lara simmons

"I love you. I don't know you, but I love you." --Lydia at Unity of Burbank The Universe is always giving us opportunities to learn and to grow and to "walk our talk," which is why it should have come to no surprise that this month has been full of opportunities for me to love when that was not my first instinct. Last Sunday at church for instance. As I approached the pews there was a woman standing in the aisle waiting for someone to join her before she sat down. I chose one of three or four empty pews nearby and sat down. When her friend had joined her, she slid into the aisle right next to me and sat down. "Ugh. Doesn't she know the empty bus seat rule ?" I thought to myself. It got worse a few seconds later when I realized she had a cold. Ah-choo! She was sneezing and sucking on cough drops and smelled like menthol from - I assume - some vapor rub. And I was off. Oh, great. Now I'm going to have to shake her hand and t...

"I don't know you, but I love you." --Lydia at Unity of Burbank I was in LA last week for the first time. I had never been before and never really had the desire to go. I still didn't really, but a class I had been wanting to take was being given there and then my sister decided to come out and meet me so it was all coming together. Then, the class was cancelled. Ugh. It was really hard for me to get over this. I had a plan gosh darn it. I was going to take this class, then the next one and then become a certified Akashic Records teacher. The Universe was messing with my plan. You have to laugh, of course, at my boldness, my arrogance, my naïveté. The Universe was messing with MY plan? I decided to go anyway, to spend some time with my sister and see what LA was all about. I couldn't have been more surprised! The people we met were lovely. Warm, friendly and eager to help. We met many Los Angeles angels along the way. Three angels on a bus helped ...