Release Then, Embrace Now

I did the most interesting and heartfelt psychic reading the other day. Once it was over, I thought about my responses as a reader for this particular subject matter and how we live and, hopefully, learn. This was a case of lost love come back around again, after many decades of separation and years of wondering ‘what if?’ My client had loved and lost her soulmate when they were mere teenagers, many moons ago.

The parting had not been easy or a willing one for either of them, but our parents’ opinions when we are a certain age often tend to determine our decisions and choices. The two lovers parted ways and went on to lead their separate lives with other people, but in their hearts they never forgot each other. It took a long time, but their paths did cross again – this time with life at the helm, instead of their parents’ wishes and decrees.

Their original parting was so painful for the woman that, although she was so happy to see him again, she could not help but react from a perspective of fear and panic. She approached their reconciliation from the then place, which was one of loss, confusion and grief.

During a reading on this matter, it was immediately apparent that there still were many rivers to cross. The first words from me were: “There is so much love here waiting to happen!” Little else seemed to matter much at all. But the client was still stuck in the past.

Then a pearl of wisdom came from Spirit. “Right now is right now,” the Angels confirmed. “We would not have brought the two together were there not unfinished business and love here to attend to. Tell her to release the past and take the leap of faith. Once she releases it, she will be able to see the now. Then she can proceed from an open heart, not from the fear of loss. She won’t experience the same scenario again, or have it re-enact itself, because she will have released the past. It will literally be a new lease on life.”

Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift ~ Oprah

When we concluded the reading, she was a lot calmer than when we first spoke. She was back in the present, fully in the now. She could now proceed with rekindling their relationship, or not, based on the secure knowledge that the past was not doomed to repeat itself. Her thoughts and ways of being and reacting had shifted, allowing room for other parts of the puzzle to shift itself as well.

Things always come together in the end, should we allow it to. If we don’t, it is kind of like saying a prayer and then continuing to worry about the subject on which we have prayed. How is that a resolution? Allowing things to fall into place of their own accord saves much energy and time. That way we can move from the then to the now, and on to the ‘zen space’ – our ultimate quest for inner peace in all things. Then we understand that inner peace is found within and that all our actions and reactions were an unnecessary waste of time and energy. Only then are we truly living free.