Hi,

I found this letter by chance, and I have to say I’m glad I did. In the African-American community we are often taught to stay away from spirituality and magic as it is considered ” demonic”. I never understood why because so many people have found peace through meditation, reiki, crystals, readings, etc. It was nice to see that a Woman of color didn’t allow the stigma to turn her away from her calling, and what ultimately lead to her ow healing.

Anxiety is such a tricky and confusing thing. In one way it keeps us on our toes, but too much of it can lead to such physical and emotional turmoil that you feel you can barely get out of bed. When anxiety starts at such a young age as 5 or 6 years old, it makes you wonder if you were hard wired that way at birth…. I mean who suffers from anxiety at such a young age without any precipitating events? ( slowly raises hand…), but all I know is that to keep from being completely consumed by it, we must continue to fight…. Continue putting ourselves in uncomfortable situations, keep practicing positive self talk, and continuing to keep going!

The unknown is very scary for many people. I think it’s a lot of having not only faith in ourselves, but overall faith in the universe. Faith that everything will work out as it should. We constantly worry about what if something bad happens, but not enough about all the good possibilities. Constantly forcing ourselves to make the shift in our minds from negative to positive is so necessary, but also difficult at times.