Sherry was born into a rural family, the best of the best in the farming world, as the homestead was the largest and most modern of its time. It was here that she formed the roots of a lovely connection with animals and all of Mother Nature and to this day, such a setting is where she can find a deep inner peace while connecting with Spirit. After years of devoting her life to her job, all hell broke loose internally in 1998 and thus started the inner work of clearing out all the rubbish of old, outdated religious beliefs, lack of worthiness and self esteem issues, and deeply held wounds that simply would no longer be silenced. Sherry has spent the last 11 years breaking through barriers within through study, and various healing modalities. She is a Reiki master, she is certified in Reconnective Healing and Spirit Communication, and has attended the Barbara Brennon School of Healing Science, Lionheart Institute, to name a few! Sherry has been a ferocious closet writer for most of that time and is now ready to be heard. If all goes well, you will see her book appearing on the shelves in the near future! Her intent is to assist others in self acceptance and letting go of outdated beliefs of ancestral origin by sharing her story, her insights and helping all affirm that it is okay to be who you really are. Hopefully, there will be a little humor thrown in for good measure!Sherry can be reached at sherangel@hotmail.com
As the process of ascension continues on planet Earth and in each one of us, the temptation to keep things the same inside and out can be really strong. But much like the tide shifts in the oceans, so too does the ever expanding self move forward and to buck the current is exhausting and just not possible. This day's article is about how I finally agreed to drop my resistance and go......wherever the tide was going to lead me. And while I don't know the destination yet, I am okay with unknown. It is surely a sense of adventure awakening within me and I invite you to come along, not necessarily on my path, but wherever your heart is calling you. Being a trailblazer is scary but oh so fulfilling when I finally find my way and help you find yours. We are all pioneers in the new age and it just makes me admire our ancestors all the more. Wow! What courage they had and we do too.
Okay, the destination is in sight……or at least I think it is! Finally, I have accepted that I am really not going to live in this town for the rest of my life, that it is okay not to fit into the image of what everyone else in this area seems to think I should be, and there’s no time like the present to go investigate other communities and find the one that supports the person I have now allowed myself to become. While I am excited, it doesn’t mean I am completely free of fear and the ‘what ifs’ but I am much more able to trust that this is the right choice for me and that I really am not going to be completely alone, almost like in hiding, for the remaining years I have left on this great earth.
My transformation was given a booster shot with the loss of a kind old gentleman who was my step father. His passing was just the right motivator in that it made me realize I needed to stop waiting for ‘some day’ and to start living my life today. While we weren’t particularly close, it was his closeness to our family unit that jolted me into realizing that time doesn’t last forever, that my mother may follow him sooner than later, and here I will still be, floundering around like some teenager when I have absolutely everything I need right at my fingertips to truly live my life to the fullest.
In all my desperation to cling to the familiar, and all along just getting more and more miserable along the way, I needed something to shake me up and see how truly blessed I am right now! My stepfather’s passing did this and more. His final days were filled with such a wonderful calm sense of acceptance and surrender that I felt privileged to witness his own preparation of his passing. And in reminiscing on his life, he DID live it with gusto. He worked hard, he played hard, without regrets. And yes, I was now paying attention!
Very shortly after, exterior circumstances began to unfold, as if by Divine intervention, as I got good and ready to surrender from where I was, even though it was mostly because I couldn’t stand it one minute longer! So no, it wasn’t a noble, dignified sort of acceptance of my upcoming changes, but more of a time of tears, panic, depression, and fear, and yet I KNEW forward was where I wanted and needed to go.
I found assistance in a good friend, a trained coach/energy therapist, who uses a technique working with ‘Goblins’ (all those nasty little invisible troublemakers that exist in everyone’s psyche but will leave when discovered and directed to!). The technique allowed me to find out who was really running my life (no, it wasn’t me!) and to politely yet firmly ask them to leave because they certainly did not have my best interests in mind! The initial heavy hitters in my case were the Martyr (no surprise there!), False Light, and the Drama Queen (ya think?!). Once discovered, and then released, I did experience an internal shift, a short processing period but almost immediately, doors started to open to support the direction of my desired changes. AND I was willing to walk through them and for that, I am really grateful.
Inch by inch, I WILL continue to move forward to a life of my dreams. Won’t you do the same?