Good Day Everyone,

What a wonderful Light Hearted flow streaming through the forums. Wow, such open and wonderfully deep thoughts being shared with one another. I thank you all who step forward and participate. Truly.
As I was reading through the expressions of all wonderful ones here, I was re-minded (thank you John) of those in the history of our world whom had 'afflictions' such as Beethoven, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln and yes, even Einstein. Do you recognize these ones? I would say they made history with their lives impacting so many even after they have transformed. Their memory lingers and we are still InJoying the benefits of their shared experiences here, what they left as their portion of Light in this world.
Yet they all had affliction in common. And it did not stop them nor hinder them from standing out and following their Divine Plan.
I was chatting with a Beloved friend recently about this idea of a Divine Plan. We tend to define a 'plan' as a specific course of action, carefully laid out with timelines, outlines, etc. Well, yes and no really. Depends how one defines it. Plan or plan. When I speak of Divine Plan, it is from the idea of Spirit Being ~ Wind like. It goes here and there, and touches everything in ITs path. Not always in a seemingly straight line (due to its formlessness) yet it is not disorderly in ITs intent. ITs purpose is served or reached ultimately.
I see this as for our benefit to Trust in what we cannot see with our physical eyes. As Talker and others share here, there are many variables yet not one of them is 'wrong' truly. Each choice one makes leads to the Ultimate Goal. We just squish this Infinite boundless Intelligence into an Infinite limited idea based on a limitation of space and time point of view. We try to understand, make IT fit into a box what is able to move IT Self out of the box while it is able to be inside the box at the very same moment, everywhere Present (formless, not limited). In fact, there is nowhere where IT isn't. Only we have limited this Energy Being by being limiting in our personal self's views to IT having to be the way only we can see IT, we make IT like our limited selves. Laura posted a wonderful video recently of this very idea.
While there are many ways in the equation, mix, in all of these ways all return to the Original Source of all ideas and ways. All the 'incorrect' ideas will be corrected not punished, not said to create dread or fear but to express a lifting of ones Heart in this knowing. We struggle because we are so focused on what is wrong or not right with our lives and this view taints our view of the world around us. We are more fruit inspectors (looking for what needs fixing or getting rid of more) and not fruit appraisors (finding the GOD, what is worth having or keeping more). You will find what you are looking for. Ideas leave not their Source.
These ones I mentioned above whom had afflictions, did not allow themselves to focus on the faith crushing these afflictions had the potential to create. They focused more on the awareness of hearing and listening to their own voice above the din of critics and kept their eyes on the prize. Their purpose of knowing their value and what they were here to contribute to the lifting of humanity whom had a ONE whose LOVE they all recognized in their uniqueness and we can see the effects of their underlying roots of belief even to this day. When you know yourself, you Know GOD. Truth. The world systems have done such an amazing job of covering this up. And yet it keeps rising like a beachball under water. It cannot be kept hidden.
I will say from my own life experiences that one thing I have learned over and over again and will only continue to evolve is that until we have Spirit's understanding beginning with loving ourself first , accepting the flaws we see in ourself, in an as we are right now state, being honest with our dark parts yet not so much hiding and feeling unworthy and trying to fix them, that we cannot know what LOVE is, a LOVE of another kind, UnConditional Love. Because you cannot give what is truly not seen in yourself first to give to another. I do see this idea being misunderstood over and over again.
So, In synchronicity of my Heart expressing here today, left upon the altar for open consideration, it is this;
'Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.' ~ Goethe ~
As was exampled by Beethoven, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln Einstein and many many others. Their afflictions heightened their Trusting their 'other' senses in a Power that they knew intimately due to being rejected by the physical world they lived in at some point in their lives. Iron sharpens iron. It removes what is not necessary and allows the treasure contained within to come forth.
Until we strenghthen our Inner Foundation on solid ground, we set ourselves up to rock and roll on the shifting sands of a weakened faith. Affliction can be a tool that is used to find the real foundation to build your life on and it is not going to be found in the outer world and trying to bring IT in. That is backwards.
Receive your healing, your faith has made you well. Jesus said that and it is said he was a man acquainted with grief. His affliction? Just look at the Light he left behind in this world. Words mean nothing if action does not follow. We truly live what we believe.
We give up too easily folks. What I see as 'lacking' in many is a deep and abiding faith and growing always Trust that All is Well in all ways. And this can only come from Knowing whom you are and come from.
Peace, Joy, Grace extending in LOVEs Light flowing from within me today,
Julia

Hi Julia and All Sharing Souls,
Yes, there is quite the flow of thoughts here. Sharing that which is, was or is still happening. Reading the strange squiggles that form our language and that hopefully lead to some understanding of what was said.
You've expressed neatly words that help form the picture of ones life's experiences. Pearls of wisdom that arrive from souls with a message and can open the doors to greater understandings if correctly understood.
Like in the little delightful story enclosed:
A Freakin Elephant
Jake is 5 and learning to read.
He points at a picture in a zoo book and says,
"Look Mama! It's a frickin' Elephant!"
Mom takes a deep breath and asks "What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama! It says so on the picture!"
And so it does ...
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"A f r i c a n Elephant"
Hooked on phonics!!! Ain't it great?
So easy to miss the intent of a message if one is reacting from an already formed belief. As mentioned in my blog post what is true for one, may still be in a formative stage for another. One needs to winnow out the writers intent and meaning, as it can be very difficult to express some thoughts in words. A strong religious bias can wipe out any understanding of a given message. An unwillingness to even consider 'that one may have erroneous thoughts' is another 'thought blocker'. Some times rereading a message a few times, will introduce a glimmer of understanding.
So any that are hesitant in expressing, fear not, just let it flow, otherwise those thoughts may never see the light of day. Afflictions or not, and as mentioned in Julia's post above, just share the thoughts. One never knows where, that stone cast bouncing onto the waters, sending ripples outward, will touch a heart with loving understanding.
Be Well
http://thetalker.org/archives/129/2-truth-is-like-a-rubber-band/