Lions, Lilacs, and Eggs, oh my!

This path that I walk, the path of a psychic medium, is one that I am still learning and experiencing as I go. I suppose I always will. Every day, every reading in fact, is another chance to connect with the Spirits of the people I sit with in session. Over the years, as I’ve done this more and more, I find that Spirits, at least those we would consider our Beloved Dead, our honored and well-intentioned Ancestors, are very much like the Living: full of wisdom, full of humor, full of snark...but most of all, full of love.

The language of Spirit, as I interpret it, is a combination or a series of sensations and impressions; Spirit most often paints pictures for me with emotions. I can say quite literally the experiences I have had in this role have changed my life. As I sit with people, as I experience their resilience, as I experience their grace, I am also exposed to the most beautiful part of the human experience I can imagine: the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of adversity, and most specifically, in the face of grief.

I have the honor of sitting with the Living, as well as their Beloved Dead, in hopes to lend connection and closure to the two. Yet the Dead do not waste their time with me - it’s not all memories shared. Our Beloved Dead will take the time with me to share insight and wisdom with those they love so they can make the most out of their lives, so they can walk a path of peace. Ultimately, from what I’ve gathered, our Spirits seem to want love, balance, and peace for us most of all.

Recently, I have had the pleasure of sharing powerful readings with people where significant messages come through. These messages, in all their wisdom, grit, and humor, are messages that we can all benefit from. While there are many differences that separate us from one another, I truly believe that we have far more in common than we have differences.

I recently gave a reading to a woman who lost her fiance, and during the reading, the mother of the fiance was there in person as well. They were both dealing with the grief of losing a love and a son, which is a situation I consider to be one of the worst situations a human could ever deal with.

I had some time with this woman prior to her fiance's mother joining us, and her fiance told her clearly she was a lion -- fierce. This woman seemed to be surrounded by others in this world who were dragging her down, even prior to her fiance's death; it seemed as if this woman couldn’t free herself from unnecessary drama. The image I received from her fiance was very clear:

That of a lion surrounded by hyenas. It was an image from the Lion King.

And when the fiance's mother showed up, she confirmed the Lion King was one of his favorites growing up. He was using the image to show her that she was fierce, yet had the chance - if she wasn't diligent - to be dragged down by the hyenas that surrounded her. She was a fierce woman, strong, with so much strength and potential - and yet she had to direct that energy to the right places. She had to walk with her head high and ignore the baying of the hyenas that surrounded her.

That seems to be a very valuable lesson for us all: use our strength for greater and better purposes…

And don't let the hyenas drag us down.

This is only one of the lessons that I’m privileged to pass on, as well as benefit from. I sat with another woman recently who was not in a place of balance, and generally, that's why people come to see me: because they're in an imbalanced place.

She was like many of us in this modern world: convinced her shortcomings, her faults, her weaknesses were her fault - and she couldn't be further from the truth. Spirit is compassionate for our human condition, if nothing else. Through them, I’ve come to realize that we are all algebra equations, being that we are all the products of all the influences that make us who we are: cultural, spiritual, familial, chemical, biological, etc.

This woman’s family and spirits came through very strongly to remind her of this message that we all could use to hear: she's as perfect and complete as a lilac blossom. Lilacs were this woman's favorite flower and we could all take a lesson here. We are all born into this world complete, and yet it's the world that teaches us we're not bright enough, we're not colorful enough, we don't have enough of whatever "it" is that the world says we should have.

This woman was perfect, just like a lilac blossom. Lilacs blossom into this world and they don't need anything "extra." They just need to be and live in peace knowing that they're a beautiful creation that's only in the world for a brief period of time.

And that’s a message that is passed through me, again and again: we are here for only a short period of time and we would all benefit from doing our very best to make the most of it while we are here. We shouldn’t spend most of our time here worrying about what others think of us, that we aren’t pretty enough, that we aren’t enough in general.

Being human can be one of the most beautiful experiences we could have as spiritual beings. We get to be here, on this beautiful planet. We get to love other beautiful humans. We get to eat all the delicious food.

And yet, for all of that, being human is tough. Truly tough. It's been said that as soon as we start to love, we start to lose...and I believe this. It's a fact. If we love something, we'll lose it one day, whether they leave us or we leave them. As the old saying goes, I personally would rather love and lose than to never have the chance to love at all.

When we love, we prepare ourselves for grief. Grief is a natural, human response to losing that love we once knew. My path, as magical and wondrous as it is, is paved with grief. Grief at losing our loved ones, grief at not having enough time.

During another session I had recently, I sat with a woman who suffered from the ravages of grief. She lost her husband recently and was gifted a 90-minute session with me. As soon as she and I connected, her parents were there with her, as well as her husband. We spent the time laughing, crying, sharing memories and it was a wonderful time together.

This woman wanted to know if her husband was okay wherever he was at, and immediately upon asking this, he popped an image in my head. As I said, Spirit communicates with tastes, smells, images, and impressions, not sentences exactly. As soon as she asked if he was okay, I felt not only that he was more than okay, he was going to be there, waiting for her.

He showed himself to me, simply standing there, with a frying pan at his side. The frying pan had eggs in it, what looked like a Western omelet with onions, peppers, ham. It was colorful. The sensation he passed to me was of "Don't worry babe, soon as you get here, I'll be making you eggs."

This woman's husband was sick for a long time, and despite all that, he insisted on making her breakfast every day, specifically eggs. She told me she knew exactly what frying pan he was showing me, as it was his favorite pan to cook eggs in. If there was one image he could have showed me to show her that he was well, wherever he was, it would be that. It touched me deeply.

And in that brief 90-minute session, I found that sometimes, love is as simple as eggs and a frying pan.

Through all of these sessions, I’m reminded of what I call the Four Pillars of a Life Well-lived: Love, Joy, Peace, and Togetherness. Whether it’s the message that we should find peace by walking away from the hyenas that can surround us, to the joy of being reminded that we are already complete, as complete as a lilac blossom, we can all benefit from these messages from Spirit.

We’re only here for a short time.