Yes Alice – There is a Wonderland

So imagine a place that purports to help people; a sanctuary that touts a special ability to render physical, emotional and spiritual health. There is common purpose between those who provide and those who pay to receive. There is a distinct call for comfort, for support for success.

But Alice, Beware! - in Wonderland things rarely are as they seem. You see, should you embody their call to health; should you succeed beyond your dreams; should you joyously and inexhaustibly desire to repay – through verbal and written expression of words and heartfelt gifts - you will be branded, Alice, and you will pay.

For Alice, within and outside the walls of wonderland there lies darkness – fear, twisted thinking, barbs spewed upon others to protect against their own demons. But, Alice that’s not even the worst of it: in Wonderland, Alice, there is sacrifice. Know the darkness, Alice, and there will be sacrifice.

In Wonderland, Alice, you see “It’s not the ends that justify the means - it’s the means that justifies the Ends. 

Thanks to all the people at The Libertyville Centre Club who provided laughs, good-will and support to me throughout my adventure.   

And, Carol wanted me to add - 

And how unfortunately ironic that gratitude can go so, so wrong...as they say...Life is a persistent teacher.

Affirmations from my inbox today:

“When others lash out at me in anger with words or actions, their battle is not with me, but with themselves.”

“When I release all concern about how others feel about me – and focus only on how I feel about them, I will understand who I really am and I will discover what true freedom really is.”

Carol

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