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Message on What Connects Us

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Sometimes I’m utterly captivated by how magical life can be.

The Magic of Being Human

It’s magical that we are living, breathing beings who are here on Earth… to just live. To grow. To experience the world. To experience each other. To carry out and share our unique gifts.

Animals simply live in the moment, and that’s something humans forget how to do. We don’t remember how to live in the moment. We know how to live for the future, and we know how to live from the past, but being able to just sit right now, here in the very moment we find ourselves in… Sometimes that’s the hardest job of all.

But that’s just it. That is our job. Our job is to return to the present. Our present moment.

To be with our breath, to be with our feelings, to be with whatever it is we are doing at that exact moment.

There’s nothing wrong with that; in fact, there’s everything right about it.

And we are so special. We may not be the only life form like us in this universe, but… Humans are special. We are on Earth for a reason at this time.

Because we aren’t perfect. No human is perfect. We are human and humans keep “humaning” all over the place. You know what I mean…

Earth is the ultimate school for our souls. It’s like graduate school. It’s hard. It’s not easy to be human. It’s even harder to remember that there’s a glimmer of something greater inside of us because of our human-ness. We forget Who We Are, and thus we forget how much power we have. We forget what our essence is.

“You have forgotten who you are and in so forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become.” – Mufasa, The Lion King

You see, humans came with these incredible bodies, minds, and systems—all functioning together to carry us through life without much of our notice or control.

In being human, we are called and challenged to remember and rediscover who we are on the inside—something we discover through learning how to just Be.

Not all of us will have that specific path or goal in mind, but quite a few of us will remember the very essence of our Being in this lifetime… And what a magical thing that is! An awakening is happening on a wide scale, have you felt it?

Humans have so much potential and we don’t even know half of it, I don’t think. As humans, we came here to experience life through all of our senses. There’s so much to experience, so much to learn, so much to see, to hear, to feel, to express…

The human instrument in all its forms is magical. Just for living.

How can we not believe that the possibilities are endless due to what we are capable of when we stop to think about it?

Even for those of us who experience suffering, trauma, or other chronic issues… The potential is still very much there.

The potential for love being the most important.

That’s the essence of everything—love. It’s so simple and yet so powerful.

Love is what binds us all together. Love is the primary undercurrent of the universe.

That’s why they say love is everything and love is all you need because it’s built into the fabric of your very Being. So, it’s natural for us to seek out that which makes us feel connected to that sense of love—joy, peace, contentment, relief. We recognize it and our souls relish in being reunited with such pure energy. And love can be most felt in the present moment.

And when you do that, when you align with love in every moment you can…

The road opens up for you. Love always lights the way.

After all, love is the basis for all the magic in being human.

I hope this gives you pause to remember what it truly is to be human. To find the magic in your human-ness. To embrace your senses, your feelings, your experiences, and your present moment as you learn to trust and follow the love even more.

What We All Seek

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Hi there, lovely reader… I have a story on my heart I want to share with you today. 

I remember asking as a young child, wandering around in a brick church with a white steeple, “Why isn’t there a picture of God?” 

I remember going from room to room, looking at each of the paintings and artwork, pausing always in front of the framed images of Jesus Christ and wondering…

If he’s God’s son sent to earth, then why isn’t there a picture of God here too?

I wanted so much to understand what God looked like, that He was the one who made all things possible. He who we were made in the image and likeness of. If we were made in his likeness, why can’t we see Him?

“Mikael, stop being so difficult,” I was told when I asked for the third time. 

“Why isn’t there a picture of God here?” 

When I stopped to imagine what I feel God might look like, all I felt was a cosmic cloud. He didn’t look like anyone I knew, but His presence was felt more than anything.

As a grown adult now, I know that I can see and find God everywhere. To quote one of my very favorite musicals: 

“To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Les Miserables


With that in mind, I’ll tell you another story from church around this same time period. 

I was in primary class, probably no more than 4 years old, and the teacher asked us, “What are things we must do every day?” We had to act out the action or activity in front of the class. Kids got up and acted out showering, eating, praying, dressing, and other basic day-to-day activities. 

Of all the things to come into my head, the movie in my mind showed me Beauty and the Beast. The part right after the Beast has transformed back into a human, and Belle approaches him and finally sees him for who he is. The love that shines in her eyes upon seeing him as himself. The gesture of Belle’s hand running through his hair in a caring caress is what stood out. Loving someone. Yes, I thought, that’s something we need to do every day. I felt so excited to share what had come to me. 

When it came to be my turn, I stood up, all excited that I found something so wonderful to remind everyone of. As close as I could replicate from the movie, I mimicked Belle’s hand gesture through my own hair and did my best to put a loving expression on my face like hers. 

“Yes, Mikael, we must comb our hair every day!” the teacher exclaimed, kind of exasperatedly as another kid had already acted out grooming. 

Immediately, I shook my head and said, “No.” That is not what I meant. Instead, I threw myself even further into the action hoping someone else, anyone else even among the kids, would recognize that I was imitating Belle loving the Beast. I think I even tried to act it out with another kid, touching their hair and looking in their eyes like Belle had to the prince. 

For some reason, that was the only action I could think of to express what I felt was important for us to do every day.

We needed to LOVE every day.

Why couldn’t they see that? What was I doing wrong? Couldn’t they see that I was acting out a scene? Couldn’t they see the expression of love on my face? How could I make them see?

No one ended up understanding, and I was told to sit down to let someone else have a turn. And no one else acted out what I was trying to say, but I felt it was so important that it was said. However, I don’t remember saying anything to the primary teacher after, instead feeling ashamed and defeated that I couldn’t communicate what I yearned to express. I remember feeling stupid because no one could understand me. That my message hadn’t been clear. Like I had done something wrong. 

That’s why there was no picture of God in the church halls I went to years and years ago. Because, at the heart of it all, God is the highest expression of love. And love shows up everywhere. 

The essence of God—or however you wish to name a greater power—is with us all of the time and can be seen in a rosebud, a friendly face, a sunrise, a book or movie, family, friends, significant others, or anything that stirs anything within us. God lives within us all as the love and light that created us all. God simply wants to experience love through us in our human bodies. 

God is there, even if we can’t see. What matters is that we believe in the highest frequency and vibration of all—love. That’s what God is. That’s where God resides. And that’s all found within you too. Because we were made in His likeness, our core, too, is love.  

If you believe in Love, then there is no higher power than that. 

In a way, the Beatles were right… Love is all you need.