Another follow-up

Hi. Some of you have been asking what happened to me, why you haven’t seen me, or why you haven’t heard from me, so here’s another update to my request letters from late November and mid-December.

Making long stories very short … I’ve been having a very serious time with my teeth. I was in pain beginning in November (maybe it was October). It kept getting worse and was eventually quite severe – enough that I haven’t been able to function very well through the latter part of December and all of January. Much of the time it was too painful for me even to talk. Unless you’ve had something similar, you can’t imagine how intense the pain was. Finally I found a reduced cost dental clinic and began seeing them in early January. In the space of 3 ½ weeks, I had 8 emergency appointments, 2 root canals, and one extraction. They put me on heavy-duty pain meds (Tylenol with codeine, then Percoset when that didn’t help, and Prednesone – and all of those barely made a dent in the pain) along with Penicillin. Those have been knocking me out and making me really spacey. I'm still in some pain from the dental work, and I'm still finishing the meds. Hopefully I'll be back to functional in a few more days. Today is the first day that I’ve been able to sit at the computer and write.

As a result, I haven’t been able to work for the past couple of months, which has made my financial bind even worse. I did get my license to substitute teach, and I'll start that as soon as I'm physically able. I know, however, that it isn’t the final answer for me. I need a job that I enjoy that provides medical and dental insurance. In addition to that, I'll do my own projects. Insurance is crucial to me, though. I’ve learned how important it is.

On top of that, the brakes went out on my car (master cylinder and hoses, not just shoes and pads). That essentially totaled my car because the cost of repairs is more than the value of the car. I'm trying to sell it now so I can get something else.

Sometimes, I guess, when we begin to make positive changes in our lives, all the resistance comes out in our bodies and circumstances. I'm still doing my consciousness work, though, and I am totally committed to creating the life I dream of. I'm not letting any of this turn me negative.
So, gratitude … I have overwhelming appreciation for Antoinette, who has been so incredibly loving, helpful, and supportive through all of this. She has really come through as my nurse, by loaning me enough money to get the dental work done, and in too many other ways to list. I'm also grateful to the friend who is allowing me to use her car occasionally, to the friend who loaned me some money, and to a couple of other people who contributed money. And, of course, I appreciate all the prayers and kind thoughts of many people.

Here’s where things stand: I have rent and utilities owing that need to be paid NOW or else I won’t have a home any longer. I also have other overdue bills and debts, have at least one more dental appointment that will need to be paid for, need to get another car, and lots more. I am open to however God wants to work this out, and it’s looking pretty dire from my limited human perspective. I still trust that I am in the abundant flow of well-being, though, and that somehow beyond my current knowing, everything will work out in exactly the right way. Then soon I'll be working again and I'll be able to do my other work, and everything will be in good shape. I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that all of this is just a bump in the road and that I am getting ready for something wonderful.

Once again, if you feel called to help me in any way – through prayer, a work project I can do, a loan, a gift, an idea, or whatever, I will be immensely grateful. If not, then I know that God is using other channels to fulfill my needs.

Thank you to everyone who chooses to contribute in any way, tangible or intangible, and thank You, God, in advance for the resources that I know are flowing to me now.

I'm still also offering to help you in some way that will make a difference to you – not something you’d pay for in any way. I just want to freely contribute to anyone who requests it. Can I pray for you? Can I do some kind of task that will make a difference to you? The only limitations are that it can’t be anything particularly physical right now and that for at least the next few days I may be still experiencing enough pain occasionally that I need to stop everything until it passes. Please let me know if there’s some way I can help you. I need to be in the flow of both giving and receiving.

Know that if I sent this to you, then I care about you and your well-being. I enjoy hearing from you whether I'm able to reply at the time or not.

May all of our lives be abundantly filled with happiness, health, love, inner peace, spiritual awakening, success, prosperity, and everything else that we desire.

Warmly,
Michael Dickerson Deluno
P.O. Box 33091
Santa Fe, NM 87594
ohanamd@earthlink.net