{"id":9841,"date":"2021-12-13T21:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T01:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christinekowalanimalfamily.com\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2021-12-20T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:11:58","slug":"i-dedicate-this-to-my-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/i-dedicate-this-to-my-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"I Dedicate This To My Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/heart-copy-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/heart-copy-4.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/heart-copy-4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/heart-copy-4-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I dedicate this newsletter&nbsp;to Lois Craig. Who fills the&nbsp;space and those around her with peace and grace.  Love and Light<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/We-Are-Solidarity-We-Are-Family-And-We-Stand-Together-As-One-Peace-copy-2-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/We-Are-Solidarity-We-Are-Family-And-We-Stand-Together-As-One-Peace-copy-2-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/We-Are-Solidarity-We-Are-Family-And-We-Stand-Together-As-One-Peace-copy-2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/We-Are-Solidarity-We-Are-Family-And-We-Stand-Together-As-One-Peace-copy-2-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/We-Are-Solidarity-We-Are-Family-And-We-Stand-Together-As-One-Peace-copy-2-1536x1144.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/We-Are-Solidarity-We-Are-Family-And-We-Stand-Together-As-One-Peace-copy-2-2048x1525.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Sheep&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2276-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2276-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2276-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2276-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2276-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2276.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>And on a Somewhat lighter note,&nbsp;The Sheep During The Holidays.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Merry Christmas<br>Happy Hanukkah<br>Happy Holidays&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br>In whatever way you choose to celebrate and&nbsp;bring Peace,&nbsp;Love and Light&nbsp;to You and Yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2227-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2227-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2227-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2227-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2227-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN2227.jpg 2041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>I was speaking with a friend today and we were talking about the world and the anxiety that can happen as things are moving and changing and shifting.<br><\/strong><br><br><strong>There is good and their is bad. In this world I&nbsp;can choose good or I&nbsp;can choose bad. That&#8217;s it. They&#8217;re may be a myriad of choices I&nbsp;can make but they all come down to good or bad.&nbsp;<\/strong>Conscious, in alignment with God, my&nbsp;higher power, I&nbsp;can feel the rightness in my&nbsp;body the Holy Spirit, within me when I choose good, God, Light, Love, Consciousness, your word. And I can feel the umpf in my body when I choose from fear (or as my friend said from downstairs)&nbsp;i.e. satan, negativity, darkness, your word.<br><br><br><br><br><strong>I will lose that fear as I learn to live in the now and listen only to the Holy spirit, God, Light, Love, Universe, Creator, Consciousness,&nbsp;your word from within.&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br><br><br><strong>And so what we were talking about is when we wake up at three or four am or whatever time and our minds are in that over thinking worried state.<\/strong>&nbsp;The guy downstairs has gotten a hold of them.&nbsp;I turn on the light and read the Bible, then I do an Eckhart Tolle meditation to put me back to sleep. Or sometimes I listen to a sermon by Pastor Brian Martin from Discovery Community Church. Those are the places I go for Peace Grace and Truth.<br><br><br><br><strong>I am working right now,&nbsp;in this moment being and having Absolute and Complete Faith in God. Your Word.<br><\/strong><br><br>For me, And it being Christmas,&nbsp;Jesus&#8217;s Birthday<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>When Jesus left the earth he left the Kingdom of Heaven Within me, the Holy Spirit<br>God how can I be used?<\/strong><br><br>Use Your Own Words, Do Good.<br><br><strong>Thank you Lois for showing all of us that know you what that looks like.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/rein_dog-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/rein_dog.jpg 672w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/rein_dog-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just a little house keeping.<\/strong>\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0This is the final newsletter\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0of\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a02021. And then the emails in 2022 will be the first week and the third week of every month. As I take some time to create some offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_1991-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_1991-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_1991-copy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">It&#8217;s very hard to get both Caleb and Shannon in the same photo&nbsp;with me outside. If they&#8217;re to close together&nbsp;with me,&nbsp;it means it&#8217;s play time.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Merry Christmas And Happy New Year from Me and Mine to You and Yours<br>Love and Light<br><br>Christine Kowal And The Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you would like to sign up for our newsletter.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/christinekowalanimalfamily.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=9eb02e1031196e0707e3991b9&amp;id=9287840f7f\"> Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dedicate this newsletter&nbsp;to Lois Craig. Who fills the&nbsp;space and those around her with peace and grace. Love and Light The Sheep&nbsp; And on a Somewhat lighter note,&nbsp;The Sheep During The Holidays. Merry ChristmasHappy HanukkahHappy Holidays&nbsp; In whatever way you choose to celebrate and&nbsp;bring Peace,&nbsp;Love and Light&nbsp;to You and Yours. I was speaking with a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/i-dedicate-this-to-my-mentor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Dedicate This To My Mentor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[361],"class_list":["post-9841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-love-and-light"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9841"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10001,"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions\/10001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinekowal.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}