Connections – The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Connections – The Gift
That Keeps On Giving

I'm content
with the connections
I have with Spirit
in other ways
I told someone recently.
A few Sunday's ago I went shopping
and couldn't find all I wanted at WalMart.
Later that afternoon I felt compelled
to finish the grocery shopping.
My wife, Laura, said she needed fresh ginger
for the superfood soup
she wanted to make us for supper.

So I followed my intuition
and went all the way out to Publix
past Earth Fare
where I could have gotten all of it.
I felt Publix was the place.
I headed for the produce section,
I knew I could be in and out quickly,
I only needed 3 items.
As I started scanning
the produce section,
my heart leaps alive with joy
and a profound sense of love.
There stands a lady
with strawberry blond hair,
same build, similar height,
and with this beautiful sweater on
that would be just like what Jane E.
(the wife I lost suddenly years ago)
would wear.

I looked at her
I never saw her face.
Just felt a feeling of love swell in me
as truth shivers
washed over my whole body.
I mentally thanked Jane E.
for reminding me
she's always with me
wherever I am.
I got the fresh ginger
and turned to leave
the produce section.
As I did this gal rose up.
As though Jane E. was saying
take another look and feel
the same emotions again!
Like she totally understands
my incessant skepticism,
even after all the spiritual nudges
that I have experienced
these last 8+ years.
I only saw her from the back,
but I was again overcome
by the very same
intense rush of feelings.
It is a gift these moments,
these spiritual synchronicities,
we experience now and then.

The feelings washed over me
two or three more times
as I continued shopping
and my mind kept going back
to analyze "what just happened?"
The same feelings came back
when I shared it with Laura
a few days later.
And as I sat here writing this.

So truth shiver is an apt name
for the experience.
It also reinforces
the knowledge in me
that Spirit has
an infinite number of ways
to get our “attention.”
Whether we are awake
at the moment enough
to notice it or not
is on us.

I’m glad I wasn’t blinded
with self-absorption
about getting in and out
of the grocery store so fast.
If I were, I would have missed
this wondrous connection.

I share this most recent occurrence
of the gifts that Spirit
keeps on giving with you.
Know you are loved
whether the ones you love
are on this plane or not,
love never dies.

Spirit is sending us
messages all the time.
May you always be awake,
aware, and grateful
when these messages arrive.

All My Love Always, Keith

"Know You Are Loved"

"Know You Are Loved"

Remembering a dear friend

Brenda Bollman Baker

who’s still right here

in my heart

even though she transitioned

on May 9th, 2018.

She embraced her journey

of exploring her Spiritual side

so much in life,

you couldn’t meet her

or interact with her

without knowing you are loved.

She raised our awareness

of the love that we all are in life.

Now that she has transitioned

she has made her Spiritual presence

known in so many ways

to so many of us.

This Transitioning

to the Other Side,

or Across the Veil

as we’ve often called it.

She’s given us

a new name for it.

The Everywhere.

Yes, dear Brenda

has gone to The Everywhere.

Now she’s raised our awareness yet again.

No, she’s vastly expanded our awareness.

When you become

Your Love Light

the very essence

of the love that you are

You can be everywhere at once.

She’s made it abundantly clear

in the many ways, she’s contacted us

since her passing

that she’s still right here.

Or as her sassy-self

has come through

and told us

“I didn’t go anywhere!”

In that way, she still is our teacher.

She still is exploring

her Spiritual nature.

Just on a different plane.

That seems distant

yet so very close.

When your awareness

becomes awestruck

by the messages

and communications

she’s still sending us.

As I lay there asleep last night

Every time I stirred

I heard a line from a song

they played often as she slipped

from our physical presence

"Know You Are Loved."

May you all know that today.

Whether you believe this tale

Or not:

"Know You Are Loved."

For dear Brenda

serenaded me with it last night

of that I am sure.

That was her way

to lead you to

the realization to

"Know You Are Loved."  

All My Love Always, Keith