual path God has been showing me that I don’t need to be special or perform to get love. Now that I’m completing prerequisites to go back to school for nursing, I am feeling how great it is that God is constantly urging me to become whole and to be developed in all areas of my life.
In high school and university, I avoided math and sciences to the best of my ability in order to focus on subjects that I was more naturally successful at: history, arts, music, etc. Now I have this awesome opportunity to learn how to learn things that have been more challenging for me. I love that God doesn’t want me to close off from any channel of God’s wisdom, love, and movement. I know from experience now that I can only learn something through loving it. Through learning to love what is difficult for me, it has opened my heart to be more compassionate to myself and others, which in turn, has helped me to give and receive more in all areas of my life. In going back to school, it is so amazingly cool to approach these subjects with a fresh perspective, free from the judgments and limitations of the past. I am so grateful for the love and support God has given me through this process.
By Veronica, Deacon, Minneapolis
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