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Dear Heaven Maker:
Often in a relationship saying ‘no’ can be scary. You worry about how the other person will react.  Yet, there are times when ‘no’ is your truth.  Sometimes ‘no’ is the right answer.  Is there a way to say no and preserve and build the relationship?  Is there a Heaven on Earth way to say no? 

There is a restlessness that never leaves my bones, an ache that irks me like a toddler pulling at my skirt. “Mommy, Mommy” she whines, “Come play with me!”
One day, feeling irritated and fidgety I sat down to meditate. Asking for guidance and direction, a voice in my head said: “Go get your book A Course in Miracles.”
Standing on my tiptoes, I was able to pull the book that I’ve read on and off for years from the highest shelf of my bookcase. Like a deck of tarot cards, I fluttered randomly through the pages with my eyes closed. On page 339 of the student handbook, I read: “The world you seem to live in is not home to you. And somewhere in your mind you know this is true. A memory of home keeps haunting you as if there were a place that called you to return….”
With this explanation for my restlessness, I felt relief. My constant heartache of wanderlust seems to be a voice reminding me of the heaven from which I came. The words were nudging me to get out and experience nature, the closest place to heaven here on earth. God is in the air, water, fire, and earth, the four elements essential to life. The place where I feel most at home is on the Appalachian Trail.
And so we seek!

Dear Heaven Maker:
Charles Tchoreret is originally from the African country of Gabon. He left when he was 21, has worked all around the world, and now lives in Montreal, Canada. For decades he’s had a deep Soul longing to do something for his beloved Africa.
He knew something had to change; a new leadership for a new future had to emerge. In a seminar I lead a couple of years ago, I asked the participants to stand up and share something they wanted that was “bigger than themselves.” Charles stood up and told everyone that he wanted to unleash the power and magnificence of his home continent. He declared, “AFRICA: A Heaven on Earth Continent!”

Dear Heaven Maker:
A friend sent me this and I knew it was this week’s blog.
Love,
Martin
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A teacher gave a balloon to every student in his class.
He told them they had to:
• Inflate it.
• Print their name on it.
• And then throw it into the hallway.
The teacher then went out into the hallway and mixed up all the balloons.

Dear Heaven Maker:
Have you ever noticed how many Hollywood films and TV shows deal with Not-Heaven-On-Earth?
They’re called dystopian stories.
Stories about how bad the world is, how there’s no hope, no light.
I recently read this article about how much easier it is for writers to write dystopian stories than it is to write utopian stories.