With God All Things Are Possible
by Varda Rose
In
1995, Gale, an Intensive Care (burns victims) RN, was 48, battered by a man she
was in a relationship with, ended
up in a shelter and lost her home, addicted to
nicotine and alcohol, very ill with pneumonia and an advanced
case of AIDS, and
according to her doctors had only a couple of months to live. Gale was preparing
to
die... she "surrendered to the will of God" leaning on Him, rather her own
understanding to
direct her life... and felt moved to reach out for help and support
starting with a friend, Linda C.,
a life coach, "Please teach me how to die gracefully"
she told Linda. "how about if I teach you
how to live?" was Linda's response, and
thus began a long, often complicated but also exciting
journey into healing.
Gale managed to join few of Linda's overseas spiritual retreats, started reading
the
Bible, walking, changing her diet to a more wholesome one, got active in her
community, better medical
care. It was a process of spiritual awakening, purification
and releasing of emotional and physical toxins
and negativity, whole life transformation.
She still sees herself as a work in progress, focusing on God and serving
others and
finding peace, joy, fellowship and life in the process. Today, at 61, she is doing
"better
than ever" and the virus is undetectable in her body, looking forward to a full
and satisfying life.
Here is Gale's handwritten letter, may I suggest first reading it slowly and savoring
her words
of wisdom and message of hope, then, let's look at it again for finding out
characteristics and skills
she used that were helpful in her recovery.
To Gale, faith is not about religion but about a personal
relationship with God.
Ultimately, whatever we believe in is what creates every aspect of our reality. You
might be familiar with the pioneering work of Bruce Lipton, Ph.D, a cell biologist,
research scientist
and medical school professor, who discovered that contradictory to
traditional views, biology doesn't control
our life, but rather our beliefs control our
biology! For more information please go to his website http://www.brucelipton.com
his book: the Biology of Belief.So, back to Gale's handwriting -
Gale used the kind of semi sheer
paper used for airmail, not the regular kind, so the
scanned version doesn't appear quite true to the original.
Original appears more firm
and even. Tried writing on it and paper feels to me less absorbent, so what is
written seems to stand out more...the pen used is ballpoint, requiring more effort
using than a marking
pen, Gale doesn't mind making the effort to get where she needs
to and share her story. Semi sheer
paper fits in with her desire to be transparent, tell
the truth as she sees it. Her no nonsense style of writing,
no fluff or attempt to be
pretty, makes her writing more real, nothing to hide, this is the real me, warts
and all...
Page is full, individualistic style, medium size letters, roundness and angles, there is
structure
and order, tight horizontal tension, like a tight horizontal rope, letters slant
to the right, lines are
fairly straight, right margin on the narrow side, strong t bar
crossings, strong punctuation, high i dots, strong
lower zone letters, lively/strong
pressure - Gale is her own person, strong life force and drive,
can be both independent
and connected, has strong convictions, yet resilient, is focused, has both vision and
the ability to manifest it into reality, strong will, decisive, determined, recognizes
opportunities when
they come her way. No victim mentality here. She will take the
lemons life throws her way and make a unique
lemonade out of them, with a grateful
and humble heart.
Few more thoughts, Gale was a nurse in intensive
care, specializing in burn victims.
Caring and giving to those who were in dire emergencies because of fires.
At that time
she was also battered, beaten by a man she trusted, lost her home, addicted to drugs,
her
body ravaged by a virus, no hope given by medical authorities.
Talking to Gale and looking at her handwriting,
it appears to me that here was a strong
willed woman who was focused on herself and looked in all the wrong
places for
satisfaction, then one day the one who cared for those burned, had her own hellish
and
consuming fire, she lost everything she had and lived for, almost lost her life... but
when awakened and
let go of her will and everything that she didn't need, giving it all
up, surrendering and becoming God and
others focused, she gained it all back and
then some. Now she finally found her soul, the caring and blessings
she always
wanted, that cannot be taken away.
Gale testimony is about healing our lives and our souls.
A healthy body is one of the
many fringe benefits.
