DANCING DOWN THE ROAD CALLED LIFE
As I sat down to write this article I asked little Terri, the
child inside of me who represents my heart, what she wanted to
write about. I saw her in my mind. She started laughing,
wiggling, and dancing around the room, chanting "Dancing,
dancing, dancing down the road called life."
A big grin came across my face as I watched her in my mind's
eye. "What is the message you're trying to tell me?" I asked
her.
"Life is so much more fun when you surrender to God," was her
answer.
Little Terri is now jumping around on my bed, dancing her heart
out. I am tickled to see her so happy. She says, "I just wanna
have fun, fun, fun! I just wanna play, play, play! I just wanna
be, be, be!"
I ask her, "Well, do you feel as if you are getting enough of
these things?"
"Yes! Yes!" she screams and then topples down on my bed laughing
hysterically.
After reading this you might feel as if I need to be
institutionalized. Some days you are probably right. However,
I've never experienced so much laughter and joy in my life as I
feel now and it's because of my relationship with this child.
She is my connection to God. When I talk to her, cuddle and play
with her, and act upon the messages she gives me, I feel so much
love.
By staying connected to this little child and by honoring and
loving her, I am living my life from God's love in my heart, not
from my head. My head kept me in fear and pain for much of my
life. That's because I constantly played mental games with
myself. Because of those games, the laughter died within me. But
now my heart is filled with laughter. That's because little
Terri is alive and well inside of me. Don't get me wrong, there
are days when I go back to my old ways of trying to control
everything around me. But, boy, when I do, little Terri sure
gives me a kick in the rump! I can always tell when I've lost my
connection to her and moved from my heart back into my head.
That's when she throws a fit. I'll feel my throat tightening and
I'll get all jittery. Sometimes I feel weepy, usually because
she's feeling sad and alone. But as soon as I acknowledge her
and ask her what is bothering her, she calms down. That's when I
hear her messages. As I act upon them, my life flows with
freedom and ease.
When was the last time you felt so free that you danced around?
When was the last time you laughed so hard you almost cried? We
lose the laughter in our lives as we disconnect from that inner
child. We get so buried in stress, trying to do the "right
thing" for everyone else, that we lose ourselves. When we stop,
give that little kid inside of us a great big hug, and honor his
or her needs, we begin to find laughter and peace again.
Allow the little child inside of you to be the key to your inner
peace. This little kid is your connection to God...your heart
and your soul. As you walk through life each day, honoring and
loving this child's needs, surrendering your mental games to
God, laughter will fill your heart, and so will peace.
Terri Amos is a spiritual coach, motivational speaker,
wife, mother and step-mom. It was on her path to self-discovery,
self-acceptance, and true authenticity that Terri was guided
through meditation to share the knowledge she was experiencing
first hand in a unique journal that is spiritual, practical,
revelatory and prescriptive. Titled, Message Sent, the book
chronicles her day-to-day journey of challenges and healing with
love, candor and humor. In addition, she offers the reader the
benefit of her insight and inspirations and shares the tools she
found helpful to herself.
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