Hello Friends!

I hope this newsletter finds you well and fully ready for a new beginning! I understand that Jan. 1st may be an arbitrary date to "start" a year, but there is something powerful about humanity collectively deciding that it is time for fresh start and clean slate for all. I've been mulling over what my hopes and "goals" are for the year and have come up with a few but none that really were hitting me in a big way. So I decided to get some help in determining a focus and direction that held more meaning for me and to share in this newsletter for 2011. I turned to Spirit and the message that kept coming to me was peace. I will share what the angels had to say...

"The message we wish to share to all is of peace. There will be a great need for peace in the hearts of men in the year to come. The place to start in cultivating peace is within your own being, your own inner universe. Work on extending the peace you have yet to offer yourself. Make peace with your physical body and your health. This may mean releasing anger you have towards your own body for having illness or discomfort. It may require that you make peace with your weight, your height, your fatigue, your worsening eyesight. You may need to ask yourself, to what good does holding this anger and resentment serve? Listen to what the inner you has to say in response and then you know what work lies ahead of you to achieve the goal of peace with your body and health. Make peace with where you are in your life and who you are. This may require that you accept the qualities you possess that you feel are a disservice or hindrance to you. Your quick temper, flightiness, chattiness, or shyness may need to be accepted, embraced and seen from a new perspective. Ask yourself, to what good to these qualities serve? Do I need this quality to serve the good in me?"

An example that comes to my mind of how this may look is that if you have anger and frustration towards your body for not being able to lose weight ask- what good can come from my anger about my weight? The answer may be that extra weight reminds me to eat a healthier diet, exercise on a regular basis, find a deeper level of love and self-acceptance to where I don't depend on my size to determine my self-worth. Then you can choose to make peace with what extra weight has to teach you. You may even decide you don't need the service of body fat to take better care of yourself. You may see that a quick temper can hurt other people's feelings and create more disharmony. So what good does this anger serve? Is it in service of injustice or speaking your truth? Do you need the anger to speak your mind or stand up for yourself or others?

"Peace always starts within. Do not wait for the world to demonstrate peace to be at peace. Peace embodies tolerance, forgiveness, acceptance, and compassion. All of humanity longs to feel these things from others, to feel understood and cared for by those around them. People carry hurt and anger when they haven't felt this from others and then allow their self worth to be negatively effected. Why not take up the task of first offering yourselves this love, compassion and acceptance. When you can accept- even embrace and love- what you most loath within yourself, a very powerful & life-altering event occurs. When you can love what you fear is unlovable within you, you become invulnerable. You are free from the fear of judgment, betrayal, and even rejection of others. This is peace- deep, profound and everlasting. What could be a better gift to yourself than this?"

I'm trusting and hoping now that this kind of peace is a realistic and achievable goal. So peace within myself has become my resolution for 2011, for I really love the idea of "invulnerability"! If you need another one or are still shopping for a resolution, I'm happy to share ;).

I have two offerings this month.

First, I'm having an Archangel Michael Q & A Class on January 22 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm. There will be a discussion on healing and love channeled from Archangel Michael and then there will be time for your questions to him. The cost is $35 for the class. If you are interested in attending please send an email to reserve your space!

Next, in gratitude to all of you, I am offering a free "angel message" to 25 people. An angel message is simply a message from one of your angels or one of the archangels that they most want you to have right now. If you have a specific question you can email it to me and that is what I will request a response for. Otherwise, the message is one the angels choose to give. If you would like a message send me an email to katie.vanommeren@sbcglobal.net with "Angel Message" in the subject line. I will answer up to 25 requests as I am guided. If you don't receive a reply from me, don't worry as you'll have another chance to ask next month!

From my heart, I wish you all the very best and peace in 2011! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your experience!

Honoring your Light-

Katie