When Life Begins With Lemons

I’m so excited to have received this set of bone china with lemons and doubly excited for what they represent for me.

They are a gift from my mother.

If you’ve read my books or follow my work, you’ll know that my mother and I didn’t always have an easy relationship, in fact, most of my life it was quite painful.

Several years ago my mother started to follow me on social media and once she realized what I was teaching, she called me and asked, "I've been watching what you're teaching, do you think it will work for you and I?"

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

That was the start of each of us being able to go beyond our story about our painful past to heal our relationship in the present so we can stop creating our future from our past.  This is how we break the cycle of anything unwanted.

We teach people how to treat us based on the treatment we allow from others.  If memories of your painful past arise, the only power it has over you is the power you give it.  No one has power over another person; it's only when we give away our power to someone that they can use it against us.

It's not what happens to us that matters, it's what we do with what happens. 

Blame is a weapon people use when seeking the burden of proof because they are holding on to hate, anger and animosity based on a driving force to be right.  Your burden will only get heavier when you're looking for reasons to prove the other person wrong because all you're really doing is proving your role as the victim.  

The burden of proof becomes a vicious cycle until your desire to heal and feel peace within your mind, body and soul outweighs the driving force of vengeance within you.

You will know you have healed when the peace within you outweighs your desire for revenge and your memories no longer make you cry.

Learn the power you possess when you go beyond your story because when you wake up every day feeling the joy and happiness that comes from the peace you feel in your mind, body and soul; you'll know you've learned to turn lemons into lemonade!

Nancy Mueller ~ Life Sensei