by Mary Bell Nyman
uring the first week of March I lost two good friends. The first was Rev.
Connie Arismende, a tremendous healer, who was larger than life, stubborn,
mischievous, a teller of tales, and a worker of miracle healings. She died
March 1, surrounded by her family and the love of her friends.
The second one was my cousin Eric, who died at 35, from a heart attack. I still think of him as baby Eric, with a grin as big as his face! He was a friend to all who knew him, warm and caring, full of integrity and a vigor for life. Amusement always danced in his eyes, like he knew this mysterious secret and could hardly contain it.
Their deaths made me stop and pause, jump off the merry-go-round of life to just be still. It gave me time to recall all my memories of them and the special space they have in my heart. Thorton Wilder said, "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
Death is one of our best teachers. It makes us appreciate all the little things around us that otherwise might go unrecorded as miracles. The sunset each night, a baby's laugh, the first flower of spring, the thrill of a canary's song, the love of a partner, or the gentle touch of a grandparent's hands.
What do you treasure in life? What makes your heart sing? What makes you feel you are alive? Give yourself time to appreciate your treasure! Carry it with you and experience it each day. Instead of saving the good china for Christmas and Thanksgiving, use it each day in celebration of life and all the miracles it brings us.
Express the love you feel inside, saying it out loud! Let those around you truly know how much you care about them. Use each morning as a way of starting over, falling in love again with your partner or children, even if they annoyed you the night before.
Extend that same vibration of love to those around you. Leave a gift in a neighbors mailbox, shovel the snow off their walk, bake cookies for a friend, visit someone who is down, give blood to your community. Let your own treasures of the heart spur you in sharing your bounty.
Death opens us to those who are here. It makes us see the little things we take for granted; things we will miss when that person is no longer there. The trick is not waiting till they are gone, but celebrating while they are here. Take the time to call someone you love and just say hello, I'm thinking of you. Tell them what you appreciate about them, or better yet, write it down and mail it to them, so they can take it out and read it, again and again.
Eric's death was a great reminder. You never know when your day is near, so start celebrating your treasures right way. Make the call, write the letter, give yourself the gift of having your treasures in each moment of your life. Truly living, was one of the gifts Eric's death gave his family.
-Rev. Mary Bell Nyman
Rev. Mary Bell Nyman is director of the Psychic Horizons Center and has
been teaching and reading for twenty-two years. She teaches six-month
clairvoyant and healing classes.
Contact Mary at 303-554-6465 or MaryBell@PsychicHorizonsCenter.org for a reading or information.
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