You don’t have to wait to see what kind of day today is going to be Dear One.

You don’t have to wait and see if it is going to be a good day or bad day.

You can decide for yourself right now.

How?

• When you choose your thoughts, only choose ones that empower you and make you feel better
• When you choose your reactions, only choose ones that serve you and bring you closer to that which you are wanting
• When you choose your attitude, choose a positive one that will help you see the best in everyone and everything that surrounds you.
• When you choose your outlook, choose one that is based on the belief that you live in an abundant universe that exists to support you.

That’s how.

We can see that you have a strong desire to live a more authentic life Dear One, and yet… you don’t.

You allow your fear of rejection, being alone, being wrong, being made fun of, disappointing, being less than perfect, or failing, stop you from trying, stop you from speaking up, stop you from being the real you.

Well, its time to put to an end to that Dear One.

It’s time for you to join the ranks of the fallible.

• It’s time for you to allow yourself to join those who make mistakes, who fall down, who fail, who don’t always do the right thing at the right time, who sometimes get hurt, and who sometimes, despite their best efforts, hurt others.
• It’s time for you to allow yourself to join those who knows that if they fall, they can get back up, that if they fail, they can try again, that if they get hurt, they will heal.
• It’s time for you to allow yourself to join those that know that playing it safe, that not trying, that not speaking up, that not being your authentic self, is and will always be a far more agonizing, frustrating, painful , disappointing and damaging experience in the long run, then not trying ever will be.

When you see they are hurting, when you see they are struggling, when you see they are lost, confused or in pain and want to help, but don’t know how — Love them Dear One.

There is no more useful thing that you can do.

We know that sometimes love does not seem like enough, but trust us, it is.

Love heals. Love inspires. Love transforms.  Love can do a great many things.

• Don’t pity them
• Don’t fear for them
• Don’t be sad for them
• Don’t join them in their grief

See them as well.  See them as whole.  See them as prosperous.  See them as confident.  See them healed.  See them as the person that they want to be.  Hold an image of them in your mind and in your heart of them that they are not yet able to hold for themselves.

You can’t give your attention to their pain, to their struggle, to their problem and help to be a part of the solution Dear One.

If you really want to help, if you really want to make a difference, just keep loving them.

It truly is the best and most useful thing that you can do, for them and for you.

Just a reminder of what you’ve got inside Dear One.

• Choice is your gift
• Consciousness is your cure
• Your heart is your guide
• Thoughts are your fuel
• Desire is your driver
• Love is your pleasure
• Happiness is your choice

They are all already yours Dear One.

Now all you’ve got to do is remember to pull them out and use them when needed.

Whether you are painting pictures, writing poetry, baking bread, balancing spreadsheets, fixing cars, teaching Spanish, selling stocks, playing the flute, designing skyscrapers, or sketching tattoos – what you do today Dear One, is of less importance to us than how you feel while you are doing it.

Fear.

If you stop empowering it with your thoughts, beliefs, actions, and attention Dear One, it will cease to have power.

How do you do that?

By choosing to focus your thoughts, beliefs, actions, and attention on something else, on something infinitely more pleasant, pleasing, powerful, and purposeful.

What is that?

Well-being.

When you don’t know what else to believe Dear One, when you don’t know what is true beyond your fear, believe in well-being. It is the most dominate force in the universe. And the only thing that is keeping it from being the most dominant force within you, is you.

Give all of your attention only to that which is wanted today Dear One, in all situations, under all circumstances, no matter what.

That does not mean that we want you to force yourself to pretend to be happy, hopeful, healthy, or helpful when that is not genuinely what you are feeling.

What it means is that we want you to give yourself permission to turn your head and choose a different view or a different perspective, to imagine a different outcome, if what you see is not what you want.

Tomorrow will always be there Dear One.  But today will come and go.

It would be a real shame if you let it go to waste.

So don’t.

Discipline is a mindset Dear One, an attitude, an approach, a guide, a commitment.
It is not a contract, a commandment, an order, a doctrine, or a law that must be followed.

Discipline is flexible, malleable, adaptable,and strong.
It is not hard, rigid, tough, and unforgiving.

Discipline is the boat on water Dear One, not the rope tethering you to the dock.
It is the compass pointing your way, not the points plotted out on a map
It is the sail, and not the anchor.

Practicing discipline should strengthen you, empower you, guide you, help you to feel stronger, freer, more connected and in-synch with the world around you. Not frustrate you, weaken you, and leave you feeling depleted and restricted.

If what you are practicing is not not serving you in all of these positive ways Dear One, there is a very good chance that what you are practicing is not discipline at all, but that you are just being hard on yourself, and that is not the same thing.

Celebrate, embrace, and take full advantage of the contrasts in your life Dear One.  Don’t curse them. They are a gift.

Without them you would have absolutely no way of knowing just how far you’ve come or in which direction you want to be heading.