Newsletter for June 14, 2024
/In 2024 it is hard to feed the light when there is so much darkness around us. But, when I was on my pilgrimage, one of the many lessons I learned was that fear is a sin. You cannot have faith while you are living in fear.
One of my favorite lines in the book Alcoholics Anonymous is “Faith without works is dead”!
So it is unanimous that if we have fear we can’t live in the light! Anxiety, the new (well maybe not so new) buzzword is a new way of saying, “I am scared.”
This week I met a man who is completely in his addiction. He kept repeating to me how he has so much anxiety. It was as if that feeling of anxiety was an excuse for drinking and drugging. He was scared and he has no other tools other than to manipulate and tell everyone how he is riddled with anxiety.
My response was, “Anxiety is just a word for fear, you are scared!”
We all have felt fear since Covid. We were all locked in our homes and had to clean our groceries before they came into our homes in fear that we may contract the disease through our food. It was insane! The media just filled all our homes with nonstop stories of how we were all going to die if we didn’t mask up and we didn’t sanitize everything!
63% of Americans claim to be Christian! Don’t we learn in the church that when we die we will go to heaven (if we were good people)? Do people believe that they are bad and they aren’t going to heaven? Or is it that no one really believes what they hear in church? Or is it that the media and government won?
I know this: the powers that be, ie. the government and media, sure were louder than your faith! The darkness took over! There was barely any light…we couldn’t meet in church and hear faith from our priests…no wonder the dark took over.
These days I have to go to my faith first thing in the morning, before my feet touch the ground. I have to make a conscious effort to acknowledge that today is a new day, yesterday is gone and tomorrow isn’t here yet. Thank God for today! I listen to the Hallow App for some divine inspiration to get my day started. When I do that I start my day in the light of God and not the fear that comes out of the television and radio.
We have the choice to feed the light or the dark!
Another story I have is from the local dry cleaner. The owner, who is the most lovely woman, had a stroke. She is alive and on the mend but while she is in the hospital her daughter is running her store. I went in today to pick something up and the owner's daughter was distraught. Her Mom who she loves with all of her heart is sick and she couldn’t get out of the funk! We all have been there…
I said you need to focus on the light, your Mom is still here and presently at physical therapy. She is on the mend! You need to focus on the light and not the dark! She looked at me and said, “Oh my gosh, you are so right.”
The darkness pulls us all in at times and our job is to keep it at bay! Practice writing a gratitude list, remember all that really is good in the world and if you can’t find anything that is good then fake it!
I learned in meetings years ago that you fake it till you make it! How many fake being happy and joyous even when inside they are feeling terrible? But I think just by faking it we change. A smile on your face can change everything. If you hold the door open for someone and watch the person's face, you see it light up! At least most of the time LOL.
When we get out of the way and help another person everything changes! I know when I help another I am no longer focused on me! I am focused on the person that I am helping.
Reach out today and help someone else.
Remember that the light is stronger than the dark!
One way I stay in the light is by wearing bright clothing! I swear it helps me start my day on the right foot. If I wear dark colors I feel a little drab!
So go put on your colorful or white outfit and if you don’t feel better instantly give it time and try faking it!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Until next time, have a happy, happy.
XO
Elizabeth aka Bizzy