Teacher:  “Dear child, as you invite us daily in your sacred space to spend some quality time together, you are taking advantage of a wonderful opportunity to help us put your thoughts in order—and consequently your feelings. 

“By consciously calming your mind, you also slow your heartbeat and your whole physical system takes the backseat while your spiritual Self gets the seat of honor.  Isn’t it an amazing process?  This is how you can open the communication line with the spiritual realm to which you also belong. 

“Once human beings will become aware of this tremendous opportunity for Guidance, they will learn to prioritize such moments as they will help them live their life as it was intended to be lived—from a spiritual vantage point. 

“You are spiritual beings incarnated in a physical body.  Yet, so many are suffering from amnesia as to their authentic nature and are therefore living a disconnected life, not taking advantage to the fullest of its many growth opportunities. 

“Rather than facing each challenge with gratitude for the spiritual growth they promote, they are resentful and resistant toward them, like stubborn little ones who refuse to ingest their nurturing soup and would rather gorge on sweets, not understanding that any sound nutrition has to be adequately balanced between sweet and sour. 

“Look at life events as your spiritual nutrition.  At times, you are challenged to develop antibodies in order to ‘survive’ threatening situations.  By refusing to let them overwhelm you, you are developing traits of character that bring you into closer alignment with your higher Self.  Fortitude, perseverance, patience, trust, faith are all the fruits birthed from such life challenges. They are the wonderful payoffs that you receive at the end of the test.  They are the spiritual chips that you cash in—an everlasting treasure that becomes part of who you are. 

“You are in a constant state of becoming and it is up to you to choose who you are becoming, moment by moment.  Are you too tolerant of your weaknesses?  Or are you proactively addressing them in order to morph them into strengths?  Living requires courage, as well as looking at the future with optimism in order to manifest a brighter future as you learn to connect with your inner light and to no longer ‘hide your lamp under a bushel.’”