Author: systems

What keeps you moving? Your soul and spirit? Your passions and desires? Or… your wounds and fears? When our decisions are pushed and motivated by our fears, our scars or our traumas, we might talk ourselves out of the very things we should be doing with our precious time. See, but when we are pulled forward by the things that call us, the gentle spiritual connection to everything we all share, and our desire to find our special place in it, we can make amazing progress towards the best things life has to offer us.

Working through all the feelings is hard. But, you simply have to feel them. Simply pushing them away is just kicking the old can down the road. It is okay if you lost hope there for a moment. It’s completely acceptable that sadness, being scared or anger has been your thing on and off. You’re not broken for not being able to bring that smile all the time, every day, for everyone. You’re not. What is important, though, is that deep inside, your soul does crave joy. Try not to forget that even when things seem too heavy that there is a place in you that can bring a smile, love, tenderness and hope because it is connected to everything good in the world.

Look at you hanging in there! Challenges are helping you grow. Mistakes just make you even smarter. You’re more compassionate, more understanding, and looking for ways to help not just yourself, but the world around you. Sometimes it takes a huge wake-up call to see what your human spirit is capable of… and you’re rocking it with patience, kindness, and true grit. How cool!

You, my dearest, are the pathmaker of your life. You get to choose the material your road is built out of and where you are going. Yes, you will encounter mountains and oceans. There you get to decide if you’ll tunnel through, build bridges, or reroute. Though the landscape is ever changing, challenging your creativity and determination, never forget — you ARE the pathmaker.

What is courage? Courage is an action word. It could be speaking out against injustice. It IS being able to admit when you’re wrong. It is even often about chasing your dreams against the odds. It’s moving forward when you’re scared to death. Courage is within us all, though we don’t always realize it. Here’s a reminder: You are courage. Courage is YOU.

Once you can recognize the kinds of thoughts you have that stress you out, you’re growing. Once you can be mindful of the stuff that creeps in, there is only a very short baby step to getting a handle on dealing with them. You can imagine yourself like a teacher, throwing the thoughts out of class and down to the office. Or tossing them out of a window. Or, even pumping them into a balloon and letting it rise to the sky. Recognize when you’re hard on yourself… and the next step is easy-peasy.

Your inner strength might be tested. You’ll win. Your self-confidence might be challenged. You’ll overcome. You might feel beaten, broken, or like you’ve been repeatedly hit with a club (or any other blunt object). But you know what? You will rise up, take control and be even better for it. So, go ahead and cry. Get it out. Then wipe those tears and stand tall. You’ve got this.

Even if you have to bend a bit right now, things will fit together better in time. As you get even more deeply in touch with yourself and how every single conscious being in this Cosmos is connected, it might require a little wiggle room at first for stuff to fall into place. New adjustments to old routines. Novel ways of thinking, doing and believing. But, go ahead and look forward to who you are becoming… because you’re even more fantastic than you ever dreamt possible.

You’re entitled to your feelings. You don’t have to compare your own experience to someone else’s. Now, you can look to one another to give you perspective or inspiration. Of course! We all need a little now and then. It is good to shift our perspective and be able to see the good stuff in anything. Hold onto that. Just don’t kick yourself for those moment where you slip and fall a little. You will get back up. Believe in you.

Coming together as one can be rough. I mean, there are people you don’t even like much (sometimes with pretty good reasons!). But, you see, we are indeed already all connected. We are light and dark, good and bad, and every other polarity you can think of. Your light is needed to offset the darkness, and your amazing soul is essential for our humanity. Shine your light and there’s nothing we can’t overcome together.

Adversity can chew at your confidence or it can spur you to make changes and see things from a new perspective. Frustration can send you into the blues, or it can motivate you to find some out of the box ideas to turn things around. Even when you feel like you are stuck, what you do with the time you have is up to you. You truly have the power and deep inner strength and spirit to find your way to an even better reality.

Yesterday, we declared your bravery. Some of you felt it wasn’t true. But bravery isn’t always rushing into a burning building. Sometimes it is said that it is being absolutely terrified and still going. Still trying. Still existing. Still getting through the day somehow. So, yup. That’s you.