The Price You Pay - Newsletter
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What will it take for you to fully appreciate the sacredness of the life that you've been given?
Think about this.
Must you lose everything? Face death? Pay large sums of money? Years of heartache?
How sincerely you can contemplate this question will determine the price you’ll need to pay to answer it.
Movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Vanilla Sky” are great opportunities to reflect on the sacredness of life. The part of the story commonly referred to as “The dark night of the soul” is when the hero or heroine reconnects to their true power. They shed the false beliefs or identities holding them back. It is in these moments the audience is able to witness a condensed version of reality and explore this life lesson for themselves. These are the stories that inspire me the most.
Your dark night of the soul doesn't need to be the end of everything you know. Your breakthrough doesn't depend upon your life crumbling before your eyes. The only requirement is your sincere appreciation for the life you've been given.
It can happen when you are driving your new dream car and dressed in your best attire. It can happen when you lose your job, destroy your personal relationships from addictions and find yourself with a terminal illness. Or it can happen simply by taking the time to settle deeply into this moment here and now.
What will make you pay attention? Will you need to face death to see what you have been blessed with? Will you need to pay someone thousands of dollars for them to tell you what you already knew?
What circumstances will you need to bring all your energy and focus back to the sacredness of your life and the opportunities that you have in this moment?
What caused you to cultivate a deeper appreciation for your life?
Some may see these questions as a simple reflection.
However, those who have been through their own dark night of the soul will recognize the opportunity to avoid future pain by grounding themselves in that which sustains.
The true power of appreciating one’s life.
It's ongoing.
It's forever.
Kiss, dance and play in this moment with all you’ve got.
Continued Blessings,
Graham
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Go Truckers Go!
In case you haven’t heard yet there are now reportedly 60,000 truckers and approximately 650,000 people that are going to arrive in Ottawa this weekend. The movement has now raised over $7,100,000 on GoFundMe.
I stand with them in their demands to remove all mandates and restore freedom to our country. You can follow the updates on instagram here. And on their official website.
I highly recommend checking out the app called Zello. It is for Apple and Android and you can listen to the truckers and people across the world calling in to thank the truckers. Search for “Convoy To Ottawa”.
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I was diagnosed with PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) at 17. In my family, it is genetic on my mom’s side. I lived my life knowing that I would have renal failure. The unknown was when. So, in my late 40’s I started peritoneal dialysis and was put on the kidney transplant list, but I knew it could take years to get a kidney. One day, while chaperoning my son on a band trip, I met the wife of my son’s scoutmaster who was also chaperoning. After a dozen questions about PKD, dialysis and transplants, we went our separate ways. Or so I thought. She contacted my husband, went through the necessary tests and spoke with a close friend who had donated his kidney to his brother. One day, she and her husband came over and very generously offered to donate a kidney to me. That was over 16 years ago and I am doing well. It is because of her generosity that I am still here today. We are still friends and see each other often. Kidney sisters forever.
I was born with a rare genetic disease called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. A disease that most doctors have to google (which is quite frustrating). The disease is a breakdown of connective tissue which is pretty much the entire body inside and out. While the world was shut down to COVID I was living a nightmare unable to eat because my stomach became paralyzed as well as my colon. I was down to 82 pounds before I got the help I needed. The first thing I got was a gastric pacemaker (yeah they make those) but that didn't fix everything, so this past September I had my colon removed and a permanent ileostomy. You would think my crazy story would end there but due to my Ehlers Danlos, my veins are super fragile and I was rushed back into emergency surgery because I was internally bleeding. I truly thought I was going to die. I was in ICU for a week. I am up to 102 pounds now and able to work out. I am SURE that God saved my life and kept me here for a purpose. This was a truly pivotal moment in my life. I think God had to break me down to use me.