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Welcome to Issue #1 of
The Cindy L. Herb Chronicles!
Hello to you all! Welcome to my very first newsletter! Sorry that this is running so late in the month...took me a little bit of time to set it up. However, from now on you can expect to receive monthly updates filled with my healing insights and thoughts in a more timely manner.
2009: The Year Just Ended--Don't Wish Your Life Away!
I have heard many stories from people who were glad 2009 finally ended as they were 'tested' to the max in 2009. I myself was not immune to the challenges sent by the universe in 2009.
In May, I broke both my arms...yes I said BOTH! I had never broken a bone in my life before then. At the time, I was working hard to market my book that had just been published. The shaman who has been so instrumental in changing my life for the better kept telling me to "slow down, your strength is not yet up to the grueling schedule you are putting upon yourself." I did not listen. The next thing I knew, I fell...and fell hard! Even though my doctor told me that it is extremely difficult to break your elbows, especially both at the same time, I managed to do just that! When I told Shaman Charles Crooks about the incident, he replied succinctly, "I told you to slow down. You didn't do it, so now they forced you to slow down." Needless to say, it took me 3 months to heal those breaks!
The test was not over, though. Within a few weeks of the fall, I began experiencing excruciating pain emanating from my neck and running down the length of my arm. I soon discovered my neck was also injured. After consulting with several doctors, it was determined that there was no remedy other than to have fusion surgery to repair the three discs that were involved. Therefore, one week before Thanksgiving I had surgery.
By the end of the year, I thought all my challenges would be over. Wrong! I was given one more boot in the pants before the year ended...I suffered food poisoning. I got sick the day after Christmas with vomiting and diarreah that seemed to have no end. I did not feel better until December 31. At that point, I too was glad 2009 was over!
However, despite all the pain and inconvenience during the year, I never wished those challenges had never happened to me. I knew that everything happens for a reason, even if we do not what is the purpose for our travails. Furthermore, while things may happen 'accidentally,' the saying "something good comes out of something bad" still applies.
My mom used to always say, "Don't wish your life away, it will be over soon enough" when someone in our family expressed a wish about being finished with or not having to go through something. Many people who called me during 2009 made similar statements like, "I wish none of this had ever happened to you."
My mom's saying always stayed with me. Her intent was to let us know that this physical life is short and fleeting. Yes, that point is valid. However, there is so much more you can deem from the statement, "Don't wish your life away." It is the mere fact that there is a plan working for your benefit, so don't begrudge that process.
Benefit, eh? What good, you may ask, could come out of breaking both arms, having neck surgery and getting food poisoning? There were several things. But, let me give you just one advantage. I did not see it at the time (which is often the case), but I was forced to be at home and rest. Yes, my strength did build as the shaman predicted. Nevertheless, more importantly for me, I did not have a clear plan on how to market my newly published book. By being required to remain home, it gave me the opportunity to focus and fine-tune a plan that I probably would not have been able to do otherwise. Hey, you may have never received this newsletter had I been in great health last year!
So, you see, you may not know what the plan is, but your spirit within does know the plan, and the light of the universe helps you all along. You are being guided by a higher being, or God within, in every aspect of your life. Sometimes, the road is challenging and hard. However, something constructive can come out of it. You may not understand or see the 'light' at the end of a long, dark and lonely tunnel. Nevertheless, a tunnel does direct you to a point, and there is light at the end of it.
Furthermore, lest not forget that your are an eternal being since the spirit of everlasting light is within you. Therefore, you may not see the advantage of your challenge in this lifetime. Yet, it is there waiting to be discovered at some point in time.
Don't wish your life away...and don't wish 2009 had never occurred. Can you see the benefit of 2009? My wish for you is that you recognize there is construction going on right now in your life. Sometimes, we have to tear things down...and it is not pretty. However, the end result can be beneficial to you and everyone else around. The light of God is within, working to guide and transform you and your life in a constructive manner!
A New Year, A New Life!
A brand new year has begun and, with it, many exciting hopes and wishes can be realized. For me, the wish is that I can create my own world with my thoughts. It is the same for you as defined under the laws of quantum physics. This is the Law of Attraction and Manifestation that have been getting so much press in the last few years.
Therefore, if you want a better life...just ask and you shall receive. Shaman Crooks states, "We are all part of the whole and not separate." What this means is that we are all part of everything, including the light of God. Do you remember hearing that God is everywhere? If that is so, the statement by Shaman Crooks is valid. God being whole and everywhere would also imply He is within each of us; we are complete. Furthermore, if everything is within, that means we have access to anything that God has access to...in other words, everything in the entire universe.
The spirit of God wants only the best for you. I know that since His spirit is within me and, I in turn, want the best for everyone else. Why not? After all, we are all connected by the same spirit if we are part of the whole of God. So what's best for you is best for me, right? Why not make the resolution to realize your enormous creative potential? Go ahead and create whatever life you want that could not only be constructive to you, but also benefit everyone else. So, my wish for you in 2010 is that your realize your true potential and that you begin to manifest constructive things as soon as possible!
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