Go the Distance

This is your card reading for Wednesday, November 18th/15.  Your card leapt out of the 'Wisdom of the Oracle' card deck, authored by Colette Baron-Reid.  Your card is 'Go the Distance', and Colette's message for the card is this:
"ESSENTIAL MEANINGS:  Endurance; strength; the long haul.
THE ORACLE'S MESSAGE:  To bring your dram to life, you must think long-term and pay no attention to the fluctuations in the current of your experience.  Joy and disappointment commingle with opportunities, so there is no need to fear the occasional obstacle.  Life is not a sprint.  This card is a reminder that you have endurance, strength, and fortitude to carry you all the way.  Remain true to yourself.  Your authenticity alone with keep you in alignment with the energy of miracles.  What is yours will never be withheld from you. Remember that!"

My message for you today is this:
As I was typing Colette's message for this card it came to me how the message for this card today is SO evident in Colette's life and what has transpired for her over the past few years. As is stated in the description about the author for this card deck, Colette Baron-Reid is:
"...an internationally acclaimed intuition expert and psychic medium, know affectionately by her clients as 'The Oracle'; a keynote speaker; and an artist, entrepreneur, and visionary..."
Yet, I must say that I have literally witnessed her 'coming into her own' over the past few years, as I had the privilege of seeing her at various events.  My first occasion to see Colette in person was 3 or 4 years ago at a 'Women's Wisdom' conference in Phoenix, AZ, in which she, Doreen Virtue, Denise Linn and Lisa Williams presented together for the weekend.  I found Colette to be warm and approachable, but very self-effacing.  Although it was obvious that she had a deep desire to be of service with her gifts, he was not standing fully in the confidence of who she was and what she had to offer.  There was a certain timidity to her.
That is NOT how she presented herself at the workshop that I took with she and John Holland in Phoenix at CYL recently!  She was confident and effervescent and unapologetic about who she is authentically. Although she remains warm and approachable she no longer holds the 'approval seeking' persona that she previously had, I felt.  
When I had attended Colette's 'Messages From Spirit' event in Calgary earlier this year, I had already noted the shift in her.  She shared with us that she had come to a point wherein she was so discouraged and hurt by attacks made upon her through multi-media following her appearance on the Dr. Phil show, that she made the decision at that time to quit doing readings and events.  Although she had been working and presenting as an intuition expert for many years by this point, she was just so deeply wounded by the poison directed her way that she didn't believe that she had the strength or courage to continue on. 
Spirit had another plan for her!  She had a previously booked event that she felt that she needed to fulfill her commitment to, and so she said to herself, "I will do this one remaining event, and then I am DONE with this."  As 'fate' would have it, this event was a powerful affirmation and validation of her gifts and the positive impact she could have for others by sharing her gifts. It was 'life-affirming' and she found within herself the courage and strength and deep KNOWING of who and what she is meant to be in her expression here on Earth. She actually came out of that very painful experience following the Dr. Phil show stronger for having moved past that obstacle and she has attained clarity and a renewed and stronger sense of personal purpose that can no longer be deterred by the ignorant rantings of others. She shared with us at the recent Celebrate Your Life conference in Phoenix that she was recently picketed at an event, and rather than drop back into that wounded place, she invited the picketers to come speak to her about what it is that she does, so that they could gain understanding. Of course, they didn't take her up on her offer, but chose to stand firm in their uninformed stance, which is what those who attack others impersonally always do. She did not take on their opinions or allow them to impact her in any way this time. So you see, what presented at first as an 'obstacle' (the cruel reactions of some following her appearance on the Dr. Phil show), actually became a pivotal point of embracing self-empowerment!  Indeed, at times when we look back upon how certain obstacles have served us, we are even able to bless the obstacles!
If you are being authentic in your expression of self, the Universe conspires to support you in doing so, even if it may not feel that way in every moment of your journey.  Trust in the 'big scheme of things', and strive to 'go the distance'.  
It seems that Colette has once again acted as 'The Oracle' in your reading today, just as her clients have labeled her---as I felt compelled to share this life experience of hers to illustrate the message of the card today!  Thank you, Colette!
Blessed be...