Barbara Thomas

Last week I realized I need more time to myself. More time to do what is mine to do, my service to the world by being me. Doing what only I can do. As I look at my past I think my art, my painting, is my most focused and important service I have done. Each time I go to the studio I align with my Council: Mano, Rama, and Joseph. After a period of meditation, I start painting by intuitively putting colors and shapes on the canvas.

A while ago I had a big surprise that turned into a revelation. The Visiting Nurse came to check my vital signs. They were all normal. The nurse was surprised, I was surprised, my caretaker was surprised. My daughter Donna Theresa was not surprised.

While sorting through papers to bring order in my sitting area I found a small stack of papers held together with a red paper clip entitled TREES. I want to share some of these stories with you. These papers were written between 1996 and 2001. The stories I share today were written when I first began learning and relating more deeply with a new dimension of Tree Consciousness available while visiting the Amphitheater.