I was thinking about having babies the other day. I have four wonderful children. My third child was a boy who weighed a little under 10 pounds and when I was in labor with my fourth child, I realized I wasn't very keen about going through the process again. But of course, I had no choice.

And that's what I want to talk about. What to change when you really have no choice.

My daughter had major, major surgery this year, a ten-hour operation, and then a second one to tighten up a leaky place. She had no choice but to go through with it, so the only thing she could change was her attitude and her beliefs. No one thought she would die, but hey, it's major surgery. Everyone held high thoughts for her and my 100-person practitioner body was praying for her. But she still had to go through the process alone, alone with her faith actually.

Dying must be the same way. It's a one-person show. It's going to happen, we can't avoid it, so we better make peace with it.

I love the metaphysical philosophy because it is so powerful in those circumstances where all we need to do is change our way of thinking.

If I'm in a job I don't like, I get to change me.

If I'm in a relationship that is not nourishing, I get to change me.

If I'm not coming out even on money, I get to change me.

And even when I'm facing what seem like obstacles I cannot overcome or walk around, I get to change me.

Make friends with your partner, Spirit. Feel the presence of Source walking beside you step-by-step, supporting, guiding, encouraging, prodding, loving you. Know that you are not alone even when it looks like you are the only game in town.

Immerse yourself in the safety and love of the Universal Mind and take the next step in gratitude and faith.

As Patrick Overton says,

When you come to the edge of all the light you know,
and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown,
faith is knowing one of two things will happen:
There will be something solid to stand on,
or you will be taught how to fly.

© 2006 Cara Lumen

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