"Prayer for the Tempest and the Great Awakening"

 

Savior, Creator, Carry Me Safely Protected in Your Arms, 

Over the Chasms of Darkness & Uncertainty, On the Wings of the Angels Protected in Love. 

Bring me Safely to The Mental & Spiritual Place of the Great Spiritual Awakening where There is None to Fear 

And Love is All there IS. 

Encompass Me & Enlighten Me, Now & Forever. 

Amen ❤

Cheryl E Gordon 

7/1/11

"When Love Heals"

"When Love Heals" 

May Love Abound  in Your Heart
Breaking the Crystals of Sorrow and Pain,
And in it's Healing,
Blessings will Encircle and Surround You
Forever and Again and Again...

Cheryl E Gordon 

http://livenbothworlds.blogspot.com/2011/06/when-love-heals.html

The Child Abuse Monument Project

The Child Abuse Monument Project - Press Releases Vandals, Rebuilding & Petition http://ow.ly/3lljM

"At the Vietnam Memorial Wall in 1990, Dr. Irving experienced an epiphany about how that work of art helped America to heal from wounds that shared traits common to child abuse, including post-traumatic stress disorder, vicarious trauma, distancing and denial. As a result, Dr. Irving, himself a survivor, conceived of a memorial Monument to survivors of child abuse."

Sadly, it has just been discovered as vandalized while in storage.  "The damage was discovered in a heart-rending moment during a national television interview about the Monument. Despite this latest of many setbacks, The Monument’s creator and supporters are hopeful that it will survive and be placed in a public location."

(for full story as a Press Release, and to discover what you may do to help, Please click on link above) "Dr. Irving assures that he will not let the world’s first monument to child abuse be cast aside like so many survivors and victims of child abuse. He estimates that it will cost up to $100,000 to rebuild the broken art and molds, and he is seeking funds and the donation of a secure studio space. These donations are necessary to breathe life back into what has been described as a modern-day masterpiece. The Province of Ontario has also been asked to accept the finished Child Abuse Monument as a donation in order to heal and validate survivors and promote child abuse prevention. Dr. Irving asks the public to help by signing a petition to the Premier at www.childabusemonument.com." 

Helen Keller Quotes on Overcoming Adversity & Maintaining Positivity in the Face of Adversity:

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
Helen Keller

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
Helen Keller

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen Keller

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Helen Keller

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen Keller

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller


When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Helen Keller

Reader Participant Comment Section

This Blue Section is the Reader's Place to Comment on Anything Relative to the Topic of "Abuse Survivors"

   

Hello Dear Reader! 

This Blog was Created by me  to Offer Helpful Advice regarding Recognition and Recovery from Abuse, Allow Others to Comment on What Works for Them in this process, and Provide to Links to Other Helpful Sites Relative to Survivors of Abuse. Perhaps you have Found a Healing Method that Has Worked for You that You Would Like to Share with Others.   

I Encourage you to Post any Applicable Suggestions under the Corresponding Posting, or You May Type in any Free Standing Comments for Others to Read and Respond to in the General Comment Section Here. (just click on the comments tab below to pull up the comment box for you to do so)

Please use a Fictitious Name if you wish to remain Anonymous. That may be Easier for You to Comment Freely.  I do Request that Comments are "People Friendly".  I do Believe that Most People Try to be Respectful of Others, and I am Not Here to Judge, but I do Screen each one that is Written before it will show as a Post, and I will Remove any Comments that are intentionally Vulgar or Demeaning to Other Readers.  So I do Ask Everyone to Keep in Mind that The Focus here is on "Healing and Recovery".  It is not a Place for Condemnation or Accusation. There is too much of that type of Negativity Flying About Elsewhere.  A Flower Cannot Grow in Poor Soil.

I do not Profess to Have All the Answers, nor am I anyone's Personal Therapist.  I cannot Guarantee Full Recovery for Anyone Reading or Contributing to this Blog.  However, I do Believe that You Will Find Helpful Information here to Assist You in Moving Forward with your Life in a Positive Way.  Perhaps You have Important Healing Information or Helpful Thoughts you are Willing to Share, and I Hope You Feel Free to do So Here, in the General Comment Section.  That Would be Awesome!

♥ Love is a Healing Balm ♥

Love is a Healing Balm.
When Applied Directly, 
Darkness Surrenders to Light, 
Wrongs are Righted and 
Longing is Replaced with Hope.

Cheryl E Gordon
6/30/10

From my Inspirational Twitterings Blog
http://livenbothworlds.blogspot.com

Transformation

Allow a Life of Pain and Heartache 

to be Transformed into one of Healing and Hope. 
Share Your Love♥
And it will Change Twofold. ♥

Cheryl E Gordon
4/3/10

Healing of the Body & Spirit

Healing of the Body & Spirit

It is Important That We Give Ourselves Permission To Heal.
Our Body is as Sensitive to our Own Thought
As it is To Outside Influence.
Healing of the Body Begins With Healing of the Spirit.

Cheryl E Gordon
August 25, 2009

Helpers and Healers Must Protect The Innocent

HELPERS and HEALERS Must Protect The INNOCENT

We Must Remain Alert and Active to Protect the Innocent from the Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.  They Tantalize, Mesmerize, and Steal from the Pure in Spirit Who Cross Their Paths.  Their Victims Will Not Speak Out as Fear and Feelings of Hopelessness Silence Their Tongues.  We Must Be Their Voices and Their Protectors.

By Being Attune, Astute, Watching, Listening and Quickly Intervening, This Atrocity Will Be Vanquished and Banished from Our Societies.

We Have the Power, Ability, Strength and Numbers to Eliminate This Disease, But We MUST Pay Attention, and Quickly ACT.

It is a Given That Someone in Your Close Friendship Circle, including Your Family Has Suffered From this Disease.  It is One of the World's Best Kept Dark Secrets. They Have Done No Wrong, But Have Been Bullied into Submission and Guilt.  This is One Dark Secret that Must Be Revealed & Addressed so the Afflicted May Be Free to Heal and Live the Glorious Life They Deserve.

The Survivors are Many, and I Respectfully Call them, Butterfly Spirits.

In Love, For My Butterfly Spirit Friends
Cheryl E Gordon
12/10/09

Child Abuse Monument Survivor Project

Some Information about the Child Abuse Monument Survivor Project:

"Reaching Out" is a 10'x30' bronze healing Monument to child abuse victims and survivors. The Monument was sculpted by Michael C. Irving, Ph.D. in collaboration with hundreds of survivors and their supporters. The Website is filled with the story of the Monument, lots of support for survivors and information about child abuse.

Also you can Contribute a Hand Print for the sculpture:  Check out "Hand Prints" for creating a New Reality

You may also click on the link to the right of the page to reach this wonderful site of tribute in sculputural art and monumental people addressing hope, healing and helpful information for abuse survivors and advocates:

"Butterfly Spirit"

This is a true story of pain and anguish, renewed to Hope and Life.  It begins as a story of One, but is applicable to Oh, So Many. It is a story needing to be Told, beginning in darkness and ending in the Light.

Waking from a living sleep with a flood of forgotten painful memories of decades passed, a history of suppressed violence and fear bubbles; rising to the surface of her tortured mind. She again cries for help and is now Finally Heard. Others Join with her in Her Fight for Life and breaking away from the chains of her dark past.

It is like a reoccurring bad dream.  At first frightened and denying, she is now willing to Psychologically and Spiritually Face her Attackers of long ago. As they slowly emerge from the recesses of her repressed mind, She now meets Each One with Intent and Fervor. A little more is Revealed with each New Day, as if it was only yesterday.

She mentally faces her “Demons of Old” and their psychological hold on her. She is a True Survivor, Relentless in her Desire to be Free from her past, which has held her so long in "Mental Chains". There are No Free Days, as each day has a Specific Challenge she must Meet and Address. It is a tiring, painful Cleansing; a Purging of her Wounded Spirit and Body.

Methodically Healing, She is Now Equipped and Ready to Face Each Day, moving further Forward in her Sacred and Renewed Life.  

She Emerges from Her Protective but no Longer Necessary Cocoon, Carefully Drying her Wings in the Light, Eager to Fly.

She is a Butterfly Spirit.  

Because She is the First I have addressed here as the "Butterfly Spirit", I will honor her on this site with the Given Name, "Alpha Butterfly Spirit"....


Alpha Butterfly Spirit Asked me to Post this Comment here for Her:

Just as a caterpillar changes into a butterfly, so does a person as they struggle
through life.  We face the challenges and gain some element of peace from our faith in God so that eventually our healing comes from within.  "One who knows"

Cheryl Gordon 10/04/09