Lisa Overman

Soon my Aunt Judy will depart for another two years in Kenya as a missionary. She loves her work in Kenya and feels called to be there. She has been on home leave since the first of July. It seems to have flown and I have seen her far less than I expected to do. It’s odd really that we live in the same city yet we only talk via phone most of the time, meeting for lunch or a BBQ occasionally.

Her time at home has been packed with events and activities and must do’s. Doctor and dentist visits, speaking at visiting churches who may like to become one of her mission supporters, time for family, time for old friends, a bit of time to travel, mission conferences and suddenly seven months is gone in the flash of an eye. It’s startling and sad. I know she has enjoyed this time back at home with family and friends and her church. It’s been good to see her, to know a bit more about her life in Kenya.

She talks fondly of the people and the events her church in Kenya has sponsored and the children and families that are helped with her mission work. I understand her desire to be in Kenya probably more than anyone else in my family. I too feel a calling, to my writing and my healing work. I too have spent years living overseas. I understand and even with understanding I am sad that she will soon leave again. We will miss her.



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Losing our sense of security does a couple of things, it makes us panic and it makes us move in a different direction. It may not be a direction we wanted to go in, but reality has a way of saying, move your ass. Not every job can be the dream job, especially not in this economy. What a new job might be is a start in a new direction. Example; when my boyfriend Rob became a Firefighter/Paramedic it meant taking a short term pay cut from his previous career. As a Firefighter/Paramedic he’d found the calling he loved, doing work that he loves, and today with experience he makes more money than he was making in his previous field. Granted he chose to switch careers, he wasn’t forced into the situation by job cuts like others may be today. Yet the end result can be the same, short term pay cut, long term more security as well as a career you may find you love even more deeply.

A new direction can be a blessing in disguise, once you get past the initial shock and fear. I’ve always wanted to be a writer, and I’d been writing on nights and weekends for about a year when my mother got sick. I had even put together the first draft of my manuscript and sent it to my mom a month before she became ill. I’d published a few freelance pieces but with my mother’s death came a deep desire to publish my book. It meant writing on nights and weekeneds while I taught. It meant spending many vacations and weekends typing and editing over a period of several years. At times it felt endlessly painful and difficult, due to the emotional nature of the book I was writing; on healing relationships and grief.

The reality is dreams require time, patience and alot of hard work, mine certainly has. Sometimes it means working for very little while we gain the experience and knowledge we need in our new field and working another job to pay the bills. In my life the grief, my losses and the shift I’ve experienced have propelled me to this place where I’m now able and capable of helping others. I have healed; I have transformed my life through writing, therapy, keeping my faith close and simply walking through the pain when I truly thought it would kill me. It wasn’t my choice of a way to begin a new career, but today I’m happier and more peaceful than I’ve ever been. I see writing and helping other’s heal as my life’s work.

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The last weeks I’ve felt drawn to write about gratitude and how gratitude impacts our life and our experiences. Gratitude has shifted the flow of abundance in my life. Two days ago as I was impacted by a wonderful flow of abundance into my life I had an Ah Ha moment. It’s been through my own struggle with paying for two houses and all the accompanying bills, that allows me the insight to share with others in similar situations, allowing them to see that they too can make a positive shift in their life by focusing in gratitude.

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Gratitude is our best asset in times of challenge. When we feel overwhelmed with what is expected of us, with our ability to provide for ourselves and our family staying grateful for what we’ve already created and accomplished is very important. Gratitude aligns our us with our spirit, gratitude lifts our energy and shifts our body energy to a dimension of universal love that best serves our body, life and spirit.

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I recently learned of an organization here in the Tampa Bay area whose goal it is to offer free medically assisted air transport for needy families. According to the information I read, Faith Charity Flights will serve children, adults, the elderly, accident victims, transplant patients and those needing distance medical treatments such as cancer treatments or treatments for rare diseases, who can’t afford commercial air ambulance service to reach their destination for treatment.

Faith Charity Flights is currently working to raise money for their air ambulance and to become certified with the state of Florida. They are seeking volunteers for their air ambulance flights. On their website you’ll find a page for potential volunteers to leave their name and personal information so that Faith Charity Flights can reach those interested in this voluteer opportunity.

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When I see a beautiful flower growing I often think of the conditions that are necessary for that flower to reach it’s potential. It needs a strong soil base, abundant water and light for it’s nourishment. We are each like a flower. For us to grow and reach our potential we must have a strong foundation beneath us to support us in the most difficult and dark moments.

We use our strength and belief in ourselves when things feel like they’re crumbling, or challenging us. With that foundation nourishing us we are strong enough to say, “this is the path and I will remain focused. I know that I’m in the midst of challenge and change but I can do this. That is not always easy to say. Sometimes it feels easier to move off the path to do something different, something that fullfills us in the short term.

Nourishment and support may not appear from those around you. Even those you love the deepest may not understand your experences and situation. In those times it is best to go within, to recognize that not everyone sees things in the same fashion. Perceptions can be very different and the only thing you can do is release your need for exterior support.

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There are many challenges that we face in this economy. With the state of homes, jobs and investments pretty much everyone is feeling the anxiety of the financial down turn. There are strategies and attitudes that can help us get through these times of challenge. They may not immediately change our situation, but they will uplift our mood, attitude and energy level, which is essential when we are feeling overwhelmed.

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An attitude of daily gratitude shifts the energy of your spirit and your body. It opens a place within you that allows opportunity and abundance to flow through you. Recognizing your joy and gratitude helps to shift your life. Morning prayers upon awakening of thanks and appreciation for your life are a beautiful way to transform your day.

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You Can Heal Your Life is a life affirming and life changing movie. This dvd is a two disk package. One disk is the movie. The second disk is a series of interviews with well known spiritual speakers and writers. Among them Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Esther and Jerry Hicks, Gregg Braden and Dr. Christine Northrup, Doreen Virtue and Cheryl Richardson.

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