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I have been asked how I have managed to
endure life with Samantha with such a good attitude and relative sanity. I feel
this is a good subject to cover.
Samantha was born brain damaged as a result of a car accident when I was 6
months pregnant. I had tried for 11 years to get pregnant. I had to take
fertility drugs to finally become pregnant with her. When she was born, she was
blue from lack of oxygen and spent 3 weeks in intensive care.
At that time, I had not found my current belief system. My Christian friend's
comments were 'God did this to her.' 'You are being punished for something.'
etc. Needless to say I was very angry with God and turned my back on my
Spirituality for many years. I cursed God, spent a lot of time crying, I had
numerous nervous breakdowns. When Samantha was 3, I felt a yearning to find my
spirituality again and began to study different belief systems. I knew I could
not go back to a God who would harm my child. When I learned about
reincarnation, it was such a relief! The idea that Samantha had chosen this life
to learn lessons was so comforting to me. Knowing that this was not the only
life she would ever experience was also comforting.
When Samantha began having pneumonia at least twice monthly when she was 7, on
the brink of death each time, it was very difficult for me. Getting through
those years was not at all easy. I did a lot of crying and questioning of why I
chose to experience this. It was not easy. I used the healing techniques I was
learning to work on my issues. The 'Feelings
Prayer' helped me a lot. Just when I thought I had worked through an
issue, another aspect of it would be brought to the surface. I wondered many
times how I would survive another day.
The one thing that I learned from those trying times was that no matter how
horrible things seemed in my life, I could always find someone who was
experiencing something worse. I learned that as bad as things were, I was
learning and growing through the experience. I learned to be thankful for the
opportunities to grow.
Most of us experience adversity in our lives in one way or another at some
point. Whether it is a death, the illness of a loved one, losing a job, any
number of things. We have a choice of how we handle these experiences. We can
let the experience totally consume us and destroy us, or we can choose to
transcend it.
Martha Washington said it quite nicely, "I am still determined to be cheerful
and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from
experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our
dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."
I could have so easily allowed Samantha's health problems to destroy me. I could
have sat around feeling sorry for myself. I am not saying that I have not had my
share of 'pity parties', because I have. I just did not allow them to last very
long.
Now, I do not panic when Samantha comes close to death. I have learned to allow
her to live her life and experience what she has chosen to experience. It has
taken me a long time and a lot of healing to reach this point.
If you are experiencing an adversity in your life, give yourself time to deal
with your emotions and use the 'Feelings
Prayer' to heal your emotional issues attached to it. Remember that
'this too shall pass.' Nothing stays the same and eventually everything changes.
Be thankful for the opportunity to learn and grow.
Rev. Claudia McNeely DD -
http://www.askclaudia.com - is a gifted
and caring Psychic/Healer. With the assistance of Angels, Guides and Master
Healers, she will tell you exactly what she sees and feels instead of what you
want to hear. Her Clairvoyant Psychic Readings are very accurate and insightful.
She can help you to understand where you are, where you want to be and how to
get there.
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