Author: systems

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.

You’re so brave. So brave that once you get through this, you won’t even remember how you did it. You’re doing better than you think. Amazing you!

Are you feeling the shift? The one where people realize that we’re all connected, that we all have to care for the greater good, and that each life is more precious that anyone has ever realized? It is taking some longer than others. They will catch up. Keep being you. Keep setting the example. You’re a hero to the entire Cosmos because you keep going when your light is needed the most.

Your time — your precious moments are everything. You own each and every one. This moment is yours and yours alone. Each one is a bit of glitter, a tiny star in the sky. Grab it. Love with it. Share with it. Learn, grow. Every single second you are in this life can be spent your way… and can be even sweeter when you express the love in your soul.

Write the book. Work on the poems. Learn the instrument. Make the video. Take a virtual tour. Read a book on quantum physics or transpersonal psychology. Reach out to the world in your own way. Talk to your higher power. There are indeed many things you can use your time to do that will raise you up — and maybe even someone else while you’re at it. All the things you wanted to learn about are at your fingertips and you can make your mark on the world… right now.