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Years ago, I read the account of an angel sighting written by a mother whose son was dying from terminal cancer. She’d entered his hospital room, only to find his bed empty. As she stepped back out into the corridor, she saw him walking slowly towards her, pulling along his IV cart behind him.

She reported that her son looked radiant, grinning at her with the brightest smile. “Hi Mom,” he said, “I've just been to the chapel to pray. I was sitting there — with an angel! He had most beautiful green eyes! Mom, it’s okay. I know that I’m going to be just fine...when it’s time.”

We think of the angels as loving protectors who intervene in critical moments. We might acknowledge their presence following a close call, when we’ve actually seen or felt their presence, or simply had a knowing that they’d participated in some kind of Divine intervention.

Here's Louise's response to the tragic incident in Connecticut –
Embracing Sorrow...

Laura is an apprentice alumna and talented journalist who writes a blog for other single moms. She was baking a pie for Thanksgiving when this cute little critter came calling! Here's some of what she learned about her most auspicious guest:

"Time in the linear sense is irrelevant to the mantis. They move according to their inner instincts and remind us to do the same. Moving effortlessly between worlds the mantis is associated with time travel. They help us break out of linear time [I can relate!] and move according to our personal bio rhythms."

You can read the rest of Laura's findings and peruse her blog at Navigating Vita.

Oh, God, when I have food
help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work, help me
to remember the jobless;
When I have a warm home,
help me to remember the homeless;
When I am without pain,
help me to remember those who suffer;
And remembering, help me
to destroy my complacency
and bestir my compassion.
Make me concerned enough
to help, by word and deed,
those who cry out
for what we take for granted.

~ Samuel. F. Pugh

Polly is an apprentice alumna who is also an award winning artist. Her work hangs on three continents in private and business collections. At a recent opening of an exhibit of her energy drawings, Polly overheard a young girl exclaim “Can you feel it?!” The girl walked backwards and forwards to test the distance from which she sensed energy emanating from a drawing!

Polly Lazaron is also a published poet and principal of Energy Arts, LLC. She offers a constellation of services and products for humans and other animals www.PollyLazaron.com

No man is an island,

Entire of itself.

Each is a piece of the continent,

A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less.

As well as if a promontory were.

As well as if a manor of thine own

Or of thine friend's were.

Each man's death diminishes me,

For I am involved in mankind.

Therefore, send not to know

For whom the bell tolls,

It tolls for thee.

John Donne

From Fearless Future:

Your best future awaits you in this very moment.

It is adventurous to the degree that you are willing to leap beyond your comfort zone and embrace the uncertainty of the future. It will guide you on to new journeys.

It is challenging to the degree that you are resistant to learn and grow from life’s lessons. The future does not cater to the ego-self.

It is exciting to the degree that you are willing to release your confining expectations to a greater wisdom. It will reveal fantastic insights.

Here's a delightful article: How Can I Be Nicer? — By Meredith Bryan
[Try smiling at everyone today!]

I've just been writing about 'connectedness' in my next book. The author put herself through a very meaningful exercise that she writes about in this delight account!

From the September 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
Illustration: Shannon May

It's not that Meredith Bryan didn't have friends—it's that she wasn't, well, friendly. Until she tore down the fortress she'd built around herself, and the world smiled back.