We are all “one.” We are all made from stardust; our spirit will live on forever. We are all connected. What one does for another, they do for themselves.
And so, I chose to live, and after three years of healing, I wrote Johnny Blue’s story. I felt I had made progress in the “victim mentality” thinking. But, there were many things still going on that I felt I had no control over. The one thing I did know I could control was my “gift.” But, instead, it directed me. So, the stories kept coming, and I kept writing. It wasn’t exactly my dream, but it was mine.
Then three weeks ago, a friend posted they were getting a doctorate in Para-Anthropology from the Institute of Metaphysical Humanistic Science (IMHS). My academic master’s degree was in Archaeology and Anthropology, and I planned on continuing my PhD in the same. Still, someone else’s decision to retire from the military and take a job in another state put a stop to that dream.
What is Para-Anthropology, you might ask? Para-Anthropology combines Parapsychology, Paranormal Science, Ufology, Cryptozoology, and human nature to understand better why some people experience anomalous phenomena. (IMHS – www.metaphysicsinstitute.org)
Cryptozoology? It is the study of undiscovered animals – animals as yet undescribed by science. (IMHS – www.metaphysicsinstitute.org). You who know me know this is right up my alley.
See where I am going with this? I can finish one dream while working on the others, a PhD in Anthropology. The first five courses I took showed me something else as well – that I have never been a “victim.” I only believed myself to be a “victim,” Guess what? I was a “victim,” but of my choosing! I MADE EVERY CHOICE, EVERY DECISION that put me in situations where I believed myself to be a “victim.” EVERY CHOICE I MADE HAD CONSEQUENCES! Yes, I am shouting this vital truth for all to hear.
I had the choice to change every single situation. I was a “victim” of my choosing! Let that sit for a few minutes. I was responsible for every decision, every choice, every action and reaction. I GAVE AWAY MY POWER. Well, guess what? Not only can you give away your power, but you can also take it back. That is what I learned in my first five courses that earned me a bachelor’s degree last week: how to give away and take back my power and be responsible for myself and my dreams. No one would hand my dreams to me; I have to give them to myself.
Sounds simple, right? All I had to do was realize that I was no longer a “victim,” nor did I have a “victim mentality.” While I had been making small steps (tiny strides) in taking back my power, remembering “who I was and why I was who I was (IMHS),” the more enormous strides came through my courses and the realization that I was no longer a “victim.” And neither are you. If you don’t like where you are in life and haven’t been able to follow your dreams because of obstacles you perceive to have been placed by others in front of you – THEN MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE! Look at your options from a different angle. Ask your spirit guides, angels, God, Source, or whomever you call upon for some clarity. Nothing is ever as black and white as it seems. There is always a different path available if you look.
Make a different choice – that is Step 1. Decide to follow your dreams, and the universe will provide a way. Believe that it will, and it will! The universe won’t disappoint you – only you can do that by your choices. You are not a “victim.”
And if you are saying, “But Jeri, you don’t know my circumstances, there is no way I can do (whatever) …” Step 2 – ask yourself instead, “Why can’t I do this?”
Guess what? You can, and the choice is all yours!
“You are never given a dream without the power to make it true.[3]” —Richard Bach
[3] “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1989)”