Page 72 - Spirit - A Journey Through Embodiment

saying, “never put off till tomorrow what you can do today”,
why not live by that and enjoy everyday as the unfolding
adventure it truly is.

So what does our Spirit need from the adult humans who are
its parents. Firstly it requires recognition, and not in any
egotistical way. It is sufficient that the adult would even
entertain the idea that perhaps inside their child resides a
Divine Being. This Divine Being does not require reverence
but is certainly due respect and acknowledgement so that is
may be included in the journey it has planned for this child it
has given life to. Should the parents, and there always has to
be two, ask the child what is the best for them to do by the
child, the answer will be that they should do the best they can
and without sacrifice. This might seem strange to many as for
some egotistical reason humankind seems to have got the idea
that this life is about suffering and sacrifice, when it is not
about that at all. God gave us feelings so that we might judge
the appropriateness of choices we make, if we feel happy it
must be because we are making the right choices, if we feel
sad then it is because we are making incorrect choices. We
have the power to make choices, a power given to us by God.
Should we feel we haven't got that power then we should try
and find where it has gone. Often we will find that we gave it
away in our infant years. When we were in that stage of our
life we had the dependency that was part of our early physical
vulnerabilities. We had to entrust this power to those who
were responsible for our physical welfare. This is usually the
parent who has the duty of our care, and is a natural instinct
that all parents have, even if not exercised by them. When we
gave this authority to our parents it was not meant to be a