Well maybe it was a tragedy after all!

The magical part of my journey is that i finally landed into a church with a wonderful pastor, Benjamin F. Reid, who allowed me to ask questions and who gave me the latitude to explore Christianity, in all its vastness.  He allowed me to learn how to minister to gang members.  He didn’t tell me i was going to hell for questioning why God does what God does.  He didn’t believe we were destined to be poor.  That church didn’t even have a building fund!  (That’s an inside joke.)  Instead, they had building drives and a board of directors that took care of the business of the church so we saw that our natural state of existence was one of abundance.  

Simultaneously, i was learning about Edgar Cayce, the Essenes, African ourstory; and becoming a full vegetarian (a process i  gently took three years to complete).  I learned Edgar Cayce planned to start a wholistic hospital, but ran out of money.  I learned from Dick Gregory we don’t have to get sick if we eat with Mother Nature.  I learned Yeshua was part of a sect of people, the Essenes, who believed in taking care of their body temples, to include eating food that builds up the body, not cutting their hair and practicing healing arts.  Whuuut?!  That’s the Yeshua i wanted to follow!

Thus, the journey of discovery began.  The seed was planted.  I wanted a hospital for our people where they could come get healthy, no matter what part of them was ailing: their minds, their bodies, their hearts, their spirits, their finances, their cultural connection, ALL of it!

But, as i said, i was injured by the early-life tragedy.  So i didn’t think i could build a hospital.  I didn’t even bother to tell anybody about that humongous dream.  I just buried the seed deep in my soul and kept going.  A little sprout came up in 1995 when i published Rhythm of the Drum: Our Wholistic Magazine for a few years.  That was my way of bringing people who had information together with the people who needed the information.  Unfortunately, we had to stop publishing because i didn’t have the skill to take it to the next level.  I had to get a job, so off to teaching i went.  

But that didn’t stop me from producing a show on the local Public Access channel on cable.  It started out as a volunteer training program where i learned to work the cameras, the sound system, the lights, the credits, the editing bay; and i even directed a couple of shows!  But when the program ended, i produced my own show.  It was the TV version of Rhythm of the Drum.  What fun!

I eventually put a cover over the blossoms as i worked my teaching job.  It struggled to break through periodically.  I learned African dance.  I studied iridology.  I studied meditation.  I studied aromatherapy.  I learned various forms of Metaphysics.  I learned massage therapy.  I learned Reiki. The seed was growing–but i didn’t know it.

Fiiinally, i began getting glimpses of a place where people could come and get the help they needed to be whole.  I began to call it Healing House.  I designed it in my notebook.  It began growing on the pages.  I began attracting the people who wanted to work with us.  So many people were so helpful.  Suddenly (after a really long time), we had a small staff!  We held our first Wholistic Health Expo!  We’re developing the Healing House Wellness Network!  And our clientele is growing!

I’m so delighted to be chosen for this Vision.  Each one of us has a “thing” we’re supposed to do on the planet.  Healing House is my “thing.”  Yaayyy!  I’m doing the work i’m on the planet for.  I used to tell people, “Everything i go through, i go through for you.”  It’s true!  I’m at this place, at this time, doing this work–for you!