Willa White's Blog

Incredible. Wonderful. Amazing. Fantastic. Unbelievable. Gorgeous. Unusual. No, I'm not describing the latest celebrity hottie or a new icecream flavor.  I'm talking about the weather.  It's spring! Actually, it's a very summer-like spring.  We've had temperatures in the 70s --- an unheard of joy in this part of the world at this time of year.  Usually we would be experiencing frost, snow, and freezing sleet.  So everybody is deliciously surprised and satisfied by the sunny turn of events.  In fact, I can tell that some people are surprised that they don't have to complain about the weather because they are almost speechless.  And they have beautific and radiant smiles on their faces.  After years about venting about the long horrendous winters and large amounts of snow that we usually experience, the frowns have been turned upside down.  This got me thinking about the lessons of this unusual Spring, so here's a short list of what I'

( continued from Part One ) As the Father forgives us freely—showering us with Grace—so we should forgive others (see the Lord's Prayer, Mt. 6:12). Forgiving others is often the most important thing we can "do unto them," but the least recognized. And this makes sense to me because …. Our souls are utterly devoid of jealousy, hatred, suspicion, and criticism. Retaliation and revenge are no part of the Cosmic Plan and Purpose (which is Love’s Infinite Forgiveness). Our trespasses are forgiven as we forgive those who trespass against us. How can we expect forgiveness while we still hate someone? Forgiveness begins with me, you, us! It is easy to forgive with the lips, but how truly divine to forgive with the whole heart. We have not really forgiven if we still remember the old hurts and still talk about it. Therefore, we know that we have not really forgiven until w have forgotten. We must forgive with such complete abandon that we can never recall the incident

“Forgiveness,” said William Blake, “is the greatest of all the virtues, because it humbly puts up with ALL vices.” Few impulses are higher on the scale of human qualities than forgiveness, and few virtues are more important for us to learn.  “Why, if God can forgive each person his or her nine thousand and ninety-nine sins every minute,” asks the Christian mystic William Law, “can we not forgive other persons just one of theirs?” (That hits home.) And I love the following anecdote because it illustrates this point so beautifully: A certain general once said to the Protestant reformer John Wesley, “Sir, I never forgive.” “Then, I hope, sir,” replied Wesley, “you never do anything wrong.” Many of us aren’t even aware of it, but we live a life of reactions rather than responses. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.” Someone gets mad at you and you reply with an intense level of madness. This is called a reaction. In reacting to anger, you are

Via his website, well-known medium James Van Praagh offers teaching seminars via online chats on Tuesdays evenings. During JVP Chat Events , a variety of authors, speakers and practitioners share seminar-type chats on interesting and diverse topics. Chat Events include a text-only seminar from the guest speaker as well as an interactive question and answer session. Over the years, this has been a fun and educational way for student mediums to explore and learn online! Chat events are free and they last about one hour. And next week, I will be returning as the special guest for James' chat seminar to teach and inspire. Tuesday March 13th Special event with Medium Willa White 9:00 pm Eastern Time The chat event will be begin at 9:00 p.m. in the JVP Chat Special Events Room! To join me at the chat event, you must first register as a JVP member ( click the link and follow the instructions), then you will be allowed access to the Chat Room.