THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: “How to have a good day – smile for no reason!”

Dear Ones,

We are ready to give you a little nudge to move you in the direction of Conscious Living.  How conscious do you feel you are these days?  Are there blind spots in your focus?  Are you extending your consciousness into all areas of your life or are you only being aware in certain circumstances?

Now is not the time to play the ostrich.  You cannot bury your head in the sand and expect to live fully on Planet Earth at this time.  The Mother is asking you, begging you to participate.

Every day invites you to recommit to living a Conscious Life.  Every morning, before your feet even hit the floor, start the energy of gratitude flowing in your heart.  Be grateful that your mind is intact and that you are opening your eyes.  Think of something, no matter how small or large, that you can use to really ramp up the gratitude in your heart.  Focus on that energy for a few minutes.  Then watch it grow until it encompasses you and the coming day.

Only then do you open your eyes, so that you see through the energy of gratitude when you look at every event and situation in your day.  Create a smiling face, whether you feel like smiling or not, because that energy will magnetically attract smiles to you.  Think of something that you can do for others today and allow that energy of giving to flow through and in you.  Think of someone you love and tell them so as soon as you are able.

Then put your feet on the floor.  If you have ramped up your energy like this before you even get out of bed then you will have a good day.  Notice that we didn’t say that everything will go your way, because that is not the definition of a ‘good day.’  But no matter what happens, if you have gratitude and generosity flowing in your heart on any given day, then there is nothing that can be thrown at you that you cannot handle, that you cannot learn from.

Try smiling for no reason.  Smile at the person pumping gas next to you.  Smile at that grumpy person in the store.  Smile at the person that you work with who seems to always be in a bad mood.  Just smile.  Watch how magnetic that smile can be.

Start the day this way and commit to yourself that you are going to be conscious throughout the day of your thoughts and actions.  Are you choosing to act from your authentic self?  Are you being conscious of your choices?

Start the day with a smile of gratitude and then be aware of every choice throughout the day.  You’ll go to bed with a smile on your face that night!

And so it is.

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Happiness or Money – which do you really seek?

Dear Ones,

Here is some guidance for you if you desire to live your life to its fullest potential.  Do not succumb to the allure of riches for riches sake.  And do not allow yourself to be distracted from your Soul Purpose in being on Planet Earth at this time.

We see too many people who are enticed into endeavors that promise to make them wealthy without feeding their soul or their soul mission.  These people are greedy for money and might even convince themselves that they are motivated by a desire to help others but greed for money does not result in happiness on Planet Earth.  Happiness comes from a sense of alignment with what is in the Universal Plan for one’s life.  Partnerships, family, love, a right livelihood, and service – all of these contribute to one’s happiness.

We are not saying that there is anything wrong with being wealthy or in having money.  On the contrary, the Light Workers of the Universe would rather see the wealth of Planet Earth given to those who would use money as an energy for helping others and serving the highest good of the Planet than to see the money concentrated in the hands of a few who withhold the money from others who need it.

Money is merely an energy exchange that has been agreed upon by humans on Planet Earth to have a certain value.  Everything that one does or has has a certain value attached to it, not always expressible in monetary terms.  But the value of money is determined by agreement between parties involved.  Markets around the world decide on the relative value of their different currencies.  Prices can be set by some authority or be determined by the exchange market between parties.  Money has no intrinsic value in the higher orders of life.

Is money, having money, gaining money a high value for you?  Then ask yourself what it is that you intend to do with that money.  Do you long for money that you do not have?  Then ask yourself why you are putting any energy into focusing on lack and shift your thinking to having all the resources you need to be happy.  If you focus on money for money’s sake, then you lose the ability to be happy when money is not the commodity required to gain that happiness.

For example, if you believe that having money will make you happy and focus on how you lack the money that you wish to have, you will drive yourself farther and farther away from having the money you desire.  If, however, you focus on being happy, on being of service, and on helping others to find happiness, then the Universe will support you in your endeavors to gain the resources that you need to support being happy.

Stop thinking about money and think in terms of resources.  Money is one resource.  What is it you really desire?  Is it money?  Or is it what money can buy?  Do you really want to be a slave to a job to earn money or are you really desiring freedom from worrying about money?  When you have money in your pocket now do you share that with others or do you tight-fistedly hold onto it?

Think about your relationship to the resources that are available to you in your life at the present moment.  Do you have friends?  Do you have a place to live?  Do you have work that fulfills you?  Do you know your Life Purpose and are you living it now?  If your answer is no to any of these, then get about solving those situations.  Allow yourself to let making money be a part of gaining something important to you.  You will be more motivated then to gather the resources you need if your intention is to have something that your unconscious mind values more highly than the dollar.  And the result will be that you will end up with more money!  Isn’t that interesting?

And so it is.

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MUSE-INGS: Shift or Get Off the Planet! by Rosemary Bredeson

Do you sometimes feel as if everything around you is in a whirlwind and you’re trying to stand still but it’s hard?  Or are you the whirlwind and everything around you is stagnant and not moving with you?  Either way you can feel out of kilter with what’s happening in your environment.

I sometimes wonder how some people can stand still when there’s so much exciting energy to step out with but a lot of people are holding firm to where they have been before because it’s comfortable, secure, safe.  I used to be that way, too.  But I learned that exploring the world of ideas, of Consciousness beyond the ordinary, was a far more exciting place to hang out than in a bar with those who just wanted to drink themselves into oblivion.  I’ve never understood choosing that kind [or, actually, any kind!] of oblivion so I’d be the one drinking club soda.  I eventually decided that I just don’t like the energy of that bar scene and avoid them like the plague.

It pains me sometimes to see people who choose to numb themselves to new concepts and ideas.  They don’t even use chemicals to do this; they merely shut down the curious part of their brains and follow a path laid out carefully before them without ever pausing to examine where they are and why they are there.  This type of person doesn’t question what they are told.  They are the followers who often live in fear.  Do you know some of them?

I remember when my daughter went through her ‘why, why, why’ stage of life.  Boy, it gets tiring to deal with those questions!  But I did love her curiosity.  She would get a cute look on her face as if she were deeply pondering that ‘why’ and she really wanted to know an answer that would satisfy her.  My answers didn’t always satisfy her but she kept plodding onward.  She still asks ‘why’ and continues to explore ideas.

Our sons were more inward in their explorations.  The older one studied lots of ideas in college and I remember his telling us about an experience he had during a play on which he was crewing and had a few moments before he was needed.  He sat and stared at his hand, pondering nothingness, when his hand disappeared and he realized that he could see the stage curtain THROUGH his hand.  Of course, this freaked him out but it left quite an impression on his young mind.

Do you foster exploration in the folks around you?  Are you ready to have a conversation about ideas that stretch your understanding?  UFOs? ETs? Nothingness?  Collective Consciousness?  Angels?  The Other Side?

Try bringing up one of these topics at your next dinner party.  It’s much more exciting than talking about the weather or sports!  Explore ideas with your friends and see which ones are willing to go there with you and which ones are afraid to step into those arenas.

Even better than talking to others, sit by yourself and ponder questions that your normal, busy life doesn’t give you time to consider.  Have you ever stared at the ocean and pondered the life beneath the surface?  Have you ever looked up at the night sky and thought about what is moving there that appears to be stationary?  When is the last time that you read a book that explored the current thinking about Consciousness?  Quantum Physics is now proving what Metaphysics has known for thousands of years – have you read anything about this?

Next time you’re in a bookstore pick up a magazine that you haven’t read before and explore some new ideas.  Then find someone to chat with about what you learned.  It’s time to step up to the responsibility to expand human awareness.  Tag – You’re It!!!

Now, Shift or Get Off the Planet! [Just kidding!  Just Shift!

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Evolve or Evaporate!

Dear Ones,

The world is rapidly changing on its very axis and many people are walking on her surface with confused minds and unsettled hearts.  The energy of these times can be too much for some people to handle while others are plunging in to their transformations with vigor and enthusiasm. Which category is yours? 

Now is not the time to sit on the fence.  You must decide whether you are ready to grow or if you are choosing to ‘sit this one out.’  Each individual faces a personal crisis of transformation and for some the leap to their next level is a frighteningly huge one.  Again, are you committing to transform or are you choosing to stay where you are?  Or are you, as yet, undecided about that answer?

Decide now.  Transformation is before you, whether you know it or not and whether you are ready or not.  Each human being, no matter how old or young they are, is being called to commit to the coming transformation within.  No one can escape this.  Those who go willingly into transformation will find that they are comfortably changed on the other side of the process.  Those who resist but eventually go along will also be comfortable but it might take them longer to effect the change and there might be some discomfort before they settle down.

Those, however, who resist and regress, who decide not to step into their own transformation, will be very uncomfortable as the world around them changes and they no longer recognize their environment.  This is not to alarm anyone about catastrophic Earth changes or terrible things to come.  But the people who resist change will be left behind as the evolution of Consciousness eclipses their little minds.

Have you thought about yourself as a participant in the evolutionary aspect of the expansion of human awareness?  Each individual carries a responsibility to the evolution of Consciousness on the planet and they participate by expanding their own awareness into energies, spaces and dimensions beyond their old lives.  The teacher who focuses on fostering the creativity innate in their students is participating in the expansion of human awareness.  The person who meditates and stills the chatter of their mind taps into other dimensions where silence and answers live.  The business person who has a soul in their business instead of having a business that ‘sucks the soul’ from its employees is participating in the evolution of Consciousness.

How are you participating?  Are you a parent, raising a child who is allowed to reach beyond the visible into the imagination?  Are you a friend who encourages others to stretch themselves rather than fitting into a mold designed by someone else?  Do you see your role in relationships as supporting others in their exploration of ideas or are you pulling them back into what’s been done before?

Think about these things.  You were born into the time when the Earth needed you to help all of humanity expand.  Your spirit agreed before you were born that you would be here for this evolutionary moment.  All those around you coordinated their life plans so that you could share this moment with them.  This is an exciting moment in the evolution of Consciousness.  Stay curious.  Continue to grow.  Love Mother Earth for bringing you to her heart when you were most needed.  And participate in the growth that you are called to expand.

 

And so it is.

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MUSE-INGS: “Who Am I, Really?” by Rosemary Bredeson

What a great exercise this is!  It is so easy to get disconnected from our essential self in our busy lives.  We move through the days without understanding motivations or deeper meanings and then we’re exhausted and only interested in getting enough rest to tackle another tiring day tomorrow.  But how important it is to hit the pause button in Life sometimes, to take a break from the running around, the supercharged and busy life that has us moving on only 2 speed options: full speed ahead or full stop.  Maybe the most important thing we can learn in these busy days is to take time to pause.

So how will you take the suggestion in the message today and apply it in your life?  Will you take time to do the exercise and get in touch with your essence?  Do you have some other method that you use to do exercises like this?

I don’t think the methodology is as important as the commitment to Self to take time to go inside and see what we find.  I had a major insight in a class where I was doing a mandala exercise, drawing something in a blank circle.  I looked at the circle on the paper and ‘saw’ the image of a pyramid that extended beyond the edge of the circle.  I colored outside the lines for the first time in my life!  It was tremendously freeing to give myself permission to do this.  To you this might be funny as you’ve always done this, but to someone who has always been a ‘color inside the lines’ kind of person, this is huge!

Some people start journaling and find that their hand almost has a mind of its own as it writes things that were never before revealed or disclosed on paper.  Others find art exercises or walks in nature or meditation experiences that unveil previously hidden parts of Self and create their own ‘aha’ moments.  What is your favorite way to gain insights into yourself?

Whatever method or methods you decide to use, make a choice today to give yourself some time for inner work, self reflection, in the near future.  Find the time, commit the time, make the arrangements and then keep that commitment.  You will be richly rewarded for doing an exercise in getting in touch with your essence.

And this is not something that you just do once.  Commit to doing this more than once.  What frequency feels good to you?  Is this something you want to do once a week for awhile?  Every day?  Once a month on the Full or New Moon?  Ask yourself what feels most beneficial for you and then put the time on your calendar and allow yourself to follow through.

What other questions would you like to ask?  These exercises often lead us to asking other questions when we feel as if we are stuck or are hitting a wall.  When you feel something going on ask yourself, ‘What is behind this?’ and then ‘What is behind this?’ again until you feel that you have reached the real center point.

In tense situations the question might be, ‘What is this?’  Keep asking the same question until the energy shifts.

Come up with your own process, your own questions, and see what happens.  All you need is a few moments of your time and a curious mind/heart.

‘Who Am I?’ is a good place to start!

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MUSE-INGS: Live Your Values Consciously! by Rosemary Bredeson

It feels as if we are frequently being asked to ask ourselves, “What really matters?”  We get all worked up about something that bothers or frustrates or upsets us.  But if we pause and ask, “What really matters in this situation?” would we get so worked up?

It really does seem as if time is speeding up and that the days no longer have the full 24 hours available to us.  Does it seem that way to you, too?  Whether it’s the Photon Belt or the Earth’s rotation on its axis or some other reason, the FEELING that time is speeding up can lead us to making some decisions about  how to spend the time that we do have.

I know there are many days that I wake up with an expectation of what my to-do list looks like but I seem to get caught up in the drama of the day and often get pulled off that list to take care of someone else’s drama.  I’m sure that has happened to you, too, hasn’t it?  So how do we take back control of our own time?

The first step is to decide what our own values are.  Not what we wish they were or what we think they should be, but what we truly believe our values are, deep in our heart.  I learned some good exercises when I trained in NLP [Neuro-Linguistic Programming] that help to identify the values that our unconscious minds hold and they are often not what we ‘think’ our values are.  How can this be?  Our conscious minds use logic not emotion when coming up with a list of values but our unconscious minds develop the list from our emotional beliefs and understandings, of ourselves and of our lives.  The unconscious mind is focused on surviving the day, based on whatever it believes about our safety and security.  While one’s conscious mind might think that eating healthy foods is a high value, the unconscious mind might be remembering a time when food was scarce and created a desire to eat everything in sight in case there’s no more food to eat later.  One’s conscious mind might think that being with friends is the most important thing to do today while the unconscious mind might be craving some alone time.  The body might respond to this values conflict by creating illness so that the alone time takes precedence over the friend time.

Do you see how this works?  Have you ever experienced this seeming contradiction?  What do you do about it?

Well, as in most things, when living a Conscious Life, the first thing to do is to hit the ‘pause button’ and really look at how time is being spent.  Again, not in how you wish it were but in how it is realistically being devoted to activities.  Keep a time diary, in 15 minute increments, for a few days.  No judgments here, just record, from a curious, non-judgmental and accepting viewpoint.  Do you need more alone time? You might see you are pulling out of social engagements, always having a good reason but maybe it is because you have said ‘yes’ to something that your unconscious mind wanted you to say ‘no’ to.  Are you avoiding being with someone that you think you like but that you seem to have lots of reasons to avoid?  Maybe that person really doesn’t resonate with you but you haven’t yet figured out how to shift things so that you don’t have to spend time with them.

The list can go on and on, but the important thing to realize is that, conscious or unconscious, your values, what really matters to you, is driving your life at some level.  Even if you frequently make choices that contradict the values of your unconscious mind, you will start to find the debilitating nature of illness or accident or drama pointing the way for you to find answers about what you truly value in your life.

Doesn’t it make sense to do the personal growth work so that you can become conscious about your values and the choices that you are making?  Make a commitment to start this work today!

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MUSE-INGS: “Let’s Avoid Another Dark Age” by Rosemary Bredeson

A Dark Age?  That’s an interesting thought.  And apathy would be the cause?

‘Hatred’ seems like such a strong word but it does seem as though a lot of people are busy hating other people.  Did you know that using the word ‘hate’ affects your liver?  Imagine how your liver would feel if you went around focusing your attention on hating others.  Not good.

So how do we make sure we are focused on the energy of the Light, on Love?  Do we have to go back to the days of flowers in our hair and bring back the flower children of the 60s?  OK, so some of us wouldn’t have to dip back too far in our own lives to find those children of the 60s, but is that what we’re being called to do?

I don’t think so.  I believe that within each of us there is Light.  Each heart wants to Love.  Each mind wants to explore, to delve into ideas, to be creative.  Each spirit wants to grow.  So if that is what is inside every human being, how do we get distracted?  By that something that is just beyond our reach, the next thing that we can reach for.  For some, it’s something tangible.  For others, it’s more ephemeral, but there’s something outside our reach that is drawing us even if we’re not sure what ‘it’ is.

And so we become focused on acquiring and forget to be present in the current moment.  We forget that human beings are connected to each other just by sharing the same air on the same planet at the same moment in history.  We forget that the energy of Love allows us to solve problems from a place where all possibilities exist, a place of expansion.  Have you experienced those moments of connection, of expansion, when you listen to a news story?  For example, some miners were trapped in a Chilean mine for 2 months and the whole world focused attention on their safety, on the families that stood waiting for them to be rescued.  People didn’t think about differences but about how they would feel if it were their loved one trapped in that mine.  The rescue was watched by millions around the world and cheered by all.  What an amazing thing that the whole world can look at that situation and bring people to a sense of connectedness with people who are different but who are just people, just like people everywhere.  THIS is what the power of the Light can manifest.  This is the power of Universal Love.

Do you ever find yourself saying, “I hate [whatever, whoever]?”   Do you think you can become conscious of your use of the word ‘hate’ and change it?  Instead of “I hate mushrooms” maybe you could say, “I prefer not to eat mushrooms.”  After all, what did a mushroom ever do to you?  Or, “I hate it when people are late for appointments” could become “I wish people were on time but, if they’re late, I always carry something to do, like make notes or read a book.”

Catch yourself energizing hatred in the world.  Are there groups of people that you don’t Love?  Do you really need to ‘hate’ them?  Are there folks that you disagree with?  Do you really need to ‘hate’ them?  As a society, we used to be able to ‘agree to disagree.’  Let’s return to that energy and allow others to believe differently without invoking the energy of ‘hate’ around the situation.  We don’t have to love what someone is saying but we can love that spark of Light that we know is inside them.

If we keep our thoughts and energy focused on Light, there won’t have to be another Dark Age!

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MUSE-INGS: Are you ready to live your Life Purpose?

When we see messages about our Life Purpose on Planet Earth, sometimes we run the other direction.  And sometimes we say defensively that we are living our Life Purpose so be quiet about it, already!  What’s your reaction?  Are you on track?  Do you feel that you know WHO you came to Earth to BE?

If you struggle with this whole idea, then ask yourself if you have developed a plan for figuring it out.  Have you done the personal growth work required to know what’s important to you and what you are holding onto that creates drama in your life but doesn’t expand your level of consciousness?  This is what I often see with clients when they are ready to do the inner work.  They’ve been living in the drama without knowing what it is that will move them forward.  They know, inside, and can often identify to me what the blocks and obstacles are, but there is a reluctance to let go.

The familiar keeps us locked in a place where forward motion is held in check by limiting beliefs and negative thoughts.  Sometimes we cling to what is familiar even though it is painful, because the fear of moving forward into unknown territory is greater than the pain we know.  But this is not how we learn our lessons – this is not how we expand our level of consciousness.

Ask yourself today if there is something in your life that you are holding onto that keeps you anchored in a place that has some pain or discomfort associated with it but that feels familiar.  Is this place really better for your personal growth than that unknown place just in front of you?  Can you make a decision to learn the lessons of today and allow yourself to grow, to move forward?  This forward motion results from your making a decision, not from outer actions by someone else.

Also ask yourself if you’ve been waiting for something to happen, or for someone else to start something.  Please understand that YOUR Life Purpose is for YOU!  Others are supporting characters in the play that YOU are starring in!  There is no play if you don’t show up.  The supporting characters are waiting to support you!  And, no, creating more drama in your life is not the same as moving forward in the play that contains your life lessons.

Use this week to lift yourself into the observer position in your life.  Watch how you move through your week.  Are you growing?  Are you making choices to move forward?  Are you looking for your lessons?  Are you living your Life Purpose?

Ask for help if you need it!  Life is precious and we are all here to learn and to help others to learn.  Participate fully!

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Do You Know Your Life Purpose?

Dear Ones,

Where is your heart leading you in these troubling times?  Are you more worried about your pocketbook than about your Soul Mission on Planet Earth?  Are you struggling with temporal worries and forgetting about your Life Purpose?

Relax.  All will be well when you put your focus on being the person you incarnated to be in this lifetime.  You did not become a human being on Planet Earth to live in the 21st Century as a worrier.  Your Life Purpose is not, we repeat, NOT to fret about the future.  You are living in these times so that you can bring to the Planet all that you came here to be.  Life is that simple.  Life is also very complex.

Are you even aware of your Life Purpose?  Are you thinking that your Life Purpose is the same as your job?  It is not.  Are you thinking that it is something as nebulous as ‘to be a good person’ or ‘to do what I’m supposed to do’?  It is not.

Your Life Purpose is a very specific mission, a role you are to play, the person you agreed to be when you decided to live on Planet Earth at this time.  You and the others in your Incarnation Group decided that you would work to help each other learn the lessons that you came to Earth to learn.  Some of you agreed to be the good guys and some to do things that others wouldn’t like but that would assist them in their path of personal growth.  Your own path of personal growth demands that you focus on the WHO you came here to be but too many people are looking for the WHY they are here.  There is a difference.

For every person on Planet Earth the answer to the question WHY is ‘to learn what I came here to learn, to become who I came here to become, and to grow in my level of consciousness.’  That is the answer for everyone walking on Planet Earth today.  It is a simple answer and it indicates a complex life pattern.  Imagine if everyone around you were focused on what they could learn from every situation, instead of on gaining power, money, ‘stuff.’  Imagine how your personal interactions would unfold if you and the others were all seeking the lessons in the situation.  Now you know that you do not have control over what the lessons are for others, nor can you control how they approach a situation with you.  What you CAN control, though, is how you behave in a personal interaction.  You can control your focus.  If your focus is on what you can get out of the interaction rather than on the lesson to be learned, you might choose different behaviors.  Make the choice to raise your own level of consciousness and seek the lessons.  You will be rewarded by personal growth when you shift your focus in this way.

Are you wondering now what your Life Purpose is, the WHO you came here to be?  Ask for help if you struggle with this question.  Work with someone who can point you in the correct direction and help you to ask the appropriate questions.

The answers lie within you.  All power is there.  All the knowledge that you need resides within you.  The help that you might need is in connecting with the wisdom within.  This is where choosing the appropriate assistance is so important.  If you ask for help from someone who points you outside yourself for answers, then you are moving into the script for someone else’s lessons.  Find help from someone who resonates with your own energies.  This personal growth work is too important, especially in these days, for you to engage in efforts wherein you give away your power.

Claim your power.  Find a way to go inside to find your answers.  Work with those who believe in your empowerment and avoid those who would take it away.  And surround yourself with people who are focused on learning their own lessons.  These will be the support you need as you learn what you came here to learn.

And so it is.

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MUSE-INGS: What Are You Waiting For?

I really hear this message!  It’s so easy to procrastinate, to put off bringing in or doing something that we REALLY want and the excuses we use can be pretty lame.  How often have you done this yourself?  I know I’m guilty!

When I move to the right house, when I have the right partner, when I have $X in the bank, when I get a new job…  It goes on and on.  There are so many good reasons to postpone doing something.  And yet if we are thinking about doing that ‘thing,’ whatever it is, there must be some energy available to it in the moment, some energy to support the thought.  Thoughts are things, right?  And thoughts, as everything, are made up of energy.  So it follows that there’s some energy there.

In 1974 I was waiting to move into the perfect house on the water before getting pregnant, but finally decided that I wasn’t getting any younger and that maybe I had the wrong priority.  We ended up finding the perfect house on the water the same weekend I got pregnant with my daughter and moved in months before the birth.  Funny how that seems to work, isn’t it?

So what are you waiting for?  And what can you do today, right NOW, to move in the direction of what you desire?

I have so many ideas floating around in my head for workshops, classes, teleseminars and all they are waiting for is for me to get them on the calendar.  What holds me back?  If I’m honest, it can be a fear of committing to the calendar.  Maybe there is a little insecurity about, “What if I schedule it and no one signs up?”  And yet is it fair to people who want to take the workshops, classes and teleseminars for me to withhold myself from them because of my ‘stuff’?

There are some magnificent artists who feel they aren’t good enough to sell their artwork, and yet the rest of us would love to purchase it, given the chance.  There are some amazing singers who think it’s okay to sing in the shower but are afraid to share that talent in public.  There are books and articles waiting to be published because the author judges them ‘not ready’ or ‘not interesting enough’ for sharing with others.  I’m thinking that this becomes pretty self-focused  — maybe we are given the talents and abilities that we have so that we can share these with others.

In many cultures, storytelling is an art and everyone is expected to share around the campfire or the town square.  People don’t judge, they just share whatever they have to share.  Can we adopt that attitude in our society?  Let’s agree to just share, not judge or wait for the perfect time.  We can agree to accept whatever the response is, without judging ourselves or others, and allow the impetus to come from within, to just share what is inside us.  If there truly is a stumbling block, an obstacle, then we can decide to accept help, to do the personal growth work or the spiritual work, and then to move forward.

Take one step today.  If you would like to examine the blocks or obstacles, then make an appointment with a counselor or coach and do the work.  But figure out that one step and then take it.  It can open a floodgate to the energy you were looking for to keep moving!

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