The more that you follow your heart, Dear One, the more authentic that you are, the more committed, and devoted, and true to YOU that you are, the more you will be seen by others, the more your mastery of self will be noticed by others.

It is not by altering yourself to please them that you become more visible to them, it is by pleasing you.

And the more that they are able to witness your mastery of self, the more they will be able to see your mastery of all that you take on.

It is only through mastery of self first, Dear one, that you can ever be perceived as having mastery of anything else.

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We can understand your desire to want to protect yourself, Dear One, to want to keep yourself safe from harm, to want to do all that you can to avoid injuring yourself, both physically and emotionally, and to want to keep others from doing the same.  And you should know that we want that for you too.

You should also know that nothing makes you more vulnerable then cutting yourself off from your source, than shutting down your heart, ignoring your intuition and holding yourself back because you are afraid.

The more you trust, Dear One, the more you open up, the more you allow yourself to love, connect, and move forward with an open heart, the safer you will be!

Run, don’t walk away from anything or anyone that causes you to feel uneasy, unstable, or unsafe today, Dear One.

We don’t want you practicing/learning how to better tolerate the discomfort of mistrust.

We want you practicing/learning how to heed to it.

It’s really important that you do.

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Once you come to the realization, Dear One, that feeling good or better, being happy, and experiencing joy through connection with your source, yourself, nature, or those around you, really is the MOST important thing, then choosing and making decisions about your life, day in and day out, really should become a much easier, much less conflicted process for you.

Remember, Dear One, you don’t have to choose to go with their flow, to get caught up in their energy, to move to their rhythm, to dance to their beat, to take part in their story.

You can if you want to.

You can choose to participate, to get swept up in, to interact with, and respond to their energy if you would like.

And, Dear One… and this is so very important that we want you to pay very close attention to what we are going to tell you next,

…you can also choose not to.

Just because you may have stopped believing in yourself Dear One, does not mean that you are not worth believing in.

Balance is…

• being indulgent and disciplined
• being strong and vulnerable
• being brave and cautious
• being selfish and generous
• being flexible and committed
• being playful and working hard

Balance is not, Dear One, achieved by standing still on the point in the middle.

Do you want to know one of the best ways for you to get to know yourself better, Dear One?

Slow down, take your time, put in the effort, and get to know them better.

Find out who they really are. Find out what they really feel, think, and believe. Find out why they do what they do and why they say what they say.

Get personal.

By taking the time to get to know the real them, instead of spending your time interacting with some superficial version of who you think they are, you will  be tapping  into a wealth of information about yourself.

Your feelings about them, your reactions to them, your response to the real them, will reveal a lot to you about the real you.

They are worth the extra time and effort of getting to know better, Dear One, if you believe that you are.

Don’t worry so much, Dear One, about trying to figure out ahead time what might, could, or will happen next.

Because the truth is that you’ll never know for sure.
And that kind of thinking will not save you, keep you safe, or on track anyway.

The only function that it really serves is to limit you.

And for where you are right now, Dear One, the fewer limits that you put on your possibilities, the better off  you will be!

So what should you do instead?
The answer to that question is right here.

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Living is choosing, Dear One.

Your life is the choices you make.

So, what are you going to choose to think about, focus on, create, say, write, repeat, do, consume, accept, reject, hate, love, or believe today?

What kind of life are you going to choose for yourself, today?