October 2024
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
The call to serve and share more light in this often dense and heavy world has been gradually building over the years.
This has led me into a few new creative endeavors while gradually stepping out of my comfort zone and putting more of my energy into sharing my testimony and nurturing my faith and
The inSpirit initiative was initially created in the summer of 2020, right before the whole world shut down and took a pause. I spent much of that summer playing outdoors with my girls, reading about holistic health and wellness modalities, and strengthening my faith and spirituality while preparing for my daughter and me to be Baptised. It had been a serious decision weighing on my heart for many years, but it wasn’t until my eight-year-old daughter asked if I would do it with her that I said YES!
At this particular time, we also went to watch the live-action Aladdin movie, and I found myself moved to tears by the beautiful imagery of Middle Eastern and Asian cultures and, of course, the love story. The quintessential poor boy who wishes to be something greater and a rich girl who has everything she wants but not what she needs. I could relate to both characters on many levels. Together, they leave their fears, reservations, and old lives behind and fall in love.
I left the film aching for a life I felt inspired by, but most days, I was numb and lost, sleep-deprived, and dangling by a thread of caffeine and adrenal fatigue.
During that time, I appreciated the raw and complete nature of motherhood and homemaking, but I was in survival mode and struggling to stay afloat. I also witnessed some of the most magical moments of my life, and I didn’t want to miss a single one. But I still felt like something was missing.
I wanted to live a life filled with passion and intention, a place where I was excited to wake up and share memories with the ones I love.
Something reignited inside me that summer, propelling me in a way I could have never imagined.
It wasn’t just one specific event but a sequence of compelling circumstances that unfolded before the baptism and continued thereafter.
I realize now that this was the initiation of allowing Spirit to guide me into something greater than life as a physical being.
Letting myself align with Spirit allows me to feel true contentment, but more than this, I experience joy and overall peace in a way that I had never felt before.
I learned to set aside my "self" and eliminate any resistance that may hinder the free flow of this powerful and sacred spiritual energy.
Embracing an openness to receive guidance from Spirit in various forms, such as personal relationships, simple moments, reading, visual imagery, music, art, nature, animals and synchronicities, became genuinely inspiring.
And this is how the inSpirit initiative was created….
So, I hope this initiative will inspire and empower others in an informative, comforting, understandable, and applicable way.
Providing a space where people can learn how to find balance and inspiration to begin their own inSpirit initiative in their lives and the lives of others.
In Judaism, there is also a quote that says, "Just as one candle ignites another, may we ignite each other's spirits".
I look forward to reconnecting with you again soon!
With love and light,
xx—S
