The Sun will come out tomorrow @Annie

"The Sun will come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun. Just thinking about tomorrow, clears away the pain and the sorrow. Come what may. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. It's only a day away."
Annie. What a wonderful and unexpected treat. My family went to see the musical Annie last night and I am so glad we went as a family. It was eye opening for my children to see just how many people suffered during the Great Depression and to see just how fortunate they really are.
But what was even more amazing was how that story written about the Great Depression in the 1930s could apply to so many people today throughout our world today. Many people have lost jobs and are doing without. Illustrating that life comes in cycles. Sometimes we're up and sometimes we're down.
We are constantly right sizing ourselves. Trying to achieve the balance we need to help everyone to have a chance at life. Little Orphan Annie was left on the doorstep of the Orphanage by her parents with a locket and a note from her parents explaining to her that she was loved but they could no longer care for her because of the Depression. They left her with the best intentions of returning to her when they could provide her with a better life. Hoping she would be raised in a more nurturing environment than they could provide for her. But circumstances did not allow that to happen.
Annie had been stuck in the Orphange for 11 years. But she never lost hope that one day she would be rescued. One day her parents would come back to her. Feeling all along that she was special and loved. And because she felt this way she was filled with an unwavering faith that her life would be okay. That her circumstances were only temporary. So whenever said something was bad, she would counter with what was good about it. Always looking at the positive side rather than the negative.
And because she was so optimistic and full of life, her energy spread to those who came into her space. Filling them with hope, love and possibility. Such that when she was chosen to go to the home of the billionaire  Mr, Warbucks, she filled him with feelings of love and made him want to share his wealth with someone. They helped each other. She softening him and he loving her from a place he did not know existed before.
My family walked out of Annie hand in hand singing,"The Sun will come out tomorrow  Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun." We were filled to the brim with love, hope, faith and possibility. Particularly since the World did not end on 12.21.12. Particularly because we were together.
I know for a fact that when we exude possibility even in our darkest hour, particularly in our darkest hour, the sun always comes back for us. Annie reminded me of that last night and I am truly grateful that we went to see her.
And what was icing on the cake for me was that Annie's birthday was October 28 - my mother's birthday  so I felt my mother's presence with me last night as well. Smiling down on me and my family. Proud of where we are in life. And I knew I was being sent a message from above to keep going, to keep seeking, to keep spreading love and light because there is always enough abundance for us all when we believe. When we have faith and when we share. Reminding me that even when we lose someone we love, they always remain with us. Their souls and ours are intertwined and they come to us always letting us know there are no beginnings and endings.
Thank you Annie and my mother for reminding me just how easily it is to get what we want when we ask then surrender to the Universe. Remembering always to never giving up on the fact that we are all special in our own right. And we are all here for a reason. With love and light always. Amen