If you need a day off, Dear One, take it.

You are not a disappointment, Dear One.  We are not disappointed in you.  We never have been, and we never will be. Ever.

Why?

Because we have no expectations of you.  We have only love, acceptance, compassion, support, guidance, and applause for you.

We require nothing of you, nothing from you.  And we never will.  You simply can’t let us down.

We don’t have a list of rules that we need you to follow, or a set of demands that we need you to meet, before we will give you our love.

It is already yours.  All of it.  We couldn’t love you more than we do right now, even if we tried.

So if that was one of your worries, Dear One, if that was one of your fears, that you were not, that you are not, living up to our expectations, up to spirits expectations, of what you are meant to do, be, have, or accomplish in this life, you can at long last, let that one go, once and for all.

Don’t think you can, Dear One.

Know you can.

Once you decide, and take that first step forward in certainty, it’s all downhill from there.

There are 3 things to remember to do when engaging in any new creative endeavor, Dear One:

1. Before you begin, grant yourself the freedom to create, to express yourself without limits or judgment
2. Once you’ve expressed your idea, allow yourself to let go of your ownership of it
3. Enjoy the process of witnessing what happens as a result of following steps 1 & 2

Being a successful creative isn’t about producing something of value, something worthy of a high price tag, something worthy of praise.   It is about inspiring something of value. It is about starting something, sparking something, igniting something, realizing something within yourself, and inspiring/encouraging/motivating those around you to do the same.

To create is to be of great service, Dear One.

And to create powerfully requires honesty, bravery, trust, and autonomy.

So, now that you know, are you ready to begin?

You are a powerful creator, Dear One.

You can choose to believe it or you can choose not to believe it.

Whatever you decide, you should know that your decision will not impact the reality of who and what you really are, only your experience of it.

So what’s it going to be?

Are you going to choose to live your life as a powerful creator that knows it or as one that does not?

The best thing that you can do for yourself right this minute, Dear One, is to stop, take a deep breath, clear your mind, make a conscious connection with your heart, and trust what it is telling you.

When you are in doubt, Dear One, and don’t know what to do next,  what choice to make next, what direction you want to move in next, instead of getting caught up in an exhausting cycle of uncertainty, choose to be grateful instead – find something to be grateful for instead– and trust that when you make room for it, the answer that you are looking for will come to you.

And if it does not come to you right away – at least the time you spend waiting will be time well spent.

You can’t quit, Dear One.

• Not because you shouldn’t.
• Not because you couldn’t
• Not because it’s a sign of weakness, failure or an admittance of guilt or incompetence if you do

You can’t quit because whatever it is you are trying to get away from by quitting is not going to go away until you deal with it, confront it, face it, handle it, learn from it, address it head on.  It will keep coming back, in one form or another, again and again and again, until you do.

When it comes down to it, quitting really is nothing more than a delay tactic.

It is a defeatist act rooted in frustration, desperation and a belief in powerlessness, and it resolves nothing

But making a conscious decision to walk away, choosing to make a different choice, an empowered choice, now that is an entirely different story altogether.

If feeling better, being happy, creating balance, and enjoying this moment, was your top priority, Dear One, what would you be doing right now?

Well…?

What are you waiting for?

Sometimes a little turbulence can be the price of admission, Dear One.

When you begin to tread a new path, one that you have never taken before, know that the ground might feel rough, bumpy or uneven to you at first.  It may continue to feel that way until you cross over it a couple of times, clear out a path, make an impression, and become familiar with your new surroundings.

Bumps in the road do not mean that you are going the wrong way.  They do not mean that you have chosen incorrectly, made a wrong turn or that you need to go back.   Sometimes they are just the experiences that come along with going somewhere you have never gone before.

If the road gets bumpy, when you are traveling a path that you felt guided to travel, don’t doubt, Dear One, trust, get excited, because the turbulence that you are feeling may very well be the entry point into someplace new.  You just may be on the verge of discovering the very thing that you have been searching for, that you have been asking for.

How do you know for sure?

You listen to your heart, you trust your instincts, you have faith in yourself and all that brought you to this point.

And then, if you should feel so inclined, you leap.