The purpose of each new day, Dear One, is not to give you another opportunity to experience something that you have already experienced the day before.  Each new day holds the possibility for you, if you should choose to accept it, to see, feel, say, do, taste, or hear, something new, something totally and completely different than anything you have ever experienced before.

We understand that it can be difficult, intimidating, exhausting even, to embrace the new, especially if you are attempting to do so by approaching every experience as something to be judged, understood, processed, categorized and compared to each that has come before it.

But what if, Dear One, you did not do those things?  What if instead you practiced not comparing and contrasting, not judging or evaluating, not looking back and measuring just how far you are from where you were?

What do you think the experience of change would be like then?

We would like for you to try it and see.

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 want to feel more powerful, Dear One?

Then choose to think, speak and act from one of the most powerful places within you — your truth.

Not theirs, yours.

Balance is not achieved, Dear One, by succeeding at everything that you do.

• Balance is achieved  when balance is the goal.
• Balance is achieved when balance is the measure of success.

Make sense?

• Balance is not achieved by acquiring more money, more clients, or more attention.
• Balance is not reached by being thinner, prettier, or smarter.
• Balance is not attained by being more organized, more enlightened, or more accomplished than all the rest.

Success is balance, Dear One.  Balance is success.

Does knowing this now change any of your plans for the day?

Now get out there and succeed!

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Don’t worry so much about trying to write a story with a happy ending, Dear One.

Today, instead, focus your efforts on writing a story about a happy journey.

You will never fully trust yourself, Dear One, if you never give yourself the opportunity to prove to yourself that you are trustworthy.

And there is only one way for you to do that.

There are monumental opportunities headed your way, Dear One, right now.

While you are busy trying to decide what you want them to be, what they should look like, and whether or not you are ready for them, they are coming anyway.

The only say that you really have in the matter is whether or not you are going to choose to recognize them, acknowledge them,  embrace and accept them when they arrive.

But they are coming.  Of that you can be sure. There really is no stopping them.

So, keep an eye out.

The next time that you find yourself feeling angry, frustrated, fearful, anxious or lost, Dear One, when things don’t go according to plan, we want you to ask yourself, which you are more committed to, the experience of the journey or the path?

If we were you, Dear One, we would not think about, talk about, or give the majority of our energy or attention to the things around us that displeased us, frustrated us, angered us, upset us, caused us discomfort, pain, distress, or pissed us off.

We would instead choose to focus our attention on those things that pleased us, that felt good to us, that brought us joy, pleasure, and happiness, that inspired us, motivated us, and helped us to feel loved, useful, connected and grateful.

We are not suggesting you turn a blind eye to all of your problems, and all the problems in the world around you. We are simply suggesting that you consider the possibility that choosing to focus on their solutions instead would perhaps be a more pleasant and productive use of your time.

You can choose to focus your attention on that which makes you feel badly if you want to, Dear One, but you should know that that would not be the choice that we would make, if we were you.