Arnie shuffled out to the veranda, loaded his favourite Vivaldi CD, and settled back into his battered old chair for a relaxing end to a hot summer’s day. The sun was dipping, insects buzzed. From next door, the Browns’ evening barbecue wafted the flavour of ribs and burgers and the murmurings of a family gathering. Arnie’s head drooped as the cadence of Vivaldi’s strings lulled his senses into sleep.

“Grandad, what’s that music?”

Arnie opened his eyes and smiled at four-year-old Ellie. She held out a large white daisy, a peace offering for disturbing his nap.

“It’s Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, sweetheart.” Arnie took the flower and pushed his footstool forward for Ellie.

“What are seasons, Grandad?”

He paused to compose his reply. “Well, they are the way nature helps us move through the year. Just as we move though life. Each season brings something special and if we are smart, we learn what Mother Nature is showing us and go with the flow of it.”

Ellie wasn’t too sure what flow was. She took back her daisy back and twirled it, watching the petals spin, happy to listen to the sound of her grandfather’s deep gruff voice. She looked up at his whiskered face and his pale blue eyes. “What is your favourite season, Grandad?”

Arnie smiled. “My favourite is…… spring. It’s the time when everything bursts into life. Birds are preparing their nests and feeding their babies. It’s a busy time for Mother Nature. Do you remember Mr Fitche’s foal being born? That was in spring. New life and new opportunities, a time of hope. He drifted into his memories and thoughts, and Ellie continued to twirl her flower, his philosophy and musing floating above her, but his voice as ever a comfort and constant in her short life.

“I remember Pixie being born. That was exciting.”

Arnie pulled himself back to the present. “Yes, spring is an exciting time. You are in your springtime. Your life is ahead of you, and you can make it what you want.” The old man sighed. “Make the most of this time, sweetheart.” He looked down at the little girl and smiled. Her life full of promise.

“We are in summer now. The sun spends lots of time with us and we have long days to share fun and laughter. We go to the beach, like we did last week, and dip into the sea. The summer is full of life like Mummy, with exciting ideas for things for you and Noah to do. Mummy and Daddy are in their summertime.”

Ellie sat and considered his words as the music stirred into a crescendo of sound. “Is it a loud time?”

“You could say that, yes. Summer is the time to celebrate your life and follow your dreams. Next comes autumn when the leaves turn orange, bronze and red like your friend Mathilda’s hair.”

“Oh, that’s a lovely colour. I wish I had red hair. Do all the trees go red? How exciting.”

“Some stay green, but autumn is when nature starts to slow down.”

“Like you grandad?”

He laughed. “Yes, but I am into winter now.”

“What’s winter?”

“Remember the snow last year? You and Daddy took the toboggan to Purley’s Hill, and you skidded down it on your bottom.”

Ellie jumped up. “Yes, yes. I loved that. Hurry up winter let’s do that again.”

“You’ll have to wait. We can’t rush the seasons.”

She flopped down disappointed. “Can’t we ask them to come quickly?”

“No, they take their own time.”

“How boring of them.”

“Winter is a time when nature goes to sleep and has a rest. No flowers, no ladybugs, no bees. Even squirrels sleep.”

“Really boring then.”

Arnie laughed. “But when your get old like me there’s something very satisfying about not having to rush about and you can allow yourself to drift off.”

Ellie gave the daisy back to her grandfather and gave him a kiss. “I’ll let you have your nap now.” She skipped away as the soft strings of Vivaldi’s winter soothed Arnie into a light sleep. Relaxed and content in the peace of his own winter.

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Father Peter developed cancer, so Bridget Duffy, the church cleaner, used her life savings for a pilgrimage to Our Lady at Lourdes. On her knees for twelve hours, she pleaded for a miracle. Knees wrecked, exhausted, and incoherent, she continued her prayers throughout the flight home, mumbling, hands clasped, “God’s will…Mother Mary…with grace…heal.”

Sister Maud greeted her at the Dublin airport. “Sadly, Father Peter passed away on Thursday last.”

Bridget wept.

“But, Mary O’Leary is walking again, Grace McFarlane has recovered her sight, and Father Peter left you 10,000 euros in his will.

Bejesus, you did well, girl.”

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I didn’t say too much as most of these situations are beyond my control and many of them are situations I have lived through before. I have seen wars come and go, seen flood and fire, economic failures and I have seen recovery. I prefer to look at things in a different way.

My personal philosophy when faced with such bad news, such challenging situations is this:

• What can I do about it?
  • Can I give money to help a disaster fund
  • Can I get involved in making a change or helping recovery
  • Can I change my own way of living to help
• If there is nothing practical I can do I will use Positive Projection. I will send uplifting thoughts and channel high frequency energy to the situation and/or the people affected.
• I will then focus on HOPE.

The power and gift of HOPE

Hope keeps humans going when they are in the direst situation. It’s a great gift we have – to hope for better times, for solutions, for saviour. When we allow ourselves to hope we use our imagination to create visions of positive outcomes. I have great faith in many of the young people who will be involved in making changes for the future and taking over the leadership of our world. If you look you will find in the younger generations some remarkable souls with great minds and great compassion. These are sometimes referred to as Crystal Children. They are here to take the reigns and lead us to better and more enlightened times. One such is my friend’s son who has just gained four A* A level results and is on his way to university to take a 5-year course in Mechanical Engineering with the intention of using his brain, his passion and science to create solutions.

Change and Healing starts with acknowledgment, upset and chaos.

I see the turbulence that we are going through right now as the opportunity to heal what has been hidden or what has been ignored – especially the state of our climate and the conditions of nature. As a healer I am aware that nothing can be healed until a problem is recognised and acknowledged, and an intention is made to change. Often, we are in ignorance or denial of our own inner problems, and it is often a trauma or challenge from our relationships, our health or our spirits that make us look for our own healing and the changes we need to make to survive and recover. So it is with society. Until the bad stuff, the corruption, the negligence, the abuse, the ignorance that are causing our problems is acknowledged it will not be addressed and alternative ways will not be developed and chosen. We have seen many changes in recent years – changes that were needed for society to evolve e.g. child abuse and the acceptance of women, willingness to accept diversity and so on. As we look deeper with perception at ourselves and society so the hidden comes up to the surface and this causes chaos, emotions and upset – until the changes for the better begin.  

What is the lack of hope?

If we don’t have hope, what do we have? Hopelessness? That is a destroyer of the human will and our own force of nature. Years ago, a friend of my parents shared with me his experiences in a Japanese internment camp in Singapore in the last World War. He said that it was hope that kept them alive when they were tortured and starving. Some of the inmates gave up on hope and overnight would turn to the wall and die, not from starvation or illness but from lack of will – of despair – the lack of hope.

Adam Radin, the son of an old friend of mine created a powerful video as part of his university program and final exam. It is called Hope and I recommend you watch it. It beautifully expresses a young man’s hope for an end of the war in Ukraine and a return to peace. 

Use the power of your thoughts

We are all connected and although you may feel you cannot make a difference to situations remember that your thoughts are powerful, they hold your intention and your emotions, they are the carries of your spirit and light. When you direct your positive energy with good intention towards something that needs healing or changing you will be making a difference. The vibration of the situation will lift, the energy will change and you will create an opportunity for the situation to evolve, heal and improve.  

Raising your own spirits

When you are feeling despondent, change your focus. You can lift yourself up and gain inspiration by thinking of all the things that are working. Think about the birth of new ideas and renewals, on the good things that are happening all around you every day. In the same way that if you see the good in an individual they respond well and evolve so will our world.

So please, when you start to speak of the downside of situations keep in mind the power of your thoughts, your emotions and your inner strength and focus on the positive rather than the negative. Have hope and use its power for the change we need!

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Sashi is descended from a long line of Welsh Bards and Druids. She was born in Hampshire and currently lives in beautiful East Dorset with her musician/composer husband Rick, and her faithful foot-warmer, Ellie the Labrador. Sashi believes we are all face-readers, we all have a natural psychic ability and we all have the ability to utilise our senses to help us make the correct choices and enrich our lives.

She trained in face-reading 20 years ago and in subsequent years her own methodology has unfolded. She discovered that during a face-reading session the client`s face would often appear to transfigure, the features morphing, altering sometimes becoming multiple faces, one after another. Sashi decided to explore the phenomena further. Hence, her face readings became less structured and traditional, more spiritual. Glimpses of the soul purpose, past lives and other facets of the individual would make themselves known.

Sashi will be joining with Anne Jones of Conscious Cafe for a thought- provoking conversation on Face and Soul Reading.

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