The Miracle of a Daughter & Other Thoughts
Many of you know I’m a dad. I’m a very proud father and love my little girl with all my heart and soul.
Fatherhood has been teaching me so much, every day.
Today I’ve been learning to listen more. You know, even a little five year old needs to be listened to. The truth is most of us don’t listen to each other. Partly because many of us feel so un-listened to. So we are always trying to make our point, to be heard.
I truly believe that one of the primary needs a child has is to be heard…to be listened to and understood.
When we are understood we feel things are right with the world, like we are okay. Being misunderstood can be both frustrating and stressful.
Being listened to can be empowering. It doesn’t matter if what is being said is right or wrong, positive or negative…listen.
Every day of being a dad I feel like I’m the child, the one needing to learn. I’ll tell you this, I’m finally beginning to get clearer on what it is I want in life and always have wanted.
You see, the law of attraction is about more than just attracting things you want. It’s about experiencing the life you desire and that is in alignment with your soul. It’s about becoming clear of all the things you hold onto, believe, think…that are not in alignment.
Becoming clear also means gaining focus on who you want to be as a person…what you stand for, what is in rhythm with you.
My rhythm is being a father.
My greatest desire is to demonstrate perfect love to my daughter, to be a leader in my family, to be a hero at being a dad. That is my passion, to love my daughter and family with all my soul…not just in my head, but out loud and passionately.
My daughter is a miracle for many reasons. But perhaps the most powerful one is this. She is revealing divine love to me. She is helping me to see more clearly which will in turn help her have a better father.
Thank you God.
I have a heart for helping others, that’s for sure…it doesn’t end with my family. My desire is to empower myself to be free financially this year at the level that I can spend most of my time with both my family, fulfilling my purpose in that respect…and pursuing my passion for helping troubled young people.
You see, I used to be a youth pastor. Well, I had so many varied responsibilities that I was not a true minister…I spent most of my time doing administrative and accounting work. But my passion is young people, all ages, and helping them to learn to empower themselves with love, peace, passion, and understanding the power of God’s love to accomplish this.
I have a vision that I will be doing this soon. And not only this.
One of my latest visions and passions is to start a home for children suffering from terminal illness. I want it to be a hospital for kids, but unlike any hospital. It would be a home setting, where families can stay for long periods of time, in a home like setting. Where everything looks, feels, and is the most lovely, happiest home you could dream of.
The hospital-ness would be disguised…completely…so all the children could spend their days doing is having fun, laughing, playing, singing, enjoying life and focusing on life and love…feeling loved and listened to.
I would hire the top doctors, nurses, etc., who would be skilled in the art of helping the children physically while helping them to keep their minds focused on life and wellness, rather than disease. I believe a major flaw with modern hospitals is that we are taught to worry and focus on the very thing we don’t want to get worse or expand…the disease.
I say, let the professionals worry about these things and we focus on what we want to attract…feeling good, living good, and experiencing fullness in our souls and hearts. I firmly believe that a hospital of this caliber would nurture healing such that has not been witnessed. I see children having miraculous recoveries, families being given hope, and sorrow being replaced with joy and love.
This is one of my deep heart passions. I don’t know how it will happen but I believe and know it will.
What is your passion?
What is your purpose?
What makes you come alive inside? Because that is what you should be focusing on.
May 2009 be the year you draw closer to your life purpose and that your purpose is drawn closer to you!
Much love and gratitude,
John