March 25, 2011: Love wins!

Hola, All! Stress is a funny thing; it can manufacture itself in our bodies in so many ways. I know that I have a very low tolerance for stress, as evidenced by the thousands of migrains that I have had over the years. They started when I was in high school, and continued regularly until about 7 years ago. In order to keep my stress level as low as possible, and therefore avoid the big "M", I have had to let things go, to work to become detached from many situations that could cause migrains to explode in my head. But, I have not completely freed my life of stress, or migrains, yet. Right now, in my life, is alot of drama with people who are very close to me. Of course, there are two opposing sides, people who can't seem to accept another's point of view; some seem to think theirs is the only right answer. As I have tried to maintain balance in myself, I have not been successful. Last week I was the recepient of another migrain; I don't get them very often any more but when I do, I also end up losing everything in my stomach (if you know what I mean). But, because this situation has lingered, and no matter how hard I try to not think about it, it is still there, lurking beneath the surface of my mind.
On Monday, I woke up with a bad tooth ache. Now, I've had many tooth aches in my life; it's quite obvious with all the crowns in my mouth. But, this ache was different in that it would be bad for awhile, then go away. It started in the upper left molar and made its way to the lower left molars so that the pain was basically all over the left side of my mouth. But, because it would come and go as it pleased, I wasn't sure what was causing it. So, on Wednesday I went to the dentist to make sure I didn't have another cracked tooth, even though I had just had
x-rays 2 weeks ago. He confirmed that there was not a cracked tooth, or anthing else wrong that he could find. He said that when he sees this kind of thing in patients that it usually is a sign of stress. Well, since I already suspected that diagnosis, I was not surprised.
When I get up in the early mornings, I read from "A Course in Miracles", and then meditate on what I read. Today's lesson said to clear my mind and listen for the Word of God in quiet, because His Word can't be heard until my mind is quiet for awhile. So, I cleared my mind to just listen and then I heard, "Replace fear with Love". Awww, doesn't that make so much sense? The rest of the day, or days, I will surround this situation and the people in it in God's white light of Love until my mind is saturated with Love, and my aches and pains have accepted that they have no place in my body any more.
Thanks be to God's Love of all His children.
Dawnie