By Patricia F. Glenn, Ed.S.
As with everything throughout my life time, I realize that this book came to me in perfect order and at divine right timing. I was experiencing great transition and
transformation around the time of my becoming acquainted with Neale Donald Walsch’s work and with New Revelations: A Conversation with God. I had left a position as a
public school educator with the safety and comfort of job security and benefits but the discomfort of feeling that I needed to do more. I knew there was a call on my life
to impact the lives of children and yet I was not exactly sure how that would look and how I would create the safety I secretly longed for. I stepped out on my own with
much faith knowing there is much work to be done and with the heart for making a difference. What I was not prepared for was to set out a path of shattering the false
beliefs about myself and discovering who I really am at my core.
I resisted this book at the beginning. Much like other things that I know are good for me but require me to move from my comfort zone, I was not sure that I was ready to
receive what New Revelations or a New Spirituality was about. As I began to read Neale Donald Walsch’s work and develop this guidebook, I realized there I was not
surprised by it contents. In fact, everything had led me right to this place. Through my study and search over the past decade, I realized that many of my spiritual
teachers basically say the same thing but each one builds on the work of the previous one. God knows that I need repetition because I do not always hear the message the
first time or even the first-five times around, so he is so gracious and wants my success that he continues to send new teachers to tell me the same thing again.
Within the next six months, I will celebrate my fortieth birthday of human experience as I know it. My dreams and prayers for a deeper understanding began during the year
of my thirtieth birthday and stemmed from a place that was so much smaller than who I was created to be. Though I have not reach a destination, my path is ever unfolding,
and I still have much to discover about myself, life, and God. I do know that each day I remember the framework for a new spirituality is laid out here and available to me;
I get closer to a better understanding. I could not have foretold that I would be here in this place 9½ years ago with so many exhilarating experiences and yet I am so
excited about the new possibilities of the coming decade.
I know your journey may not be identical to mine but I hope that you receive the benefit of getting to know yourself better. I do know that each day I can choose live in
fear or I can choose to connect to the true me and the God that lives within me. Only when I connect to my spirit am I able to make the difference I desire.
I do not know your path or how you have come to be here but what I do know is that you are here for a reason. This guidebook is here to serve you. I wish that as you begin
to use the tools here, you draw closer to who you are and your connection to the All in All. Peace and blessings on your journey. May our paths cross in the near future.
