Shine, right where you are Dear One.

Practice patience Dear One.

• Not because it is a virtue
• Not because we are asking you to
• Not because it is the adult, enlightened or spiritual thing to do

Practice patience Dear One, because impatience only serves to hold you apart from that which you are wanting, from that which you are waiting for.

Practice patience because once you have achieved clarity and reached a good feeling place when thinking about what it is you desire, patience is one of the most effective ways of allowing it to reach you.

Just when you think you’ve lost it all Dear One, or when you are afraid that you are about to, remember this:

You’ve always got another choice to make.

Remember Dear One, whenever you feel scared, chaotic, lost, or out of control, that your center, your home,  is always only ever one slow, deep breath away.

Did you ever ask yourself where would you be without challenges Dear One?

Challenges push you, pull you, bend you, throw you, turn you inside out. And when you choose to take them on, motivate you like nothing else.

When you are faced with a challenge, and you choose to take it on, you push yourself beyond your own comfort level, you generate new energy, you discover creative solutions, you seek out help and make new connections , and sometimes even sever old ones. You generate passion and courage for yourself to do something that you have never done before, to face something that frightens you, to create something new.

Can you think of any other thing that propels you forward like this besides a challenge?

It can be done. We know it’s possible. We know you can do it.  But do you? If there was no urgent need that threatened your comfort, your security, your pride, your sense of self, would you push yourself beyond your edges to grow?

If you decide that the answer is yes, then you will no longer need challenges to be a catalyst for growth in your life Dear One. You will instead let love, curiosity, passion, a desire to experience change and motion be your motivator and propel you to identify and confront your fears head on, to push you to grow, to show you what your limits are and catapult you past them.

Challenges are just a tool Dear One. And an effective one at that.  Try to see them as such.  Let them serve you, not unnerve you.  And if you want to embrace change without the accustomed aches, pains, turmoil and tumult of a challenge, make a conscious decision to push yourself forward when you are not challenged. Demonstrate to the universe that you are ready to learn another way, and you will be shown one.

As soon as you stop feeding it Dear One, with your thoughts, with your words, and with your actions, and with your beliefs, it will cease to grow.

Keep it up long enough, and it will disappear all together.

Know Dear One, that they are not better than you.

They are not more valuable, worthy, or important than you are either.

Their words, actions and beliefs are not more significant than yours are.

The story of their life does not matter more than the story of yours, regardless of how they may act, or what they may say.

And they are most definitely not, in any way, shape or form, more divine than you are.

They may have acquired more knowledge than you on a particular subject, they may have become more practiced than you at a particular skill, they may be more educated, physically fit, or have a greater understanding of how to accumulate wealth than you do, but that just makes them different Dear One, not better.

Remember that the next time you are feeling intimated by someone else success or achievement.

Remember in that moment that instead of giving into your feelings of intimidation that you can always choose to see the situation for what it really is; an opportunity for you to be inspired by or learn something new from someone who is in every way that matters– your equal.

Yes, you are strong Dear One, and you do not need to pretend not to be to ask for help, or support, or for someone to lend a hand, or just keep you company.

Just because you can handle it on your own doesn’t mean that you have to.

If you don’t feel like doing it alone, exercise that strength of yours Dear One, and ask, just because.

If you really want to experience change in your life Dear One, change.

Make a different choice, take a different route, try a different approach, eat something different for breakfast.

If you don’t know how to do that, if you don’t know where to start or what change to make things better, ask for help.

If you don’t know who to ask, if you don’t know who to turn to, ask us, through prayer, mediation, or even email if you would like.

Then once you’ve asked who ever it is that you have decided to ask, listen to your heart for the answer.

And know this, Dear One, that if you are ready to choose it, change is always available to you.

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.