If it did not bring you joy yesterday, or the day before that, or the day before that, what makes you think it is going to bring you joy today, or tomorrow?

Unhappiness is much too high a price to pay for loyalty Dear One.

Love is not a source of pain Dear One.

Love doesn’t hurt. Love feels wonderful. Love is wonderful.

Love is not what causes you to hurt.  It is your worry that it won’t be returned, your fear of losing it, your unmet expectations, your perceived lack of it, that does it.

Love is not the source of your pain Dear One, your focused attention on worry, fear, lack and loss is.

Don’t miss them Dear One.

Close your eyes, open your heart and connect with them instead.

What you think of you is so much more important than what they think of you Dear One.

• What you think of you impacts the choices that you make
• What you think of you influences the company that you keep
• What you think of you determines the kind of friend that you are
• What you think of you inspires that work that you do
• What you think of you governs the chances that you take
• What you think of you shapes who you are and the direction of your life

What they think of you reflects what they think of you.

• You are deeply loved Dear One
• You are cherished
• You are adored
• You are capable
• You are absolutely necessary

Carry these facts with you throughout your day, your week, your month, your life.

Make all of your decisions as if there was someone standing beside you, holding your hand, encouraging you, supporting you, loving you, cheering you on every step of the way.

Because there is.

Just the same way that helping others affords you the opportunity to feel good about yourself Dear One, useful, as if you are serving your life’s purpose, you allowing them to help you when you are in need, does the same for them.

Let them help you when you need it Dear One.

It’s the only fair thing to do.

TRY letting joy guide your choices today Dear One, instead of obligation, fear, reason, logic, avoidance or self-loathing.

SEE if you like where you end up as a result.

This is your life Dear One.

These are your decisions to make.

No one else can make them for you.

No one else can tell you what you do.

But today, just this once, we are going to make an exception, and do just that.

• Make yourself the priority in your life
• Make choices that make you happy
• Decide that you are worth it
• Do more of the things that bring you pleasure and less of the things that don’t
• Love yourself unconditionally
• Trust in your ability to do all of the above, well

Do what your told Dear One, and you just might find that once you do, all of the other decisions in your life become a whole lot easier to make.

We have been asked time and time again Dear One:

• Does religion matter?
• Does politics matter?
• Does the news matter?
• Does art matter?
• Does their criticism matter? (or their praise)
• Does a lie matter?

And every time we are asked our answer is always the same – we have absolutely no idea at all what so ever.   It is not for us to say.

But what we can say to you with absolute certainty is this:

• Your opinions matter
• Your ideas matter
• Your beliefs matter
• Your actions matter
• Your feelings matter
• Your heart matters
• You matter

There are no second chances Dear One.

And there are no third or fourth chances either.

There are only opportunities, and choices to be made.

And you will never run out of either.

We promise you that.

So don’t sweat it.