Yes, with power comes great responsibility Dear One.

But you should know that the opposite is also true.

With responsibility comes great power.

The more that you take responsibility for your choices, your thoughts, your words, your actions, your reactions, your life, the more that you accept that you are the one responsible for every experience that you have, the more powerful you will be.

And what we mean by that Dear One is, the more that you are able to accept the fact that life is not simply happening to you, but that you are the one creating it, the greater access you will have to the substantial creative power that exists within you.

Don’t pledge that you won’t quit when things get hard Dear One – Pledge that you will always do your best.

Don’t pledge that you will no longer be afraid – Pledge that you will trust in well-being and that all will be well.

Don’t pledge to not get angry anymore – Pledge to forgive.

Don’t pledge to stop doing those things that you know do not serve you anymore Dear One – Pledge to love, care, honor, and respect yourself, and those around you, to intentionally create the life you want, instead.

While both may inspire you to choose the same behavior, the difference between the results generated by one vs. the other is incomparable.

You don’t have to fight the brewing storm Dear One, or fear it, run from it or hide from it.

There is another option you know.

You can simply allow it to come, and trust yourself enough to know that you can handle it, whatever it may be.

Truth is, your opinion of it, your feelings about it, your actions towards it, your awareness of it, are all feeding it, are all adding to it, are all attracting it towards you Dear One.

If you are giving your attention to it, you are making a contribution to it.  So we would like for you to choose with great intention what you would like that contribution to be.

You can speed it up or slow it down,  you make can make it stronger and more fierce or kinder and gentler, or you can add levity, compassion, calm and peacefulness or you can add anger, fear, confusion and angst.  You can even turn it around or stop it all together if you should choose.

And before you ask, yes, you are that powerful.

What are some good reasons for you quit Dear One?

Frustration, fear, insecurity, discomfort, uncertainty, anger, sadness, doubt, distrust, jealousy, anguish, ambiguity, or despair.

None of these qualify.

So what does?

Any reason that stems from a source of strength, determination, confidence, honesty, clarity, or complete understanding.

Any reason that serves to consciously and intentionally bring you closer to that which is wanted, and not simply farther away from that which is not.

What do you think now?  Are your reasons good enough?

Do you want to know how you can know for sure Dear One, in any situation, if the choice you are about to make is the compassionate choice?

We will tell you.

The compassionate choice is always, without exception, the loving choice – loving to yourself and loving to them.

The compassionate choice will never make you choose between one or the other.

So if you are struggling with what to do Dear One, if you are wanting to make the compassionate choice, but you are finding yourself torn between choosing to be loving toward yourself OR loving towards them, then you can know for sure that the choice you are about to make is not the compassionate one, and you should allow yourself the freedom to choose again.

You are already everything that you need to be Dear One, to be valuable, important, significant, worthy of love, to matter.

There is nothing that you need to do, fix, change, achieve, acquire, or accomplish first.

From our perspective, there is only one thing that is missing from the equation.

And that is the belief that this is true.

But this is something that can be quickly be fixed.

How?

By trusting us, by believing that what we are telling you is true.

First, the good news:  You are not in control Dear One.   You never have been and you never will be.

Now, the better news: Control is not what you want.

Control does not heal and control does not fix.  Control does not restore, guide, balance, connect, or love either.

The truth of the matter is that in the end, control is not all that it is cracked up to be.

So while you don’t have the ability to be in control Dear One, what you do have is so much more valuable, useful, and infinitely more powerful.  And that is an unlimited ability to create.

Creativity,  the power of creation is the key to health, happiness, to balance, to endless possibilities Dear One, not control.

So the next time you feel as if things are out of control, don’t fret, don’t worry, don’t wish or pray that you had control over the situation.  Because that will never happen.

Instead try to remember that you can change it anytime that you would like simply by creating something new.

We want you to know Dear One, that regardless of whatever else you may have going on in your life right now, that you are absolutely free to choose to think any thought that you want to, anytime that you want to;

• About yourself
• About them
• About what is
• About what has been
• About what could be

If you don’t like the one that you are thinking right now, if it is not bringing you pleasure, joy, contentment, hope, excitement, or relief, you are free to choose another.

Your thoughts determine your reality Dear One, they impact the quality of every single experience that you have, and they influence the quality of every single experience that you are about to have.

So please don’t be so quick to dismiss them and the significant power that this particular freedom of choice affords you.