We are always so sorry to see you struggling, Dear One. We are always so sorry to see you in pain.

But what we are not sorry for is the strength that you are building, and the perspective that you are gaining as a result.

Would you want to discourage someone from working out so that they could avoid the discomfort that may come with building muscle?

If you did that Dear One, if you were to avoid all movement, all challenges, all experiences that could result in pain, both your body and your life would be greatly lacking in definition.

As you know very well from experience Dear One, there are an unlimited number of paths that you can follow that will get you from here to there.

There is no one single “right” path that you must take to get where you are trying to go.

But there are more and less direct paths that you can follow to get you there.

Would you like to know how to get yourself on the most direct path there is?

Listen to your heart, follow your instincts, trust your intuition, act on your hunches and move forward with confidence, enthusiasm, and excitement knowing that you will find all that you need to succeed along the way.

Only an open heart can heal, Dear One.

You want to know how to turn things around, Dear One?

Well the truth is that you don’t actually need to.  You can keep right on heading in the direction that you are heading and still end up exactly where you want to be.

How?

While your experience of creation may feel like a linear one to you, we can assure you that it most certainly is not.

By changing your perspective, by changing what you give your attention to, you will change the road before you, you will change what lies ahead.

Focus on the darkness and the decay, and your path will grow darker.  Focus on the light, the beauty, the growth that you see, even if it is just the smallest little bud, and your path will begin to grow brighter and more full of life right before your eyes.

You don’t need to exert the (potentially considerable) effort that it would take to fight the momentum of what is and turn yourself around.  Instead save that energy use it to focus on the path ahead, and trust that when your stay on the lookout for that which is wanted, over that which is not, that it will always, always, always lead you in the direction of your gaze.

1. Did fear, obligation, insecurity, or a belief in limited resources motivate any of your decisions yesterday, Dear One?

2. Would your choices have been different if you allowed yourself to be motivated by trust, self-love, joy, and a belief that you had access to an unlimited source of abundance instead?

3. What beliefs are you going to allow to motivate your choices today?

Whatever your priorities are Dear One, regardless of how long the list may already be, we would like to ask you to please add one more to it; to make enjoying the journey, enjoying the path, one of them.

Prioritize it just as high, or even higher than whatever it is you already have at the top of your list.

That way, win or lose, succeed or fail, you always come out on top.

What are you going to choose to talk about today Dear One?

• The things that you love or the things that you hate?
• The things that you have or the things that you don’t?
• The things that make you feel strong or the things that make you feel weak?
• The parts of you that are hurting or the parts that are healing?

The story that you tell is the story that you create.

So, what words will you use in the telling?  What are you going to choose to create for yourself today?

Be optimistic today Dear One. Practice your optimism.

• Think positively
• Speak positively
• Act positively

Move through your day believing, trusting, knowing that everything is going to be ok, that everything is going to work out.

Why?

Because being negative does not serve you in any positive way.  And more importantly, because being negative just doesn’t feel good.

Do you really need a better reason that that?

Everyday might not present you with an obvious opportunity do something great Dear One.

But everyday will present you with a great opportunity to be present.

And today we want to strongly encourage you to take it.

Because it is only when you are fully present that any level of greatness can ever be achieved.

Don’t try so hard today, Dear One.

Take a deep breath and allow instead.