Love is nothing to be afraid of, Dear One.

Love is not scary. Love cannot hurt you.

It is your worry that it won’t be returned, your fear of losing it, your high expectations of it, your perceived lack of it that it causing you to suffer.

Do you want to know how to make all of those things go away?

The answer is simple.

Love more.

Fear doesn’t heal, Dear One.

But faith does.

If you need a nap, Dear One, take one.

You are not lacking guidance, Dear One. That you’ve got in spades.

What you are lacking is the confidence in yourself to believe it when you hear it – to trust it – to act on it.

Instead of asking for, searching for, seeking out more guidance – allow yourself to be courageous enough to act on that which you already know to be true.

Clarity comes with action Dear One. You’ll never know for sure until you try.

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.

We know that it can  feel  like the act of doing something new, of changing your patterns of behavior, your thoughts, your actions, your habits, your beliefs, your relationships, will require a great deal of effort and struggle for you to achieve Dear One.  But the truth is that movement, progress, change, has, does, and always will require significantly less effort from you than trying to remain in one place ever will.

As you already know very well from experience, trying to stand still in the constantly flowing river of life requires so much more effort than trusting, letting go, and allowing yourself to go with the flow.

So today, we would like you to consider the possibility, Dear One, that you just may have had it backwards — that maybe, just maybe, it is your resistance to change, and not change itself, that is making the process feel so challenging for you.

Everyone is looking for/striving for/seeking beauty, Dear One – Every single one of you, without exception. 

The only problem is that more often than not, so many of you find yourself coming up short, frustrated with your search, not finding what you are looking for – left with the impression that beauty is rare or elusive.  Why?  Because many of you have no idea what beauty really is – so you look in all the wrong places, chase down all the wrong things trying to find it or create it.

Beauty is a feeling, an emotion, an energy.  It is the essence of who you are.  It is a state of openness, a state of trust and allowing, acceptance of the universe, of what is.  It is not flat abs and a shiny full head of hair.  It is not pouty lips, smooth tight skin or perfectly manicured nails .  Those things are all nothing more than limited physical attributes of the body.  True beauty is limitless.

To say that beauty is measured by how one looks – is like saying that intelligence is measured by how one smells.

Your eyes are not the determinant of beauty, Dear One, your heart is.

True beauty is not about how you look – it is about how you see.

Choose to see beauty in everything around you, Dear One and  you will.  It is there. It is built into everything.   As soon as you start looking for it, with your heart, you will find it and be in awe of its abundance.

May we suggest that you start with you.

The only thing that makes their path more significant than yours, their potential more powerful than yours, their successes more important than yours, their accomplishments more meaningful than yours Dear One, is you deeming it so.

Nothing more.

It is OK to move quickly through the paces of your life, Dear One – but know that it is not necessary.  No great benefit will come to you from rushing.  You will experience no faster advancement along your path.

The only thing that rushing will accomplish is for you to feel hurried in your experiences.  If you like the feeling/the experience of being hurried, then by all means, you can continue on at this pace.  But, if you would like a more savory experience of your life, slow down.  You will not miss out on anything by doing so.  We promise you that.  But you do run the risk of missing out on much, when you rush.

Scream, if you need to scream today, Dear One.

Cry, if you need to cry.

Lie, run away, compete, prove a point, be petty, be jealous, be mad, be silent.

Do, be, say whatever you need to, Dear One.

Just don’t quit.

Just don’t quit.

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