This may sound silly or surprising
(and this type of question may have been covered elsewhere; I apologize if I've overlooked it), but recently I've come to realize that this question has been subtly nagging at me for months, so I thought I'd finally try to articulate it, and ask you all about it: Perhaps I'm asking for some reassurance -- I think I've been worried about whether I've been doing enough or contributing enough to merit asking the Midwayers/Celestials for too much help (though there are several issues I could benefit from asking for help with). I'm also a bit slow in trusting others, so I've also often had trouble asking humans for help as a general rule as well, so that's probably part of it too. I have often freely asked angels for help throughout my life, however (after reading a lot of Doreen Virtue's books in which she says that the angels are always delighted to help us with anything, no matter how small), so I'm not sure why I seem to be somehow mentally putting the Midwayers and some of the other Celestials we discuss here into a different category in this regard -- It may be because it seems I remember reading on these boards something to the effect that they can only help us as much as we help them. So maybe my question is, how do we know when we're contributing enough ourselves that it's appropriate to ask them for help?
It seems I remember reading in one of the recent Celestial messages (I can't find which one anymore -- does anyone remember which one it is?) something to the effect that it's not the job of any one person or group to change the world, but instead, for each of us, it's our primary job to work on our own personal and spiritual growth (and this is what the group of beings known as Abraham, channeled by Esther Hicks, says too). This I know I'm doing for sure, on a daily basis, so I found that message reassuring. Besides just general personal and spiritual growth, one of the main things I've been working on lately is beginning to do my art again and dare to bring it out into the world (after having buried my artistic side for about 20 years), but I've otherwise always been pretty quiet and introverted (though I've managed over the years to develop sufficient social skills to function acceptably well in the world in spite of that -- I use them when necessary, but as soon as I'm not in a situation where those skills are required, I tend to become rather hermit-like), which I've been pretty hard on myself for for most of my life, and worried that it's kept me from doing much of great importance in life, although intellectually I think I know differently. It was comforting that recently, while thinking about this issue, I saw a few different posts on these boards where folks were telling others that they feel it's perfectly okay to be a quiet introvert, and that one can still make valuable contributions being that sort of person (in fact, I've reassured others of the same thing myself before on these boards [!], so why do I still have that same doubt about myself?
We must each have a life's purpose that we're perfectly suited for just as we are, no?) Overall, I've come a long way and made a lot of progress in my development in the past couple of decades, but it seems I still have a long ways to go. And lately I think I've been going back and revisiting some core issues, such as this one, on a deeper level than ever before. I was also reassured when I recently finally went into my AC for the first time in weeks (I have great resistance to it, it seems, and I think it's in large part for the reasons I'm discussing here), and among the Celestials I encountered there, I kept hearing the name Athena, and thinking to myself, "Athena? Is there a Midwayer named Athena? No, I don't think so! I must be thinking of the Greek goddesses -- good grief, I must be just imagining this!" But then later I looked in my List Op messages and saw the recent message from Andrea and Athena, who it turns out, is a Celestial Artisan, and among other encouraging things, she said "Do call on me at any time. Learn how to apply my intuitive input to all your projects. You will find that I will be available just about at a moment’s notice to help you be co-creative with the Creator of All, to use His materials to turn a blank space (page?) into a picture is doing God’s work." The boldfacing of that last line is mine, since I found this very reassuring.
At any rate, how do you all feel about your relationships to the Midwayers and other Celestials, your comfort level in asking them for help and relating to them, your own perception of where you are in your self-development and/or discovering your life's purpose, and such? I'd very much appreciate your feedback. Thanks everyone!
Love,
Debbie/Aqua Deb
It says that we come close to some sort of resonance or something with our higher self (aka thought adjuster) when we are involved with a creative project. 
Be sure to listen for the answer!!!
AustinRuth
). This is a good reminder for me to try and view the larger context in which a comment occurs before making any assumptions, consciously or unconsciously (if it's possible to consciously hold off on making an unconscious assumption, that is 
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, so I'd better sign off for now!
