You know its not true Dear One. You don’t have to face your fears. You don’t have to muster up the courage to walk right up to them and stare them down in order to move past them.
There is another way. You’ve got another choice.
If you are willing, you can simply choose to let them go instead.
You want to change your past Dear One?
You go right on ahead and do it.
Don’t you dare for one minute believe that you can’t.
No, you don’t have the ability to go back in time and change the details, the course of events, the physical acts that took place.
But what you do have the ability to do, is far more powerful than that.
You have the ability to redefine them, to change your perspective of them, to change your relationship to them, to change their significance to you, and to change their meaning and importance in your life today.
There are an infinite number of different ways for you learn, Dear One.
Which to choose depends entirely on what kind of learning experience you are hoping to have.
And that is something that no one but you can decide for yourself.
So if you were hoping that we were going to help you out this time, that we were going to give you the answer, we are sorry to say that we can not, we will not tell you what to do.
But we will give you one small hint, Dear One.
And here it is.
Jump.
Being patient and waiting are two very different things, Dear One.
Patience is an act of allowing, of knowing, of creating, of quiet anticipation. It is fluid, changing, and constantly in motion. It is a powerful, empowering, and confident choice that requires your active, conscious participation throughout.
Waiting is a passive act. It is stagnant. It lacks action, energy, movement, and active participation. It can be frustrating, stressful, and emotionally unpredictable. It is an inert, submissive, and unempowered choice that does not require much of you once the decision to wait has been made.
So when you are in a spot Dear One, where you think that what happens next is totally and completely out of your hands, think again.
You’ve still got one more choice to make.
And a pretty important one at that.
Open your heart Dear One – Not so that you can let love in from somewhere outside of you. We want you to open your heart and look within for the love that you already hold within you – that you are made up of – that you are.
Open your heart and let that love out. Let it flow through you and from you out into the world. You are the source Dear One, that you are longing to connect with/re-connect with. The light of the universe, of all that it is, shines through you.
Live your life from the inside out. Shine your brightest. Let the light of who you are radiate out of you and fall on anyone within its reach.
Live from the inside out, for within you is more than you will ever need, more than you could ever conceive of, more than you will ever fully know/realize until you open up to it.
Live from the inside out and you will never know from a shortage of love, or connection to source again.
Never save the best for last, always choose it first.
Every decision that you make, every action that you take, every single activity, thought or behavior that you choose Dear One, influences your experience of and has an impact on every other that follows it.
Would you rather have the best of what’s possible influencing what comes next for you, or the worst?
We need you to do something very important for us today, Dear One.
Be genuine. Be authentic. Be brave. Be honest. Be open. Be curious. Be conscious. Be silly. Be scared. Be uncertain. Be doubtful. Be flawed.
Be human.
Be you.
You don’t only hurt when you are injured Dear One. You don’t only feel discomfort when something is broken.
Sometimes you hurt because you are in a space that no longer fits you, that is too small for you, that you have outgrown.
This may be one of those times.
How do you know? If you believe that feeling better will require you to move backwards, to undo something that has already been been done, to take back something that has already been said, you know.
If that is the case Dear One, don’t try and fix it. Don’t try to stop it, bandage it or cure it. Don’t spend your time running around looking for a remedy that will help you to restore what was, that will allow you to move yourself back into the place that you were before, back into that space that felt safe, familiar and comfortable to you.
You don’t belong there anymore.
Just let it be. Allow yourself to feel the unease, to feel the tension, to feel the discomfort that comes from being in a place that doesn’t fit. Allow it to inspire within you a desire to move forward, from where you are now to someplace new, to someplace larger, more spacious and wide open.
And then when that inspiration strikes Dear One, when you see an opportunity that will allow you to move ahead instead of back, take it.
Yes, sometimes you hurt because you are injured and you need to retreat, rest, and allow what was to be restored.
But only you can know for sure Dear One, if now is really one of those times.
You are under no obligation Dear One, to take on/to share in the worries of those around you, of those that you love, of those that you feel connected to – in your home, your community, your nation, and your world.
Doing so is not a sign of respect or support, it is not the mark of a good friend, a good neighbor, or a good citizen.
We will go so far as to say that if your intention is to to be good friend/neighbor/citizen Dear One, then you should NOT take on their worries , you should NOT share in them. Ever.
In fact, if worry is the only contribution that you feel that you can make to a situation, then you will be doing everyone involved a far greater service by keeping your distance.
Adding more worry will not help it to resolve anything Dear One. It will not contribute in any way to a solution or bring comfort or relief to any of the parties involved.
If you want to be of service Dear One, if you want to be supportive, if you want to contribute, be part of the solution, and show that you care, bring something different, bring hope instead. Bring joy, bring a positive outlook, bring inspiration, bring motivation, bring eggplant parmigiana.
Bring anything that you think will help to shift the energy of the group from a negative point of attraction to a positive one.
Are you any less spiritual Dear One, when you skip yoga, don’t meditate, pass on the weekly service, don’t make the donation, cut in line, think bad thoughts, do not want to help, or forget to give up your seat on the subway, bus, ferry, or train to the passenger that is older, weaker, needier, or more pregnant than you?
Absolutely, not.
You are a spiritual being no matter what you do.
But it is your belief, your consciousness, your level of acceptance of the fact that you are a part of something larger than yourself, that you are one part of a whole, that you are divine, and are at once a reflection of the world around you as well as the creator of it, that determines your level of awareness of this fact.
You can choose to be a spiritually aware person Dear One, or you can choose to be a spiritually unaware person, and that choice can change from day to day, but you cannot, not matter what, regardless of what you do, think, say, or believe, choose to be anything other than divine at all times.