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This is a wonderful story of whether to forgive or not to forgive!

Love and Light,
Serenity

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 There was grandfather, his little grandson often came in the evenings to
  sit at his knee and ask the many questions that children ask.

   One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his
    face. Grandfather said, "Come, sit, tell me what has happened today."
    The child sat and leaned his chin on his Grandfather's knee. Looking up
    into the wrinkled, nut brown face and the kind dark eyes; the child's
    anger turned to quite tears.  The boy said, "I went to the town today, with my
    father, to trade the furs he has collected over the past several months.
    I  was happy to go, because father said that since I had helped him with
    the trapping, I could get something for me.  Something that I wanted.  I was
    so excited to be in the trading post, I have not been there before.   I
    looked at many things and finally found a metal knife!   It was small, but good
    size for me, so father got it for me."

    Here the boy laid his head against his grandfather's knee and became
    silent.   The Grandfather, softly placed his hand on the boys raven hair
    and said, "and then what happened?".   Without lifting his head, the boy
    said, "I went outside to wait for father, and to admire my new knife in
    the  sunlight.  Some town boys came by and saw me, they got all around me and
    starting saying bad things.  They called me dirty and stupid and said
    that I should not have such a fine knife.  The largest of these boys, pushed
    me back and I fell over one of the other boys.  I dropped my knife and one
    of them snatched it up and they all ran away, laughing."    Here the boy's
    anger returned, "I hate them, I hate them all!"

    The Grandfather, with eyes that have seen too much, lifted his
    grandson's face so his eyes looked into the boys.  Grandfather said, "let me tell
    you  a story.  I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have
    taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.  But hate wears you down, and
    does not hurt your enemy.  It is like taking poison and wishing your
    enemy  would die.  I have struggled with these feelings many times.  It is as
    if there are two wolves inside me, one is white and one is black.

    The White Wolf is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all
    around him and does not take offense when no offense was intended.   But will only fight
    when it is right to do so, and in the right way.   But, the Black Wolf,
    is full of anger.  The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper.
    He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because
    his  anger and hate are so great.  It is helpless anger, for his anger will
    change nothing.  Sometimes it is hard to live with these two wolves
    inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."

  The boy, looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes,
    and asked "which one wins Grandfather?"

    The Grandfather, smiled and said, "The one I feed."

Hello Sweet Earth Angels! :)

I have a special treat today! This message consists of some of the most
beautiful words you will ever read. They flow like a symphony of love! Some
of us know Lori and the beautiful light that she is to the world. For those
of you that don't, I introduce Lori Jean Flory to you. Read and be blessed!

Namaste,
Serenity


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>From Archangel Ariel received in gentle meditation through Lori Jean Flory

April 25, 1999 3:45pm

Light opens the heart to the many doorways of love that exist within
.... light is the expression of bliss in the inner realms found within
the sunshine of silence that glows forth no matter what the outer
weather appears to be. Be silent within - all the expression of blissful
silence to fill your being with meditation and the prayer of a sincere
heart.

Let the doorways of light within, stand wide open ..... the only thing
that can prevent an open heart is you holding the doors shut out of fear
of what might exist on the other side of the door. We tell you streams
of millions of the father's angels flow forth in streams as a river from
the heavens above and within, to bless you as you allow the inner
doorways of light to remain open to receive the blessings of who you
truly are.

Step through the door within your being .... into the warmth of peace,
into love, to experience the embrace of the angels around you. You are
safe. There is no greater safety than LOVE ..... true love aligned with
the divine ... of self aligned with self within. Of self aligned with
the light of the sacred doorways that exist to all that is, within.
Truly ALL answers are within. All Universes, all planets and stars .....
all that is, exists within the inner gateways and doorways of your
being. Step through into whom you truly are .... the soul, the true self
.......... of whom your entire life journey bringeth you home to.

I AM Archangel Ariel


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>From Archangel Michael received in gentle meditation through Lori Jean Flory

As you sit in meditation, let your being melt into flow like a crystal
clear, moving, dancing, laughing, bubbling stream of light and life force
..... BE the flowing love that you naturally are.

Step aside from your self, and melt, let go, surrender into oneness with the
natural light that you have always been. Feel the essence of the core of
light at the center of your being, a very real force of light that exists in
the center of your body, around the navel. It is your core star, the seat of
divine connection, your core, your center within,
connected to all that is, and radiating out. It is a very real presence.
Whenst you feel at peace, at bliss, when you feel whole and in tune, the God
light is firmly connected , flowing, expressing as your soul, through this
part of your being.

Melt, let yourself melt, surrender and feel the inner bliss of letting go.

>From the core essence of all that is, is light ... is energy ... is thought
... most of all is love. Look not at the vessel but the river of light that
flows through the vessel. The water turned into wine. Seek first to know the
love that you are and your life shall mirror that love into your reality -
prepare to meet the beloved within you and know that
the beloved is you. Not only are you the beloved that the world sees but
also the divine beloved - the essence of God within, that is one.

In this sense the doorway of light, the pillar of light that flows through
your being, is within, from head to toe .... flowing into the earth and up
from your head to the heavens as well, as above so below ..... heaven upon
earth ..... in and of this world but not of it. Bringing humanity and
divinity to this world at once. The well spring that you seek, is within the
center of your being, your core connected to all that is. Let your
connection be pure, be strong ..... be you.

Within your meditations, feel this .... know this. This doorway of light
within the center of your being is a doorway to all other doorways of light
within the heaven realms. All is within you. Go deep into your inner
silence, and it shall light upon your shoulder gently as a friend. Deep
within the silence is who you are. Through the silence can those angelic
ones come softly into your awareness, as messengers of the one. Through the
silence can you feel the TRUE you ... which is far more lovely than any
picture you might have of yourself upon the earth.

Melt into the silence ..... you shall not disappear, but shall gain much.

In loving peace and bliss,
I AM Archangel Michael.


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Within The Light Realms

words of love ... received from Daephrenocles
through Lori Jean Flory

Within the light realms there is the constant assurance of peace, love and
serenity that passeth all understanding. It is with the divine knowing that
angelic light from God's messengers is always encompassing each one with
luminescence, transcendence and translucence, sparkling and flowing .... it
is a blessing of upliftment ...... as the currents of love flowing around,
through and above and below each one, are always present, never gone.

Beloved ones, like the purity of a dove in flight, released from an angel's
hands, many upon the jewel that is earth, are awakening and finding their
inner light and freedom of expression. Finding heaven within the heart. This
is where all that is, the light of God is to be found ...let go, step aside,
surrender and step within the heart.

YOU are the love that you are seeking!
Love lives within your heart!

Within the realms of light is hope, peace, joy, floating and flying, weaving
the dance of love that interconnects all beauty with love. Go within the
heart to find the smile of all that is - the love that is forever.

The smile is the expression of the soul ... that ONENESS which is the love
of all as one. Look behind the smile, behind the light of the eyes, that
brings forth all that is. Be one with the dance of all that is, from the
scintillating golden radiation of the stars to the blades of meadow grasses.
Look within the eyes of your fellow beings to see the love that is reflected
from the love of God that can be seen.

Open thine own heart to love. Beloved ones, true love asks nothing in return
but a smile, a glow in the eyes, that are thine own mirrors of your soul.
True love giveth within an open heart, thinking naught of self, but knowing
God is the light in which each one can be seen.

IT is a holy sigh, a blessing, that floweth through each cell of your being,
dancing and singing in clearest knowing. The love of the one is seen through
all things in nature, when one will but stop, be silent within the elegance
of your own being, and listen. Simply be still, be silent and listen. This
is all you need to do to feel heaven within. Love is pure radiation, golden,
warm, all encompassing, unconditional ripples moving forth. Meditate upon
love, this light golden as a candle flame.

Deep within each one hath the same holy door to the realms of light within
... the one and only holy beam of the one. Let the love of the one within be
beloved and felt. Love takes joy in the love and the happiness of others,
thinking naught of self. Open to the holy space within your heart. all
hearts are one, interconnected as one. All are a part of you and you are a
part of all.

Let LOVE be your truth - your only reality.

Daephrenocles

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If you find yourself wanting more, go to Lori's website at
www.lorijeanflory.com  ....Enjoy!

Ok everybody, repeat after me (outloud) ....

I am special, in all the world there is no one just like me!
I am lovingly powerful!
I am loved! I am love! I give love! I accept love!
All my thoughts, words and deeds are positive, loving, and
powerfully creative!
I am whole, perfect, and complete a unique creation and
expression of God!
I am constantly provided for!
I choose how I feel about the many experiences and
situations that make up my life!
I love me just the way I am!

Now go out and have a magnificent day!!!!

Love and light,
Serenity


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Attitude Is Everything

Most of the problems we experience on a daily basis can be overcome with an
attitude adjustment. We all know that we cannot change another person or a
situation that happens. What we can do is change the way we view things. No
one or no thing outside of ourselves has the power to affect us. The only
way we can be affected is to allow our state of mind or feelings to get
involved, often feeling as though whatever is going is a personal assault.

Many grow up feeling no self-worth. having no self-esteem. When this happens
we begin to form a habit of thinking this way and it continues throughout
our adulthood. We take a position that, like Murphy's Law, if anything bad
is going to happen it will happen to us. We often feel as though life is out
of our control and anything good that could happen we do not deserve.

I don't see things as "good" or "bad", they just are. We can learn many
valuable lessons by what is going on around us but we do not need to
experience these happenings as devastating. We can look at the various
situations that occur and people in our lives as opportunities for growth.
We can ask ourselves, "What is it that I can learn from this experience?"
Whatever our station in life or whatever our religious background has been,
the question can be a valuable tool for our soul growth.

Attitude is everything. An experience that I had about seven years ago
brought this point home to me. Not necessarily at the time it was happening,
but later, upon reflection.

I had been visiting my son in his new apartment. Knowing that I was coming,
he had put on a pot of coffee. As he was showing several of us around his
apartment, I heard a strange noise and went back to the kitchen where I saw
the coffee boiling over his electric stove. Without thinking, I grabbed the
pot to move it about five feet away to the sink. the boiling coffee was
spewing all over my hand and wrist. I immediately began repeating over and
over, "cool, cool, cool, cool." My hand and wrist became bright red in
color: obviously burned. the others seeing this happen were saying "get some
cold water on it", "put butter on it" "oh, my god" "somebody do
something"......With my left hand I motioned to them to leave me alone all
the while repeating "cool, cool, cool". If they began to say something about
the burn, the louder I would repeat the words cool. Everytime that I would
feel the burn, or the heat of the burn, I would repeat the words "cool". I
would find myself repeating those words. Off and on, up to about two hours
after this happened. My hand and wrist never blistered. Attitude is
everything. The mind can hold only one thought at a time. If this works on
things we can see with our physical eyes, then it must also work on the
unseen things as well, such as ideas or the attitudes of others. "As above,
so below".

If I had accepted the attitudes of those around me, I am sure that my hand
and wrist would have blistered or even more deeply burned. It would have
been easy to fall prey to that state of consciousness because I obviously
felt the heat and could see what was happening. but what they saw was their
reality, not mine. I really had to hold firm to the thought of coolness
rather than the heat of the burn. the end result was a lesson that I will
never forget and have used in all areas of my life. If we expect bad, we get
bad. So, why not expect good? We have nothing to lose and everything to
gain.

The thoughts we think can open the door through which our unlimited good
will flow, or they can open the door to things that we do not want. If we
think happy, prosperous and healing thoughts, the door opens to new and
wonderful experiences. If we open the door to fearful or negative thinking,
more negative flows to us.

We need to consider that the thoughts and words we speak convey messages.
Those words and thoughts are like seeds and when held in the mind, produce
after their own kind. Positive seed thoughts produce positive attitudes
while negative fear thoughts produce a negative attitude. When we seek the
good in every situation, we will find good.
We need to choose our words and thoughts carefully and refrain from
responding to situations in a negative way. We have all grown up with lists
of do' and don'ts: enough that if we were to list them would be high enough
to choke one to death. Each time we experience something in our lives that
causes us to re-act in fearful manner, we need to remember to rely on the
spirit of God within: our source of strength and courage.
We all have the potential to think and act courageously. Courage is learning
to rely on God within. We have the power to replace hurt with love and to
rise above negative appearances. We can declare the Truth about our
strength, overcome and be victorious. Replacing one negative thought with
another negative thought is about as useful as changing seats on the
Titanic!

Our faith (courage) enables us to look beyond any symptoms of illness or
lack and to affirm wellness and prosperity. Knowing that we have the power
to adjust our thinking gives us a feeling of control over our own individual
lives. When negative thoughts cross our minds we can choose perfection. We
can turn our thoughts and attention to think thoughts of our own choosing.

When we work consistently on positive thoughts they build an attitude of
expecting good, and like attracts like. We need to see ourselves as happy,
relaxed, healthy and prosperous with much to give and much to share.

I am sure we have all heard the phrase starving artist. No wonder there are
artists all around the world who barely make ends meet. My husband is an
artist, but one who has an attitude or consciousness of prosperity. We have
never starved because that is not in our consciousness. In the beginning of
our relationship we had very little, but never considered ourselves poor. We
made hors d' oeuvres out of bologna and cheese, enjoying our quiet time like
those who had much more. We saw our plastic glasses as crystal, and our
apartment was our castle. Today, we enjoy real crystal glasses, a home
that's paid in full, property in Arizona and a get-a-way cabin in the
mountains. Oh, my husband? Well, he has his own business and is flown around
the world doing his art work. Attitude is everything!

Medical science claims they only have cures for about 10 percent or less of
all diseases. I figure that gives me and "my attitude" a 90 percent chance
for complete health.
Science says that we use only 7 percent of our brain. Look how much damage
we do to ourselves by using such a small portion. I figure we have 93
percent of our brain to get us out of trouble and to use for good.

Several years ago in a local California newspaper I read a help wanted ad
that said:
Thank You Mr. Reagan Though we hear there is a recession we at Landon House
have decided not to participate. We have 12 immediate openings for strong,
youthful people to manage trainees. No experience necessary. Call______

Quite impressive! "We have decided not to participate" They were using the
remaining 93 percent of their brain to see the good, productive and positive
side of what others were claiming a recession. Attitude is everything!

We can all decide to participate in things that could be limiting to our
well- being, or we can choose strength. We can choose life. We can choose to
keep walking forward with hope and faith.

©1998 Beverlee McLaughlin
http://www.conceptsmagazine.org/


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Respond with peace

Whatever things may come your way today, make it a point to let your first
response a peaceful one. There is power in peaceful calmness, the power to
follow your own plans and purposes. That gets lost when you react out of
anger.
It takes determined intention and effort to respond peacefully. The power
and control it gives you are well worth the effort. Certainly you want to
look out for your own interests. Yet just because you are firmly determined
is no reason to be angry and out of control. The greatest power is almost
always in a peaceful, measured response.

Do you really want to let someone else dictate your level of stress and
anxiety? Do you really want to let others control your own actions? Respond
calmly and peacefully. Maintain your composure. Maintain your control. Let
your first response be peaceful, and you'll make it much more effective.

-- Ralph Marston

God's Angels are everywhere!!!!

Namaste,
Serenity

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The Doll and a White Rose

I hurried into the local department store to grab some last minute
Christmas gifts. I looked at all the people and grumbled to myself.
I would be in here forever and I just had so much to do.  Christmas was
beginning to become such a drag. I kinda wished that I could just sleep
through Christmas.  But I hurried the best I could through all the people to
the toy department. Once again I kind of mumbled to myself at the prices of all
these toys.  And wondered if the grandkids would even play with them.
I found myself in the doll aisle.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a little boy, about 5, holding a lovely
doll. He kept touching her hair and he held her so gently. I could not seem
to help myself. I just kept looking over at the little boy and wondered who
the doll was for. I watched him turn to a woman,  and he called his aunt by name and said,  
"Are you sure I  don't have enough money?"   She replied a bit impatiently,   "You know that
you don't have enough money for it."   The aunt told the little boy not to go
anywhere, that she had to go get some other things and would be back in a few minutes.
And then she left the aisle.  The boy continued to hold the doll.

After a bit I asked the boy who the doll was for.  He said, "It is the
doll my sister wanted so badly for Christmas. She just knew that Santa would
bring it." I told him that maybe Santa was going to bring it. He said, "No,
Santa can't go where my sister is...I have to give the doll to my Mamma to take to her".

I asked him where his sister was. He looked at me with the saddest eyes
and said, "She has gone to be with Jesus."   "My Daddy says that Mama is
going to have to go be with her."

My heart nearly stopped beating. Then the boy looked at me again and
said, "I told my Daddy to tell Mama not to go yet.  I told him to tell her
to wait till I got back from the store". Then he asked me if I wanted to see
his picture. I told him I would love to. He pulled out some pictures he had
taken at the front of the store. He said "I want my Mamma to take this with
her so she don't ever forget me." "I love my Mama so very much and I wish she
did not have to leave me". "But Daddy says she will need to be with my sister."

I saw that the little boy had lowered his head and had grown so very
quiet. While he was not looking, I reached into my purse and pulled out a
handful of bills. I asked the little boy, "Shall we count that money one
more time?" He grew excited and said "Yes, I just know it has to be enough".  So
I slipped my money in with his, and we began to count it.  Of course it was
plenty for the doll. He softly said, "Thank you, Jesus, for giving me enough
money." Then the boy said "I just asked Jesus to give me enough money to buy this
doll, so Mama can take it with her, to give to my sister."   "And He heard my
prayer." "I wanted to ask Him for enough to buy my Mama a white rose, but I didn't
ask Him, but He gave me enough to buy the doll and a rose for my Mama." "She
 loves white roses so very, very much".

In a few minutes the aunt came back, and I wheeled my cart away.  I
could not keep from thinking about the little boy,  as I finished my
shopping in a totally different spirit than when I had started.  And I kept remembering a
story I had seen in the newspaper several days earlier, about a drunk driver
hitting a car and killing a little girl, and the Mother was in serious condition.
The family was deciding on whether to remove the life support.  Now surely this
little boy did not belong with that story.

Two days later, I read in the paper where the family had disconnected
the life support and the young woman had died.  I could not forget the
little boy, and just kept wondering if the two were somehow connected.  Later that
day, I could not help myself and I went out and bought some white roses and took
them to the funeral home, where the young woman was.

And there she was, holding a lovely white rose, the beautiful doll, and
the picture of the little boy in the store.  I left there in tears, my life
changed forever.  The love that little boy had for his little sister and his
mother was overwhelming.  And in a split second a drunk driver had ripped
the life of that little boy to pieces.

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly."

-anonymous.