{"id":61,"date":"2014-05-06T18:23:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sassyspirit\/?p=61"},"modified":"2014-05-06T18:23:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T18:23:18","slug":"this-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sassyspirit\/2014\/05\/this-gig.html","title":{"rendered":"This gig."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This gig as a human has a lot of misconceptions. One is that things are fair. Sometimes they&#8217;re not, in our opinion, of course. Like when someone dies too young. It really sucks. Not for them because we know that they are back to the source of all love, call it God, or a higher power. That is the beautiful part for the soul who passes, no matter what we think as the human that gets left behind. People say they are sad for the person who passed because that aren&#8217;t going to do certain things we assume we&#8217;ll get to do. We know though in our heart of hearts, their soul is okay with that.<\/p>\n<p>Many souls that pass earlier than most, often have a HUGE impact on people&#8217;s lives. People start foundations, charities, and movements in their name. The effect ripples out to affect hundreds, thousands, and even millions. We never know what a soul was here to do or what they were here to learn. Some think it&#8217;s about lessons, while others think we came for the experience or the purpose is joy. For me, the answer to all is love. I want to make a difference and enjoy life in the mode of love. And when people pass before I think they should, I go to love.<\/p>\n<p>I am reminded to love more. To love the little things like my cinnamon tea with local honey. To love people in my life even if they are annoying me. To love myself fully and not take my body or health for granted. To take love to the next level and supercharge it. To quiet the need to make it conditional and just love for the sake of love.<\/p>\n<p>It raises questions and answers within myself, if I knew life was really as short as it is. . .what would I be doing?\u00a0 I ponder and feel this.\u00a0 I know my soul is guided in the right way, in the right time, to the right path.\u00a0 I set intentions, detaching from the outcome, and knowing it is done.\u00a0 This thing I want or something even better is dreamt up in the mind of God for me.\u00a0 Who am I is the focus I use daily in defining and clarifying where I shall go.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to have to wait to be sick or someone I love to be sick to wake up.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going through the motions.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not a walk through.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not a dress rehearsal.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the real deal.\u00a0 You must live like there&#8217;s no tomorrow and yet dream of your bright future happily.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to cherish each day even more.\u00a0 I&#8217;m\u00a0no longer just seizing the day, but seizing the life.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing all of you who have lost a loved one peace in your heart and that you still feel their love surround you.\u00a0 May you be blessed with signs to let you know, without a doubt, that there soul never dies.\u00a0 We are never disconnected from them, the love connects us for eternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This gig as a human has a lot of misconceptions. 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