Don’t settle today, Dear One. No matter what. Never, ever settle for anything less than what you want.
Why not?
Because the universe has placed no cap on your potential – on what you can do, be or have – on just how far you can go.
So there is absolutely no good reason why you should either.
Are you happy, Dear One, right where you are?
But know that resenting it, regretting it, fearing it, hating it, feeling badly about it, raging against it, blaming yourself for it (or anyone else for that matter), is not going to do anything to improve the situation in any positive way.
So if that is what you have been trying up until this point, and you are still unhappy, it might be time for you to try something new.
Well, we will tell you.
We want you to trust in well-being, in a universe dominated by well-being.
We want you to trust that well-being is not something that you must work to create for yourself, but something that you must learn to allow for yourself.
We want you to trust that when you let go of negativity, that when you stop trying to control the outcome of every single experience, situation, and relationship, that when you stop taking a defensive stance against life, that well-being, balance, abundance, joy, love, light, laughter, and renewal will rush in to take its place.
That would be a really good place to start.
Sometimes the best way you can give back Dear One, is to say thank you, and keep moving forward.
Need help prioritizing?
This should help, Dear One:
Be true to you. Be true to your heart.
Forgive them for their mistakes Dear One, their shortcomings, their faults, their ignorance, and their impatience.
Forgive their actions when they react out of fear, their words when they respond from pain, their behaviors when they get defensive, and their callousness when they are cruel.
They are not perfect. They are deeply flawed. They are hurting, healing, learning, and coping the best way that they know how. Believe it or not, they are actually doing the very best that they believe that they are capable of.
They are imperfect Dear One – just like you.
Forgive them without expectation, without condition, without question and without hesitation.
Why?
Because doing so is one of the most powerful healing gifts that you can give to yourself.
Making a decision Dear One, does not need to be such an amazingly complicated, confusing, stress inducing, emotionally painful experience, don’t you know.
The reason that it can feel that way, almost traumatizing at times, is that very often, before any action is even taken, you imagine the end result of every possible future outcome based on the decision that you are about to make, and you mourn the loss of every possible outcome that might never come to pass. And that could drive anyone mad.
The truth is Dear One, that you have absolutely no way of knowing what tomorrow will bring, or the day after that, or the day after that. And you have absolutely no way of knowing for sure what opportunities will or will not become available to you as a result of the choices that you do or do not make today. So don’t waste your time stressing about it, trying to figure it out. It won’t help.
But, what if, as an alternative to making yourself crazy when it comes time to making up your mind, you decided to make yourself happy instead?
Why? Because any decision that you make joyfully, from a good feeling place, regardless of how impetuous or how well thought out it may be, will always bring you closer to the joy that you are seeking than any made from a place of tension, stress, confusion, turmoil or emotional distress.
You don’t strengthen your heart the same way that you strengthen your biceps Dear One.
You don’t work it harder to make it stronger.
Reps of repetitive, challenging, difficult, painful emotions are not going to create the desired effect.
The heart thrives on love Dear One, on compassionate, peaceful, trusting, joyful, loving energy.
If you want to get stronger, if you want to strengthen your heart, don’t put your energy into seeking out new ways that will allow you to endure difficult situations, people, emotions and circumstances for longer periods of time, seek out new ways that will help you to let go of them instead.
There are a lot of opportunities for you to experience joy waiting for you in the day ahead, Dear One.
If you are looking for them, if you decide right now to keep your eyes peeled for them, they will be impossible to miss.
You and you alone are responsible for your experience on this journey, Dear One.
Do you get it?
If we were you, if we were the ones standing in your shoes in this physical reality, we would spend as little time as we possibly could indulging in opportunities that inspired us to feel inferior, offended, disappointed, discouraged, let down, powerless, angry, or unworthy, and instead spend our time indulging in opportunities that encouraged us to feel powerful, worthy, loved, motivated, optimistic, connected, compassionate, generous, joyful, happy, centered, and at ease, as often as we possibly could.
But that’s just us.
What are you going to choose to do?