Staying in the Light

When you have planned and expected someone to visit after a long physical separation and they get suddenly sick and have to cancel the trip, how do you remain in the light? Your ego is tempting you with stories of all shapes and colors. It wants you to succumb to the feeling of despair, mistrust, resentment, but …….Why? I feel the ego isn’t “evil”, but it is afraid. Its job is to protect you from being hurt, so when it senses absence, loss, uncertainty, it rushes in with stories, “He’s betraying you. He’s lying. You can’t trust him.” The logic of the ego is this: If I expect the worst, I won’t be blindsided. If I mistrust, I can’t be deceived. If I shut down, I won’t be abandoned.

But here’s the paradox:

• In trying to protect you, the ego keeps you trapped in fear.

• It mistakes vigilance for safety, when in truth, only love is safety.

• It feeds despair because despair feels like control—“at least I know the worst.”

Your higher self, though, knows another truth: that love is stronger than fear, and God is stronger than chaos. The ego doesn’t trust this, because it cannot see beyond time, absence, or circumstance. So when those tempting stories come, it helps to say gently:
“Thank you, ego, for trying to protect me. But I choose trust. I choose love. I don’t need your stories to keep me safe.”

The real work is not to fight the ego but to tend it like a child who is scared. Then it softens, and your soul can take the lead again.

Rooted in Love

When fear rises,
I pause.
Hand to heart,
breath like prayer.

“God, let me be rooted in love.”

Tears may fall,
yet roots hold me steady.
Love flows upward,
stronger than the storm.

I did ask God to teach me Trust. Well, he always teaches me through lessons. I am presented with a situation which gives me a choice. It is like a fork in the road. Do I walk on the fear or love path? I have learned that Love is only real, so I am choosing wise.