Look the Part

I had the TV on and a commercial come on for men’s hair color for grey hair. It said it was to help you be a “…better man…and look the part”.

I inherited early graying. At nineteen I had a round grey patch behind my right temple. Not only did the patch grow each year, but I also kept my hair short. This meant I had to get my hair colored every three weeks. And in between those colorings, I watched my hair grey more and more until my next hair appointment. It was like watching myself age every three weeks.

And with every coloring, my scalp and eyes burned from the chemicals. Then my scalp itched for a week.

I had stopped coloring my hair until an elder male relative told me I was “too young to have grey hair”, and said I should color it. So I went back to coloring. I had to “look the part”, right?

A few more years of playing that game, I stopped permanently.

I don’t begrudge anyone for...Read More


by Jan Toomer

News & Views - December 22, 2019

News & Views From the Other Side

~ The Light Is On and Ready ~

We know this year has been a difficult one at times. You may feel as though you’ve not progressed, but we assure you, you have. And we are all proud of you.

Another surge of energy to support you and aid you began on the 20th. How is this affecting you?

On a personal level, each person may find the energy targeting...Read More

Channeled by Jan Toomer

Membership Renewal Time?

I saw a post making its way through Facebook. Though intended to be funny, it struck a chord in me.

“Dear Friends
     Your Christmas gift this year is me. That’s right, another year of friendship. Your membership has been renewed.” ~ Unknown

Again, it was intended to be humorous, but in reality we do have the role, and the responsibility to decide who to keep in our life and who doesn’t get “renewed”...Read More

 by Jan Toomer

Progression

If you take a look back from your past to today, you may begin to see how what you’ve experienced had progressed over time on a path to bring you to where you are at this moment.

These can be broken down to physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual paths, keeping in mind that, though they are all interconnected, we are able to follow a line as it progresses.

A simplified exercise is to look backward to see...Read More

by Jan Toomer