Rev Martina Schmidt's Blog

Recently, I had a past client/student of mine describe me as a "wounded healer" and then proclaim that she had surpassed me in her spiritual growth.  I have a few thoughts on this concept that I would like to put out into the virtual universe. I AM A WOUNDED HEALER.  I AM ALSO A POWERFUL WARRIOR HEALER- who faces her wounds head on and dives in DEEP to restore myself and integrate all the beautiful lessons that life throws my way.  I am deeply a-ok with this fact.  I don't try to portray myself as "above" anyone else- this concept makes my stomach curl.  I truly believe I am no more valuable than the homeless man begging in the Wal-mart parking lot- we are both precious in the heart and eye of God. Do I have pain? Yep.  Do I have challenging relationships with some of the people I love most in the world? Yep.  But do these make me not equipped to help others on their journey.  Not one fucking bit. IF, I ignored those issues and denied th...

Meditation's Gift Today I choose to listen. I choose to sit quietly with myself and to open. To stop running to the phone as sounds it's tiny alarms,  pulling me from my Peace, or the computer that hums a song of wasting time. Today I choose to listen, to the voice that remembers why  and what my Soul wants to share. Today I choose to listen. There's a voice weeping softly deep in my belly,  that I will not hear when I am moving and rushing to "get it done". Today I choose to listen to her wanting and her tenderness,  which reveals my deepest self. Today I choose to listen, to LOVE as it whispers words of healing, and kindness to my heart. Today I choose to listen, and KNOW my own essence as beauty and fire and water. What is your Soul asking for you to hear? Only the Silence can show you.