Friday, January 25, 2019
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Sunday, July 22, 2018
"LIFE IS OUR HEALER"
I’m hard on myself. Anyone that knows me personally knows this. I want to be the best version of myself all the time, but the reality is I’m human; I’m learning as life unfolds. I have held myself back in life because I was of the opinion that I needed to be perfect and have everything figured out before sharing my gifts with another. But I've learned that it’s in the ups and downs of life that we grow our souls.
We live in a world of imperfection and navigating and perfecting ourselves is a continual process. Like a snake that sheds its skin and makes a sideways-forward journey, we’re constantly evolving, and there’s going to be rocks, storms, and other catastrophes along the curvy road. It’s the little detours that help us spiritually by providing the opportunity to learn, to go within, and break through barriers.
Each barrier conquered is like a shedding of the skin, a rising of vibration, and a moving forward in new growth. Yet, naturally, in this life the cycle continues, so why expect constant perfection?
In the past, I’d let the detours destroy a piece of me and I’d become stuck on a cliff within myself, but I’m learning to be gracious in what life is healing within me. I’m learning to listen to the wisdom of my soul and finding peace in detachment. I’ve discovered peace in acceptance and peace in letting go.
I’ve come to understand that no matter how much we love other people, they are on their own journey in this world and life is offering them their own healing module. If another wants to discredit us as a person and paint us in a way that is unkind and outside of truth, it is not our burden to carry, as it is not personal when another is simply in their own healing life-opportunity. Our focus is simply to find the sacred within us and walk in love.
All we need to do is let life be our healer. Like a flower, unfold to the light of source for spirit is like water washing over and blessing us. And the hellish fires disguised as life’s adversity are designed to tear us down for a rebirth of continuous beauty. The seed of the soul cannot be destroyed.
Perhaps our individual purpose is simply the evolution of perfection within ourselves, and life, our greatest healer, is simply rising to the occasion and lending a hand.
💗
We live in a world of imperfection and navigating and perfecting ourselves is a continual process. Like a snake that sheds its skin and makes a sideways-forward journey, we’re constantly evolving, and there’s going to be rocks, storms, and other catastrophes along the curvy road. It’s the little detours that help us spiritually by providing the opportunity to learn, to go within, and break through barriers.
Each barrier conquered is like a shedding of the skin, a rising of vibration, and a moving forward in new growth. Yet, naturally, in this life the cycle continues, so why expect constant perfection?
In the past, I’d let the detours destroy a piece of me and I’d become stuck on a cliff within myself, but I’m learning to be gracious in what life is healing within me. I’m learning to listen to the wisdom of my soul and finding peace in detachment. I’ve discovered peace in acceptance and peace in letting go.
I’ve come to understand that no matter how much we love other people, they are on their own journey in this world and life is offering them their own healing module. If another wants to discredit us as a person and paint us in a way that is unkind and outside of truth, it is not our burden to carry, as it is not personal when another is simply in their own healing life-opportunity. Our focus is simply to find the sacred within us and walk in love.
All we need to do is let life be our healer. Like a flower, unfold to the light of source for spirit is like water washing over and blessing us. And the hellish fires disguised as life’s adversity are designed to tear us down for a rebirth of continuous beauty. The seed of the soul cannot be destroyed.
Perhaps our individual purpose is simply the evolution of perfection within ourselves, and life, our greatest healer, is simply rising to the occasion and lending a hand.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
"HEALING CIRCLE"
I read a great quote.
“Depression and making yourself depressed are two different things. If you know what depresses you, change it, change the habit, change the behavior. Change your life.”
That’s pretty simple. I like it.
Why, in life, do we complicate things when the answers are in the background just waiting for us to embrace? How many times have we felt that feeling that something didn’t feel right? Yet, we keep moving forward hoping that our hunch is wrong.
I used to believe that there were only good people and bad people. I’ve learned that there’s just people. What some deem “bad” behavior, another person will giggle over. It’s not personal; it’s individual. The trick is realizing what works for us, and honoring our own feelings while respecting that another just has a different point of view.
Experiences and people come and go in our lives. It doesn’t mean appreciation is lacking or that love has dissipated. It certainly doesn’t erase good memories. But if we find that our own journeys are in need of different “scenery” because the old scenery is causing emotional turmoil, gift yourself a new adventure.
Life circles back but sometimes we have to go out on the bend and first give the opportunity for healing. 💗
#healing #innerlight #creatingspaceforhealing
“Depression and making yourself depressed are two different things. If you know what depresses you, change it, change the habit, change the behavior. Change your life.”
That’s pretty simple. I like it.
Why, in life, do we complicate things when the answers are in the background just waiting for us to embrace? How many times have we felt that feeling that something didn’t feel right? Yet, we keep moving forward hoping that our hunch is wrong.
I used to believe that there were only good people and bad people. I’ve learned that there’s just people. What some deem “bad” behavior, another person will giggle over. It’s not personal; it’s individual. The trick is realizing what works for us, and honoring our own feelings while respecting that another just has a different point of view.
Experiences and people come and go in our lives. It doesn’t mean appreciation is lacking or that love has dissipated. It certainly doesn’t erase good memories. But if we find that our own journeys are in need of different “scenery” because the old scenery is causing emotional turmoil, gift yourself a new adventure.
Life circles back but sometimes we have to go out on the bend and first give the opportunity for healing. 💗
#healing #innerlight #creatingspaceforhealing
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
"TURD TARGET"
I used to have a pet tortoise. He would spend hours sitting underneath my parrot’s bird stand hoping for a dropped strawberry or other tasty snack. While he waited, my parrot pooped all over him.
How many times have we stayed in situations or in relationships where we’re not being treated with value and respect but stayed hoping for a different outcome?
Those situations are equivalent to standing underneath a tower of crap, waiting for an affection morsel, and not moving out of the nonsense.
We’re not responsible for other people's actions, but we are responsible for our reaction. If we’re not getting what we need or desire, standing still isn’t going to bring us what we want.
We can choose to leave a situation that doesn’t benefit us, which is the better choice, or we’re responsible for our own unhappiness. 💗
How many times have we stayed in situations or in relationships where we’re not being treated with value and respect but stayed hoping for a different outcome?
Those situations are equivalent to standing underneath a tower of crap, waiting for an affection morsel, and not moving out of the nonsense.
We’re not responsible for other people's actions, but we are responsible for our reaction. If we’re not getting what we need or desire, standing still isn’t going to bring us what we want.
We can choose to leave a situation that doesn’t benefit us, which is the better choice, or we’re responsible for our own unhappiness. 💗
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
"GIFTS OF GRIEF: A JOYFUL CREATION"
There are times when we find ourselves
in conflict with our thoughts and emotions. Situations don’t always work out
the way we hoped and another’s actions leave us emotionally traumatized and/or
stuck in a negative state of mind. From our perspective, we’ve been wronged, and,
when in this mindset, it’s hard to consider another alternative.
Some of us may be fortunate enough to
receive an apology, and we’re able to build our confidence, let go of any
grudges we may hold, and move forward. But painful situations where no apology
is extended leave us picking up the pieces with our emotions in turmoil. How we
choose to perceive a situation determines how our thoughts align. Positive
thinking makes a difference in our attitude and births inner peace, joy, and
happiness.
When we’re willing to step outside of our
emotions and open our perspective to a new direction in thinking, possibilities
for joy become endless, and a previously unknown frontier in our mind appears
waiting to be explored. We loosen our grip on “being right,” and open ourselves
to acknowledging the formation of the endless creativity. Realizing we have
control in how we think opens a doorway to a new way of experiencing life,
experiencing people, evolving ourselves and living in a state of joy.
We come to understand that it is how we
perceive our circumstances that impacts our joy, and we then can take
responsibility for how we greet each challenge. This becomes a game changer in our reactions and interactions
with others. Breaking down the barriers between ourselves in love is the first
step to building a new foundation.
Each of us has a belief system that
determines what we perceive to be right or wrong. We’re reared in a way that
builds a thought process and through this structure we navigate life. Usually our belief systems are taught
to us as children either by our parents or our experiences. The trouble with belief
systems is they can be chains holding us in a prison of emotional pain.
Imagine a belief system as a pair of eyeglasses.
How one sees the world is visualized through our spectacles. Everyone wears eyeglasses
and none are exactly alike. These eyeglasses have been handed down through the
generations. Some eyeglasses have become outdated. The lenses are cloudy, and
peering over the edge of the eyeglass lenses to see the world through one’s own
eyes is similar to the action necessary to create a new belief system.
Questioning one’s reality is the way to
think outside the box. Are we our
bodies? Are we our identities? Do our jobs and wealth define our value?
Or are we more than our bodies, and more than the cars we drive, and more than
our physical attributes and life experiences?
If we’re more than our bodies, then
what are we? And if we’re more than our bodies, then do the things we currently
value lose their worth in the perspective of the larger picture, including the grievances
we carry?
Seeing beyond the physical opens up a
highway to the divine intertwined in countless beautiful moments.
When we turn that divine eye inward, we
see beyond our physical bodies and into the emotional dimension of our inner
being. Hidden beneath our earthly cloak lies the light of the soul. This light
is the universal power that binds us, and the love of Spirit that connects
every living being.
We can will the light to come forward
and within that sacred, spiritual space, the physical falls away. Some find
this peace through meditation. Joy bubbles up as attachments fall away. In the
space beyond the physical, one can feel like a leaf on a tree swaying in the
wind. Yet, simultaneously feel like sunlight filtering through the tree’s
branches.
With detachment to the physical and
mental sphere comes true happiness. The emotional turmoil of the physical life
falls away and a blending with the spiritual realm happens. Peace rises and
love and joy come to dwell within the physical vessel where the soul resides.
If we’re not our minds and our bodies,
then how can the grievances of life have true meaning? Are these disputes and
disagreements based in reality at all? By the truth of the light within, we
find that blame has no meaning other than to teach us, and through sacred
detachment the light will prevail.
This sacred space can be elusive and requires
practice to maintain, but it’s a road within that is based on the fundamentals of
our choosing. We can decide the way we perceive life and how we understand every
experience determines the level of our joy.
Finding joy in detachment may seem like
a counterintuitive route, but stepping away from an old pattern of thinking and
perusing the opportunity of personal growth in every situation can be akin to
removing constrictive shoes and wriggling one’s toes in warm sand.
Emotional pain can feel like rocks carried
around in our boots. Weighing us down, their burden is heavy and for some moving
forward becomes impossible. Thus
when trapped in our own pain, self-pity steps forward and our joy can become
squashed between anger, resentment and a big dollop of fear.
Living a joyful life is a choice; it’s
surrendering to the universal power within us. Seeing life in a black-and-white
manner makes experiencing rainbows impossible. Just like settling under a
fluffy blanket on a soft couch while watching the rain outside a window,
observing sorrow as separate from us, like the raindrops on the windowpane, can be wonderful.
Love is a white fire within us all and
by its illumination we can warm our souls. Beyond the illusion of the physical
body dwells our soul, and beyond the soul is a universal spiritual power that
connects us. That power is a creative strength each of us can tap into at any
time. Embracing ourselves as the designer in our lives is a new way of thinking
that can open doors we previously couldn’t perceive.
Like a flower closing to the moon and
blooming to the sun, we thrive in light. When acting as creators, we can blend
into the white light within and send that light without. It is a choice to
bloom or to wither.
Letting go of painful offenses can feel
impossible, but if we dig into that pain and plant new seeds of thought, a
forest of possibility awaits us. Offenses can feel personal and it’s common to
internalize another’s projection. If we look deeper, we find that what we
project out is reflected back, and what we consider as a grievance can
transform to become a map to personal healing. It’s our responsibility to gaze
into the light of our own soul, find healing, and view the world through the perspective
of love we are all composed of. Learning to tap into our creative power and
dwell in the space of love is the key to living a joyful life.
How do we create our joy? By choosing
our thoughts in a way that builds a bridge to inner happiness. Like soiled
clothes we remove from our bodies, it is our responsibility to remove negative thoughts
from our mind. Holding onto anything that does not positively serve us is
equivalent to taking a bath in a mud puddle.
It is the individual’s responsibility to
siphon nutrients from the dirt in negative experiences. They are our gifts of
grief. But simply removing a person from our lives doesn’t always eliminate the
negative emotions, and some situations make it impossible to remove an
offender. Chaos may arise. Carrying negative memories in our mind is equivalent
to sipping a flask filled with poison.
If possible, remove negative
individuals from your circle of friends and family. We may have to break up
with someone who causes disruption to our harmony. We may have to shut the door
on family members. Physically
removing negativity is a positive action. Afterward, mentally place them in a
beautiful land created in one’s imagination and close the door.
Dealing with other people in our lives may
require more complicated decisions. Perhaps we share a child or we have a
negative coworker or a bullying classmate and cannot extricate ourselves from
the situation in the near future. It doesn’t serve us to focus on a negative
situation we cannot change. When forced into a unhappy environment, it is
better to keep our thoughts positive until we can change our circumstances.
In either situation above, maintaining
a positive focal point is essential. Divine light exists in every soul. Discovering
the light within another in a way that allows our own soul to bloom yields many
benefits, including a positive mindset.
Seek the good in an individual and hold that viewpoint steady in your mind
and heart.
We are all born creators. The people in
our lives are actors in our personal play. For some individuals who have caused
us grief, it may be easy to simply find an amiable memory to replace the sorrow
that lingers. With another, finding an immediate resolution may seem
impossible. Instead, invent one. Use your imagination and make a positive
memory. Use that memory as the blueprint for any person who has committed what
we may consider an offense against us.
The last step is mental training. We must
train our minds to focus on the positive memory we have attached to this
person. That should be the only event we allow into our minds.
For the people we have removed from our
environment, they can no longer inflict pain unless we give them that power. It
is through the use of our mind that we hurt ourselves and so we should master our
thoughts in order to practice the attributes of a strong character. When unhappy
ideas float up into our consciousness, turn your thoughts instead to the
positive concepts you have put in place there.
For those people and experiences that
remain in our physical surroundings, expect there to be challenges, but train
the mind instead to focus on a positive attribute of the offender, and, when in
their company, detach from the present to instead enter into that positive
world of your creation. The mind can become a haven of beauty.
This technique isn’t an act of denial: The
offense against you happened; it hurt, and it is what it is. For some it’s
still occurring. Some environments are beyond our ability to change, but we can
change our reaction to them. The fact remains that there are people in our lives
that have caused and currently cause us pain. But the bigger reality is that we’re
spiritual beings having a human experience, which makes this world illusory, so
the answer is to rise above our grievances to instead invite in joy.
Holding onto a painful memory or stewing
in emotional torment doesn’t serve us. Removing the cause of our pain, whether
physical or emotional, finding the lesson it brings, integrating it into our
lives, letting that experience help us grow and then releasing the negativity
while moving forward in a positive mindset keeps us in a process of joyous
expansion.
We are not only our bodies; we are
instead beings of light, and composed of love. Reaching for the light within
another via a perfect blend of detachment and love makes for a rising of joy
and light. Be in the world but not
of it and trust in the folding and unfolding of your own light.
Sunday, October 15, 2017
"THE GOLDEN ROAD WITHIN"
In life, we get caught up in our own pain. Constantly on
alert and in survival mode, we’re like soldiers on lookout for danger. Sometimes in
protecting ourselves, we focus so intently on keeping the wall up, that we don’t
recognize the love trying to penetrate our barriers. In addition, we miss opportunities
to be of service to another.
I have found love is the trustworthy road that we can venture
out on into the world. Everyone has their own story, their own fears, and an
inner torment that rides their back every day of the year.
If we can separate from attachments, there is a freedom in
the great peace within, and, that inner serenity is the greatest love I’ve ever
known.
I’ve started looking at others and seeing them through their pain. When
I do this, a love sprouts forth within me and compassion swirls within my very
being. In life, we tend to take things personally, when, in reality, another's actions has everything to do with their private journey. We can serve another better by trying to understand them, by being slow in our knee-jerk responses, yet quick in our extension of love and kindness.
Nature has so much to offer us in wisdom. A seed blooms with
darkness, water, sunlight, and nurturing. The seed must first be dropped into
the darkness for future bloom. It is with the help of the elements, and,
ultimately, the power of self that allows the seed to break through its hard
shell and blend with the soil around it for a rising to the light.
Part of the human journey into a spiritual awakening is a time walking in the darkness. But is it really darkness or lightness being unearthed within us? Healing can be a painful process, but new growth prevails. Many of us have been hurt and are wounded. A journey inward on the golden road brings forth a lightness of being, a love for mankind, and a
glory and appreciation for one’s self that outshines the chaos.
The golden road within isn’t easy and it takes a commitment
that only the journey man can live up to. There will be challenges that bring
one to their knees, tears that bathe the soul, but the sunrise and sunsets of
each day give life to our heart’s ever-expansion.
Letting go of attachments is a golden key of awareness. We don’t own anyone and this is a mistake some make. It is a
gift to have a family. It is a gift to have a spouse. It is a gift to have dear
friends. Every person and every situation, no matter how painful, is a gift.
Some gifts float into our lives like beautiful dandelions, softly touching our
lives. Other experiences roar and shake us up a little bit. All experiences serve us. Trusting and surrendering into the gift sends out waves of gratitude. Everything moves us along.
We own our choices, our mistakes, and our misgivings. Other
people are simply other journey men finding their way on the golden road
within. The sooner we let the attachments go, the brighter the road lights up.
As a traveler on the golden road, perhaps we should focus on the light
within and outside us, embrace how expansive that light is, and know there is
enough for everyone. Let go because in our attachments and desire to consume, we can inadvertently bring more pain into another’s life, keeping a cycle of dormancy that serves no one.
Trust in the light and make space for others to walk their golden road, separate but apart, a part of us in their own light, that ultimately is our own. We are One but on a singular journey to the same place.
Trust in the light and make space for others to walk their golden road, separate but apart, a part of us in their own light, that ultimately is our own. We are One but on a singular journey to the same place.
If we don’t own people but only own our choices, what are
we?
Perhaps we’re the sunlight on a dewy morning leaf, and the
cry in a newborn’s wail, and the buzzing of the wings of a hummingbird. Maybe
we’re everything that breathes and everything that cries, and in that knowledge,
is the power we all have: The power of Love, and the knowing that we’re all One. And, in that knowing, is a love that bubbles up to help us rise.
Be the light and walk in the light. Love with all your
heart. And when life knocks you down to your knees, bow your head to the soil, plant more seeds, and rise in love.