Thank you for making your way through time and space and landing here with me in this now moment. We are one at this time and so long as you hold me in your memory I shall be here for you to return to, should you ever feel the need. We underestimate how long our presence may linger with those who have shared our time and attention, for I know each time I depart I need only speak to you once more and you will return to the forefront of my consciousness and remind me of myself.
We are each a memory and a lesson for one another. All things, in this way, exist as part of a universal mirror. We can study and learn the lessons of life through understanding ourselves and understanding the nature of others. Though it is impossible to ever truly know that which someone has gone through or felt, we may empathize with love, and thus feel our compassion appreciated. Hard times strike us all and there are moments where to simply speak the truth of our situation is unthinkable. When this occurs it is best to enjoy the company of others, even if it is in silence.
By reflecting or holding a feeling of love and care for our friends and loved ones in pain, we are able to show the path forward. We ourselves, no matter the personal hang-ups we may have, can always be a light for another. This is the nature of true Service to Others. In the most tragic of ironies we as human beings find it hardest to set aside our personal problems when someone else needs us to, too often we would rather brood. I myself am guilty of this continued pattern.
Know this, my Loves, if you are in despair the most direct route to wholeness once more is to sacrifice one's own entanglements in care for another's. Listen closely, and know this to be true: you cannot feel robbed, if you give all things freely. Likewise, you cannot possibly dwell in misery whilst assist and elevating another to bliss for this is the Law of One of which we are all a part.
The final stage of self-relinquishment is to depart from the notion that you and your problems matter more than anyone else and their problems. When you see that you are not a part of the growing game going on with all plant and animal life on this planet you will be truly free. When you separate yourself from the equation you see all things with clarity and objectivity. You are not the one who is growing, learning, developing; you've simply inherited this belief from language. You, Dear Ones, are beyond all things: timeless and infinite. You are the light of consciousness itself which has existed from the beginning of time; that spark carried for eons through the generations.
It may sound odd but this is indeed the case. If you are able to take this great leap in life you will find it to be so. You needn't give a single thought to that which plagues you; for it is not about you unless YOU say it is and YOU have the power to say it is not. When you are able to say, "I may have my own problems but I'll help others regardless," you will be in transition away from self-serving mentalities and free to explore your Grace.
Grace occurs when one seeks to know the nature of another, but it cannot be determined: when there is a source of kindness, compassion, care that transcends the self it is called Grace. We are all built to care for our own needs first, to ensure we survive so we can continue on our journey, but to love one another so much as to sacrifice our lives for this love is the ultimate honor.
So I shall leave you with this: next time you feel like your world is ending, go out and find another to care for and to raise up. We need simply prioritize the well-being of another, their development, and their condition to find ourselves completely at peace with our own internal conflicts. It may be as simple as going to work one day when you may not feel like it, just because you know you are needed...or it may be as grand as pulling a stranger from a burning building; it makes no difference. When you cease to place yourself first, you become one with the Universal, who would never ask such a thing from you, for our world was made to honor each scraped knee or bad day and give validity to those who suffer from them. No one will ask you to put aside your troubles to help them, that is why you must do ask this of yourself and that desire can only come from the depth of the loving soul.
I'm here for you Loves, for you are here for me,
And I love you,
Patrick Dejour II