Stories from the Heart Archives - Page 8 of 9 - Signs, Synchronicity, and Waking Dreams

One Flamingo Summer

On October 16, 2023

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 8 minutes

Guest Post by Al Coffman

On Easter weekend 2020 our small town was filled with tension as the government placed restrictions on the activities of daily living. Many people had stopped going out to work, shop, or exercise. They holed up in their homes, venturing out only for walks and a little fresh air. People didn’t know what to do. What was safe? What was kind to others?

I enjoy connecting with people in a store or on the street to share a smile, a joke, or an uplifting story, and most important, a little love. How could I reach out to people when everyone nervously stayed at arm’s length? One approach bubbled up spontaneously and blossomed over time.

Love Comes in Many Flavors

By Michael Avery

On October 2, 2023

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Guest Post by Dennis Ernst

Love comes in many flavors, and you never quite know when it might show up. I was learning how to give love but receiving it was more of a challenge. A “sticky” encounter one weekend in Ashland, Oregon, left me with a deeper insight about the gift of receiving.

Messages from Memories: “The Smile”

By Michael Avery

On September 29, 2023

In Love & Relationships, Messages from Memories, Personal Growth, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Michael Avery

Pichaya often reminds me to be here now in this present moment. She is right of course. But sometimes a memory will arrive at my doorstep unexpectedly and shuttle me off to the past. At least that’s the way I used to view it.

But what if those memories have really come from my past and into my present for a purpose? Why would they do this? I asked myself. Could it be they have messages they are trying to communicate?

When the Cats Wake Up First

By Michael Avery

On September 22, 2023

In Animals, Messages from Memories, Poetry, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Michael Avery

I remember the early morning antics of two, 10-week-old kittens like it was yesterday. They woke me up from a sound sleep, but they were so cute that I couldn’t stay mad at them for long.

Looking back at the memory, it is apparent that the experience was a “Waking Dream in Retrospect.” In other words, there was a lesson hidden in the chaos that morning, one I was only able to understand in retrospect.

Listening to Our Inner Guidance

By Michael Avery

On September 18, 2023

In Conscious Living, Inner Guidance, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Anna Finch

Did you know there is a powerful tool you can use to help your life run more smoothly? It is listening to your inner guidance. It has taken me many years to trust this inner guidance which comes as an inner voice/knowingness for me. It sometimes gives whacky instructions that I often doubt. “Are you sure?” I question.

But, by following through on these whacky instructions, I am always amazed at the results; none more so than during the summer of 2020.

How Divine Intervention Saved My Life

By Pichaya Avery

On September 15, 2023

In Divine Love, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Inner Guidance, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Pichaya Avery

“Don’t go to work today,” my Inner Teacher whispered in his gentle voice one morning during contemplation as I sang my love song to God—HU. The date was June 14th, 1995. It could have been my last day on earth if not for divine intervention.

A Message from a Monk

By Michael Avery

On September 13, 2023

In Guest Posts, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 6 minutes

Guest Post by Nigel Bell

Since I was a teenager, I have always had a special place in my heart for Saint Francis of Assisi. This year I finally managed to make a pilgrimage to his home town of Assisi from Australia. The highlight of my trip was both unplanned and unexpected.

Of Fairy Tales, Award Shows, and Waking Dreams

By Michael Avery

On September 11, 2023

In Animals, Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Guest Post by Riley Carson

Waking Dreams frequently arise from our immediate surroundings, triggered by unusual events unfolding around us. In these moments, we become aware that these occurrences may hold a message akin to those found in dreams, open to interpretation.

Yet, at times, Waking Dreams intrude directly into our thoughts, seemingly emerging out of thin air, accompanied by a compelling sense that the Universe has just dispatched a message our way. This piece revolves around one such unexpected morning message, delivered in a manner that combines significance with a touch of humor.

God Hears and Answers Our Prayers

By Michael Avery

On September 6, 2023

In Divine Love, Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Guest Post by Mary Ann Steinke-Moore

In July 1980 my first baby, Kathy, was five months old, and I hadn’t had a paying job since she was born. And our family needed me to have one. After a job interview at the South Bend library, one of the branch managers, Carol, smiled and said as I was leaving, “We’ll be seeing you again!” But weeks passed with no word from her or anyone else.

Remembering “The Old Road:” A “Waking Dream in Retrospect”

By Michael Avery

On September 1, 2023

In Animals, Conscious Living, Messages from Memories, Parables, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Michael Avery

Are the memories we tenderly take out of our treasure box from the past simply remnants of better days, or do they carry messages yet to be delivered? Could they really be “Waking Dreams in Retrospect?”1

As I reminisce about a trip I made many years ago into a remote area of the Bohemia Basin near Cottage Grove, Oregon, it occurs to me now that what I found there was equally as valuable as the parable it inspired.

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