The 1st day of May is my mother’s 87th birthday.  She hates it and insists that we do not celebrate in any way, shape or form.  We’re gathering the family for our monthly Bingo, three days prior to her dreaded day, and will serve a plain cake (no candles and no message on the frosting); we’ll hum Happy Birthday with our backs turned away and ignoring her; and, on the way home, we’ll hand her a bag of various cards(none of them pertaining to a birthday).  It’s sort of an agreement of acknowledgment with a little something in there for us.

So, the theme running through my head this month is patience.  Patience with everyone including myself.  I used to be so cranky every month of May for the past 50 years because I so wanted to celebrate this amazing woman called my mother and, alas, I never got my own way.  Now, I take a deep breath of acceptance and exhale all my frustrations.  I’m learning.  It took awhile to recognize there is a fear in her somewhere that is none of my business.

Being fair and open minded has helped me calm down many times when I needed to practice patience.  Everyone has choices to make for themselves and I now believe we should stay out of the way of other people’s choices and keep our opinions to ourselves most of the time.  Wait until we’re asked.  Recognize it’s a part of that person and don’t make it your problem.  It saves so much time.  Sometimes it take a heck of a lot of patience.

So, this Mother’s Day…just love her.    

She will one day be gone and you’ll miss her.

LIFE CYCLE CLASSES

 
We’ve completed the North and the new adult side of ourselves and are now headed into the East to study Shadow Work.  Now that you’ve become the person you truly want to be, we’ll look at anything in the way that is delaying your fun choices.

May 6
Grief/Loss.  In every life, we all experience loss, disappointment, hurt and failure.  The choice we have is how much and how long we suffer.

May 13
When you’re depressed you don’t ask for anything because you don’t believe in anything.  We will study the Design of Power and how to get out of that old pattern.

May 20 
Embracing Your Dark Side.  Extending your vision of seeing things from afar and standing back in order to see the broader picture and understanding how it all fits together.

May 27
Nothing happens until something moves.  We’ll look at 5 Actions to use in order to get back into the dance.

And, as always, if anyone cannot attend and would like a CD of any class, just let me know.  CD’s are $24 to cover the cost of class plus shipping.  Putting it all together and taking it to the post office is free!

Following is the yearly calendar, which is the last Sunday of every month:

May 26
June 30
July 28
August 25
September 29
October 27
November 24
December 29

It's a great way to practice Letting Go!
Oh and it's FREE. My gift of gratefulness.

Happy Mother's Day! 

Jeanie MacDonald