Advent: Day 10

ASK

Who? I asked

God! I replied 

God's plans are better than your dreams, but he loves that we tell him/her our heart's desires. This afternoon I hand-wrote four long pages of my dreams to God and prayed that he/she would give me the wisdom to surrender and advent his/her miracles with faith and love through this Advent Calendar days.

Prayer is the medium of miracles. It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator.  Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed.
-ACIM 

So let's pray and ask God for what we want this Advent. 

Today I went to a Christmas Breakfast. It was not just any breakfast, it was a soul-food gathering hosted by one of my dearest friends, a woman with a special sparkle in her eyes, a great professional, a great daughter and a loving soul. Her name is Elizabeth.

For years now she has been doing this friendly gathering where she invites her family and friends, and anyone her family and friends want to join. This was the first time she invited me because this has been the year we realized we REALLY enjoy to be closer friends than just acquaintances. Elizabeth outpoured love in every corner of her house,  cleaned it, decorated it, waters the plants and grooms her dogs waiting for our arrival. She bought eco-friendly plates and cutlery, cooked and had an awesome carols playlist. From the moment you got in the house the vibe of care made your soul feel cheerful. If you are thinking it sounds too good to be true... well let me tell you: it was! She even had a present for each one of us... real presents, the ones you search throughout the year and can not be bought at the Mall.

So, I asked my soul what made me most happy at the party, as always the soul sends an immediate thought which is right, but we insist to ask, after re-asking... the thought was confirmed by my guardian angels: - the Children's Table!

My friend and her mom had two short glass tables placed in the front garden where they set up a crafts workshop for the children to create Christmas decorations, there was no TV around or social media to post, just the sun shining and the hammocks swinging. There was glue, frost (escharcha) and glue and frost. The children spent about five minutes at the table (then went off to play with the dogs... and balloons... and boxes... and...), but the some of us the "adults" spent an hour creating beautiful tree decorations in blue, gold and silver for the Christmas Tree. We even whore aprons, which were useless of course, everyone knows frost goes wherever it wants...

The moment was magical as we let the frost lead the way and talked... like in the old days... not being able to google for things we do not remember due to our sticky fingers. The glue did not allow us to reach for the mobile. Then one of the "adults" swinging in a purple hammock said" - I think I haven't felt to present for months... I feel just happy I guess!

That is how children enjoy life and my goal is to at least enjoy Advent like that. So I urge you, invite you, advise and command to look for the Kid's table at every party to go... and if there is no kid's table MAKE IT! Let others feel the joy of being present, happy and in each other's true company. You might even find yourself finding some lost sparks!

When I got home I pulled out the card at the beginning of this post from the Daily Guidance from your Angels Oracle Cards from Doreen Virtue

Daily Guidance from Your Angels Oracle Cards is a beautiful deck filled with 365 channelled meditations, each card offers comforting and uplifting messages, to set a positive and healing tone for the day. This deck also functions as a divination tool, so you can ask a question and select a card at random to a message that gives you guidance and answers.  www.hayhouse.com 

All I could do was write, write down the bones! that is how I pray most of the time. Now I will finish this post and meditate. Praying is talking to God and Meditating is listening to God.

Hope you are enjoying this lovely sunny, windy and rainy afternoon. You are all in my prayers.

Con amor,

Paola