Serenity

This is your card reading for Monday, December 14th/15.  Your card floated out of 'The Spirit Messages' card deck, authored by John Holland.  Your card is 'Serenity', and John's message for the card is this:
"The most important relationship you can have is with YOURSELF.  This is a time to honor, nurture, and love yourself more by seeking out and removing any negative feelings and emotions that are left over from yesterday.  Don't let past issues and resentments interfere with your serenity today!
We here in the Spirit World sent you this card to remind you not to feel overwhelmed at this time.  Sometimes the answers are not readily available, so it's a matter of living 'one day at a time,' as this will assist you in letting go of the past and all the negativity associated with it. The past no longer serves your highest good, and it can prevent you from achieving the serenity that you've been so desperately seeking.
You've learned from your past mistakes and the lessons they've shown you.  Letting go of what no longer serves you enables us to help you even more.  We're aware of the fears or insecurities you may be experiencing right now.  When you take the time to let go of and disperse those unwanted thoughts, divine guidance can find its way to you from Spirit, giving you peace of mind.  Find comfort and courage in knowing that you're not alone. We're connected to you forever."

My message for you today is this:
At this time of year, we often drop into a place of reflection.  The Christmas/Holiday season is a time of celebration and gratitude and gathering with loved ones---both friends and family---and yet it also brings to mind those who are no longer in our lives.  This could be because you have drifted apart; you have had some sort of dispute that caused a rift; or due to someone transitioning to the other side.  The often intense emotions associated with this time of year---when we feel the conclusion of this year drawing to a close, and the promise of the 'New Year' drawing near---may have caused some memories and recollections from the past to resurface for you.  I have certainly been experiencing this myself, of late.  As we are tearing down some old farm buildings, and 'repurposing' that old farm building wood into a new building here on the farm that I grew up on, I have found myself dropping back into memories of my childhood.  I had an intense day last week---just prior to the New Moon---of missing my younger brother, Frank; and my Mom and Dad; who are now all in the Spirit World.  Memories---both beautiful, and also painful---came rushing up to meet me on that day, and I found myself walking through the old corrals and the tack barn, and visiting with our horses, as those are what I strongly associate with my childhood and time spent together.  I allowed the feelings to wash through me and over me, until the feeling of longing for 'what was' became a feeling of gratitude for having had those experiences and having shared that love; to appreciating here and now, 'what is'.  When the words 'living one day at a time' came up in John's message for you today, I was deeply touched, as that is how my Mom described how she lived her life, in those exact words...no 'coincidence' to me, that those words were part of the message today!  It is in such ways that our crossed-over loved ones will communicate with us, and let us know that their love remains with us.  They know that it is often at this time of year, that we miss their physical presence in our lives very intensely.  While it is 'work' for those now in the Spirit World to lower their vibration to communicate with us here in the physical, they are able to 'oversee' us from the other side, and they will lovingly make the effort to support us through sending us messages.  Our role is to be open and aware and to trust, allow and believe the messages they send for us. Strive to higher your vibration, so that you can meet them 'part way' energetically.  You can do this by lighting a candle; taking a sea salt bath; sitting quietly in meditation; or whatever 'feeds your Soul', and brings you to a heart-centered place...and then be open to the amazing ways in which our loved ones find ways to reassure us of their continued love and presence in our lives.  When you receive a message, express your gratitude.  Gratitude holds a very high vibration.  Allow yourself to reside in the serenity of knowing that love never dies, and that your loved one's presence in your physical life was a gift that colored who you are now.  They do not want us to dwell in the past, but rather, to carry their love with us in the present and on into our future. 
Blessed be...