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Love does not ask us to lose ourselves

I will know love when I realize...my life is the sacred and holy ground of love! It is not loving to stay in a place or an experience where you are happy sometimes, sad most of the time. It is not loving to convince yourself that it is okay to stay in a place where you are not loved, honored and valued the way your heart tells you you deserve to be... Love does not ask us to lose ourselves, harm ourselves or sacrifice ourselves for its sake. Love offers itself to us, measure for measure, what we offer it ... Iyanla
Someone asked me yesterday if loving someone includes feeling pain and hurt and if not what is loveI had to stop and think for a hot minute. This was in a conversation about choices of our friends and more importantly our partner
For me love does not hurt. Simple
There may be actions that happen which we do not agree and it may hurt our feelings however in a relationship that is bound in love there is a separation with the the event. And the love gives us the courage and the opportunity to talk about and share how we feel.
We all know when we are settling - settling meaning in a situation where we know this is not exactly what we know our heart's desire but just either too scared, too frightened, too ignorant (not aware), too comfortable to make a move or a changeSo when we are in that settled space, we make excuses, rationales, reasons, justification for the space we are in"It's complicated""He/she is a good person underneath it all""It's the kids. the children""I have responsibilities and bills""I will embarrass my family""I am a free spirit"" It's just who I am, it's just how it is""I'm working on it""When the time is right"And the beat goes on
So how do we move beyond the reasons, excuses, rationales, justification for settlingAccording to Iyanla - we must do the workthe work for me is the willingness to move, to take a risk, being aware of the situation as it IS AT THE MOMENT and making a firm decision
You deserve more than dregsYou are divinePeace

All things work together for good

All things work together for good. There are no exceptions except in the ego's judgment ACIM

Let's be real. we don't know everything and we have no clue what will happen in the future, we just cannot know for sure, which is why the moment we are in is so important. What happens a number of times is rather than we focus on what is in front of us and do what is required to the best of our ability in faith and in love, we focus on what can go wrong, what would people think about what we are doing, are we looking good, are we failing, what would the neighbour's think
Or perhaps we have accepted old conditions and patterns which we have never questioned and just run with that. My mama said this is the way it is, and so be it. Mama may have good intentions but just sometimes the way it is may have evolved or not work in that moment


So keep in mind, all things work together for good, whether it looks that way or not
That does not always mean that it is comfortable or chummy
It may mean that you may have to trust more, believe more, make better choices, leave a situation, leave a relationship, it may mean coming out of your comfort zone

So keep in mind, all things work together for good, whether it looks that way or not
It may mean leaving town, exercising regularly, eating healthier foods, it may mean a small bit of discomfort, it may mean growing pains

When we attach judgement onto an event, it gets sticky
When we attach ego onto it as well
Keep in mind, all things work together for good
Peace

My Daily Ritual

Transformation means you change form. The old becomes unrecognizable - Deborah L Johnson


Someone asked me if I do something special to stay so calm and grounded. I have heard a number of times that I seem to be quite calm under pressure and sometimes even too laid back. Having thought about it I can say that I do have a daily ritual which I have honed over a number of years which centers me. I follow it consistently, There are very very few occasions that I miss a day.
I wake up  at 5am and I say out loud Thank You. In my mind I alert the Universe not only that I am here but that I am grateful for me coming into the day.
I  then sit on my porch and write in my journal- anything- how I am feeling, what is bothering me, what I am happy about, anything that comes to my mind, then I write what I am grateful for. I then read a positive message, I choose different books per month some of my favorites being The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, One Day My Soul Opened up by Iyanla Vanzant, The Untethered Soul and The Metaphysical Bible. I set my intention by also saying "Dear God, I give this day to you, what would you have me do?"
Then I press play on my "Positive Vibe" Playlist, I listen to music which uplift me until I leave the house!
I leave my house feeling pumped up and power filled, knowing that I have set my intentions, I have given the day to the Source who will guide me to do what is required for the upliftment of the planet and by extension myself

What is your daily ritual?

Peace'

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The Law of Healing

Truthing  isn’t necessarily easier to do, but it brings incredible ease to your life. And the more you do it, the easier it becomes. The courage, the classy delivery, the compassionate humour, it all becomes more accessible when you’re using your voice everyday. Danielle LaPorteEverything is energy. The vibrational frequency determines whether this energy is light or is solid matter, such as a giant redwood tree.Where fear exists in your life it can manifest itself as a blockage in relevant parts of your physical body. This fear may come from this life-time or past/parallel lifetimes. This blockage is restricting the flow of energy from performing at its maximum efficiency. When the circulation of your life force energy is restricted you feel imbalanced, out of sorts, ill, sick, sore, painful, incapable, non-functioning, near death. These blockages cause ill at ease feelings, dis-ease, disease, and possibly death.Fear Unresolved Manifests As Illness. Your thoughts create your reality. If you think you are sick, you become sick and remain sick. Your healing comes from love manifested as light. Your unconditional love of yourself prevents illness, alternatively, kickstarts your healing process by replacing fear with love. Your healing light, or the healing light brought from someone else, is stronger in its vibrational frequency than the illness, the blockage, caused from fear, which has a low vibrational frequency. This higher vibrational frequency obliterates the lower vibrational frequency.Identify your fears, face them head on, but have "only love" as your weapon to defeat these fears. Stand in your integrity; say "What would Love do now?" Act and facing fears - do it - and watch these fears dissolve in the light of truth and love.Pain is required for your healing, growth and evolvement. Pain is part of the process of healing. It identifies the blockage. It is intensified when the blockage is dissolved or removed and the absence of that pain tells you that you are healed. Come only from love, create the light of higher vibrational frequency, face your fears while standing in your integrity and see these fears dissolve, feel pain free and have an attitude of gratitude. Now count your blessings in appreciation, gratitude and in unconditional self love for your new found health. Believe you are healed. Believing is Seeing!LAWS FROM: Guide Spea
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Feel everything

The human animal will do anything to reduce or avoid pain. This is the reason escapism is prevalent and cell phones are our best friends. In truth, the way to reducing pain is not in running away, but feeling. To feel is experiencing the energy in the body without judging; or getting caught in thought story. To feel is claiming the power you have over the emotion rather than vice versa. To feel is the only way to freedom from the human and mergence with being . Feel everything  Kyle Jones
I love this quote,sometimes I forget it, especially when I am having a funk moment. And like magic I am guided to it, I was having a moment this week, talk about funk! I tried to run it away, read it away, then the things  I started doing to make the feelings go away started getting borderline harmful to my soul. I think I felt drunk on the funk. And drunk texted my ex, well I will not tell you how that turned out, needless to say it added to the funk. So it was a total funk festAnd then, I was guided to the quoteFeel everythingFeel itI sat on my porch and asked myself, what are you feeling and what is i saying to you?I sat there, quietly and openFeel everythingWhat is the feeling?Fear perhaps?Jealousy?Not enoughness - which, by the way, will mash you up!I felt it all then the feelings passed and I was guided to take actionFeelings are guides, they come to pass, and when we do all sorts to avoid it they stay and come around magnified and manifests itself in many areas in your life, finances, relationships, work, you name itFeel the feelingsLet it passIt won't kill youI promisePeace
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Keep it Simple

Our ego likes to tell us that we need complicated, expensive, or even magical measures to improve our lives, but as A Course in Miracles assures us, all complexity is of the ego. Elione 

I'm a simple gal, I accept it, I own it. Why? Complicating things to me is a combination of overthinking, making excuses and fear rolled up into making one or a topic more "important" than it ought to beSo, as I learn the lessons on the journey I keep it really simpleDo you trust or you don't? Simple  -yes or no?Do you believe or you don't? Simple - yes or no?Do you want to live a life that is different to the one you are currently living? Simple - yes or no?Do you want to make healthy choices? Simple - yes or no?Do you want a healthy, harmonious, spiritual abundant relationship? Simple- yes or no?Once a definite decision is made , the Universe is put on alert to assist you in achieving what you requested. We confuse the Universe with the in between talk and actions
All the fluff and talk and explanations in between to complicate it keeps me stuckI prefer to become unstuckYes, it really is that simple
Peace

Love is who I am and what I do

Love is the cooperative, harmonizing,accepting,forgiving,essence of your soul.
Love does not give up.
Love does not demand what it does not have
Love doesn't force yourself itself on others in order to feel better about itself
Love doesn't attack to avenge itself
Love does not withhold itself
When we learn too see ourselves as love and to be present with others in loving ways, love will be anchored in out consciousness and on the planet. Iyanla Vanzant


Love is sometimes letting go and saying no
I am learning this
Love is wanting others to be happy even if it means them being happy without you
Love is like enjoying the sunrise sometimes - you see it rise and look at its magnificence but you cannot take it home
Love is having a strong no

I am reminding of myself of this today, It requires a new mindset for me, it requires a sound decision, the ability to commit to a course of action with persistence and lack of guilt.
I want what I want when I want it
That sometimes lead to confusion and fear as many times in that approach it is my ego shouting at me.
Shouting to WIN, WIN WIN - no matter what, what what!
There are times for winning no matter what
There are times when winning doesn't matter but showing up real and open
How do you know?
You will be at peace when you decide
Peace

Random Move

A bad time is the seed of a good time: this is the eternal way of nature. When one identifies with external changes, one is always lost in troubles. Is it not better to adjust one's inner virtue in order to cope with the outside? Tao Te Ching

I went to the movies to see Hidden Figures, haven't been to the movies in ages but something about this movie pulled me in and it was well worth it
Not too give away the plot too much but my lessons were many. Courage, determination, perseverance, taking action rather than complaining, being willing to take risks knowing your worth and doing all of that with kindness, respect and self love
Also in there was me following my intuition and going to see the movie late on a Monday night and spending time with me!
If you have the opportunity to see this movie take it in
It's well worth the lessons
Peace

Are you willing to be spiritually mature?

When we are fully present to our experience of the moment free from the mind’s evaluation of good or bad, without imposing our ego into the way we think things ought to be, it is easier to let go, to laugh at the false illusion of control.  Then we find that in our prayer work what we are affirming for ourselves is an awakened state of consciousness that looks directly at reality, which includes all needs met.  Praying for that which is merely material and therefore temporary—name, fame, credentials, status—becomes the stuff of spiritual childhood. ACIM
Have you ever been so immersed in something that you love to do that time makes no difference? Have you ever been involved in an activity that it matters not what time it starts, what time it ends and how it turns out because you just feel such a strong sense of love and peace? I think that is the thing which determines what your calling, your purpose, your desire is. It is a complete being in the moment, a total surrender, a peace that passes all understandingWe all have itNo exceptionsThe trick is, we want it to be "socially acceptable"We want external validationWe want to make money from itWe want it to be easy all the time
Newsflash- it may never be and you will continue to chase after something that is not your purpose, your peace, your joyThat's your choiceWho is courageous enough to do that thing?There are demonstrations of this courage all around us, we sometimes call them crazy when they are "suffering" in the early stages, but when they are not we laud them! sometimes we actually get jealousbut were you willing to put in the work, hear the talk, go it alone, make night into day?were you willing to give it all up to gain it all?were you willing to have faith and trust in the process?What's it going to be?Peace

What Do You Do When The Doubt Creeps In?

You don't plant a garden and just let the elements tend to it. You fertilize it and do everything you can to prevent weeds from choking it.
You can’t just hand your desires over to Life or your God and say, “You got this, right?” and then expect that Life or He/She will also dissolve your doubts while answering your prayers. Yes, release your desires into the care of Universal Intelligence. Yes, yes! But you have to be responsible for your own doubts —because they originated from you. Cleaning up your doubt is part of your Co-Creator's job description. Danielle La Porte

The doubt creeps in, you hear the voice, it becomes louder when you ignore it, when you fuel it by speaking to the dream killers and the energy vampires, when you don't do the work, when you leave the Universe out of the decision. Then you pause, sometimes regret that you let the doubt fool you.
What do you do when the doubt creeps in?Do you pause?Do you pray?Do you move?Do you stay?
What do you do when the doubt creeps in?Do you have faith?Do you believe?Do you love?Do you speak?
What do you do when the doubt creeps in?Do you scream?Do you cry?Do you show up?Do you shrink?
How big is the dream?How clear is the vision?There will be some doubt creeping inBut what do you do?
Peace