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Pssst! Would you like to know a secret? Angels walk among us!

Some people say we are simply an assembly of flesh, bone and blood. While this may be true in the physical sense, take a closer look. We are much, much more.

When we look at our world each day it is difficult sometimes to see beyond the reports of blood shed, terror, hunger and grief. One often becomes overwhelmed and begins to give up thinking that there is any 'good news'. However, for every report of 'bad' news there is a flipside to it too.

Where have all the heroes gone? They are the ones behind the scenes, working quietly and steadily. They do what they do not 'because' some thing is happening in front of them. They do what they do 'regardless' of what is happening in front of them.

Each one of us is an angel to someone. Take a look around you.

Do you see the nurse and doctor in the hospital emergency room doing his/her job with focused concentration and economy of motion while at the same time conveying to the patient a sense of calm and reassurance? Perhaps that nurse or doctor is going through a personal crisis yet they rise above that to assist another.

Do you see the grocery store clerk that sees a family come through the check out stand that is a few dollars short of the total bill, quietly slip the difference into the cash register and say, "Oh, I read that total incorrectly…it is exactly this amount. Thank you. Have a great day! " Why did they do that and then thank them? They saw an opportunity to make a difference. They honored that family for coming in and doing their shopping in that grocery store. The clerk recognized the greatness of spirit of the humans standing before them. By freely giving the gift of a few dollars the clerk received the gift of compassion.

It seems we are so bombarded by the "me-me-me" way of thinking that we become calloused or simply forget that it doesn't have to be that way. We have all at one time or another fallen into the trap of thinking that we must harden our hearts and close our eyes to our fellow humans just to survive. I ask you to look deep within your heart for the answer to this question: Is this living or surviving? And why is it important to remember the difference? Your soul knows the answer.

Each time we look in to the eyes of someone that is fearful and feel the pull of our heart to ease that pain that is compassion and that is easy.

Easy? Compared to what?

At some time we have all had the opportunity to come into contact with someone that pushes all our buttons at the same time. It is most difficult to find a common ground to connect with them and to understand their point of view. This is when we dig down deep within ourselves to find a point of reference to understand what they are feeling. Perhaps we personally have never had the same experience or reaction to that experience so it is difficult to relate to it. Reach down inside yourself. Ascertain what that person is feeling…is it fear, anger, guilt, etc? Each of us has a wealth of experience to draw upon and extract from your own experience and modify it with the intent to connect with and assist a difficult person.

We are, each one, blessed with a gift of healing and we are angels walking the earth. Huh?! Yes, you read that correctly. We are all healers and angels. Right here, right now.

A few questions to ask your soul:

Do you:

• Recognize the magnificence of another persons' spirit?
• Share your experiences and insights from walking through a personal challenge, either physically, spiritually or emotionally?
• Realize that no matter our differences we all face basically the same challenges?

There are six words that I believe are some of the saddest words ever uttered. Care to take a guess at what they might be?

There are two questions to ask yourself when you catch yourself using these words. Amazingly enough, these questions are the same to each of those phrases. The answers to the questions may vary but very little.

Unfortunately, hindsight is always 20/20. We look at a situation and these are the things we often tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better. Sometimes we do not do something because social protocol tells us that we are sparing another persons' feelings. However, I think that ultimately, what really prevents us from doing something comes down to a basic emotion. Fear. What is the reason for that fear?

We often think that by not doing something we are letting the situation ease past us with no ill effects. But are we really? When we see a situation that is full of anger (another face of fear) or a situation that is dangerous and do or say nothing in essence we are saying that it is okay, and that we can condone such behavior.

It is when we reach out to another human being with the intent to uplift or assist from our own experiences and sharing our insights that we fulfill our potential and become an angel that walks the earth. Perhaps we can think of these experiences as training.

Who better to assist another than one that has walked in similar shoes? If not you…then who?

Rev. Lucinda Schersing, D.D. is a Usui and Karuna Reiki Master. She believes wholeheartedly in the Basic Precepts and in the many levels to the meaning of "We Are All Related". You may visit her website.