FACED, ACCEPTED...FREED

Secrets. I'm convinced that secrets have the power of TNT to our fearful reasoning mind. And until our secrets are faced...i.e., accepted...and then shared, openly and honestly, they form the Do Not Pass block in our mind. That block, that Do Not Pass, is self-determined and ego-controlled, and is the point where so many of us falter and fail.

The moment of decision, that time where we meet the great risk of shucking our shields and standing bare before our world or silently holding tight to our secrets...there, in that moment begins the great divide. We risk detonating the dynamite to move forward into still more spiritual growth and healing, or we risk nothing and hunker down with our ego as our protector with no hope of spiritual growth.

Unfortunately, there is no standing still...if we're not moving forward, we're moving backward. And consciously sticking with Lucy is life in reverse.

I have read that calmness is trust in action, but to me going forward in the midst of anxiety is really trust in action. Making the decision to share a long-held secret can be met with the calmness of nothing-left-to-lose or with the anxiety that comes from the fear of losing face (and is there a greater fear?). Either way, the decision is the free-er. The decision is the key that unlocks the non-existent door behind which God stands.

We learn the secret had "all the force and effect of a snowflake on the bosom of the Potomac" (to quote the late, great Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL))   But until we made the decision to turn from our own self and throw in with God, it held all power, mutely, over our very universe.

We have a voice now. Linked by grace with gratitude, it is a powerful voice for good.

Thank you.