A Preface: Where the answers lie…

For the longest time, I looked for answers all around me. 

This speaker. That author. This authority figure. That leader.

There were holes in my soul, in my understanding. There were so many challenges and problems that I was facing. I didn’t know what to do to fix them.

I would look all around me, seeking for the answers to my questions, to my longings, to my problems.

And I did find lots of answers. And lots of insights. And lots of solutions.

I would apply those answers, insights and solutions to my life, and sometimes they worked brilliantly. Sometimes they worked pretty well for a time. Sometimes they didn’t work at all. Sometimes they worked for a while, and then stopped working.

And I would move on to the next authority figure/author/speaker.

I am an information junkie. I LOVE reading. I LOVE learning. I LOVE hearing a great motivational talk. I LOVE feeling inspired by those around me.

And paradoxically, I have come to learn that if I wanted to find the TRUE answers for ME and MY LIFE, that I needed to stop looking to outside sources, and start looking inside.

A few years ago, as I started meditating, learning to quiet my mind and create a space of stillness within me, I learned that the answers were all inside of me. That God is very much a reality within ME, and that as I connected to God within me, that the answers and space of healing, understanding and growth were all there, not outside of me.

Paradoxically, often the answers DO come from another human, but I’ve learned to bring those answers internally, and to connect to my Divine Source within, and have God witness to me from my own heart space if this is a correct choice for me in my life.

So I begin this book about Sacred Mothering with the major caveat that these are MY experiences, and my own truths, gleaned from almost 23 years of mothering. They may find a space of truth within your heart, or they may not resonate with you. There is no right or wrong here, only that you turn to that space of stillness inside of you, and ask, “is this for me?”

And if the answer is yes, I’m so glad that you found connection and truth here! And if the answer is no, I pray that in the “no” you will be lead to the truth you are seeking.

Much Love,

Mary