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I am so grateful that you exist

Barbara Bullock, M.F.A. Spiritual writer

Dear friends, orchid 2

This is for you, Anna Mae. As I arose this morning, I folded my hands in prayer. The long awaited day has finally arrived. No, it’s not Christmas; no it’s not my birthday; nor is it my graduation or other milestone of this kind. A day long awaited with anticipation for one sole reason.

This is a day many people celebrate you. Some play your music, or dress like you. Others express their appreciation in words to you or thoughts of you. Others will raise their glasses, and cheer with you, and shower you with presents and flowers, kisses and embraces. As varied as the many tokens of thankfulness and celebration might be, I bow my head in gratitude and say thank you.

I am so grateful that you exist.

I thank God for such a generous creation of you, a soul and human being so beautiful – inside and out – simply beyond imagination.  A soul and human being letting her light keep shining in the darkest moments of life. Gone through trials and tribulations in your early life, you have had to learn harsh lessons since your human existence here. Never diminished by those, you rose like a phoenix into the realm of a spiritual teacher. I could not agree with you more. I truly believe that God put you here for this very reason. It’s as if God brought an earth angel beyond comprehension in the midst of us. How could anybody have known that in little Anna Mae such an earth mother beyond our humble human awareness would emerge someday? This is why I, on this day, I pray and thank God for your existence. When I see you I see the timeless bond of unconditional love. It is the eternal bond that connects all of us like a thread, regardless of time and space. Nevertheless, I celebrate this day as my best day of the year. It’s the day when you came into existence.

I wish I could look into your eyes today and feel your wisdom, courage and love. I wish I could let you know how much I appreciate, honor and love you. I wish I could tell you what an amazing human being you are, and how much your soul and spirit enlightens the little me. As Dr. Maya Angelou said, “I would love to be with you right now but I can’t right now. So I love you”. She knew that unconditional love liberates and does not bind. So I love you. So my tribute to you is unconditional love.

So on this day, I bow my head and say thank you. I thank God for your existence. May the angels watch over you, on this day and every day, and shower you with continuous health, happiness and unconditional love.

Happy Birthday, Anna Mae.

In humble gratitude and love, Barbara

 

Copyright © 2014 by Barbara Bullock, Photo credit 2014 by Barbara Bullock

Works cited: Dr. Maya Angelou

 

From my heart to your heart

Barbara Bullock, M.F.A. Spiritual writer

Dear mommy,

From my heart to your heart I wish you merry Christmas and magical holidays. My mind tells me to go to my family yet my heart wants to come to you – because you are my family. Although not born to you, you have been more mother to me than anyone else. I feel blessed that I may be near you during the holidays. As I walk through the streets of your hometown, I look up into the sky where twinkling stars remind me of a higher power and angelic beings protecting you. I pray that this and every holiday season you may be warm and surrounded with love. Astonished by the magic of the reflection of many lights in the peaceful lake I think of you and feel warm in my heart. I wish I was with you and yet I am grateful that I may be near you.

My dear friends, I wish you a holiday season filled with love, peace, and the chance to be near or with your loved ones whoever they may be. You see, to me family and love come in many forms. To me love is eternal, non-judgmental, and my proof of the divine especially when it is sincere and comes straight from our hearts. Beyond our understanding I believe that it connects us all no matter where we are or who we might be.

I love you mommy. Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays, my friends.

Love, Barbara

Copyright © 2013 Barbara Bullock

On Loving and Writing

Barbara Bullock, M.F.A. Spiritual writer

Dear friends,

Do you tell someone you love that you love him or her? If yes, do you tell this person often or just sometimes? Do you easily tell your loved ones that you care about them and more of a kind of person who is very outgoing and loves pretty much everything and everyone, or are you more specific when it comes to love? This month, I would like to tell you how I love. When I love, I really LOVE and when I really LOVE I will tell you and I mean it with the most sincerity I can imagine. For some reason it is not always easy for me to express my feelings but when I do I mean it. When I tell you that I love you I mean it with all my heart. I will tell you in person and I will write to you. When I tell you that I love you I hope you get my message because it only comes with purest intentions and the wish that you hear me. When I tell you I love you I do so because I would like you to know that you are loved, you are worthy and that you are special. When I tell you I love you I don’t do it for my own good but for yours. I simply want you to know that you are loved and you mean the world to me.

I love writing about someone or to someone I love because I feel that the written word makes it eternal. It brings the word from the mental and spiritual realms into the physical realm and engraves the meaning that way. When read, the received love hopefully creates emotions and feelings of warmth, happiness and the knowledge that one is loved and carries the written word back into the mental and spiritual realms and that way into eternity beyond space and time into a place where there is only pure love.

I love you from the bottom of my heart.

Love, Barbara