I recently received a text from a faraway friend. He said with no context, "Eela, I need some healing words."
I'd like to start off by saying, I am not religious, and he was aware of this. Oftentimes, healing words are referred to as prayers, psalms, something holy. However, words themselves are holy if the speaker is saying them with love and truth. There is no need for a deity if you are being completely honest with someone.
I had been speaking with him a few days before about our lives, where we were at, what change was to us. I wasn't in a place where I thought I could provide for someone else, to give them a healing experience. I thought, only at my best can I give you hope because I need hope for myself. However, in trying, in practicing the art of selflessness, I tried my best to rid myself of selfish feelings and give all my love and light to him. He needed it, he actively reached out for it. That's usually when you are at your lowest. I already felt badly that I had waited that long to reach out to him, but I just let go. In that practice, I began to heal myself. Doing for others is what one sometimes needs in order to heal themselves. I needed to follow my advice I was giving him. Nothing is as touching as practicing what you preach.
Before I left, a dear customer gave me a book from Joseph Campell. In the front cover he simply wrote, "follow your bliss" And that message was everything I needed to hear at that time, so I passed it on....
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