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Are you ready to come back like a boomerang? If you’re not sure what I mean, these lyrics from the song Boomerang by Jojo Siwa will explain. Let’s walk the walk and keep shining in 2021.

I don’t really care about what they say
I’m a come back like a boomerang
Won’t let the haters get their way
I’m a come back like a boomerang

To help the monks to understand that nobody loves a beggar, Buddha shared this story. Many years ago, a monk dwelt in a forest grove on a slope of the Himalayas. Not far from the grove was a great marsh. A large flock of birds sought fed in the swamp in the daytime and returned to that grove in the evening to roost. The noise of the birds kept the monk awake at night.

“Breakdown to breakthrough” has been a mantra in spiritual circles for decades. Around 2005, even mainstream media started using the phrase. We need to understand and embrace the process of breaking down to break through if we are to maintain our spiritual perspective of change.

Sometimes we need an entire post and sometimes we just need a reminder of who we are. These postcards are short, channeled messages from Source. Remember who you are, Beloveds.

Few people like being tested, but challenges tell us how far we have come and how far we have to go. We will each be tested many times on our road to spiritual mastery. That is the process so we might as well embrace it.

One of Buddha’s parables is the Stupid Man Takes Salt… A stupid man who went to dinner at another man’s home. He complained that the food was bland so the host added a little salt. The stupid man found it better and added even more salt. Later, he ate just plain salt on an empty stomach and became very ill.

Most of us remember the song Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree by Tony Orlando. In the song, the singer tells us that he got into trouble and went to prison. Now, he is on his way home and he needs to know if his girl still wants him. If she does, she will tie a yellow ribbon around the oak tree to let him know. Of course, when he gets home, he sees a hundred yellow ribbons.

A small frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. The frog was born and brought up there. It was all he knew. One day, another frog that lived in the sea came upon the well. The frog in the well asked the newcomer, “Where do come from?” The traveler replied, “I am from the sea.”