Don’t worry that you have missed your chance, Dear One, that you have missed out, that you are missing out.

– You haven’t
– We promise
– You can’t

It’s just not possible.

You are the only one who determines what experiences, what opportunities, what relationships you are, and are not meant to have in your life.

If it didn’t happen, if you didn’t choose it, (or if it did not choose you). then it was not meant for you.

Don’t regret, worry, or fret over that which you did not have, do, or choose.

Instead, focus you time, energy, and attention on enjoying that which you did!

And if you should discover that you have made a choice that you are not enjoying, Dear One, accept it, learn from it, and then simply choose again.

Which do you want more, Dear One?

• To keep yourself protected
• To experience a deeper, richer, stronger, and more meaningful connection than you have ever had before

It’s not possible for you to do both at once.

You’re going to have to choose.

When the choices you are committed to don’t seem to be leading you towards a better feeling state, Dear One, it may be time for you to start thinking about making different ones.

• You are not here to be liked, Dear One – You are here to be yourself and make connections.

• You are not here to find “The One” — You are here to know true love.

• You are not here to win awards — You are here to create, bravely, confidently, authentically, and from the heart.

• You are not here to accumulate wealth — You are here to have an experience of abundance.

• You are not here to achieve notoriety — You are here to learn just how powerful, creative, and capable you really are.

Are you starting to get the idea?

Imagine if you can for a minute, Dear One, things exactly as you want them to be.

Imagine having everything that you want, having everything that you need, having every single thing that you desire for yourself, and then some.

Are you doing it? Are you picturing it? Are you imagining what that would look like, feel like, and be like for you to have it all?

Is the thought making you smile?  Making you feel good?

Good. Keep doing that!

Take a deep breath in, let it out, and begin again.

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

You want to know how to turn things around, Dear One?

Well the truth is that you don’t actually need to.  You can keep right on heading in the direction that you are heading and still end up exactly where you want to be.

How?

While your experience of creation may feel like a linear one to you, we can assure you that it most certainly is not.

By changing your perspective, by changing what you give your attention to, you will change the road before you, you will change what lies ahead.

Focus on the darkness and the decay, and your path will grow darker.  Focus on the light, the beauty, the possibility, the growth that you see, even if it is just the smallest little bud, and your path will begin to grow brighter and more full of life right before your eyes.

You don’t need to exert the (potentially considerable) effort that it would take to fight the momentum of what is and turn yourself around.  Instead save that energy and use it to focus on the path ahead, and trust that when your stay on the lookout for that which is wanted, over that which is not, that it will always, always, always lead you in the direction of your gaze.

What are your intentions for the day, Dear One?

What is it that you want to create, to experience, to put out into the world today, and what is it that you are hoping to get back in return?

It’s an important question for you to answer, consciously, intentionally and from the heart.  Because if you don’t, your ego, your habits, your patterns, your emotions, that unrelenting voice in your head that thinks it knows it all is going to answer for you.

And if that happens, do you think you are going to be happy with the response?

“Obstacles” don’t exist, Dear One, to test you, harm you, inhibit you, or throw you off course.  Their purpose is not to challenge you, mess with you, piss you off, or annoy and frustrate you.

Truth is, Dear One, that what you perceive as obstacles are simply aspects of reality that you have either:

• Never encountered before, or
• That you have just not figured out how to handle, manage, or engage with yet, in productive ways.

For example, fire, Dear One, is not an obstacle that is put in someone’s path to burn then.  It is simply another reality of your physical world. If you were to encounter it for the first time, without knowing what it was, it could appear dangerous, and it could cause you and those around you great harm.  When approached without understanding and skill, about what it is, its properties, and how to best interact with it, (and how best not to) it can be a significant threat.

But fire is not a challenge, Dear Child, it is not an obstacle; it is a tool, an element, an energy, that when understood, holds great potential for those who become knowledgeable about what it is and how it works, and learn how to interact with it and use it, safely.

Try and see all of the other elements, the obstacles in your life, Dear One, in the same light, in the same vein, with the same curiosity, and your whole world might begin to feel a whole lot less treacherous, and a whole lot more promising, manageable, and full of potential.

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