The EZ Secret: Tips on Living in EZ, from Anne Sermons Gillis, 01/29/2013
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The EZ Secret Newsletter Published on Tuesday Mornings Shifting
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Shifting From Me-ness to We-ness For years I loved to help out, and, I admit, helping
out can be a good thing, but often it can show the inability to
have a personal life or it arises from not being able to say,
"No." At some point, I stopped that kind of helping. I'd traveled
the world to make a difference and maybe I helped, but much of
what I was doing was coming from the wrong place. I stopped
traveling and started thinking about finances and retirement. It
was time to stop playing world hero and to start taking care of
business. I moved from the romantic to the practical. I needed
that. I looked deep inside to discover how to live on a day-to-day
basis. What lifestyle would support me? Could I have more freedom
and pay my bills? I eventually closed down my ministry in
Memphis and moved to Texas. Service as Cooperation There is a new paradigm arising in the area of
service. It consists of people who have a collective
longing for a higher good. We are silently called, and we move
together as a force of transformation. Through this calling,
there's a mutual action of giving and receiving from peers,
not an exchange between haves and have-nots. As an indigenous
elder put it, "If you have come here to help me, you are wasting
your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound
up with mine, then let us work together." As a human species we are not done. The animal
kingdom, the minerals, the water – none of it is a done deal. It
is moving, unfolding; and not only do we sense it, we are smack
dab in the middle of it. Doubt if you must, but who can forever
fight against life's current? We are called by something bigger
than our egos toward this higher good. No one is left out. All are
called. Jon Fromer, a musician and TV producer, made a tremendous contribution to our working together for an advanced humanity. Jon passed away on January 9 (Read More). His work is his legacy, and his song, Gonna Take Us All, pulls us toward oneness. Thank you, Jon, for your life’s contribution. 
Jeff Who Lives At Home:
I love the idea that all events have meaning and life fits together in a significant, mystical way. Last year my step daughter came to Houston. Her partner was motorcycle racing and we made plans to see them. It was a coincidence that his race was on the same side of town where I had my dentist appointment. Then her partner broke his foot and had to go to the doctor. The plans changed a little but we were still only blocks from their doctor's office and we stopped to visit. If this was a small town, that would no big deal, but this was 56 miles away from when we live. This year she’s returning and we are going to pick her up. Weird. We have to be very near where’s she’s staying. I’ll be speaking on that side of town. After I speak we’ll just cruise on over and pick her up. So this has happened not just one time, but two years in a row. Synchronicity Strikes Again The plot thickens. We are taking care of our friend’s pets while they are out of the country. They have two chickens, two miniature donkeys, two donkeys, two horses, five dogs, and one cat. I told my step daughter she could help us feed the animals and she got excited. “Oh, I love donkeys. I’ve really been wanting a miniature donkey lately.” I’ve never even met anyone who wanted a miniature donkey and here we are taking care of donkeys just at the time she comes to visit us. If you are into synchronicity, you’ll want to see Jeff Who Lives At Home. The movie starts out slow, with a guy who seems like a worthless pothead, and concludes by tying up every loose end in the show, weaving together every event, whether tragic or comedic, and delivering a heart warming conclusion that brought me to tears. This movie points to the idea that we are given signs every day and that today is the most important day in the history of the world.
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world.. You gotta make your own kind of music, sing your
own special music, even if nobody else sings along..
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