When what you want is not what is showing up for you Dear One, a simple misalignment may be all there is to blame.
How do you know if this is the case?
Ask yourself if your actions, thoughts and beliefs are in alignment with your desires.
And remember:
Trust.
Let go.
Smile, Dear One.
A dark, cloudy day holds just as much potential for you to witness something beautiful, Dear One, as a bright, sunny one does.
You have just conditioned yourself to look for it more in one than in the other.
The trick to overcoming this is simple.
Believe us, and start looking for it in both.
Once you do, once you discover for yourself that what we are telling you is true, your experience of darkness will never be the same again.
Don’t’ wonder if it’s all going to be okay in the end.
Know that it will be.
Why?
Because it’s true.
And because believing it will feel a whole lot better than not believing it while you are in the process of getting there.
When we ask you to trust Dear One, many of you ask; What is it that you want us trust in?
Well, we will tell you.
We want you to trust in well-being, in a universe dominated by well-being.
We want you to trust that well-being is not something that you must work to create for yourself, but something that you must learn to allow for yourself.
We want you to trust that when you let go of negativity, that when you stop trying to control the outcome of every single experience, situation, and relationship, that when you stop taking a defensive stance against life, that well-being, balance, abundance, joy, love, light, laughter, and renewal will rush in to take its place.
That would be a really good place to start.
Unfortunately Dear One, avoidance is not going to help you to relieve your anxiety.
Neither is confrontation, bravery, denial, will-power, brute strength, comradery, or perseverance.
The only thing that is going to do it, that is going to bring you relief for any sustainable length of time is trust, is learning how to trust yourself again.
And how, you might ask, are you suppose to do that?
The same way that you learn how to do anything else.
You practice.
As hard as it might be to believe Dear One, pain is not a punishment. It is a teacher, a guide, a friend to you. Its purpose in your life is not to hurt you, harm you, discourage you, frighten you, or weaken you. Quite the contrary actually.
Pain, Dear One, is a call for love, is a call for attention, it is a call for healing, growth, and expansion. Pain is a teacher with a valuable message for you and it is not something to be avoided. It is something to be acknowledged and embraced.
Run from pain and you will spend an eternity pressed up against an all too familiar wall that you are quite capable of walking around, climbing over, or breaking through.
If you don’t feel good about the decisions you make yesterday Dear One, if you are unhappy with the choices that you made, know that you don’t have to regret them. You can choose to accept them, learn from them and choose differently today instead if you would like.
No matter how badly you feel, no matter how badly you made them feel, no matter how much you punish yourself, or those around you, regret will not solve, fix, change or improve anything in any way, shape, or form.
It never has and it never will.
Regret won’t help you or them to forget, forgive, connect, improve, repair, restore, heal or move on Dear One.
But forgiveness will – change will – hope will – courage will – faith will – strength, love, kindness, and compassion will.
Like it or not Dear One, now is when your life is happening, now is when you are most powerful, now is when you can impact change, now is when you can make a difference, now is when your connection with us is the strongest, now is when anything is possible.
No more waiting, wondering, imagining or thinking about what your life will be like when…
There is no when. There is no then. There is no later.
There is only now.
This is it!
Clinging to fear when you are in uncertain or unfamiliar circumstances Dear One, will serve you in much the same way that turning off the faucet will when you are most in need of a drink.
Fear cuts you off, from your source, from well-being, from the support, guidance, energy and wisdom that you need, just when you need it the most.
Trust in a universe that exists to support you, opens you up and connects you to your source, connects you to the unlimited support, guidance, energy and wisdom that is available to you at all times.
Fear cuts you off, and holds you in darkness. Trust opens you up and lets in the light.
The more you allow yourself to trust in the face of fear Dear One, the more you will be opening up the faucet. The more open your faucet is, the less you will have to be fearful of.