Daily Card Reading for Saturday, March 14th

WOMBAT SPIRIT

Be at home

Oracle Message: Burrowing deep into the ground, remaining safe, sound, and well-fed with family, is a special trait of the wombat. Home sweet home is always available if you recognize that well-being is the truth of life.

Wombat Spirit reminds you that to be truly at home in the world, you need to find comfort within your own skin. You do this by accepting all your experience without judgment, through a deep honesty and love of life.

When you feel the freedom to be yourself, you can begin to truly feel at home in your life, with your family and tribe. Right now you’re in a beautiful place where you can hang up the coat of your identity and settle into a true sense of home and well-being, understanding that all is well.

Everything you do from this place rings true in harmony with Spirit.

Daily Readings for Saturday, March 14th

Meditation for the Day

Persevere in all that God’s guidance moves you to do. The persistent carrying out of what seems right and good will bring you to that place where you would be. If you look back over God’s guidance, you will see that His leading has been very gradual and that only as you have carried out His wishes, as far as you can understand them, has God been able to give you more clear and definite leading. You are led by God’s touch on a quickened, responsive mind.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may persevere in doing what seems right. I pray that I may carry out all of God’s leading, as far as I can understand it.

From Twenty-Four Hours a Day 

Trusting Ourselves

Trust can be one of the most confusing concepts in recovery. Who do we trust? For what?

The most important trust issue we face is learning to trust ourselves. The most detrimental thing that’s happened to us is that we came to believe we couldn’t trust ourselves.

There will be some who tell us we cannot trust ourselves; we are off base and out of whack. There are those who would benefit by our mistrusting ourselves.

Fear and doubt are our enemies. Panic is our enemy. Confusion is our opposition.

Self-trust is a healing gift we can give ourselves. How do we acquire it? We learn it. What do we do about our mistakes, about those times we thought we could trust ourselves but were wrong? We accept them, and trust ourselves anyway.

We know what is best for us. We know what is right for us. If we are wrong, if we need to change our mind, we will be guided into that – but only by trusting where we are today.

We can look to others for support and reinforcement, but trust in ourselves is essential.

Do not trust fear. Do not trust panic. We can trust ourselves, stand in our own truth, and stand in our own light. We have it now. Already. We have all the light we need for today. And tomorrow’s light shall be given to us then.

Trust ourselves, and we will know whom to trust. Trust ourselves, and we will know what to do. When we feel we absolutely cannot trust ourselves, trust that God will guide us into truth.

God, help me let go of fear, doubt, and confusion – the enemies of self-trust. Help me go forward in peace and confidence. Help me grow in trust for you, and myself one day at a time, one experience at a time.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie

What I’m hearing on the Coronavirus

This virus is deadlier than the flu and a lot more contagious than the flu…(CNN)

This is a “come together” moment for the United States, in fact the world…we need to work together to prevent further spread of the flu (CNN)

President Trump has declared a national emergency – Friday, 3:32 pm

It’s nearly impossible to tell when the virus will peak in the U.S. and how long precautions will need to be in place….(Doctors at presidential news conference)

In South Korea, only 4% of those with respiratory illnesses actually had the Coronavirus…this is flu season and there are many related illnesses that can present the same symptoms. (Doctors at presidential news conference)

Some Asian countries have had success in treating the virus, others have been less successful….(Doctors at presidential news conference)

Coronavirus update: No confirmed cases in Catawba County (Hickory Daily Record at 2:30 pm on Friday)

Catawba County Schools to discuss online learning in face of coronavirus pandemic concerns (Hickory Daily Record at 1:30 pm on Friday)

Local hospitals increase visitation restrictions (Hickory Daily Record at 1:30 pm on Friday)

Lenoir-Rhyne University’s spring break will be extended a week due to COVID-19, according to an email from university president Fred Whitt sent to all students Thursday, March 12. Spring break has been extended through March 29 with classes resuming on March 30. In-person classes will move to online/remote delivery “at least” through Friday, April 3, according to the email. – (Hickory Daily Record at 1:30 p.m.)

Social distancing is the only way to cut down on the spread of this virus (CNN report on Friday at 5:25 p.m.)