A routine procedure reminds me about living

Yesterday morning I went into the hospital for a routine procedure. On the way to the hospital my husband asked me if I was nervous about what was about to happen. I told him I was not because it is what it is and what was meant to be was unfolding with each step we were taking to get to the hospital, the procedure and the aftermath. I had called on all my guides the night before to ask them to allow to unfold what was meant to unfold and then I surrendered to them, to the procedure and to life itself.

As I undressed and sat on the bed waiting to be rolled into the operating room, I looked out the window at the changing day, the sun dueling with the clouds to shine as they hid it often. I watched the leaves of a palm and another feathery trees dancing in the wind and I knew whatever the outcome was going to be it was going to be as the Divine Plan had ordained. That it was what it was. I felt a peace wash over me as I once again summoned all my guides to allow me to accept what was unfolding. I sat and watched life continuing outside the window. People being discharged from the hospital as their loved ones came to pick them up. Nurses bustling back and forth. The sun out one minute. Hidden the next.

But being in a hospital, held in the back of my mind that somewhere someone was saying goodbye to someone they loved as they slipped back into the eternity – the place from which we all come and the place to which we all go when we leave our physical bodies.

I wondered if yesterday was going to be my last day on Earth would I honestly be pleased with where I am in my life and it was at that moment that I knew I was being sent a sign to embrace my life as much as I can because I have less days ahead of me than I had behind me. Life is short and sweet and it is entirely what we make it.

As I was thinking that thought, two nurses came into my little area and told me how peaceful and beautiful I was. My first reaction was to dispel their statement as folly but I did not because I knew what I was projecting was a woman at peace with where my life was at that moment and my whole being was exuding that despite not having on makeup, earrings and a fab outfit – the trappings I feel I need to go out into the world to be presentable. Instead what I was projecting at that moment was a part of my deeper inner soul and that’s what the nurses were reacting to – the peace and beauty and acceptance that was coming from deep within me and the guides that were on the journey with me.

When I was wheeled into the operating room, the nurse who was inserting the needle for the IV said I was totally dehydrated and my veins were not good for the needle. She tried and burst through a vein causing me great pain but again I accepted it for what it was. She apologized profusely but I told her it was no problem.

And then when the doctor came in to put in the IV and it worked I surrendered again to the process and before I knew it I was awake and back in the recovery room. Again surrounded by nurses telling me how beautiful I was. The old me would have dismissed them but the new me took them comments on board because I was so thankful that all went well and I had come back unscathed from my journey to the other world. I was being given another chance to be with my family and to live my life.

And when I dressed and sat waiting for my husband to pick me up, I looked out the window and saw the same trees bending and dancing in the breeze as if time had stood still. As if the world had stopped and waited for me to return but I knew it had not. It was just a perception because life never stands still. It is always moving forward, always changing as are we. As should we. Feeling truly blessed to be here for more living. Namaste.

Gratitude and thanksgiving for the power of the Internet

Yesterday was one of those beautiful days when social media helped to raise the consciousness of the world through many wishing others a Happy Thanksgiving. When many posted what they were thankful for, grateful for - which in its own self helps to change the vibration of the world we live in. When we express gratitude for how we are and what we are experiencing, we subconsciously center ourselves and focus us on what is important in our lives. Often taking us back to the basics, the fundamentals that make us appreciate the simple things in life. The things we overlook because we expect them to happen everyday such as breathing, waking up, seeing another wonderful day. Being given the gift of time one more time.

As I have said before, the power of the Internet, of social media helps to heighten our awareness of how interconnected we all are. It is the living proof that we are all experiencing similar things in life by what is posted on Facebook, Instagram, Google, tweeted on twitter or whatever media people choose to show who they are and what they are thinking.

And often when we share, we touch someone somewhere who is experiencing a similar thought, fear, or thanksgiving. Helping to validate each other so that we know we are not facing our trials and tribulations all alone. Instead letting us know we are connected to someone somewhere in the world.

Yesterday was one of those days when I was truly glad I joined social media because it showed me just how wonderful it is to be part of a network that can bring much joy. Sure there are times when there are posts that make me shiver, cringe or I wish I had not seen. But that’s the beauty of social media , I can choose to ignore the comments and move on to the ones that resonate the most with me. Illustrating for me the same about the energy of people that I encounter, if it does not resonate with me. Instead of complaining about how they make me feel or do not feel, it’s up to me to move away from their space and move into the space of those whose energy inspires me, encourages me, and lets me know I am not alone on my journey. That I am connected in more ways than I will ever know through the thoughts of those who can help me.

And for the power of the Internet and social media, I say thank you because I am able to be in touch and hear the gratitude from friends and people who I may have lost or may have never met. Thank you for showing your gratitude yesterday and helping to serve the world by expressing acts of kindness and helping to brighten my day as I am sure you did for many others.

Life is about sharing, giving, serving to make us better people and our world a better place. Yesterday was one of those joyful days when many served each other by lifting the vibrational level to one of thanksgiving. And for the power of gratitude and social media serving as a physical reminder of how interconnected we all are, I am truly grateful. Namaste

There is this rose

There is this rose. A red rose. That has been calling my name. Asking me to see its beauty and its fragility. Asking me to inhale its smell. To stop and look at it. Admire its vulnerability and strength all wrapped up in one.

There is this rose. A red rose outside my bathroom window. Calling my name each morning when I wake - asking me to admire it. To see it. To understand it is me as I am it. To see my beauty. My fragility and vulnerability in it. To understand that even though it stands all alone. Holding strong. Bending and flexing in the breeze with its thin and thorny stem, at its top it is beautiful and totally itself. Attracting me, attracting bees attracting the sun because it is being who it is as it is alone, standing firm  in the sand. Unprotected form the dangers of life. Bracing itself against the strength of the wind but because it has a thin stem and is full of thorns, it is more protected than the naked eye can see. Its thin stem allows it to be flexible such that it will not snap in the wind. Its thorns allow it to be protected from its predators and its beauty helps it to attract the bees. Sustaining itself through its toughest time gracefully and without changing what it is.

There is this rose. A red rose outside my bathroom window that is teaching me every single day I see its beautiful face that life will sometimes leave me standing all alone, afraid to move with only a thin stem to hold me up and thorns to keep away my predators but when I believe in who I am and trust in the Divine that we are all here as a result of a plan, I can weather any storm and fight off any predator when I stand true to who I am and what I am.

My red rose representing life’s journey before my eyes. Beauty in its simplest form. Resilience at her best. Red like the stain of blood sweetened by the nectar of love. And for that beautiful red rose standing strong on her own, I am truly grateful for who she is and what she represents to me because I am her as she is me. Namaste.

I believe. I trust. I let go

Having faith in who we are and what we came here to be and do is one of the most powerful gifts we can ever give ourselves because in doing so we learn to let go, to surrender. To be who we are and not reach for who we think we should be. We learn in our heart of hearts in order to get anything we have to let go of our attachment to the result. We have to surrender our expectations in order to make way for what is coming our way.

By blindly pursuing a goal, with our eyes cast steadfastly on the finish line, we miss out on the vastness of the opportunities that are available to us abundantly and freely. That are trying to reach us but we cannot see them because we are so intent on getting to the finish line. So intent on achieving our goals and objectives that we do not see the path of gold that has been laid before our feet. The feast of life displayed before us - ready for us to sample.

We do not see the beautiful flowers swaying in the breeze. We do not feel the gentle breeze caressing our faces. Willing us on. All we see is what we want and nothing else. And when we become so intent on the outcome, we become more and more frustrated with why we can’t get there. Why it keeps eluding us. Until we stop and allow ourselves to be still. To surrender all outcomes to the Divine. Only when we let go and become detached from the outcome do we allow ourselves to open to the abundance of the Universe. The good that has always been there asking us to stop. To be who we are - right here, right now. Not the person we want to be over there. Not the goal we want to achieve over there but to appreciate every step we are taking in our lives. To be fully present to the person we are right here, right now.

And then in the words of Deepak Chopra, we understand that our “true self is the source to all abundance. It is the consciousness that knows how to fulfill every need. Nothing we lose can take away from our wholeness and nothing we gain will take away from who we are.” Because we already are.

When I learn, as Chopra so eloquently says, to let go and allow opportunity to come my way, I open myself to the fullness of who I am and who I came here to be. This is probably one of the most difficult lessons to learn and to keep when we are in a world where goals and objectives are the norm. When the future is more important than the present. When we are taught to live for a day that may never come. When success is measured on how much we can accumulate. When everything around us seems to happen instantaneously. But in reality what I am learning is nothing happens instantaneously, everything happens in its time and often after an inner journey to accepting who I am and being present and grateful for who I am allowing me to live as the thought by Deepak Chopra says, “ I believe. I trust. I let go.”

I am who I am as I am right here, right now and for who I am I surrender without expectation, attachment or fear because all things are possible when I let go. Namaste.

The gift of gratitude

Lately lots of doors have been opening for me in life. Doors I did not even know existed. Doors I knew existed but never thought they were for me to enter. But life has chosen to show me its abundance because I have learnt to appreciate everything and everyone that crosses my path.

I am learning following every rainstorm, there will be a beautiful rainbow after. And if I am patient enough sometimes two. Sometimes multiples.

I am learning after every dark and dreary day, I will be blessed by the sparkling and shimmering drops of rain yet to leave the flowers and trees. The sunshine brighter than I would have seen without the darkness and greyness of the day.

I am learning after every storm, I will feel fresh and new air after the stale and heavy air has been blown away by the storm. Allowing me to inhale deeply and exhale slowly.

I am learning to be patient. To not rush what is not meant to be rushed. To follow my instincts and sometimes to be silent until it is time to act. To surrender to the unknown while at the same time being grateful for the unknown rather than fearful of it.

I am learning that every opportunity that crosses my path is an opportunity for me to understand what I do not want and to wait for what I do want. That it is not necessary to grab everything that comes my way believing it may not come my way again.

I am learning that sometimes something will come my way to test me to see if what I have been asking for is really what I want and then when I surrender it back to the Universe with gratitude and grace, something more in tune with who and what I am comes my way.

I am learning not to force anything that leaves me feeling unsettled and to adopt the abundance mentality rather than the scarcity mentality. And that way I do not cling onto everything at the expense of those who could truly benefit. Not to hoard but to share. Not to hinder but to empower. Recognizing that in order to receive more, I have to share what is available for me to others as well. And when I do, the doors of opportunity open even more.

I am learning that life touches us in exactly the way we touch it. So I am learning my daily practice of being grateful is helping me to understand that gratitude is the only way to abundance because gratitude cements me to the fact that everything and everyone passes my way either to show me what I want or what I do not want. And for their passing regardless of how prickly it may be, I am learning to be truly grateful in just the way I am grateful for those who bring me joy.  Because I am learning from them to be appreciative of who I am and why I came to be.

Not to shrink from life but to live it as fully as I can. And for the gift of gratitude, I am truly grateful. Namaste

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass

Winter has blown in with a vengeance. For a while, I was wondering where it was and when it was coming. If it was coming. The weather had been so mild; even very warm for this time of the year. But now winter is making its presence known.

Yesterday morning started out beautiful. Sunlight streaming through my blinds. Calm air. Birds chirping. I woke up with the feeling that it was going to be another picture perfect day. Lulling me to believe it would be another day like Saturday.

Within hours of the start of the beautiful morning, heavy, dark, grey and then black clouds blew in fast and fierce instantly taking the light out of the day replacing it with grey. Then the rain came down in torrents. Hard, pounding rain. The kind that soaks through everything in seconds. And with it came the north wind. The unforgiving and chilly north wind. Announcing to us winter had finally come.Bringing with it the haunting howling sound of winter wind.

As I watched the weather change without warning, I knew I was witnessing how quickly life can change. One minute there is sunshine and calm. The next there is heavy rain and storm. Asking me not to take for granted the calm in my life when it is there.

Taking me back to a sign I had seen on Saturday and for some reason had stuck with me. “Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” As if it was preparing me for the changing weather that was about to come.

The weather to let me know even when all around me looks murky and stormy; so much so my vision becomes blinded by the fog that I feel I can’t see through to the other side, in all things there is something to be grateful for. No matter how bad my day may seem, there is always something or someone somewhere experiencing something far worse than what I am experiencing.

In all things, times and places, there is always something to rejoice about and when we do we will see just how temperamental life can be. Sunny one minute, rainy the next but in each instance we are here to experience what is right in front of us with gratitude and grace.

Here’s to a stormy, rainy start to the week. Remembering the people that have experienced far worse weather than we are experiencing on this Monday morning. Sending out prayers to the people of the Philippines still trying to put their lives back together again after Typhoon Haiyan. And to the people of the United States being blanketed with a winter storm. Europe facing one of the coldest and harshest winters yet. 

When I look around the world at the trials of weather my brothers and sisters are facing, I can only be grateful for the winter weather we are finally experiencing because it could be a lot worse.  The howling north wind, the heavy rain, the darkness of the day are blessings I am still here to experience. And in comparison are very mild winter signs than what a large percentage of the world is facing right now.

Here’s to having the ability to learn to dance in the rain and find pleasure in doing so rather than waiting for the storm to pass and only seeing the gloom. Rather than waiting for the sun to shine again, enjoying the weather as it is meant to be. As my life is meant to be. Heavy rain and howling wind and all just as it is meant to be. Namaste.

A Saturday morning gift

I love Saturday mornings. Now that I have learned to relax. Not to rush about. Not to feel guilty about having a sleep in. To just be. To inhale deeply and exhale slowly. To snuggle under the warm blankets on my bed. Sneaking in the extra time to sleep.

I particularly love Saturdays mornings when the light of the day penetrates through my sleeping eyes waking me out of my sleep. Nudging me with its dazzling light. Like diamonds flickering through my closed lids. Touching the light deep within me that matches the light of the outside. Awakening me gently so that I can see, feel and be a part of the new day.

I love opening my eyes slowly and seeing the light casting shadows through the closed blinds. The silhouettes of the trees and leaves like little fairies dancing on the blinds. The black against the white. The light against the dark. I love knowing and feeling there is a place for light and dark in our worlds. A place and time for everything. And neither is bad but rather an opportunity for us to respond and react to them in such a way that we can learn from them. To appreciate the opportunity to learn from them.

I love getting out of bed slowly when my body wills me to get out of bed and opening the blinds to let all of the light stream through my windows. The windows in my bedroom perfectly framing the large avocado tree directly outside my windows. Filling my vision and my soul with greenery so lush I drink in the feelings of abundance, gratitude and plenitude that flow through me. Causing my insides to tingle with love and joy. Letting out a huge sigh because I am so full.

I love going back to bed and pretending it is just me and this vision of nature in the world and all we have is each other. For a moment blocking out all my worries and concerns and instead feeling like the queen of my destiny. Me against the world. Realising it is not me against the world but me as a part of the world. That the tree, the sunshine, the birds singing, the rest of my household, everything in this world and I are all connected. Molecule to molecule. Atom to atom. Particle to particle. Dust to dust.

We are all a part of this world and we must not take each other for granted but honour each other for choosing to be in the space we have chosen to be in together at the same time. Because we are together to support each other. To assist each other to move forward in life. To share this space. Not by coincidence but by choice.

I love Saturday mornings because I have learned that life is not about being busy and harried and trying to please everyone. Life is about living the way we envision. The way we feel the most comfortable  - with the people and places that make us feel comfortable. And to know there is nothing wrong with sometimes being alone with our thoughts as I am this morning. This lazy beautiful Saturday morning enabling me to feel grateful for who I am and what I came here to be. Just from taking my time to be grateful for allowing myself to be woken up this morning by the dazzling light of the new day dawning. The avocado tree filling me with abundance and knowing I had to be nowhere but where I am.

What an absolute and unexpected delight this morning. Happy Saturday with gratitude, grace and peace. Namaste

The Waltz of Life

Why do we fear change so much when it is change that allows us to grow?

Why do we worry so much about what others may say about us when they can never live our lives? Can never be us.

Why do we worry about tomorrow when all we have is today? This present moment.

Why do we questions so much when sometimes there are no answers? Just faith and trust.

Why do we lose trust in ourselves and became prisoners of everyone’s beliefs? Everyone’s thoughts and projections rather than our own.

There is no such thing as a stagnant life unless we imprison ourselves into believing there is – confining ourselves to a life that chokes everything out of us. Brings us no joy.

There is no such thing as a joyless life unless we allow ourselves to be robbed of the joy we are meant to feel. By fearing our worth. Shrinking from it.

When we open ourselves to the rhythm, to the flow, to all that is possible, our lives change dramatically.

We bloom like the flowers all around us. Blossoming. Pulling in the light of the world like photosynthesis to a flower. Fuelling us. Growing us.

We radiate beautiful colours out into the world like the flowers do for bees. Allowing us to become the beauty that attracts everything and everyone to us.

Our smell becomes intoxicating as our quest to live as fully as we can wafts out into the world.

And the only way we can become that way is to accept life is constantly changing, we are constantly changing.

That to everything, there is a time and a season

And sometimes that means having to close the door on people and events that no longer serve us

With love and respect always

Never with malice

Never with revenge

But with the understanding that it is time to move on to that which resonates the most with us

Making way for the energy that helps us to become the radiant beings we were sent here to be

Regardless of what anyone else says or thinks, she cannot live our lives. He is not us

And she has no idea what it is we are experiencing deep down inside

What we were coded to do

Came here to do.

And even when we feel absolutely and totally alone in life

We are never alone as we are a part of the whole

Of a much bigger process than that which we see everyday.

It is often the unseen that propels us to become more

To become who we are

To be who we are.

And sometimes we just have to trust and have faith that we are being led to exactly where we need to go

One step at a time

One day at a time.

Remembering always to express gratitude for everything and everyone that comes our way

Allowing us to become open and receptive.

And then it happens without us realizing - we have surrendered. 

Allowing us to feel a certain enlightenment.

A growing satisfaction welling inside us

A knowingness radiating and expanding from within

People tell us we look different

We seem different and they want to be in our space

The reason they do is because we are truly stepping into the story of who and what we are

Becoming like magnets

Attracting everything and everyone to us

While we are standing still

Ebbing and flowing

Dancing and swaying

To the waltz of life

Namaste

The path less travelled

There are times when we need the advice of others. There are times when we need to consult with others.

There are times when we know what we have to do despite what others may do or say.

And there are times when we have to let go of others in order to do what we have to do.

There are times when we have to be discerning. And know who is there to guide us and who is there to detract us.

Knowing that when we are at the precipice of a major breakthrough, we will attract the cheerleaders and the naysayers. And sometimes we cling to the advice of the naysayers because they enforce the doubt we carry. Build it until we can no longer see the path - only the darkness of the wilderness. 

So we have to be brave enough. Strong enough to not allow the fear inside of us to cling on to the ones that will keep us cemented to the place we are in even when we know the place no longer serves us.

We have to be courageous enough not to seek out the ones who will talk us out of what we need to do because what we need to do feels alien to them. Threatens them. Frightens them.

There are times when the uncertain is all there is and no one will or can understand what uncertainty brings.

Particularly us because we are in the wilderness to explore the many paths that will lead us home.

Remembering always it is the journey rather than the destination that brings us the most joy. The most growth. The most insight. The most power to go beyond our fear.

Whenever I find myself feeling uncertain, afraid of not knowing what to do,I seek internal solace first and then I use my gut to take me to people that will help me, advise me. But even then I am learning all I want from them is a place of comfort. A place to hear my own thoughts out loud. A person I can trust emphatically to be on my side and not on hers.

I am also learning no matter who I speak to, no one can walk my path except for me. No one can understand the conflict I am truly feeling except for me. And because they can’t, they can’t see the light of the stars shining down on me through the canopy of the trees because sometimes that light is only meant for me to see. Not for them.

They can’t feel nor hear the spirit moving within me. Pushing me. Helping me to move to where I need to be.

What I am beginning to understand is their advice becomes a part of my journey - an invaluable part but not the be all and end all. We are all drawn together for reasons only time will tell.

But what I know for sure is when we are about to make a major breakthrough, we attract our confident energy as well as our fearful, doubtful energy. Both dueling to show us the way – one forward and the other backward. Neither decision being the wrong one but one being the longer one. The more difficult one.

I am also learning no matter how clever we may think we are, the only life we can live is our own. We cannot live another’s life. And we can never be in their shoes. So we need not judge nor condemn others for the decisions they make because we are not them.

Sometimes we have to walk our path alone because only we can see the detour signs. The redirect signs. 

Only we can hear the voice of the Divine - leading us, calling us, ushering us along.

But only after we stop asking for everyone else’s advice. When we learn to trust we are being led to where we need to be. When we surrender to the will of who we are and what we are meant to be.

Accepting no one can walk our path but us because we are all unique beings sent here to learn the lesson we asked to learn. And only we can learn by finding our path through the wilderness through our silence and our silence alone.

Courageous enough to take the path less travelled -  the one that is leading us home.

Every step

Every step I take

Is leading me

To where

I am meant to be

When I surrender

And let life

Be

When I stop resisting

When I stop trying

To swim

Upstream

Against the tide

Of life

When I drink in all

That comes to me

And resonates deep

Within me

When I do for the good

Of all

Not for glory

Nor for adulation

But for sharing

Of my gifts

Talents

And life

With gratitude and grace

When I wake up in the morning

And feel the force of life

Entering my soul

Giving me

The gift of breath

Waking me up again

To experience

The abundance of life

The richness of us

The tapestry that

Weaves us all

Together

The interconnection

Of every action

We take

Every word

We speak

Every choice

We make

Binding us

Together

When I am grateful

For the darkness of the morning

Knowing in its silence

In its stillness

There is chaos

Necessary chaos

For from it

Order will arise

The dawn of a new day

The beginning

Because

As Robert H. Kirven says

Chaos

“Harbors an order

Or orders

Not yet discerned,

And it is the limit

Which order

Cannot violate

And

Still be order.”

Reminding me

Even in stillness

There is a buzz of activity

Of life

Regenerating itself

Passing on

Giving back

Spreading and sharing

To make space for

The new day

The next generation

The next crop

To perpetuate our existence

Most times minuscule

To the human eye

But

Giant 

To the human consciousness

Offering me the gift

Of knowing

Chaos

Is a necessary part of life

Because from chaos

Springs

Hope

Faith

Love

Gratitude

Because

It is only

In the midst of chaos

That we become

Disordered

Disoriented

Turned upside down

In order

That we may shake loose

Of the limitations of our minds

To expand beyond

What is known

To the unknown

To embrace

The uncertainty

To know certainty again

To keep moving

With the rhythm of life

The beat of the human heart

The vibration of the Universal Force

Allowing us

To be part of

The dance of life

Ebbing and flowing

Swaying back and forth

Side to side

One step at a time

So we understand

We are all in this

Together

Unified in our desire

For life

For sharing

For breath

For understanding

Acceptance

Gratitude

And Grace

Namaste

We are the takers of the photographs

Sometimes when we look back at old photographs we are able to see a glimpse of life we overlooked at the time. Hints of life we didn't want to see at the time. Refused to see at the time. But knew they were always there but did not want to admit they were there. Could not accept they were there. Too blinded by what we wanted to believe rather than what was right there in front of us waiting for us to discover all along.

We always know when something is not right and sometimes we force it because we are afraid to face the inevitable. Afraid of upsetting or hurting others while we upset and hurt ourselves instead. We are nervous about disrupting the balance when we knew all along there was no balance. The deck was stacked against us from the beginning but we kept shuffling the same deck over and over again wondering why the hand we got was always so lousy. Why we always had a bad taste in our mouths.

Until we accept, sometimes we have to be willing to make decisions only we can understand.  Decisions only we know are right because they resonate deep down in our souls.

And sometimes it takes a long time to make those decisions because we are afraid of what others may think. Afraid of how we will be perceived to the outside world rather than what feels right for us. Worried about who will leave and who will remain. Afraid of the judgment of others when others would be honored to be in our place; but because they aren't, will throw poison darts at us to try to take away our confidence. Try to take away our spark. Our light.

But what we have to accept is no one can take away our spark unless we give them permission. No words others speak of us can hurt us unless we allow them to hurt us. No action taken by another can break us unless we allow them to break us.

People, places and things come and go in our lives and all that remains is us at the end of the day. All that remains is who we are and what we were sent here to be and to do.

We must trust life to direct us. To lead us. To guide us by listening to our own inner power and not to the voice of the naysayers. Not to those who try to take us down. Not to those who are here to spread dark energy. Remembering we always know the truth and the light because we are the truth and the light.

Sometimes it’s good to look back at photos we have taken because we realize we took those photos for a reason. We realize they tell us stories we already knew but were afraid to accept. They show in an instant the truth we tried to suppress or ignore but photos don’t lie. They capture the essence of what our inner eye saw at the time. What we were asking to see but could not see. Would not see.

They show us how we were and still maybe afraid to change the people and places and things that did not feel right in our lives because we were afraid of where we would end up. Afraid of hurting others. Afraid of being alone. Only to realize the only people that were ever hurt and betrayed and led astray were us and us alone.

Life is like a series of pictures. A compilation of stories. And we are the main characters in those pictures. The heroes of those stories. So the question becomes what images do we want to leave behind. What story do we want to be told about who we are and what we are?

Only we know the answers to those questions and only we can live the life we are meant to live. No one else can do it for us. Only us. And we have to be brave enough to stand  in our own wisdom and power to be who we asked to be. Regardless of the naysayers, soothsayers and dream slayers. We are the object of our dreams, champions of our fate and bringers of our own light. Because we are the owners and drivers of our destiny. No one else but us.

We are the takers of the photographs. What were we trying to capture and know about ourselves? Look carefully, the story is there in the photograph as it is in our lives waiting for us to see with our eyes wide open. Namaste.

Everything and everyone are here because we asked for them

Happy Monday everyone.

Another start to a work week. Another start to taking the steps to the next stage of our lives. Living in the present moment. With gratitude, abandon and love.

Opening ourselves to all that is and all that is possible for us.

Recognizing that everyone and everything that come our way are for our benefit. That there is no such thing as luck but rather being prepared for whatever comes our way even if it is not what we intended or expected. Even if it shows up in a person that makes us cringe. We are cringing because they are awakening something inside us that we have tried to suppress. Something we need to address about ourselves. Not them, but us.

Feel those cues today. Let them flow through us and see where they land in our mind, body and spirit. Then ask ourselves, after quiet contemplation, what am I meant to do with this feeling? How am I meant to learn from this person? From this situation? Then release that thought to the Universe and allow the answer to come back to us when it is ready.

At some point we all have to let go and let it happen. It’s not when we least expect it as I have said on many occasions, it is when we free ourselves to have no expectations, that everything happens. When we surrender to the bountifulness of the Universe, we allow the flow of life to carry us with it without resisting. Without trying to swim upstream.

When we do, we learn to accept we are always in the right place at the right time. Always meeting the people we are meant to meet. The situations we are meant to deal with.

Always seeing what we are projecting through that which we attract.

When we want situations that are more rewarding to us, we must be grateful for everything and everyone that cross our path because we asked for them to cross our path.

And when we learn to express that gratitude, we see there is no reason to hold rigid to our beliefs. Instead we discover it is more liberating to be flexible, to be open. To be willing to see all that is there for us. That every person, situation and encounter has a purpose in our lives because we made the connection with them on a deeply subconscious level. Either to end something about ourselves or to begin something about ourselves. Remembering always everything that happens, happens for us; not to us.

Each moment is exactly where we are meant to be, asked to be.

And when we accept and surrender, we realise the people and situations we are meant to encounter to help us to learn, to grow, to explore are appearing in our lives all the time. Jolting us to the truth of what we want. Of who we truly are.

So let’s take this lesson for this Monday morning with gratitude and be grateful for every person, every situation, every feeling that we encounter today because we asked for them. And if we are patient, receptive and accepting of where we find ourselves, letting go of expectation, we will understand why we are here - right now. Why we are in the place we are in. Why we have crossed paths with the people we cross. We asked for them.

With gratitude on a Monday morning despite the chilliness in the air because I know I asked to be here. Namaste.

We are the sum of the energies we project

You know life has a funny way of bringing us exactly what we ask for. Yearn for and desire. Often not when we expect it. Sometimes it can take years before the thing we thought we wanted the most comes to us. Usually at a time when we have forgotten that we sent that desire or wish out into the Universe. It lands gently at our feet. Wrapped beautifully for us to receive.

When it is something grand or something that will benefit us immensely, every step, every choice we make in life is leading us to that desire we asked for. Every opportunity that comes our way, even though we may end up in the wilderness from that choice, is preparing us for the mother lode we always knew we were capable of achieving.

What we must ask ourselves every single day is,  is the thing we desire the most really something we will be prepared to handle when it lands at our feet? Will we be strong enough to take the gift that has comes to us when we least expect it. Or after we have given up on it because we thought it would never come.

Life has a funny way of directing our feet, our thoughts, and our actions on the path that will take us to our ultimate desires. What we must learn to do is to channel our thoughts in the way that we really want to go rather than halfheartedly on what other people are doing. Because that is when we get lost.

When we become so focused on other people’s lives, our energy goes to them and we miss the cues of our own lives.

People who manifest their desires and appear lucky are not lucky at all. They just focus on doing what is good and right for them and they also know that in order for them to receive they have to be willing to give. And when they give they are giving from a place of love without expectation of receiving anything in return but knowing that every action leads to an equal and opposite reaction.

They put their desires out into the Universe then they keep stepping, keep moving to the rhythm of life, staying in the flow so the flow always directs them when the time is right. Delivers to them their deepest desires because they have become givers of life rather than takers of life.

When we learn gossiping about others, finding fault with others takes away from our own ability to change our lives because we are so busy living other people’s lives, we will find our lives change drastically because we learn there is always something inherently good in everyone. We also  learn sometimes it’s better to leave their negative energy alone and focus on the good energy that will help to move us into the space of Divine possibility and abundance.

When we focus on listening to our inner voice and answering its call, all roads lead to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow even when we have to move through dense and heavy rain. After the rains there is always a rainbow and that’s what people who manifest their dreams always know. That sometimes they will get drenched in the downpours of life but if they have faith and trust in the Universe they will have the wherewithal to understand everything that comes their way is necessary for them to get to where they need to go. Sometimes instantly. Other times after slogging through pouring rain and the wilderness for a long time but ultimately we always get what our deepest desires really are.

With the lesson being, we always get what we ask for; think about, because we are a sum of the energies that we project. Question then becomes what is the energy I am projecting? Because our energy is who we are and what we are capable of manifesting. No one else’s. Namaste.

The most annoying people are our greatest teachers

When we are willing to accept every person and event in our lives as lessons to teach us  about ourselves, we become so much more receptive and grateful for them. They may not be what we want to remain in our lives and that is what they came to teach us. To highlight to us the limits and boundaries we must establish in our lives. The lines we must draw in the sand about the behaviours we are willing to accept. The compassion to know how to treat others so we will not inflict the same pain on others.

Every person has a limit to what she can and cannot take. A limit to the amount of intrusion he is willing to allow in her lives. Once that has been crossed what ends up happening is resentment. We resent the person for the intrusion. We resent their mere presence. But the only person we should be resenting is ourselves because we allowed them to cross that boundary and we continue to allow them to cross that boundary.

The most annoying people are our greatest teachers because they are the ones who are asking us to dig deep about an aspect about ourselves we have chosen to suppress, ignore, or pretend does not exist so we resent them rather than express gratitude for their presence. When we express gratitude for their presence within ourselves, the message from them becomes loud and clear. It becomes one of either having to change something about ourselves or becomes one of moving away.

But if we just chose to ignore the annoyance without learning from it, we will encounter the same problem over and over again just in different places and from different faces. We cannot run from our shadow selves no matter how elusive or clever we think we may be. Our shadow selves are always with us. Always there trying to overpower the light within us all. Always there trying to help us to become who we asked to come here to be. The balance between the light and the dark.

And when we get that message we see why that annoying person or event crossed our path – to teach us about who we are or who we are not.

With gratitude for every person and event that have occurred in my life and for all those people and events that will cross my path because I know they are there because I attracted them into my life by the energy I am projecting. So it is up to me to determine what I am meant to learn so their presence can either remain or be let go with gratitude and grace. With love and respect. Honour and peace. Recognising them as a gift from the Universe to help me to be more me. And not what people want me to be.

A hard lesson to learn sometimes particularly when we have to let go but a lesson worth it in the end. Especially when we are able to see through the annoyance to the treasure waiting for us to own as our own.

A lesson from the stars this morning

This morning I felt compelled to go to the window. To look outside. To feel the presence of the outside. The world. The possibility. As a matter of fact this whole week has been that way for me. The dawn of a new day has been beckoning me . Asking me to listen to the silence of the new day. Of the new beginning. To hear in the silence all that I need to hear. To drink in with my eyes the presence of new beginnings. Awakenings occurring every single day.

So this morning I went to the window and looked out and at first all I saw were heavy clouds. Thick white clouds in the otherwise dark sky. I thought to myself another day of rain, wind and darkness. No stars. No light. Just darkness. Rain and wind again. Bah  hum bug was the mood I was about to put myself in.

And just as I was starting to feel an oppression coming on about the weather, when I looked closer, I saw them there, not as bright as usual but there nonetheless, the stars hidden in plain sight. Waiting for me to get beyond the expectation I had that it was another dark and gloomy morning because I had woken up to pouring rain and high winds.

The stars suddenly appearing before my eyes let me know they were always there but I was too busy seeing what I wanted to see rather than what was there and available for me to see. Teaching me that too often we do that in life as well. We go out into the world armed with our expectations and foregone conclusions that we do not see the opportunity the abundance, the light right there in front of us. Waiting for us to discover them. Waiting for us to see what has been hidden in plain sight for us all along. Asking us to stop and to be aware of all that is available to us and to be grateful for its existence.

As I stood and looked at the stars I felt the magic of that moment spreading through my whole being. The fullness of all that is, was and ever will be filling me with great hope and possibility to know I am a part of the whole. I am all that I wish to be when I stop and go within to listen to the all-knowing voice of mine that will never lead me astray unless I fail to take heed or refuse to listen.

I gloried in the light of the morning stars even though they were not as bright nor as luminous as they normally are because what they showed me is that there is always light, always a way even in our darkest hour as long as we are willing to let go of our expectations and surrender to the moment we are in. Surrender fully and totally to allow us to see what has always been there waiting for us all along. The truth and the light showing us the way to our glory and  salvation.

And for the morning stars, hidden in plain sight, awakening me to the spirit that resides in me and in us all, I am truly grateful. The source of our abundance, possibility and light is always there for us even when we think it is not. It is. Always. Nasmaste.

Happy Birthday to my sister friend woman and big sister

Today my sister turns 64! 64 years old. My eldest sister. Making me think about the years that have flown by. The bridges we have crossed as sisters. The matriarch of my family, my direct family. How can she be 64 already? That means we are mature women, nearing the end of our life cycle. The Krone stage as it used to be called. Meaning in 14 years I will be her age and she in her late 70s. Wow amazing how quickly the cycles of life come and go.

As I look back over time, I think of the varying stages of our relationship. In my early years how I used to admire her and wanted to be just like her. She and my older sister just seemed so cool. They had the best clothes. They drove fancy cars. Had great parties. Lots of cool friends. They seemed like women of the world to my small girlhood world. Because they were so much older than me, I always had stars in my eyes when I looked at them and their lives.

Then our mother died and my sister stepped in as there was no one else for us. The first one on the scene when my dad realized my mom was in trouble. The one who remained when she was gone. Giving up her life so we could have one. She tried her best to hold us together. Always encouraged me to be the best I could be just by being there and rewarding me with trips whenever I placed in the top three at school. Little did she know just how much of an effect she had on my life by showing me that she was interested in me.

Little did I know at the time just how much of an influence she was having on my life. By taking me with her. Opening my eyes to the wider world. Giving me wings to see there was much more beyond the tiny confines of my 21 mile square island home. Waiting just for me. Allowing me to understand there was really a big wide world out there beyond the ocean’s horizon that was waiting for me. Beckoning me. Calling my name.

I think of those teenage years when I was dark and moody and felt like Cinderella and how truly my sister felt like my fairy godmother on many occasions by all that she gave to me even when she could no longer bear to be in our same household, she never lost touch with me. Always coming back for me. To rescue me from the doldrums I could have easily fallen into and letting me know there was so much more for me.

And now we are adults. Sister friend women who though we are very different share a very special bond that holds us together regardless of where our life paths may take us. She has walked this earth for 64 years and in those years has been a support for many people. Has a heart of gold even though she maintains a tough exterior, I know she would do and give anyone anything even if it means she would have to go without herself. That’s just the kind of woman she is and today I acknowledge my big sister for helping to mold me into the woman I am today. Without her I would not have been able to see beyond the confines of my physical trappings. I would not have been able to see the vastness of the world that existed just for me.

By investing in my future, my sister helped me to know in order for a child to flourish, we must invest in his future to allow her to see the vastness of the world that awaits him as I do for my children now. Even if it means I have to do without as did she. My sister taught me an invaluable lesson, the cycles of life continue as we give back to make way for the future.

So I am wishing my big sister, Patricia Butterfield, the best birthday wishes today with love and gratitude, honour and respect. Namaste my sister.

True and enduring love is the most testing love

Relationships require work. They test us. Sometimes break us.  But in most cases help to make us. Through long and committed relationships, we learn so much more about ourselves – what we can and cannot take. What makes us thrive and what makes us want to run away.

True and honest relationships are lasting relationships because they ask us to dig deep. To share unconditionally. To open to our most vulnerable sides in order for us and our relationships to flourish and to grow.

Too often we become mired in self that we do not see the benefit of the people we have allowed into our innermost circles. People that are here as gifts to help balance us and to help us to get through the toughest times in our lives just by being there.

There are also some relationships that are not meant to last and we cannot beat ourselves up for letting them go because they were only meant to last for a season. To teach us something about ourselves. And once we get the lesson we are free to move on with love and light. Not with malice or mal-intent. If we are harbouring any of those feelings, we have not learnt the lesson we were meant to learn and that lesson will continue to follow us – different faces but same issue – until we get the lesson.

Marriages or long lasting committed relationships are the most challenging because we have to be ourselves at some point in our relationship and that means letting down our guards. Letting down the guise we put up for the rest of the world and being who we truly are. It is only for so long that we can pretend that everything is okay. That we are okay. But eventually we have to be who we are and be willing to share that part of ourselves with our partners. And they with us as well.

When we are willing to be who we are honestly and truly, we find our relationships are the most wonderful gift we can be given from the universe because we are allowed to relax. To take off the armour and to be accepted for who we are – imperfect and flawed human beings trying to grow. Learning to love and to forgive through our everyday life existence. Not the extraordinary but the ordinary.

And it is for these reasons that we must show gratitude to our partners as much as we can and not take them for granted because their very presence helps us to be who we are and what we are every single day.

Enduring relationships require work. Require patience. Require love and forgiveness. But they are worth it in the end because they help to ground us to the reality of who we are and what we came here to learn. Our life partners are reflections of who we are. Mirrors of our souls. Sent to show us our deepest and darkest selves. Our shadow selves. Teaching us that often what we dislike about them is what we dislike about ourselves. And if we want that relationship to flourish we must own our dislike and magically  the resentment disappears.

And when we let go and surrender to our relationship, we find we see the world through a whole different lens  - one of love and light, peace and forgiveness, and full of abundance and grace because we become beacons of love and light radiating out for the rest of the world to share in. There is nothing more liberating and satisfying than enduring love, true and unconditional love because that love begins with us and us alone. We cannot love another fully unless we learn to love ourselves first. 

In Reverence to Remembrance Day

Today is Remembrance Day. The day when many reflect on those lost in the war. 11.11. Binary number which represents the base. And a prime number divisible by nothing but itself.

I have decided to not only reflect on those lost in the war but to reflect on all those who have walked before me and opened the door for me to be where I am today. Those who have carried the burden of race, injustice, inequality and chose to make the way better for each generation that follows. Allowing us presently on this earth to have an easier time than the generation before. It is with gratitude that I think of my ancestors, fore bearers and original inhabitants of this earth who had the foresight to do what they did in order for us to be as we are today.

I think of my mother and all that she sacrificed so that I can be the woman I am today. Even though her life was shorter than mine, she did all she could to enable me to have the tools I have today.

I recently heard on the BBC that the first two years of a child’s life determine whether he or she will be an optimist or pessimist. And it all depends on the nurturing our children receive during those first two years as to whether they will view the world from an optimistic perspective or pessimistic perspective. And I believe those words to be true particularly since I managed to come through a very dark period in my life and recognize it now as a gift from the Universe to give me wings to fly. That ability to turn a negative into a positive had to have come from somewhere and I always pondered where. The explanation about the nurturing and love of a mother in the first two years of a child’s life is so important to me. It literally shapes our futures. So I am grateful to my mother for having given me two years of love when my life first began.

And now I understand why it was so important for me to spend the early years of my children’s lives with them because there was something imprinted on my brain about the need to nurture and love them for their first few years. I obviously carried that love with me subconsciously and wanted to pass that gift on to my children to help them build a foundation of love, trust and security. Giving them the ability to go out into the world as giving citizens.

Today is Remembrance Day – a day to remember those who we have lost. Those who we have loved. Those who died for us. Those that will remain in our hearts and souls forever because we are a part of them as they are a part of us.

Remembrance day is a virtuous and holy day, however you may interpret that phrase, to allow us to remember we are all here in passing and it is up to us to truly live and to leave behind a legacy we can be proud of. To help and share rather than to destroy and destruct. Life goes on infinitely through the rebirth of nature every single day. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. From the womb of Mother Earth we come and through her body we will go.

In reverence to Remembrance Day with gratitude and love. Namaste.

Setting personal boundaries is an honour to ourselves

Setting boundaries in our lives can be very challenging particularly when there are people that are very close to us who believe we always have something to give. We feel obligated to help them knowing that in helping them, we are taking from ourselves at times. Some people in our lives feel like we are always supposed to be there no matter what they say or do to us or expect for us to give regardless of what we are experiencing or going through.

There are some who make assumptions about the lives of others based on the external trappings they see but they have no idea what is really going on in people’s lives behind closed doors. Behind the physical trappings.

Sometimes there is just nothing more to give and when we realize there isn't,  we go to the extreme and close ourselves off from people to protect ourselves from their demands. From their desires. Because we need space. We need time to understand who we are under the guise we have put forward to the outside world.

Even the strongest people can be weak at times and sometimes they need comfort and support too but when the world thinks the strong ones are always strong or always have something to give, they keep demanding. Keep requesting. Keep asking.

But for all of us, even those who are strong, what we must establish are personal boundaries. Fences in our own minds about how much we can give before we become depleted. Before we turn our backs and move away because we cannot take any more of the drama or energy depletion that is happening to us. That we have allowed to happen to us because we failed to establish boundaries in the first place.

So it is up to us to establish boundaries early on. To be honest about what we can and cannot give. What we can and cannot take. That way no one can push beyond those boundaries unless we allow them to. Unless we give them permission.

Sometimes this boundary setting can be very difficult because when we are giving people, as I am most of the time, we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. We don’t want to seem like we are rejecting anyone. Or being selfish. But at the end of the day if we keep giving, we  will end up being the ones who are feeling the most rejected because we will be rejecting what we truly feel deep down inside.

I am so grateful for my meditation this morning because I woke up feeling like I am constantly being asked to give. Constantly being asked to be the strong one. Constantly providing for everyone else. And I was struggling with the pressure. With the expectations of everyone else. And then I came to Day 6 of the Gratitude meditation to find the answer given to me at the right time by the Universe,  “Saying “no” can be a most loving gesture that insures a harmonious  future in any relationship.  When we honour what is most important to us, we honour others as well.”

It is okay,and more importantly, it is necessary to set boundaries in our relationships, whatever they may be, to allow for our relationships to flourish and not to be one-sided. Depleting and exhausting.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart Universe for answering my prayer, my call this morning, I am truly grateful. Because I know in setting personal boundaries I am honouring the place in me as I am honouring the place in others. Namaste.

Letting go opens us up to infinite possibility

Yesterday I was talking to my Spirit Mother. Telling her about my frustrations about where I am going in my life or at least where I am not going. Lamenting about knowing what I want but not being able to get there. That what I am seeking seems to be eluding me. But what I am  not seeking seems to be finding me all the time. Forcing me to have to make decisions I did not think I would have to make at this point in my life.

She told me I am so lucky because at least I know what I want. So many people go through life not really knowing what they want. And I thought about our conversation all day after that. Went to bed with it on my mind. Woke up this morning to do Day 5 of the 21 Days of Gratitude  Meditation series and found a true gift from the Universe, an answer to my concern in Day 5’s meditation called, “Setting Goals and Letting Go.”

The daily thought alone sent chills down my back, “I set my goals, allow the power of the Living Universe to take over and I enjoy the ride.”

Followed by this gem of advice by Tao Te Ching, “When I let go of who I am, I become what I might be.” Wow, I thought. Wow.

And that’s when it all hit me. The majority of my life has been lived in the flow. Living by letting go and trusting in the Universe that everything is going to be okay. That if I wake up in the morning, I am being given the opportunity to live another day. Live my life to the fullest. Not dwell on what was or what could be but just to appreciate the moment I am  in.

And it all really started with the death of my mother when I was thrown into such a tail spin that I could not make out the difference between intention or expectation, light or dark so I decided to just exist. To just live. To just be rather than try to understand the unknowns. Rather than try to dictate where I am meant to be in life. To just enjoy the ride.

But then once I became a mother and I wanted so desperately to be the best role model I could be for my children and to be there for them every step of the way, I began to set goals and hold on to them thinking I would show them how wonderful I am and how I can manifest anything I want instantly. Frustrating myself to no end.

What I discovered even more so was when I returned to the work world after being absent for eight years was that people were very goal and task oriented. The business world had changed from the one I knew and loved where we established relationships with our customers to one of delivering results. So I, too, started thinking that way and found something was lacking within me.

Listening to Louie Schwartzberg this morning brought everything back into perspective for me and helped me to understand rather than trying to control every aspect of my life, I must go back to being the girl that knew it was wise to make room for what I do not consciously  know.  To embrace the unexpected surprises that may be waiting for me.

He reminded me that once we set our intention, it is  important to have faith that the  power of the Living Universe will bring us more than what we ever imagined. As has been the case for most of my life.

When I look back to the day I become a Motherless Daughter and the light seem to go out of the world and then fast forward to the present moment, I see myself as the woman of light I have become and am still becoming so much so that I am filled with gratitude and wonder.

Letting go of attachment for narrow specific results opens the soul, the heart and the true self to new heights. Allowing us to soar like the Phoenix. Rising from the ashes over and over again as one intention dies to give birth to another allowing my life to move in directions I never imagined.

According to Louie, It is “the mystery of the unknown that sets colour and dimension to our lives.” That statement is so true. So inspiring because it allows us all to move into that space of wonder and gratitude giving us all the ability to receive the gifts and treasures of the Universe when we have faith and trust that we are exactly where we need to be.

Practising gratitude daily by giving thanks for having the ability to not only dream our dreams but to  live them opens us up to infinite possibility. Being mindful of our thoughts so that when the path becomes rocky or takes an unexpected turn, we remember tot take a deep breath, stop and  listen to our soul’s message then repeat, “I set my goals, allow the power of the Living Universe to take over and I enjoy the ride.”

Releasing the need for control. Hard I know because we always want to know what is happening to us and those around us all the time. After all we are in an age of instant news. Instant results so we have grown to expect the same for ourselves.

We have become conditioned to believing that if we make a decision, instantly everything in our lives will change. Isn’t that what the Internet has taught us? Isn’t that what we see on our friend’s Facebook pages – these beautiful, colourful glossy lives captured in an instant?

But what we don’t see is all the production that goes on behind the scenes to get the glossy perfect pictures and stories out into the world. The mishaps, the unexpected detours that allowed the glossy pictures and tall tales in the end -  the process is not captured for us to see.

And that is what we must remember. What we see as outcomes are not indicative of the process that took place to get to the final result.

It is important to have goals, intentions and an idea of who we want to become and what we want to do but it is even more important to let go of our goals, intentions and thoughts of who we are in order for us to become what we might be. If we are so rigid in our expectations, we lose sight of the paths that come our way every day. The detours that can get us to where we would like to be in the most unexpected ways.

When we close our eyes to the infinite possibilities because we have set our intention or goal because we believe the path we are on is the only way we will get to where we want to be, we may find we lost the opportunity to become something more than what we ever imagined for ourselves.

What a beautiful meditation this morning. What a wonderful gift from the Universe. “Being unattached to one specific form of any goal is how we leave room for wondrous surprises that may turn out better than we ever imagined.” Letting go opens us up to more opportunities than we ever imagined. Wow. And amen.

Ask for what you want

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” Maya Angelou

A wonderful and powerful quote I came across spoken by the very wise and timeless Dr. Maya Angelou. When this woman speaks, profound words usually roll out of her mouth. She is a modern day Sage to me.

When I saw these words and pondered on them for a bit, I felt them deep down inside. And thought about how often we ask for something and then when we get it, realize it wasn't what we really wanted in the first place. That we weren't ready for what we asked for yet or didn't really mean to ask for it in the first place. Or thought what we asked for would bring us instant satisfaction and happiness. Only to find ourselves disappointed. Tired. More stressed because with any change, there comes a period of discomfort and confusion. There is no such thing as instant gratification because life is a process.

We are constantly sending conflicting messages to ourselves and to the Universe. When we ask for a new job, a new relationship, or for anything that will deliver us from the oppressive situation we may find ourselves in, and then we get it, we discover it wasn't really the new job or relationship or anything but where we were, we were seeking, it was a basic desire we were lacking not really the situation change we got.

But what we attract with the new job or relationship sometimes turns out to be worse than what we had because we had not dealt with our own internal battles. Forcing us to discover our underlying desire still remains unfulfilled so we end up bouncing from one situation to another because we have not settled within ourselves what it is we truly want. 

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it”,  is very powerful because what it tells us is that the Universe always answers our strongest desires and requests in exactly the way we ask for it so we must always be prepared for what comes our way because we are the directors of the movie of our lives.

In order to get what we truly want and need, we must give ourselves the opportunity to be still, to be quiet, to walk in nature or whatever allows us to hear our inner voice, to hear our deepest desires bringing forth the truth of what we need and want. Only after these moments of quiet contemplation, meditation or prayer should we then ask for whatever it is that we want.

That way we will be prepared to get what comes our way knowing it may not manifest in the way we envisioned but we will be given our greatest desire in the form that will be best for us to handle. Allowing us to accept our gift from the Universe, the answer to our prayer with love and gratitude rather than with regret and disappointment.

Life is all about the messages we send out into the Universe. All about who we are because we attract who we are over and over again. And more importantly life is a process. Change after change. Decision after decision until we find the rhythm of our existence. The reason we are here because we always get what we ask for. The question becomes are we prepared to receive it?

The moral of the story is be careful what you ask for because you might just get it.....

As I follow my passion

“As I follow my passion the world becomes a better place.”

“As I follow my passion, the world becomes a better place.”

“As I follow my passion, the world becomes a better place.”

I heard this in my meditation this morning. A 21 day meditation experience about gratitude hosted by the Mentors Channel. And this was the message of the meditation this morning. And from the moment I heard it, I knew I was being sent a message by the Divine. I knew the Universe was speaking to me this morning.

This message was loud and clear in the last words spoken by Louie Schwartzberg, the presenter, before the meditation ended. “As I follow my passion, the world become a better place.” And when I opened my eyes, I totally understood what this message was telling me. Guiding me to accept.

If I am working within my passion, if I embody my passion then the world becomes a better place purely because I view it differently. I see life as a process, a journey. Not static. Not still but rather a moving and every changing dynamic that will place me in situations that seem untenable and unmanageable sometimes but if I am living a life grounded in my passion then I will accept that life is dynamic not static.

To know the darkness is as much a part of the process as is the light. Every person I encounter and who crosses my path is really an aspect of me that I am dealing with. No person is a stranger in my life. We are all one, of the Universal soul.

Living a life of passion helps me to see that the world is a great and abundant place, it is our projections  on it that make it seem inhospitable and dangerous. To live a life of passion, is to open ourselves to creativity which allows us to grow and expand because each one of us was sent here to create.

When we see life through the eyes of children, we see the world truly is a place of abundance and possibility. Children live passionate lives every single day because they are not jaded as we, adults, have become by projecting ourselves into a future we have no control over because it never comes or by living in the past which no longer exists. They recognize that the only moment they have is the one they are in and nothing else matters.

Living a life of passion helps us to find purpose and meaning. My writing every single morning brings me closer to the passionate life I am meant to be living as it helps me to dig deep and to explore who I am and what I am allowing to derail my viewpoint on life, my outlook on the world. It allows me to create, the desire we all carry within us to create something every day. 

This morning's meditation helped me to understand because I begin my day from a creative space that I am able to view the world as a wonderful place. Allowing me to be grateful that I am here experiencing this journey, this process.

Living a life of passion allows me to see the world through rose coloured glasses because it grounds me to the now. Allowing me to be grateful and receptive to everything that comes my way. Giving me the ability to feel and know gratitude and love. Opening me up to possibility. Tapping me into the infinite power of the Universe.

Allowing me to fully embrace the thought of the meditation today “As I follow my passion, the world becomes a better place” because I become a better person. More willing to share. More willing to give. More willing to open my heart and soul to the pulse of the heartbeat of the Divine. Namaste.

We are here to share

We are here to share

To help

To be of service

To each other

To pull each other up

When one is down

To lift each other up

When one’s spirit

Needs lifting

To honour each other

When the time is right

To praise each other

When the time is right

To support each other

Always

In times of good

And times of bad

But sometimes

We get so caught up in self

That we neglect to see

How interconnected we really are

Truly are

We neglect to remember

We are 

Of the One Source

Of the Divine Spirit

Emanating from the same soul

So instead we become

Selfish

Self centered

Hoarders

So afraid 

Of tomorrow

That we forget 

To live today

We store

We hide

We lie

We cheat

Keeping us mired in the darkness

In the dungeons of doom

Busyness distracting us

From being who we are

And what we are meant to be

We look up

Through the iron grates

The iron bars

Up high

So high from where we sit

Mired in darkness

And see those on the mountaintop

Claiming all the light

And then we wonder

And lament

About

How they got to the light

When we are still struggling

On the treadmill

And no matter how hard 

We push

And stride

We remain stationary

Standing still

Not moving

As life 

And they

Pass us by

Breathless

Resentful

Angry

Until we stop

And look

At ourselves

And see

It is because

We have put self first

Ahead of helping

Instead of supporting

Instead of present moment living

Instead of being grateful for

All that we have

All that we are

All that we have experienced

Stopping us from seeing

We are just as capable

Just as fortunate

As those on the mountaintop

But we are stopping ourselves

From getting there

Because we refuse to share

Refuse to help

Refuse to promote

And assist

Unless it serves us

Keeping us down in the dungeons

Chained to the rock

Until we shift

Our thinking

To one of abundance

And gratitude

We see the climb 

Was never

Too steep

The grates

The bars

Had no key

That they were

Self imposed

By us

By our own

Limitations

Realizing all at once

The only thing stopping us

Was us

Not being thankful

For every experience

In our lives

Not being grateful

For every person that crossed our path

Not seeing that

We are evolving

As we imagine

Because

We are products 

Of our imagination

More so than our circumstances

Because

It is our imaginations

That create our circumstances

And if we don’t like our circumstances

We have to either 

Move away

Change

Or accept them

100%

As they are

Because we are the masters

Of our destinies

Dreamers

Of our dreams

And that’s why

There are those people

Who could be us

High up on the mountaintop

Basking in the light

Not because

They are selfish

Or self-centered

But

Because they recognize

They are the light

As are we

Because we are all

Of the Universal Soul

Of the One source

Here to share

Not hoard

Here to teach

Not to block

Here to learn

Not stagnate

Here to prosper

Not starve

Here to grow

Not wilt

Here to explore

Not hide

Here to live

While we can

Not wither

And

Be exactly

Who we came here to be

Sharing

Loving

Supporting

Spiritual beings

Having

A human experience

At the same time

In the same dimension

Of the One Source

Of the Divine Spirit

Of the Universal heart beat

Namaste