Good & Incredibly Wonderful

This story, like all really good stories, begins a long, long time ago, in the time before time, in a place very far away yet, very near. In this place and time, there was a little girl who existed only in the thoughts and dreams of the Spirit of Love and Life. The Spirit knew that one day this little girl would become as real as the love and thoughts that persisted within. And sure enough, just as the Spirit knew it would happen, the little girl was conceived. The Spirit gave her life, and knew that she was and always would be good and incredibly wonderful.

For a very long time her mommy carried the little girl within herself. The little girl liked being there, because it was warm and felt very safe. The in-dwelling Spirit made sure she received everything a little girl might need in order to be born. So it was a very good place to be. It wasn't perfect, because she could tell that sometimes mommy and daddy were very glad that she was there but at other times they weren't glad at all. Sometimes they acted as if she didn't even exist. It's sad to say, but mommies and daddies can be that way, sometimes. But the Spirit of Love and Life loved the little girl always and knew that she was and always would be good and incredibly wonderful.

Eventually the time came for her to leave this familiar place and begin a new adventure in the world. She was a beautiful baby girl and everyone "oooh'ed and "aaah'ed over her. And she was a perfect baby girl. You can tell when babies are perfect, because they do baby things. And she did all kinds of baby things. She learned really well. Soon she learned how to tell when others were pleased by her and when they were not. Sometimes she forgot that her job was to be a baby girl, and she thought that her job was to please others. But it never was! And sometimes she felt very loved, but sometimes she didn't. When she didn't, she felt very sad and afraid and even lonely. She needed big people to protect her. Some of the time they did. But there were times when they didn't, and there were even times when big people hurt her very much and she was scared. But the Spirit loved her and helped her to do what she needed to do to survive and to learn how to grow up in an imperfect world. The Spirit knew that she was and would always be good and incredibly wonderful. And the Spirit loved her and continued to see that she had all that she needed to continue her life, even though the baby girl didn't know it. Just the same, every now and then the baby girl would know, "I am good and incredibly wonderful."

At just the right time, the baby girl became a little girl. And she was a perfect little girl because she was and did all the things little girls are to be and do. That's what it means to be a perfect little girl, you know. But the world in which she lived was not perfect and there were times in which she was hurt terribly, sometimes even by those who were supposed to love and protect her. There were times in which she felt loved by mommy and daddy and other important big people, but sometimes she didn't. Then she was very sad, frightened, and lonely.

Once again the little girl would become confused about what she was and what she was supposed to be and do. Sometimes she thought she was supposed to be like big people, but she wasn't. Sometimes she forgot she was really supposed to be a little girl and do little girl things. Much of the time she thought she was supposed to make other people happy. There were even moments when she thought she was a bad girl, because others weren't happy or because they hurt her. But that was not true. She was a very good little girl. Really, she was and always would be good and incredibly wonderful. She wanted someone to love and protect her, and there were times when it seemed that no one did. The Spirit loved her and knew that she was and would always be good and incredibly wonderful. The Spirit always saw to it that she had all that she needed to continue her life, even though the little girl didn't know it. But from time to time the little girl would hear from within herself, "I am good and incredibly wonderful."

When she became a big girl, she was a perfect big girl, because she was and did all the things big girls are to be and do. And the Spirit loved her and continued to provide all the resources she needed - even though she didn't know it. More and more often she became caught up in being and doing what others wanted and expected of her. She longed to become a young woman who could be and do what she wanted to be and do, if only she could remember what that was. If ever there was a time in which she was not perfect, it was when she was trying to be somebody or something other than herself. But even that was sometimes a gift of the Spirit, because it was one of the resources she needed in order to continue her life. There were times when she was very sad, lonely, and frightened. She wondered if she could ever be loved or if she would ever find someone to protect her. All the while, the Spirit loved her and knew that she was and always would be good and incredibly wonderful. As always, the Spirit saw that she had all that she needed to continue her life. The big girl wondered about the voice she sometimes heard from within herself saying, "I am good and incredibly wonderful."

No one knows the time at which a big girl becomes a woman. But at just the right time it happened. And she was beautiful and perfect as women are. But she didn't know it! Because she didn't know it, life was usually very confusing. She tried her best to do and be what she thought she was supposed to do and be. She didn't know that she was already perfect because she was what she was: a beautiful woman conceived and nurtured by the Spirit of Love and Life. She was sure she needed someone to protect her from the dangers of life, because even as a woman, she still found that she was sometimes hurt by those she had hoped would love and protect her. She did not know that she was courageous and powerful in and of herself. As time passed, she came to know that her painful past contributed to her turbulent present. She was confident that the time had come for her to find a way to be freed from the invisible chains that had kept her captive for so long. It was then that she discovered within herself the courage and power she needed to begin the healing process. She knew she must find out about herself, about who she was and who she was to be. And she wanted to know more about this hunch she had about herself, the hunch that told her, "I am good and incredibly wonderful." Only the courageous begin the journey that leads to self-discovery.

And this woman is very courageous, good and incredibly wonderful.

Her journey began by visiting some very important people, the most important people in her life. First she visited the baby girl she was before she was born. She saw the Spirit loving and giving life to that yet to be born child. The Spirit nurtured her; and she knew that she is very good and incredibly wonderful.

Then she visited the baby girl that she once had been and saw that she was a perfect baby, a baby whom she could love. And so she loved that baby girl. She held the baby girl and told her how much she loved her and that she was a perfect baby girl. She gave the baby girl all the love she would ever need. And she knew that she is good and incredibly wonderful.

Next, she visited the little girl that had been so hurt, frightened, and alone. Immediately she understood that she was a perfect little girl, good and incredibly wonderful. She loved her and explained that she is perfect just the way she is. She explained that big people sometimes do cruel, stupid things. Little girls are just little girls and that's the perfect thing for them to be. And she told her how proud she is of her for the way in which she had come through such terrible times. She saw that the little girl had been truly resourceful in order to survive. And she knew that she is good and incredibly wonderful.

At last she took the baby girl and the little girl to visit the big girl she had been not so very long before. They played together, and talked, and cried, and hugged, and did all the things that needed to be done to show their love and respect for each other. They told each other how wonderful and resourceful they had been and that each of them is and always will be good and incredibly wonderful. And then each in turn told the woman how proud they are of her, how proud they are to be a part of her. And they each knew that they are loved and are lovable. They know they love each other and that the ever present Spirit loves them. They are perfect just the way they are. Each affirmed that indeed, "I am good and incredibly wonderful." And as they hugged, they became one within the woman, each contributing to who she is, each an important part of who she is to become.

On that day, the day in which she came together within herself, the day in which she could say out loud, "I am good and incredibly wonderful," she began the transforming journey toward becoming a woman of wisdom. The woman of wisdom, lives in and by the power of the Spirit of Love and Life. She knows wondrous things and is a life giving force to those who recognize and value her for who she is. She is no longer destroyed by the cruel and shameful things that have happened or that might happen to her, for she is free to act and to be herself, to be true to her own spirit. She can relate to whomever she chooses in ways she chooses. She no longer needs anyone to protect her. She is healer and lover of herself and of all who open themselves to her. She is no longer driven by fear, because she knows she is resourceful and responsible only for herself. Her own resourcefulness, self-worth, and the presence of the indwelling Spirit enable her to live peacefully in an imperfect world. The world's imperfections have been overcome. And she knows that she shall live eternally. For she is powerful! She is invincible! She is good and incredibly wonderful!


by Larry R. Wells