I just returned from Florida where my oldest daughter Kate (22) and I were disposing of all of my Dad’s personal possessions in his Florida Winter home, as he will not be returning (he wants to stay in Milwaukee year round and be closer to family.)  During the four days we were there we literally handled and sorted every item in the house and directed it toward the antique shop, the non-profit thrift stores, or the dumpster.  And he was a packrat, never letting go of any item that might have some use to someone in the future, including 25 yardsticks, and thousands of screws, nails, rusted tools, etc… are you kidding?  Well anyway, by the time we were done the home looked like a perfect furnished rental or sellable home with no visible signs of the personality that Wintered there for the last 26 years.

Here was my challenge:  I consider myself non-material at this point in my life, and have spent a lot of time, energy and focus on evolving and expanding into a being that desires few, if any personal possessions.  Immersing myself in the “real world” of the physical, it shifted my energy so far down that I could no longer feel the “reality” of the dream world that I am used to now living in… the world of creating, of the possible, the unknown.  It took me days of listening to inspiring audio CD’s to get my vibration and energy back to where I am again comfortable.

It is a great lesson and a great reminder to always have available a path back to expansion, the path that uniquely works for you.  Whenever you are discouraged, it is key to know what to do, to have a mechanism, a path, an action plan to return to your uplifted state.  It was wonderful to know that I could easily get back (a few days) to my expanded state, but “wow,” what a journey to take last week.  Oh, and p.s., thank you thank you thank you for the incredible gift of having my daughter with me to escort me safely through that “real world.”  She was spectacular, and I don’t know if I’d have been able to do it without her!