If you want to live a different life, Dear One, if you want to live the life of your dreams, you can. But you should know that it will come at a cost.  Sacrifices are going to have to be made.

You are going to have to sacrifice the old vision that you have had of yourself, the old story that you have been telling about yourself, the old limitations that you have been holding onto, the old patterns that you have been maintaining, the old heartaches that you have been nursing, the old hurts that you have been hanging on to.

Will it be difficult?

It could be.

Will it be worth it?

Absolutely.

They will follow your lead, Dear One.

They will take their direction from you.

They will treat you the way that they see you treating you.

Just one more reason for you to treat yourself well.

Just one more reason for you to treat yourself with love, kindness, forgiveness, flexibility, generosity, honesty, compassion and respect.

You say you want things to be different and yet you continue to bring the same attitude, beliefs, mindset, patterns, and expectations to the table each day. How can you continue to think, feel, speak, and act the same way and expect your experience to change?

Your circumstances are not what is holding you back, Dear One.

There is a very distinct difference between abundance and excess. Dear One.

Do you know what that difference is?

Intention.

• Abundance is what is generated when great quantities are amassed (allowed) as a result of actions motivated by joy, love, excitement, trust, generosity, passion and an open heart.
• Excess is what is generated when great quantities are amassed (allowed) as a result of actions motivated by fear, anger, shame, a desire to escape, compete, justify, prove a point, or win.

The actions taken to create both may very well be the same, but rest assured, that the outcomes generated as a result will most definitely not be.

Abundance will empower you, fuel you, lift you up, and excess will overwhelm you, drain you, and weigh you down.

So just in case you were wondering Dear One, while you are in the process of creating, yes, intention matters, a lot.

There are two ways that you can choose to respond to any situation, Dear One:

• Like the victim of your circumstance
• Like the creator of your circumstance

One defines you as powerless and the other as powerful.

Which are you going to choose to be today?

Let your actions be motivated by love today Dear One, above all else.

Why?

Because choosing a positive, conscious, motivation such as love at the start of your day will prevent your actions from being motivated by negative unconscious ones, such as fear, distrust, anxiety, guilt, sadness, revenge, etc.

It only feels as if you are risking something by stepping out into the unknown, Dear One – going somewhere that you have never gone before, trying something that you have never tried before.

But the truth is that there is no safer place that you could possibly be than on the edge of something new, in the process of creation.

Resistance causes risk Dear One.  Fear, hesitation, uncertainty, and doubt, all serve to pinch off the flow of source energy into your life.  Trust, creativity, connection, and creation, all serve to open it up.

So basically, what we are telling you is that holding back, hesitation, doubt, resistance, and fear are far greater sources of risk for you in your life than trying something new ever would be, ever could be.

So why take the risk?

Because standing on the edge of something new, be-ing the process of creation, is the safest place that you could ever possibly be.

he world has more peace in it Dear One, when you are peaceful.

It has more compassion when you are compassionate, more love when you are loving, more tolerance when you are tolerant, more hatred when you hate, and more judgment when you judge.

What do you think the world needs more of today Dear One?

Are you willing to do your part to make that happen?

You have a significant and powerful gift, Dear One – The ability to see both the best and the worst in the people around you.

Choose to focus your attention on their best, on their strengths, on their potential, on their possibilities, on their capacity for change, and you will be transforming your view, and therefore your experience of the world.

People tend to do their best to try and live up (or down) to the image of themselves they see reflected back to them through the eyes of those around them.

Choose to look for only the best Dear One, and you will be transforming their view of themselves, and therefore their experience of the world as well.

What’s your story Dear One?

What is that you believe to be true about yourself, about others, about the world around you, about what’s possible?

If you are not sure, there is an easy way for you to find out.

Stop and take notice.  The people, circumstances and events that surround you are reflecting it back to you, every minute of every day.

You are living your beliefs Dear One, you are living the story you are telling, whether you are conscious of it or not.

If, when you look around, you are not happy with what you see, with what is being reflected back to you, we would like to suggest that before you start exerting a great deal of effort into trying to change what is, that you instead put your effort into telling a different story.  A story that you enjoy, that excites you, that makes you happy.  One filled will beauty, balance, abundance, love, health or whatever else it is that you want more of in your life.

Tell a different story Dear One, change your beliefs, and let the universe do the bulk of the work for you to bring them to life.

Tell a different story and watch as your world transforms around you.