Hi, all!
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Many Blessings to all of you!!
I have had many breakthroughs in the last years. Many in the last months. Even more in the last weeks and days.
This morning I had a breakthrough while I was running.
Yes, running. I got back to it last week and it is fabulous!
Each morning I get to practice not judging myself on how far I didn’t go. I only congratulate myself for getting off my butt and doing it.
And, while I was running this morning, I thought to myself, ok, I can stop here. And then I realized something, which was profound to myself…I often give myself permission to do less than I can. Less than I’m capable of. Although I know I’ve had this thought subconsciously many times, this was the first time I can recall it consciously. I felt it in my bones.
I constantly give myself an “out.”
And it’s really not ok anymore. I expect more from myself than that.
So, it may be “easier” to live with feeling I am less than. But it starts with me. It starts with quitting a block earlier than I decided on my run. Then it trickles into not following up with a peer or client…you see where this is going, right?
So today, decide what your goal is and make sure you do everything you can to move towards it.
No more easy outs to stay comfortable.
“Dear God,
If left to my own devices,
my perceptions will be skewed.
I surrender to You everything
I think and feel.
Please take my past, and
plan my future.
Send Your Spirit to redeem my
mind,
that I might be set free.
May I Be Your vessel
And serve the world.
May I become who You
would have me be,
that I might do what You
would have me do.
And I will, dear God.
Amen.”
-From Marianne Williamson’s “The Gift of Change”
And so it is.
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” -Christopher Robin to Pooh
Sometimes we don’t think we are worthy of our dreams. We are shamed into thinking we have to believe a different path is the “right” way.
And I am reminded each and every day that the “right” path was never for me.
I think wanting certain things for myself, for my kids, for my friends, family and clients is very ok.
It’s in giving ourselves permission to have had the experiences we had. To know we did the best we could have done at that moment with the information we had. And to move on. No need in feeling bad about it and thinking because of those choices then we shouldn’t be allowed to have those dreams of ours.
The right path, so we’re told, is graduating, going to college, falling in love and getting married. And, though, many of us do that, it doesn’t have to be in that order. And, you know what, we may need a few shots at each of those things. 
And that’s ok too.
My dream is to raise my kids to do what feels right to them. To allow them to make their own paths. To do what feels right to them. For them to know they are 100% all by themselves. And, ideally, they would attract in a partner who is also aware he/she is 100%. Or to be comfortable in their own skin to know they are not incomplete without someone as well.
I have let go of the “idea” of things – I like the idea of a lot of things.
I like the idea of a hot brandy, though I don’t actually like it.
I think we all like the “idea” of some things in our lives, but if we really think about it for a moment, we probably don’t actually like that at all.
Let go of those “ideas” of things you think you like. Really sit in it. Allow yourself to dream a bit. And give yourself permission to want that dream. Then watch the opportunities towards that dream start to unravel before your eyes.
The first step is the want.
My wish for you is to know you are fully supported in this world.
To know you have the wings of angels ready to catch you when you leap.
To trust in yourself.
To have Faith.
To know that it’s alright not to know.
To trust in that.
To claim your dreams in life.
To take action on them.
To know that you are loved. Totally. Completely. Unconditionally.
To take deep breaths and feel peace within, so you can share it out as well.
Everything really is alright. Know this now.
Your life is what you make it to be.
Your experiences have made you what you are today, and you have the power to change your future.
I wish for you not to settle in life, but to embrace it and love it and it will love you in return.
Those are my wishes for you.
Many Blessings.
This spring and summer have been about shedding old thoughts, old stories I have told myself. It’s been about old relationships transforming into different relationships and honoring myself in the process.
And, honestly, I had kind of given up on my purpose in life. I didn’t care. I wasn’t motivated. And that made me even more sad.
Yes, I have all these great things I’ve been sitting on in my business for months. Really, really awesome pieces, if I do say so myself. But I didn’t want to work on them. Though, I thought about them all the time.
I was stuck.
But it is summertime, afterall. And kids must be entertained when not in school! One of my favorite things about having my own business is the ability to set my own hours – mostly I get my work done in the mornings and we have the afternoons together.
This summer the beach has been a great retreat for us.
And a few weeks ago I decided it was time to be seen again. Not only metaphorically, but physically. See, I had believed this old record I played in my head that nobody would want to see me in a swimsuit after two kids. So I hadn’t worn one in a very, very long time.
But I wanted to see me in a swimsuit. I wanted to know what it felt like to see myself again. I felt like I had been hiding for years. And I had.
So I put on my two piece, threw on some shorts and a t-shirt and we went to the beach.
Even the kids were excited I had a suit on!
When we got there, I didn’t even think about the college kids laying there in their size zero bodies, I just whipped my shirt and shorts off. WOW! Did that feel good!!!
And in that same moment I realized I had been playing it safe. I hadn’t been willing to be seen, physically or outside of my comfort zone in my business. The problem was that I thought about it way too much instead of just doing it.
And I think that is what most of us do. We think and think and think about the things we want to do (so we tell ourselves) or the places we want to go and we never get off the dime and do it.
So I take my moment of taking my shirt off as one of the most empowering moments of my life. It’s the moment I took my place back in this world, I took my purpose back.
Isn’t it time you took yours too?
Since then I’ve been welcomed with open arms and opporunities and even a few more swimsuit days.
Life is good when we choose to participate!
Many Blessings to all of you!
There is a misconception we are not complete without someone else. Today, I encourage you to embrace that you are 100% as yourself. Sit with it. Stand in it. Own it. Make decisions from THAT place. Breathe. Be grounded. You are complete as you are. Nothing outside of you can fulfill what is already filled.
Today you get to choose. You get to choose this moment. The next and the next.
Will you give into your fears and worries and allow them to control how you look at your day?
Or will you be happy in this moment? Grateful. Filled with joy?
It is not a destination – it is something we get to choose.
Choose wisely.
In the Mind of God, there is a fully created image of you at your most creative. abundant and joyful. And there is a divine blueprint by which this image would take form in your life. It is not something you can MAKE happen, but it is something you can ALLOW to happen, by making the softening of your heart your primary goal. This is the meaning of spiritual surrender. ~ Marianne Williamson
We spend so much time trying to conform, to be at a place where society will accept us…we lose our heart in the process and aren’t even aware of it. In surrendering to doing what we’re called to do, we’re able to open our hearts again, to learn to receive so we can continue the cycle of giving with others.
Take time to listen and soften your heart today.
