We ask you to notice how often you stay present with your 
askings. Many people will toss out an asking into the middle 
of a room like a frisbee hoping someone will see it. The asking 
has no energy to it. It simply lays there - lifeless. This is why  
the asking is not heard or acknowledged. People sense the asking,  
but as there is no energy to it, the asking goes unobserved 
and unheeded.  

Very few people stay present with their asking, because to stay  
present with an asking, all the "stuff" around the asking, 
all the fears, come up. Asking brings up anything unlike itself.  
It brings up our fears of not being heard, our fears of rejection  
and ridicule, our fears of wrongness and not being deserving.  
But truly, the only way that our askings can ever be answered is to  
be willing to be present with our asking. When we are present, our  
asking is heard, and when we are present, we are also present to  
receive the answer. 

The next time you wish to ask something, ask yourself: "Am I  
willing to be present with this asking? Am I willing to be present 
with any feelings that will arise from this asking? Am I willing 
to be present for the best possible answer?" 

Each time you ask and anything unlike our asking comes up, remember 
it always comes up to make room for the real asking. For our true 
asking is ultimately asking for the release of whatever causes us 
fear or pain, disconnecting us from our Source. It is for this release  
and for the answer of our Higher Power that we are present for.  
Very simply, to have your askings answered, be willing to be 
present with them. 

Question: Does this include being present when writing a letter? 
Does being present with the asking transfer in the letter? 

Answer: When you are present with an asking, it does not matter 
how it is expressed or in what form it is expressed. Your presence 
is not limited to the physical area you happen to be occupying. 
Your presence is so big it can be felt everywhere - even in a letter  
read miles away. 

For your consideration, 
 

                                 -- The Guides 

...to be continued.