Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Center Staff
  • Board of Trustees
  • Services
    • Sunday Services & Meditation
    • Wednesday’s Wisdom
    • Congregational Songs
    • Archived videos on our Youtube Channel
  • Gallery
  • Media
  • Contact Us
Top Menu

Center for Spiritual Living
Center for Spiritual Living
No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, know that you are welcome here.
  • Programs
    • Animal Kinship Ministry
    • Circle of Love
    • Coming Home – Awakening To Spirit
    • Community Outreach Programs
    • Jewel Tones Choir
    • Men’s Group
    • New Thought Bookstore
    • Shifting Sands
    • Women’s Circle
    • Youth and Family
  • Science of Mind Classes
    • Course Descriptions
    • Current & Upcoming Classes
  • Events & Calendar
  • Prayer Ministry
    • Affirmative Prayer: Career and Creativity
    • Affirmative Prayer: Health
    • Affirmative Prayer: Love and Relationships
    • Affirmative Prayer: Spirituality and Consciousness
    • Affirmative Prayer: Wealth
  • Ministers
  • Give
  • Volunteer
  • Blog
  • Programs
    • Animal Kinship Ministry
    • Circle of Love
    • Coming Home – Awakening To Spirit
    • Community Outreach Programs
    • Jewel Tones Choir
    • Men’s Group
    • New Thought Bookstore
    • Shifting Sands
    • Women’s Circle
    • Youth and Family
  • Science of Mind Classes
    • Course Descriptions
    • Current & Upcoming Classes
  • Events & Calendar
  • Prayer Ministry
    • Affirmative Prayer: Career and Creativity
    • Affirmative Prayer: Health
    • Affirmative Prayer: Love and Relationships
    • Affirmative Prayer: Spirituality and Consciousness
    • Affirmative Prayer: Wealth
  • Ministers
  • Give
  • Volunteer
  • Blog

Making Big Decisions

What do you do when a big decision looms before you?

Of course, we all want to make decisions that are in our highest and best interests. These decisions could include buying a home, having a child, adopting a child, getting  a divorce, moving to e new city or starting a new job.

Over the years, I  have had many life-changing decisions appear on my path. Sometimes when they first appear, I do not realize the significance of the decision. With every one I made I received guidance. I KNEW I was making the right choice even when other people would advise me against the decision.

One of those instances comes to mind when I think about the process of becoming a minister. My teacher was in Calgary and I lived in Edmonton. Ministerial training, at that time, was at least two years long. I decided to move to Calgary. I was advised by all my friends not to tell the administration of the secondary school in which I taught English, math and social studies to tenth graders. Our school was going through some typical changes for large secondary schools. They were looking to reduce our staff by one or two people. I naturally thought that the best thing for me, the school, and the rest of my colleagues was to tell the Vice Principal, that I was declaring myself surplus because I would be moving to another city. I did.

 Then I went to my first interview with the Calgary Board of Education. I felt peaceful and calm because I had an inner KNOWING that I would be moving to Calgary. And I had an indestructible faith that I would be able to find the right and perfect job. The interviewer was very kind and sweet but she told me that there were no jobs available for high school English teachers. In fact, she gave me the statistic that she had 1,000 ( yes, one thousand) applications and no (zero) jobs. She advised me that unless I wanted to put myself on the substitute teaching list, I should stay right where I was.

I could have questioned myself . After all, I had a wonderful tenured position which I would be giving up.

So I checked within. The guidance was still there. In fact, it was stronger than before. So I asked another question of the interviewer. I asked her if the Calgary Board was hiring any teachers at all. Then she said the magic words.  “We are looking for several special education teachers at the junior high level.” I indicated that I would be interested.

Now the interesting thing was that five years earlier when I moved from Junior High to High School, I was guided to apply to be a special teacher on a pilot program in a secondary high school, which was attempting to retain “at risk” teenagers in school. It wasn’t exactly special education, but it was enough to qualify me as someone who was willing to think outside the box and I was willing to learn.

Within ten days I had three  interviews in Calgary. I met with the first Principal and we liked each other, but I thought I would keep my other appointments to see if there was an even better fit. During that interview, I made a comment which included the words, “if I am successful…” My interviewer, who turned out to be my future Principal, stopped me and declared, “Ms. Clark, I don’t think you understand the situation. You see, there are three positions open for you. You get to pick one you want!” I was over the moon with gratitude for the divine presence in my life.

Within ten days, following my internal guidance, I went from being told that there were a glut of teachers with my skills and being cautioned to stay right where I was, to having a choice of one of three jobs. I loved that teaching assignment. My teaching partner and I became great friends. And I got to advance my spiritual studies to include ministerial training. But most importantly, the thing Itself, that knows me intimately had guided me and I had listened. I have been doing my best to listen ever since.

The Buddha Nature is All-Knowing
Share this post

Author: Heather Clark

Recent Blog Posts
  • No Mud, No Lotus: A Journey into Forgiveness

    Forgiveness is a powerful tool for transformation. No Mud, No Lotus, a Journey into Forgiveness is a program that promises to guide its students through a loving, gentle, and compassionate process toward freedom. The course is six weeks long and it incorporates more practices, prayer partnerships and now we dive deep into our cultural pain…

    June 30, 2022
  • A Global Vision: A World That Works for All

    Global Vision: A World That Works for All Where all life is honored as expressions of the Divine Where people live according to spiritual truth Where humanity awakens to spiritual magnificence Where humanity rediscovers personal creative power Where we live as one global family Where kinship with all life prospers Where unity and connection is…

    May 9, 2022
  • Truth in Love Connection Workshop

    Presented by Rev. Dr. Melissa Phillippe and Rev. Z. Egloff. The work of Dr. John Sarno is revolutionary. Melissa and Z have experienced amazing mind-body healings — including relief from back, neck, and knee pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, GERD, and more! Melissa and Z have created a process based on Dr. Sarno’s work, called…

    March 31, 2022
  • An Action Plan for Peace

    An Action Plan for Peace – daily prayer through the end of March based on the teachings of Ernest Holmes as he outlines the possibility to create a spiritual chain reaction for peace. Now Rev. Beth invites you to join. “We are now meeting for 10 minutes, daily, to focus together on inner peace and…

    March 14, 2022
  • Call to Prayer: A Note from Dr. Edward Viljoen

    We are struck and saddened by the realization that during the celebration of the Season for Nonviolence, our world is experiencing armed conflict in more than 70 locations on the planet.  We are saddened, too, by what appears to be an overarching concern about the impact of war on the economy. We are concerned about…

    March 4, 2022
  • Basic Skills for Living an Authentic Life

    Fundamental Principles of Our Philosophy Change your thinking, change your heart, change your life! Are you ready to discover your emerging direction and purpose? Are you ready to live your abundant and authentic life? Join us for ten weeks of self-discovery and revelation. In this all-new Foundations class, learn the nine spiritual principles and practices…

    January 7, 2022
Categories
  • Blog
  • Classes
  • Events
Tags
Affirmation Affirmative Prayer Audio blog center for spiritual living capistrano valley creativity Darin McClure Darin McClure Dr. Heather Clark Dr. Heather Clark Ernest Holmes Forgiveness gratitude gratitude Jason Silva Joyous Living Journal Joyous Living Journal Juli Isola Juli Isola Lisa McClure Lisa McClure Love Love Meditation meditation Melissa Echelberger Music Oneness Parenting Quotes Rev. Dr. Heather Clark Rev. Dr. Heather Clark Rev. Karyn Allen Rev. Pattie Mercado Rev. Pattie Mercado Science of Mind September Warren September Warren spiritual growth Sunday Service Sunday Service Vidette Vanderweide Wednesday Wisdom Wednesday Wisdom Youtube
Contact Us
Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley
1201 Puerta Del Sol
Suite 100 San Clemente, California 92673

Phone: 949-240-6463

Other contact options

Volunteers: Please check your assignment schedules here.

Latest Tweets
  • TBT - October 1, 2014... a Wednesday. I have no idea what event this was. But I see so many amazing, beloved faces.… https://t.co/qKvuc1oNS1yesterday
  • https://t.co/RIUhNph2ax12 days ago
  • https://t.co/3uzYIvxbMt12 days ago
  • BONUS TBT - June 2019 choir show, Spring Sing Hit Parade! The Jewel Tones Choir under the direction of Choir & Musi… https://t.co/bwfMuIiXvh15 days ago
  • TBT - 2011 Animal Kinship Fashion Show. Our AKM teamed with local school for stylists and makeup artists and a pop… https://t.co/hRrHX41my315 days ago
  • TBT - May 6, 2022, Revs gathering before Rev. Alice's formal installation ceremony: l-r, Dr. Sharon Hudson, Dr. Edw… https://t.co/3oV4KrX44e29 days ago
Latest Facebook Update

Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley

Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley

TBT - October 1, 2014... a Wednesday. I have no idea what event this was. But I see so many amazing, beloved faces. Who do YOU see?#centerforspiritualliving #capistranovalley #scienceofmind #sanclemente #spirituality

... See MoreSee Less

1 day ago  ·  


Photo

View on Facebook

·
Share



Share on Facebook



Share on Twitter



Share on Linked In



Share by Email

Center for Spiritual Living
© Copyright Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley