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Published on August 04, 2024 14:38

Welcome to the August - Let's Go

The deepest healing and delight arises from letting go . Yung Pueblo

Some of us have a really hard time letting go of how things used to be and who we used to be. ( I am "some of us")

I have learned to reframe and relook the challenges I face, to find a different perspective, to push open my mind, to entertain another way.

For August, I have committed to embrace Letting Go from another perspective,

Isn't that how life works though? Consistent change, many times without being able to fix, control, shift, change the situation?

And therein lies the challenge, the lesson of acceptance, of surrender, of letting go, of faith.

Let's Go - The Flip Side

1. Letting go requires trusting the process and trusting Self.

2. Letting go is not giving up.

3.Letting go is far easier than doggedly clinging, trust more empowering than resistance.

4. Acceptance is the root of letting go.Letting go is the path to moving on

5. Moving on does require letting go. But letting go requires something too, It requires acceptance.

6. The first step to creating something new is letting go of what no longer serves you.

7. There is never a losing in letting go. No matter what happens, The Most High remains.

8. Wholeness and Whole-Y-ness is letting go of the stuff that does not belong.

9. Sometimes remembering who you are involves a process of letting go.

10. Many of the stories we create in our head is in the resistance to letting go.

According to the Way of Knowing , there can be no greater joy than to arrive in each moment with nothing to be acquired, and nothing to be resisted. When resistance has been released, through the simple choice to release it, you will discover and know that all along, in reality, there has only been you and God.

Peace and Blessings

Happy Emancipation Day to All

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Published on August 01, 2024 12:59

A note on Healing

Healing requires truth, until thetruth comes healing will not happen. There is no true healing withoutaccountability and integrity.

Healing is declaring that it ends right here with you. I am making the intentional effort to recognize the patterns I have been repeating that haven't been serving me.

I am done letting my past experiences and the version of me birthed out of fear run the show. I get to choose, so I choose to commit to myself, I choose to do right my myself. I choose to break free from what has been keeping me from playing small, blocking blessings and repeating cycles

Our healing is our responsibility.

Healing is about feeling, not about thinking.

Healing requires presence between you and yourself.

Attachment grows the ego and it slows down healing.

Keeping yourself accountable is also part of healing

Everything you are healing for yourself you are healing for someone else, too

Running from discomfort and unresolved issues just fuels the need to run. Stopping. Turning around and addressing what we’re running from is the path to healing.

So choose, choose for you. You are worthy.

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Published on July 24, 2024 09:47

Divine Order and Right Action

Just because that we are personally not in control, does not mean that things are out of control, there is divine order and right action - Rev Deborah Johnson

Humans love control, we love to know what is happening and when. We must know what is coming next, all the facts and insights before, during and after an even, a process, a situation. Of course, we are taught that we must be in control to grow, to lead, to avoid embarrassment. We are rewarded for knowing, for having the facts and information, when we don't know we are looked at as dumb, incomplete, unfinished, unprepared. We are punished.

Knowing, in a particular situation, is important and I am not saying that flying blindly is the solution. What I am saying is that there are some situations that divine guidance, right action and intuition plays a far more critical role than the facts. There are some situations that you get the gut feeling to do something or not do something that defies all logic and throws the facts out. And guess what, those are the ones that absolutely blow our minds, we learn way more, we grow way more, we change way more than we ever imagined.

The challenge is trusting the process, surrendering the outcome and letting go of the attachment.

However when we show up with an open mind willing to do the work and let go of the attachment, the proving, the negative ego we make way for divine order and right action to work on our behalf.

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Published on July 22, 2024 10:08

A Start saying No to list

What you stop doing is as important as what you start doing, I always say. We don’t need more goals. Just less bullsh*t and toxins. Danielle La Porte

I read an article by Danielle La Porte where she shared 12 things that are on her definite NO list for what she now says NO to. I felt inspired to think about what I must absolutely stop doing now for my health, mentally and physically.

Let's start with:

1. Sugary substitute coffee's - They give me a temporary high, then the crash is hard! turns my tummy into a roller coaster.

2. Not speaking up due to fear - says it all - Just speak up, and stop the self betrayal.

3. Making excuses for other people's bad behavior - stay in your lane

4. Procrastinating

5. Early morning meetings and events.

6. People pleasing

7. Letting people off the hook when boundaries are continually ignored

8. Stuffing your feelings into chocolate

9. Breaking promises and commitments to Self

10. Holding on to the past without forgiveness and gratitude

What are yours?

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Published on July 20, 2024 12:41

What is your current mental conduct?

“Never forget that circumstances of your life tomorrow are molded by your mental conduct of today.” Emmet Fox

Everything is a process, every daily thought, every daily word, every daily action adds up to our lives. What daily decisions are you making that add up to the life that you live? Are you being kind to Self and others? Are you being honest to Self and others? Are you being unselfish to Self and others? Are you standing and living in your truth? And every day may look different, however if the intention is to live from that space, it pushes us to act accordingly, if there is a firm decision to build your life around integrity, accountability, authenticity and kindness, this will be reflected in how we show up.

One day at a time, one thought at a time, one action at a time adds up to the lives we create.

What are you creating today that will impact your tomorrow?

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Published on July 17, 2024 17:02

Dedicate yourself to the process

Impatience and impulsiveness can be linked to scarcity mindset because the parts of people that become impatient could be unconsciously feeling deprived of something or the feeling of "there isn't enough and I need it right now" is present - Purposefully Zenny

Trust the process has been an important lesson for me. The process has taught me more than patience. I have learnt to be disciplined, I learnt courage, to believe in myself, to surrender.

Instant gratification is for some things - perhaps popping corn in the microwave? There are times that trusting the process is a gift. When we look at it from this perspective we are able to tap into the patience, motivation and trust required to complete the process, achieve the goal.

As Lisa Olivera beautifully puts it, what a gift it is to trust the unfolding, to trust the process, to trust the aligned timing of ourselves, our work, our capacity, our desires, or hopes, our lives. What a gift it is to allow ideas, dreams, and ways of being to morph from confusing to clear.

Dedicate yourself to the process, rather than the results and see what magic happens!

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Published on July 15, 2024 12:25

This or something better - an affirmation

One lesson that has always stayed with me is the power of adaptability. Life rarely goes as planned, but those who can adapt and grow from their experiences find success and fulfillment.

Life has a way of speaking to us, giving us messages, sending us signals. With love and compassion, gives us cues and messages. When it is ignored, life begins shouting at us through our experiences.

I know when I made elaborate plans and life had something else in store for me, there was nothing that I could do to shift it. On the surface my plans looked like failure, epic failure. Now I know it was only life saying to me- no this my love, not here my love, not now my love

When I resisted life's guidance and cues, I suffered even more. When I accepted them, felt the feelings and flowed with it, every single time my mind was blown

Life had something just as exiting or better in the works. I now have an affirmation when I put a plan in place is "this or something better" and be prepared for what shows up.

Failures, detours, heartbreaks, job losses have all been life cues to me to change course - it was hard as hell going through it but now I know I am built for life, built to handle it.

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Published on July 12, 2024 09:33

Change is the Law of Growth

“Change is the law of growth; and growth is the law of life. Without change there can be no growth. There is no greater mistake than to be afraid of change, and yet many intelligent people dread it and cling to what is customary and familiar. Welcome every change that comes into phase of your life.” Emmet Fox (Life Is Change).

I joined a boxing class, some days its fun, when I am actually boxing I feel excited and happy. Other days its not so much fun, we do work to strengthen our core and practice the techniques, gain fitness. One particular day the non boxing part was pleasant, I was pleasantly surprised, I actually looked forward to the next session. Well, suffice to say that session was monstrous, the level of difficulty was so high, I felt frustrated and wanted the same class, same comfort, same conditions.

How can I grow, become better, evolve when things remain the same? Circumstances change all the time. In order for growth and evolution it is important that change is embraced as par for the course.

Looking forward to the same situation and experience every time is s recipe for disappointment

Nothing remains the same and that is just a fact

So how am I accepting change?

1. Affirmations - I say affirmations when the resistance comes up. I use this one quite a bit

I let go trying to control every outcome. I release my need to micromanage every detail. I acknowledge that all change, all things around me are working for good. Releasing my concerns, I let God be God in my life, and then I do what is mine to do. I move forward in peace. Amen!

2. Putting myself in situations where I invite change.

If you have any other tips, please share!

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Published on July 11, 2024 08:29

Observing vs Absorbing

Over givers often think we have to take in the energy other people throw at us. To observe it, to be "held accountable" But we can observe others' and insist it stay outside of our aura Mayaam Hassnaa

It has been a practice to observe - both in my own life and in others rather than "rush in" to fix, change, repair, give suggestions, save and be seen as useful. One of the most important lessons I have learned is to let people walk their path, no judgement, no saving - only support.

Support, I have also learnt, can look like listening, waiting to ask for what they need and setting boundaries. The practice of rushing in to make myself "useful" is all about me, rather than supporting.

Observing is a process, it is a practice, it is a knowing that reflect the entire picture, it takes courage, patience and setting boundaries.

Observing provides a different vantage point and depersonalizes the situation.

What and where are you jumping into situations to help, rather than observing?

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