So many of the sections in Diana Cooper’s Books ‘Angel Inspiration’ and ‘A Little Light on the Spiritual Laws’ helped me to keep a positive focus, to feel loved and to look at myself and accept myself, that I thought it might be useful to put a couple of examples each month of which ones helped me and how I related to them.

The first of the Spiritual Laws described by Diana is ‘As above, so below’. One of the things talked about under this law is how wise and courageous choices can result in happiness, health and abundance. I did, and can even more now, relate to this.

Whilst I was hanging on to my marriage I was miserable, often run down and our debts were increasing, despite promotions in my job increasing my earnings considerably. My husband liked material things, and I was allowing his desires to drive my actions. The very first night I slept in my bed on my own after asking my husband to leave I felt as though a massive weight had been lifted from me – there was an immediate effect as a result making those courageous decisions. Although I cried and felt the impact of being alone, I was actually less lonely. It was harder to be in a constant state of rejection than to be on my own. And I wasn’t on my own for long – just three month’s later, my youngest brother and his little family came to live with me. I needed the little bit of space in between to grieve and to come to terms with myself and deal with filing for divorce. I was ready for companionship as I received it. That in itself was a courageous decision. A lot of people around me were unsure it was the right thing to do, and it caused a bit of distance with other family members, so there were risks. But it was exactly what I needed and it was a positive step for them too. Since then a lot has happened, all necessary but not all easy! I have moved job three times, moved from the North to live in the South and had a long distance relationship for 14 months. It has taken a while and quite a few ups and downs to get to here, but I am now happier than I have ever been, I am more rested than I have ever been and I am out of debt.

This law also talks about it being repellent to be with someone who is constantly negative, saying that even the angels keep and eye on such people from a distance as even they find it hard to get through determined negativity. It also says that if you are kind to others and yourself, are passionate and motivated, then the energy of the universe will respond to this and support you. Our house had become full of negativity – and I was no longer able to fight it. I didn’t know why my husband was behaving as he was, didn’t know that it was not something I could not put right but was feeling the impact of that anyway. Once the decisions had been made, being aware that even the angels find this difficult this helped me to focus on staying positive, appreciating what I had around me – I received so much love and support, and was able to fight against being pulled down into a mire of negativity about what my husband had done and the initial negative financial impact of it all.