Welcome to Divine Avenue, a series of blog posts to lighten up the day in the life of…

In all honesty, my dear readers, I am opening this blog to practice my writing skills and to discipline and motivate myself. Also, I feel moved to share some of the adventures and miraculous moments I have experienced since beginning my journey to awakening the Soul.

So, thank you for joining with me as I begin in beginner’s mind…

Driving through the sugarcane fields in a regional country town in Queensland, Australia, I am waved down by the police and told to pull over to the side of the road for a random alcohol breath test and license check. Even though I have not been drinking, I fumble nervously through my handbag looking for my driver’s license, which seems to be playing hide-and-seek. The officer waits patiently in silence, until I finally hand my license over. He examines it at length. After the breath test he smiles, and with a nod of authority that all is okay, hands me back my license and waves me on.

Not having looked at my license since the day it was issued a few months earlier, I am curious as to why he studied it for so long. So on arriving home, I make a coffee, sit down with my license in hand and take a good hard look at the photo ID.

The immediate response, “Oh my God! I look like I am dead.” Read More