For this Sunday, September 18th, the focus for our meditation will be on Pride. This was the focus for our meditation back in May of this year, but at that time it was aimed specifically at Pride for our nation. In this week’s meditation we want to examine all the reasons to have Pride in ourselves. While Proverbs extols that “Pride goeth before the fall,” it is referring to the hubris of claiming success or accomplishment without merit. However, when one is required to exert a significant effort to achieve something, or when one maintains an attention to detail and a level of care in the quality of one’s work this then offers a justifiable basis for Pride. Whether the accomplishment is the mastery of a craft, skill or ability, or perhaps the long-awaited completion of a degree program, these feats deserve a sense of Pride. Taking Pride in such achievements gives due credit to the patience and discipline often needed to see these tasks through to conclusion. Pride is extending the self-congratulatory slap on the back that you have crossed the finish line and have earned a well-deserved moment of satisfaction. Many of our young people struggle with issues of self-esteem and self-worth as they navigate their way through school and life. In our prayer and meditation this week let us help to model for them a legitimate appreciation for those times when we warrant a sense of Pride. This week let us find something about ourselves that makes us feel most Proud of who we are and what we have done in our lives.
Please follow the same practice as before: Get centered in your body, ask to bring in your guides and others who are there to assist us, connect to the circle of others participating in this project, and create the brilliant star-like light over the nation. Extend blue rays from the center of this light to the nation's four borders and then connect to the grid or matrix that extends from the circle.
Ask yourself how does it feel in my body when I have a sense of Pride in who I have become? What does it feel like when I have Pride for having made a significant accomplishment? Then send the energy and intention of that feeling to the grid for the nation.
Be sure to disconnect from the circle at the end and express thanks for those who have helped us in this effort.
If you have feedback or experiences you would like to share please let me know via e-mail to k_miritello@bellsouth.net or kmiritello@gmail.com
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