Lovely Souls,
We are here.
Take a step back and look at those three words. You might not have given these three words a
second glance before, but now they mean so much more than the sum
of their original meaning.
Gratitude for being here in this present moment is our
highest lesson through any situation where we go through major events of unrest
throughout history and yes, right now during this pandemic.
What do I mean by that?
It is MORE than what you see, it is more than what you think
- it is more than what you feel.
Simply put, if we wake up and are grateful to be here, WE
START HERE.
At a challenging time like this – millions of people are
left questioning a lot of things.
For those of you who have lost a loved one - I am so sorry
for your loss and send my deepest heart-felt condolences. You may have not had
the chance to say goodbye, question ‘why’ your loved one had to die alone and
wonder where you go from here. The truth is that while you could not be with them, never doubt that they are indeed with you... now.
For those of you who have lost your job – you may wonder WHY
you are where you are and HOW important you are when your whole life revolved
around waking up to go to work. Do you
feel like your purpose is gone? Realize that it is not gone, rather it is changing because you are, too.
For those of you questioning your future, what to make of
all of this – feeling lost, feeling anxiety trying to reorganize and adjust to
staying at home – understand that it is in this moment you are being asked to define 'what is home' and create what that means to you.
And it is with all of this that I see, and feel as an empath and
am urged to share:
We are being asked to FIND SOMETHING …. ANYTHING RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT NOW – to be grateful for and WHAT MATTERS most in the present moment.
Maybe it is one thing, or several – but please start making
your gratitude journal. For it is in
this journal – you WILL SEE you can turn this gratitude into grace through the
anguish, the struggle, to see light somewhere in something and ignite the light
in your heart NOW.
This is where we start.
We are here. This is where healing begins. We are here.
This is where life shifts and changes and becomes a ‘new
normal’ we learn to navigate because change is constant…. We are here.
And it is in this video I shot EIGHT MONTHS AGO …that was preparing you for this ‘new normal.’ At the time I was given this “channel” from
the other side, I was told that
your “old life” would never be the same again and we started to make this shift
in 2019 and this WILL be a transformational period of ‘shifting’ through 2021. At the time of the channel... no one could have fathomed we'd have this pandemic. But the guidance and advice of getting ready to move with the shift now takes on its' own context as we find gratitude for shifting through the unknown.
Although I am starting this blog with
this key point – you need to prepare to dive several layers deeper than this,
because even though this starts with YOU, this whole world-shift is not about
just you, but rather it is about your place in this world and who you show up
as AFTER
ALL OF THIS shifts. It is also
about how you show up AS WE’RE SHIFTING day-to-day.
Notice that I said START.
For all humans, this starting point is imperative, essential
and the whole point of life itself.
We are HERE. Deep
breath, deep pause, drink that in.
This may sound basic, but if we miss this fundamental
starting place and only live in panic and fear, we will have accomplished nothing. We miss the whole point of life.
I recognize and realize many people may say, “I wake up and
I am grateful to be here.”
That’s beautiful. In fact, doing this – we’re learning the
lesson of what life is offering, but again, this is just a necessary and a
giant nod, no different than eating, sleeping, being and doing.
YES…. We can/will begin each day on a good gratitude footing, however... IF YOU
STOP HERE – you are gypping yourself and the rest of the world from the greater
context of basic gratitude.
Right now, our WORLD is changing by the hour.
- So with that said, what does ‘being here’ mean now?
- How would you answer that question if someone asked you this six months ago?
- How does your answer to the above look different - NOW?
Doing what you can, with what you and what you are for some of you may look like only survival – but in truth, this was HERE all along.
The thing that changed was the horrific pandemic that entered our lives UNINVITED.
Perhaps the best way to sum up what is going on is that humanity is feeling violated – that the virus violated and disrupted the old normal and had to take sooooo many precious human life with it.
This is the hardest part to digest, is it not?
While 'humans' are walking through this pandemic corn maze of confusion trying to understand what works, what doesn't work, where we're behind the curve, where we're flattening the curve, how we get beyond the curve - we have to understand that the CURVE that is being talked about in truth is OUR ACTIONS vs. OUR LACK OF ACTION.
The new normal is challenging you to embrace a new way of thinking, living and actually forcing you to take the time to see things in a light you have not before.
Some may ask WHY. I don't have all the answers - but I do know that sometimes history repeats itself to make us REMEMBER.
Maybe your family history was dismissed - even if you are aware of what you ancestors went through in their plague, their struggle, their suffering or war or whatever it is they had to endure.
So ask yourself if you ever thanked them for their sacrifice, or took the time to understand what they sacrificed in order FOR YOU TO BE HERE... yes, HERE..... NOW.
Ask yourself if you ever 'blew off' grandpa's stories of how hard your family had it.
Take time to PAUSE NOW ---- and research your own lineage, UNDERSTAND what sacrifice means.... and when you digest that, you'll see the simple request of asking you to
'stay at home' is really not as big of a sacrifice as what they had to do FOR YOU.
This is where gratitude becomes deeper, thicker, and enriched from a place of feeling humbled to have your life that you had up until this moment. It is in this we can sit with the idea how we can find gratitude from a different place and gracefully understand our role in this moment.
With that--- it will help you be less antsy, and while it is not a cure for all you are feeling, utilizing this deeper level of gratitude and grace will make you appreciate every micro second of your day indoors, doing what is in front of you, reaching into your local community, reaching beyond that to see, who you are, where you are, what you can do and look into your soul with new eyes.
Now that we are here, we have to examine what it WOKE UP THE WORLD TO DO:
·
We had to stop.
·
We had to take action and balance our
reaction.
·
We had to finally admit to ourselves that daily
gratitude was not enough.
And it is in this space, in this time – WE RISE to add a new
component to gratitude and that is GRACE.
Gratitude for being here every hour compounds beyond the
deeper appreciation of life.
It is not only about being present, it is about more than just survival – it is about the bigger picture.
In this moment, we as humanity are being called upon to be
responsible – not just for ourselves in “Stay-At-Home Isolation” - But in how
we fulfill this responsibility DAILY, beyond the gratitude – we must execute
grace.
What does 'executing grace' mean exactly?
- · Grace means TO STOP COMPLAINING about ‘having to stay inside.’
- · Grace means TO APPRECIATE what you have in “at-home isolation” as much as your gratitude for having an actual place to isolate and stay safe.
- · Grace means NOT GRIPING about how ‘inconvenienced’ you are at having to make life adjustment shifts to adapt to the new situation at hand; and to be grateful for being alive and healthy to do so.
- · Grace means not worrying incessantly about 'how you're going to get through' rather trusting that you will get through because you were given life here on this planet with resources to do so. It is your strength that got you to arrive at this moment - you are better than you believe you are and it is in accepting you own ability to change, you'll emerge an even better version of your self than you were before.... awakened to appreciate life's every second.
- · Grace means KNOWING if you HONOR YOUR DUTY to STAY AT HOME in isolation you are doing YOUR PART IN SAVING MILLIONS OF LIVES.
If you are complaining about having to do home schooling - be grateful that you can have the luxury of an education - whereas many people never get this chance to be allowed in some countries, the opportunity to learn like you do.
If you are complaining about not being able to 'go out and play' - think about the fact you probably weren't appreciating the times you could ..... go to a museum, walk in the park or be in nature or feel the sun on your skin.
If you are arguing with people in close quarters, be grateful you have a roof over your head and people to share your life with; as many people do not have this; including many seniors who live alone at home with most of their loved ones gone.
If you are complaining about your life - now is your chance to change it - you have an opportunity right now to be lucky to be alive in this moment. We cannot take our daily life for granted.
Eons ago... in the late 80s, I took a trip to Chicago. I was having breakfast alone at my hotel when a few members of the New York Fire Department were traveling and had planned to go to a game at Wrigley Field. They asked if I wanted to join them at their table for breakfast.
I had just begun my professional journalism career and thought it was the perfect opportunity to ask these first responders on the front line, "What is the greatest epiphany you have had doing your job?"
One of the firefighters said, "I get to be reminded day in and day out, just how precious life is and not to waste it."
I replied, "That's quite a valuable epiphany. Why do you think people waste life?"
He said...(and I'll never forget this)... "People focus on the wrong things. Their egos get hung up on what they think they should have or what and who they should be. They don't answer the 'call'... as in 'their calling.' This is what I have in common with all first responders - we answer the call."
This is the point. Don't miss it. You are BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW to answer the call to STAY HOME. Are you going to comply as your duty and answer this call to save lives?
We don't need more tragedy, more lives lost, more natural disasters or violence to keep repeating because we're missing the whole point of how precious life actually is.
The compassionate action for the bigger picture goes beyond
being responsible for yourself and your inner circle – it is about the domino
effect of the bigger circle of humanity – for the strangers you will you may never realize you are helping and the
people you will never meet – that may include the future lineage of strangers
that come after us.
Therefore, having grace at this time for the situation at
hand must go hand-in-hand with your gratitude.
STAYING INSIDE IS OUR DUTY right now.
You may dismiss it as such, but with power in numbers of
doing this, we can change/shift things.
As I watch the news seeing how so many places are NOT doing this, I have to wonder why these humans are feeling somewhat invincible, but more than that how/why they disregard human life,
to not do THEIR PART.
As I watch the news seeing how so many places are NOT doing this, I have to wonder why these humans are feeling somewhat invincible, but more than that how/why they disregard human life,
to not do THEIR PART.
We can show our appreciation for first responders, and those
on the front lines with all of our gratitude, our “thank yous” – our
demonstrations of kindness, donations and so forth – but right now, OUR DUTY is
to take our daily gratitude further is to be RESPONSIBLE in staying home.
Every time you ‘gripe’ about staying at home, you are
creating negative energy that could be better utilized and turned into positive
energy to support those who are on the front lines. They NEED THE POSITIVE VIBRATION to keep
going into battle of our war zone every single day.
Won’t you help them?
They will appreciate ALL OF US tending to OUR DUTY – because
being part of the solution helps them with their overload in their war fighting
the good fight.
If we do our part, we make it easier for them because there
will be less of us overloading the hospitals, needing their actual care, if we
ADHERE to the guidelines.
It’s a ripple effect. This is why gratitude for being here
and being graceful in our own responsibility of showing gratitude as we say,
when we wake up – we demonstrate further by taking this role more seriously
with thoughtful action and choices.
Now those words may be what you hear echoed across many
states and countries in various versions of eloquent speeches – but let me put
it ANOTHER WAY:
You are being given the FREEDOM TO CHANGE MILLIONS OF LIVES.
That hefty statement is factual right now.
It used to be if we thought we could change ‘just one life’
– that we might have felt we made a difference.
But what about being handed the opportunity RIGHT NOW TO CHANGE MILLIONS
by staying home?
I wanted to share this thought through this altered LENS to
empower you to do your part right here, right now, by BEING HERE and being
grateful to be here and do so with grace not complaining about it and doing it
from the comfort of your living room.
Why was it important for me to share this perspective?
Staying inside is for something bigger than the obvious of
just you staying inside – it is a responsibility to save hundreds upon
thousands of lives of people you many never even know WHO DO NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAKE UP AND SAY, “I AM GRATEFUL TO BE
HERE.”
Take a hard look
at that “full-circle” moment… IT IS IMPORTANT.
But NOW – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
It means you now need to figure out how you are going to
take all of that stuff that is rolling around in your brain during this tragic,
horrific, traumatic time – and ask yourself what you’ve been procrastinating
doing.
Now is the time, to ask yourself if the things you used to “tell
yourself’ in your life PRE-pandemic – vs. how you will be FOREVER CHANGED
POST-PANDEMIC – what is really relevant and what matters now.
Your life will not look the same after this.
It is up to YOU how
you will LIVE DIFFERENTLY after this.
- · What did you neglect?
- · What have you discovered about yourself in isolation?
- · What reality is looking at you in the face right now about what you ‘believed’ vs. ‘what you believe now?’
- · How have you changed through this (aside from being more mindful in your hand washing) --- We’re talking about how you think about your community, your neighbors, your friends, your family time, your work, your co-workers, your mission, your passion, your life altogether?
WHOA – I know, I’m sorry, I’m channeling
hard and fast for you as I write this as Spirit wants me to right now – but that is what came out.
With that, last year I ASKED YOU to please
consider how you are going to shift your internal dialogue to change to align
with your brand new external reality.
This is a good time to figure this out.
This tragic pandemic is shaking up your world to wake you up
to see things DIFFERENTLY.
You are being asked to find gratitude on a deeper level now….
Even for the people you DO NOT KNOW, and for people OF SERVICE and for all of
the things you took for granted.
So now that you see this other side --- how grateful are you
to be able to stay at home to protect yourself?
How grateful are you to be able to change (for the better) – your life
and millions?
How grateful are you to embrace grace with fresh eyes
looking at how we are in a historical moment in time to make a difference to
become better versions of ourselves being put to the test of this situation?
How graceful can you be in accepting what you are enduring
now and simply being grateful from a NEW PLACE than you did before when you
first woke up?
As we are all being forced to ‘live in the
moment-day-by-day’ and not look too far ahead, we must cherish the promise of
what we’re given right now and not give up on there being light tomorrow.
While there is a lot we do not have control over right now –
the one thing we DO HAVE CONTROL OVER is honoring each other from a place of
gratitude and grace; being responsible, thoughtful and knowing by staying at
home we are indeed saving millions of lives – NOW.
Lovely Souls – I have been here with you these last five
years to prepare you for this and I will continue to be here.
My heart is filled with gratitude for you and I gracefully accept
the great honor of what I am here to do and to share with you, what I do. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER... and as long as I am fortunate to have a breath of human life waking up everyday, I will forever be humbled by this privilege and I deeply honor within you, every
minute, moment and monumental shift that has been transforming these last few
years.
It is here I see the light of the silvery moon with the
great promise that as the sun rises every day, that as we all transform and
change, we also will rise to this place of gratitude with grace through a new
normal.
Stay safe and healthy, Lovely Souls. Stay home, Lovely Souls. I am in this with you
and I send an abundance of love, light and peace, strength and support.
Blessings to you.
Namaste,
Stacey Kumagai
