"The Path of Honor" 
The path of honor resides deep within us finding expression in a variety of ways. One place this honor is given opportunity to be expressed is with family. Often, we are born into families that give us a chance to grow through the challenge of personality conflicts, power issues, and abuse along with various levels of love, compassion, respect and appreciation.
A simple yet powerful TRUTH is helpful to know regarding families. You choose them before birth. You are part of the organizing, planning intelligence that chooses your parents, siblings, time and place of birth. It is a co-creation with purpose.
While we have a limited capacity to see the Big picture regarding the choices we make before incarnation, it is helpful to know that a higher power and higher intelligence is working. Your Soul is gathering information through experience. Sometimes the experience is challenging while at the same time enriching to the Soul.
With this in mind, look to your biological family and ask yourself what you have learned about yourself. How has any conflict strengthened and empowered you? Look for the gift even in the darkest place. Your Soul is learning through experience. All experience.
Recently during a Reading with a client regarding the passing of her father, a profound comment was made. Her departed father said, "I am sorry for teaching you how to be treated so badly". Her life has been a path of learning to respect and honor herself. Although her relationship with her father was challenging, he was her teacher contributing to this valuable lesson.
In a different session with a client, the question came up regarding what health issues to take care of for an elderly parent when they didn't know how long the parent would live. Spirit simply said, love your parent as though she is living. Focus on the living aspect as this honors the parent and you.
Returning to the simplicity of the child often accompanies aging in parents. I personally have elderly parents at the ripe age of 93. While my father is clear and aware, my mother has dementia. She continues to teach me the value of simplicity and Spirit reminds me of the innocence of this childlike side of life. Honoring the innocence brings grace to the experience.
Honor may sometimes require forgiveness. Forgiveness brings freedom. When you hold on to resentment, anger and critical thoughts, you hold yourself prisoner to the pain. Forgiveness is the key to your liberation.
When forgiveness seems too large a task, start with the art of allowing. Allow everything that has happened in your past to be exactly the way it was. Acknowledge the choices you made without judging them good or bad, right or wrong. This acknowledgment helps embrace all that has contributed to making you who you are. This step of allowing moves you closer to being forgiving.
The path of honor starts within and expresses through you. How will you contribute to life around you? May Your Honor Shine in Your Life and the World Around You. | 
