“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.” — Stephen Covey
I had the chance to visit “Mind Body Spirit” Festival today at our function Centre in the city of Melbourne, Australia. It is affectionately known as “Jeff’s Shed”" after a former Premier of the State.
Many self improvement professionals and businesses occupied stands to promote their products and skills.
One of them was the Psychic Medium, Jason McDonald, who took Centre Stage. I was fascinated as I wanted to observe another Medium, like myself. This is a pretty strange profession. It doesn’t have a clubroom where we hang out. It is met with odd reactions from dinner companions and bar-b-q cookers. You don’t write it on your child’s school registration form and on your medical file. ( Well, I don’t anyway.) It is hard to write on your tax return and my Accountant creates other labels to have me fit in the tax system. I realise I have a Professional label disability.
I have never liked labels. When I worked and trained in Disability 30 years ago disabled people were called “retarded” and mentally deficient. The really complicated were called, officially, imbeciles.
I saw them as people, end of story. Some were even known by their Syndrome, Downs, Crie Du Chat etc. Hideous. The labels identified their differences, and KEPT them different. The expectations for their potential was determined by various tests. Dehumanising was all it was to me, and it frustrated me. I was continually challenging the system to recognise the individuality and humanity of these children and adults. I have an ingrained sense of justice and it appalled me. Labels create isolation and judgemnet based on ignorance.
Back to Jason. He was good; accurate, quick and funny. He is a great Medium who followed Spirit directions assisted by a gentleman who handed the microphone to shocked members of the audience. He had some of us in tears and others bewildered. My nine year old daughter was flabbergated as she listened and observed for the 45 minutes. Her overwhelming reaction was one of amazement. I was bemused as my friend told her, “but that’s what Mummy does every day at work.” She looked at me, incredulous.
I was a new Mummy, not the one that bought her new bikinis and dress at Target that morning, but the same as him, a ghost whisperer. It was a bit like finding out your Mummy was a pole dancer, I expect. No judgement , just a shock.
She immediately, to my amusement, requested a reading from me, tomorrow, after her sleep-over! She couldn’t wait to tell her friend ! Hmmm. The dilemmas of being labelled. When I asked what she thought I actually did each day in my office and sometimes at home, she said she thought I helped people feel better.
I agreed and now realise that I am resisting the label, because like all labels they minimise information. I looked at all my brochures when I got home and saw that I had in my “show bag” lots of information from healers, courses, schools, tea makers, face cream samples made of honey, aromatherapy oils, Reiki practitoners, Clairvoyants, Vibrational Healers, crystals, and list goes on. All of them were helping people “feel better”.
My daughter became obsessed with meeting Jason face to face. We waited in the very long line and went back every 15 minutes or so, it didn’t look like she was going to meet her new idol (who had temporarily ousted her beloved Michael Jackson from his throne.) She kept on pestering and then ran down the aisle as she spied him sneaking off stage. I took her to meet him. He looked rather tired but patiently acknowledged her and asked her if she did drama because he saw lots of people saying “lights, action, camera!” She told him all she wanted to do was be an actor.
He then told her she had a godmother with her, well this could only be our darling Leanne, my best friend who passed over nearly two years ago. He told her she was in or house which we know, and that she passed with cancer. He said she looked like me, (we were always taken for sisters) He said she was looking after my daughter and her own children and extended family and she was very happy.
Well, what a gift! We knew this, but me, I was so grateful and had, for the first time, a feeling that my clients feel. Thankyou, Jason. My daughter has a verification at 9 years old that her Aunty is well and looking after her. I don’t have to do her a reading tomorrow and she knows that her dream of acting is in her grand plan. Her unwaivering determination to see him was rewarded.
I now give thanks for my gift and although Jason spoke to my daughter, Leanne spoke to all of us. Coming up to Christmas is so very hard for families and friends of loved ones who have passed. I rang Leanne’s sister, to let the family know that another Medium had verified her happiness and message from Spirit. Leanne vowed she would contact us. The message was so different coming from Jason because I was the receiver, not the telephone.
Jason says, YES to what he does. He helps people feel better, he talks to “dead” people. I realise it is so true, when we shine we give other people permission to shine.
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