Sherry was born into a rural family, the best of the best in the farming world, as the homestead was the largest and most modern of its time. It was here that she formed the roots of a lovely connection with animals and all of Mother Nature and to this day, such a setting is where she can find a deep inner peace while connecting with Spirit. After years of devoting her life to her job, all hell broke loose internally in 1998 and thus started the inner work of clearing out all the rubbish of old, outdated religious beliefs, lack of worthiness and self esteem issues, and deeply held wounds that simply would no longer be silenced. Sherry has spent the last 11 years breaking through barriers within through study, and various healing modalities. She is a Reiki master, she is certified in Reconnective Healing and Spirit Communication, and has attended the Barbara Brennon School of Healing Science, Lionheart Institute, to name a few! Sherry has been a ferocious closet writer for most of that time and is now ready to be heard. If all goes well, you will see her book appearing on the shelves in the near future! Her intent is to assist others in self acceptance and letting go of outdated beliefs of ancestral origin by sharing her story, her insights and helping all affirm that it is okay to be who you really are. Hopefully, there will be a little humor thrown in for good measure!Sherry can be reached at sherangel@hotmail.com
We all have at least 2 choices to any predicament we find ourselves in. In my case, I could remain miserable the rest of my life, continue to play it safe by staying in an area that I just don't resonate with anymore, or I can get it together and try living somewhere else. Yes, it is scary, yes, it is by far the most challenging quest I have ever gone after, but after the first time I felt the extreme version of fear, i.e. terror, and slayed the dragon spewing it all over and through me, I found an inner power grow within that I had all but given up as gone forever. And that makes the challenge so very worth the effort. It is a gift to myself that no amount of money can buy.
I have pulled up my big girl panties and done the very thing that has been causing me such agony and now, having committed to give living in a favored city a try, a place far, far away from my hometown, I feel empowered and excited and ready for the adventure though I would be lying if I didn’t add being a little scared to that list.
There were definitely sinkholes along the road to this point, that’s for sure, brought on mostly by a lack of faith in myself and a mountain of what if's but it also had some serious obligation issue’s thrown in for good measure. However, all of that has been worked out or been contained, if you will, and in just 2 short weeks, I am loading up myself and my two cats, with just our bare essentials and driving across country for a 2-3 month, ‘try me’ opportunity that the universe has totally orchestrated on my behalf. While I am so very proud of myself for not giving in to doubts and fear, it has been a journey filled with multiple episodes of some kind of back peddling better known as fear based screeching halts to any forward movement. Perhaps it was all about the lessons I had to learn while deciding that my life was important to me and I had the right to choose but it was up to me to see that I gave it all I had.
So I took the bull by the horns, crawled into the barrel and over the waterfall I am about to go, not entirely sure that my immediate destination is my final destination but I know without a doubt, it is a great place to start. I am trusting that I will know what the next step will be, once it is time. I know moving is right for me but to get to this level of acceptance, it took a great deal of unhappiness to motivate me out of the rut I was so very stuck in. One of my new friends graciously pointed out to me that this was a good thing, noting that my unhappiness was meant to jolt me out of somewhere I have obviously outgrown. The positive side of misery is that it can motivate like no other!
Wanting to go and getting there were two different concerns but not to worry, the universe has stepped up to the plate and presented the details in ways even those of us involved are amazed at. Turns out, my sister in law has been accepted for a position in the same state MY city is located in so now I will have family within 2 hours of my new home instead of 8. AND I can follow my brother in my own vehicle, meaning I will have a travel companion, all at the exact time an old classmate was looking for a room mate in a rental house, fully furnished, arms open, just waiting for me to accept. Heck, where do I sign?!?!! It couldn’t possibly unfold any better than this. I am blown away, and all because it is where I am meant to be. I just needed to accept the gift of a new life, one I am expecting to be very different than the one I have had up till now.
Terror did manage to show up after I received THE email with all the final travel arrangements listed. It took over my body and dug into my heart but the difference is, I didn’t give it any power. I felt it, but I also said, don’t bother with me, I am going so get over it! And on the other side of that was a personal sense of empowerment that I haven’t felt in years. Honey, I’m free and I’m going home!