I have been doing my family geneology for about 10 or so years now and it has been an interesting process. My grandmother's side of the family has been very easy because I already had lots of documentation and the trail has been easy to follow.
My mother's family, on the other hand, has been a bit more difficult. Only having one person alive (my mother's half brother) I have had to do a bit more digging.
The same with my grandfather's side of the family.
During the search interesting information came to light as well as cousins and relatives that I had never heard of but the family connection runs strong and deep. From Ireland, England, Maryland, Pennsylvania, our family thrived and grew. I have heard that someone in my family was in every war fought at least back as far as the Revolutionary War.
As I was searching for my roots, lots of stuff came up, especially surrounding my mother and the dynamic she had with my grandmother. I was able to get a clearer picture of her life and what it must have been like.
It gave me a greater understanding of her upbringing and how she treated and raised me.
The search for God has been much easier. God is forever with us and all we need to do to find it is to become still and let the voice speak to us in whatever form we can understand.
I have been a spiritual seeker all my life in some form or another. When I left home I was able to make my own decisions as to where I wanted to worship. I found a philosophy called Religious Science and this fit the type of things I had been thinking all my life.
Life is an adventure, there are bumps in the road that make us pause, and as we pause we begin to see what has been all around us all along.
Nature is the greatest teacher that we have. Nature teaches us to surrender and let go. Trees don't cry or pout when the leaves fall off the branches. They know that the leaves falling signals a time of rest and rejuvenation, and in the spring when the leaves come back, it is a time to rejoice.
Animals let their children go after teaching them the ways that will keep them alive and away from predators. Human mothers have a much tougher time letting go. We want to hold on just a bit longer.
If we begin to pay attention, we can be taught to surrender our little opinions and see the bigger picture. If we pay attention, we will see that gratitude for everything in our lives, no matter what it looks like opens us to greater and greater gifts.
If we love and forgive instead of hate and hold resentment, our lives seem to loosen and unimaginable wonders begin to come into our lives.
If there is one thing I could teach the world, it would be to forgive, let go and allow that which wants to be birthed in you to come forward. Birth isn't the prettiest of things but the end result is often the most beautiful things we have ever seen.
Begin now to let yourself be taught of nature and to be grateful for everything that you have and those things that you don't have. The wonder of it all will fill your heart.
Happy Traveling
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