April 2024 Week 1

Welcome to April. I have often said that I make intentions at the beginning of the month and then as the month progresses, the intention becomes relevant to me so I hesitate to proclaim this month, but here goes: “Obstacles Are Detours in the Right Direction.” Ok universe, what do you have for me this month lol????? I often think of this intention when life sends me or my family in a direction I did not expect or did not want or more problematic…a direction I did not think it should go (the problem here is I think I know!). We must trust the unfolding of our lives.

Last night, April 1st, when I read my nightly meditation before bed I could not believe the meditation from Melody Beattie:

“Learn to Clear Your Path
I met a woman at he mineral springs in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. She had a gentle, open way. She talked to me about rituals, about miracles, about change. “My husband and I badly wanted a child, but I couldn’t get pregnant,” she said. “One night, I decided to go to a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. My decision felt powerful. But every obstacle you could imagine happened when I tried to get there. I could barely get out of my house. Then when I did, I got lost and had to go back home for directions. When I finally got to the bath, it was just beginning, but I knew I needed to be there. The night was electric. The air felt as if it were charged with lightning. It was a full moon. I went through he ritual and returned home. That night, my daughter was conceived. She is now 7 years old.”
There are often obstacles on our path. Roadblocks, barricades, detours. Things to go over, around, or under. Sometimes, the roadblocks are telling us no, this door isn’t opening. Find another way.
Other times the roadblocks are telling us that the road we have chosen is very special. If we wan to go down it, we will have to try. We will have to focus. We will have to muster our energy and show the world how badly we want it. We will have to overcome each and every obstacle, one by one, as they appear.
What do you want badly? Are you will ing to go through an obstacle course, if need be, to achieve it? Are you willing to be tested by the universe? Are you willing to focus, push forward, go the distance?

Sometimes the road ahead is blocked, but clearing the way becomes part of our journey. Learn to tell when it’s time to let go, to surrender, to search for another road, a different path, another dream. But also learn to tell when it’s time to move forward, through obstacles if need be, because the dream is electric, shared by Divine energy and love.”

Wow, I am going to leave that right there for our first week of dharma. Lets see what this month beings for each of us - an obstacle? Detour? Roadblock? Is it something to be worked through or trust the pivot?