All of the imbalance that exists in the world Dear One, is a reflection of the imbalance that exists within each and every one of you.

If you would like to see, feel, and experience more balance in the people, policies, and practices around you, start by restoring the balance within  yourself. Do this and you will immediately begin to see your world transform as a result.

Now you know Dear One, there absolutely is something that you can do about it.

When you doubt yourself Dear One, when you ignore your heart, your instincts, intuitions and hunches,  it is essentially the same as choosing to ignore the directions being given to you by the GPS system in your car.

What you want is your desired destination, and your instincts are the turn-by-turn directions being served up to you by your higher-self to get you there.

As you know very well from experience by now, there are an unlimited number of paths available to you that will get you to where you want to go.  There is no “right” path and there is no “wrong” path.

BUT there are more and less direct paths that you can follow.

Listen to your heart Dear One, follow your instincts, trust your intuition, and act on your hunches and you can proceed confidently knowing  that you are traveling the most direct route possible from where you are to where you want to be.

Did you know that any decision that you make confidently, joyfully, with an open heart, from a good feeling place, regardless of how impetuous or how well thought out it may be,  will always bring you closer to that which you are seeking than any made from a place of tension, stress, confusion, turmoil or emotional distress?

It’s true!

Step out onto the field today as a pitcher instead of a catcher Dear One, and watch how your perspective of the whole game changes right before your eyes.

Allow yourself to relinquish control, Dear One.

Allow yourself to bond with your own heart.

Allow yourself to feel its beating.  Allow yourself to feel its wanting.  Allow yourself to feel its passion.   Allow yourself to notice its subtleties – when it is happy, or glad, or giddy, when it is questioning, when it is certain, when it is emotionless, when it is filled with joy, filled with regret, filled with sadness, filled with love.

Allow yourself to feel it all Dear One.  Allow yourself to want more for yourself than just the absence of discomfort, the absence of pain, the absence of desire.

Please do not make it your hearts ambition to feel as little as possible Dear One.

For that would be as great a loss as choosing to close your eyes forever after witnessing only one sunrise.

When you are hurting Dear One, when you are in pain, please remember this; you have come to this place to heal this place.

You did not end up here because you did something wrong. You did not end up here because you are being punished. You did not end up here because you are being tested, tortured, or asked to prove yourself.

You ended up here Dear One, for one reason and one reason only, because you are being given an opportunity to heal.

An artist, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, inventing, sketching, designing a piece of art Dear One, can make no wrong move, they can make no wrong choice in the creation of their work – because it is theirs.

It can be big or small, round or square, tall or short, fat or thin, loud or soft, fast or slow, red or blue, you get the idea. It doesn’t matter. There is no “right” answer when it comes to creating art. There is only choice and preference.

And the same is true of life Dear One – there is no “right” answer when it comes to living your life.

Regardless of your vocation, education, skills, experience, sense of color and style, and ability to carry a tune, you are an artist. And your world, the reality that you perceive, is your canvas.

Today, we are going to encourage you to add to it.

Paint, dance, write, risk, create, try, fail, love, live, laugh, cry, speak up, contribute, experience Dear One, every chance that you get, knowing that you can’t get it wrong, knowing that you can’t fail.

From our perspective, from where we are sitting, as long as you are creating, as long as you adding to the picture, you are succeeding, you are doing what you have come forth to do.

So pick up your pen, your paintbrush, your chisel, open your eyes, your heart, your mind, your mouth, and get to it Dear One.

Create.

Succeed.

• You are blessed Dear One, even when you are struggling
• You are divine, even when you fail
• You are a beautiful soul, even when your body is weak, your eyes are sunken, and your skin is sallow
• You are precious, even when you are poor
• You are loved, even when feel unworthy

You are who you are Dear One, and there is absolutely nothing that you or anyone else could ever do that is ever going to change that.

Your mind knows what it has experienced Dear One.  It knows what it has seen, heard and been told.  Your mind knows what it has touched, tasted and smelled.   Your mind can create great joy, tranquility and health within you, as well as great distress, turmoil, and disease with nothing more than a single thought.

Your mind is a very powerful tool.

Your heart knows all Dear One.  It knows eternity.  It knows who you are, where you came from, and what you are capable of.  It knows that absolutely anything is possible, without exception.  It knows more about you than you know about yourself.  It is your gateway, your point of connection, to all that is.

Your heart contains the wisdom of the universe.

If we were in your shoes, we would trust our hearts more than we trusted logic, more than we trusted our best friend, more than we trusted the internet, more than we trusted anyone or anything.

If we were you Dear One, if there were ever a question of which to trust, our heart or our mind, we would choose to trust the wisdom of the heart every time.

Why would you ever want to concern yourself with subject such as punishment Dear One?

It really is not necessary you know.

Universal laws exist in perfect balance.  Your point of attraction, what you project, what you put out there, what you focus your attention on, is what you get back.

That is true for everyone Dear One, you as well as them.

What you put out there, you will get back, and what they put out there, they will get back.

Why would you ever want to intentionally invite something as purely negative as punishment in your experience?  And yet, that is exactly what you are doing when set out to punish another.

You are inviting/attracting/asking for punishment in return, as certainly as if you were inflicting it upon yourself.

Never mind about trying to punish them Dear One.  Their actions will take care of that nicely, all on their own.

You are the one who determines what your point of attraction is, so might we suggest focusing your attention on something a little bit more pleasing to you instead.

And to touch on the subject of children and punishment for a moment – let us remind you that children learn by example.  They are watching what you do and learning from what they see.  Is punishment really the lesson that you want to be teaching them?

Consequences are not the same as punishment.  You can teach a child that their actions have consequences without teaching them how to punish.