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Guest post by Kimberly Edwards, IRSM Secretary, and Michelle J. Goff's sister:
What gets you going in the morning? I mean what gets you going after you get out of bed after you have pressed snooze three times? A song, a prayer, a gentle nudge from a four legged, wet-nosed friend? For me it is a song. In high school, I would set my cd player to wake me up to music so I would have a gentle reminder to get out of bed. Music soothes my soul most of the time.
I remember one time in high school, I set my alarm to wake me up to a cd I borrowed from my sister, so I wasn't as familiar with it. Well, that next morning as my alarm was going off, all I remember in my sleepy state was a sense of peace and calm and perfection. Let me paint the picture. It was a beautiful fall day with huge fluffy clouds in the sky. The sun was already up and the room I was sleeping in had this huge window with an arch at top that I chose to not cover because I loved having the natural light come in.
When it came time for the alarm to go off, the beautiful instruments lulled me awake to semi-consciousness and I felt like I was in heaven. Since I am not loquacious, it is difficult to put into words, the feelings that I felt, but, I still remember that first moment of awareness and I felt as if the angels were singing and I was in heaven. What a beautiful way to be greeted in the morning!
What song wakes you up or gets you going in the morning? Does it focus your thoughts on heaven?
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Driving north on Highway 1, also known as Pacific Coast Highway, my friend Mandy asked what I was most enjoying along the drive. Of course, the Pacific Ocean is beautiful, but I was also really enjoying all the flowers. She responded that she had never paid attention to the flowers, but looked more in the shops along the road. “It’s funny how we all see different things when we’re looking in the same place.” She continued, “Before having my oldest daughter, I would’ve never thought to look for mermaids, but that’s what she told her younger sister to look for during a recent trip we made along this same highway.”
Looking for mermaids. We all see things differently.
I encourage you to look for mermaids today – to see something through someone else’s eyes and be transformed by what you see. That is my encouragement to you on this Transformational Tuesday.