Feeling secure, emotional security, is a state of mind Dear One.

One that you can choose to experience anytime that you would like.

You can choose to allow yourself to experience it when you have the relationship that you want, or the job that you want, or the salary that you want, or the house that you want, or the family that you want, or the body that you want.

OR

You can choose to experience it right now, just as you are.

It’s totally and completely up to you.

If your goal is to prolong your suffering Dear One, to make it worse, add to it, to expand upon it, and invite as many people as you possible can to join you in it, then by all means keep talking about it, beating yourself up about it, focusing on it, and judging yourself harshly for whatever it is that you believe that you have done or have had done to you.

But, if what you desire is to let it go, heal from it, improve upon it, distance yourself from it, change it for the better, move past it, and in every way possible, get over it as quickly as you possibly can, then you’re going to want to choose positive, loving, compassionate, hopeful and enthusiastic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors instead.

Faith is faith, Dear One. Either you have it or you don’t.

You can’t have just a little bit of faith. It really is an all or nothing type of thing.

So, do you think you have it, or don’t you?

The energy that creates worlds is within you right now Dear One.  It is flowing to you, flowing through you, flowing from you.  Whether you choose to believe it or not, whether you are conscious of it or not, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, you are swimming in it, interacting with it, and creating with it, every minute of every day.

And yet you are acting as if all is ordinary, unremarkable, and routine in your world – you are behaving as if something miraculous is not happening to you, right now.

Well you should know Dear One, that it most definitely is.

What you believe Dear One, is so much more important than what is.

In fact, it is the most important thing that there is.

Trying to assess where you are in your life, your level of success, by looking to your past to see where you have been and looking to your future to see where you are heading, will not yield you any meaningful results, Dear One.

Why?

Because the spectrum on which you are standing is eternal. Trying to determine your specific location on a scale that is eternal would be like trying to pinpoint  the location of one specific drop of water in the ocean.

If you want to know where you stand in the spectrum of your life Dear One, with regards to your level of success, answer the only question that will ever be able to provide you with a meaningful answer:

Am I happy right now?

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 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.

You want to be surrounded by more people who “get you” Dear One?

We’ll tell you how to do it.

Don’t go in search of them.

Reveal more of yourself, reveal more of who you really are to the world in all that you do, and they will find you!

Today we have a request for you, Dear One.

We would like to see you share more, to have more open, honest, and genuine shared experiences with those around you.

We would like to see you share your true self more; your ideas, thoughts, feelings, laughter, tears, questions, fears, doubts, beliefs, creativity, love, compassion, and so on.

Interact, exchange, contribute, collaborate, merge, network, reach out, unite, keep in touch, correspond, connect, every single chance that you get.

Why?

What happens when you mix two colors together Dear One? What happens when you mix two ingredients? What happens when you mix musical notes, or numbers, or letters?

The answer is that something new happens, something different happens, and more often then not, something beautiful happens.

So now do you understand the reason for our request?

Take a deep breath, let it go, and begin again.

Starting over can be as easy as that Dear One, if you let it be.