Taking a chance is meant to be an exhilarating, exciting, even thrilling experience Dear One. It is meant to be unnerving, uncomfortable and maybe even a little bit scary. It is meant to take you beyond the edge of what is known and familiar to you.

It is not about certainty, safety, security or limits. Those are very different experiences all together. Not better or worse. Just different.

If you want to have the experience of taking a chance, don’t wait until you are certain, don’t plan out all of the details – – enjoy the exhilaration of the unknown – the thrill of stepping into who knows what.

That is the point after all, isn’t it?

Your expectations are a moving target Dear One.   They shift as frequently as your needs….. as your moods.

When you need more – you expect more.

When you need less – you tend to expect less and be much more forgiving.

Expectations change – often.  So be careful not to put too much emphasis or importance on having them met.

Eliminate them all together and you will be eliminating one of the greatest sources of disappointment from your life.  Just something to think about.

You know you don’t have to try so hard to be nice and accommodating to others Dear One if you are not feeling nice and accommodating.  Yes, of course you always want to be respectful, courteous and accepting of others.  But know that there is no less courteous an act then that of being inauthentic, false or phony.

Don’t pretend to like something that you don’t.  Don’t pretend to agree when you disagree.  Especially if you are doing so out of respect.  Because we can assure you that there is nothing respectful about being inauthentic Dear One.

Whenever you begin to feel badly Dear One, think about something that makes you smile instead.

And that knot inside you – will begin to let go.

Try it and see.

What’s the worst that could happen?

What you ask for is what you receive Dear One.  Whether you are asking consciously or unconsciously –  whether you are asking with a clear intention or with an unconscious conditioned response – it matters not – you are getting what you are asking for.

Life is responding to you, your energy, your thoughts, your beliefs, your attitudes, your vibration.   That is how you are asking.  And like attracts like Dear One.  That is why what you put out there is what comes back to you.

So if what you have now, if the circumstances, events, people and opportunities surrounding  you/coming your way, are not what you want them to be, then it is time for you to start asking for something else.

The trouble Dear One is that you think that you live in a world of absolutes. And you don’t. The world does not work that way. There are no absolutes in life – except one.

The one thing that you can always absolutely rely on is the fact that you will always have a choice. Always, always, always do you have options, in every single situation. Every one – without fail.

Whenever you feel frustrated, helpless, trapped or as if you are moving in the wrong direction – stop and remind yourself that there are choices available to you in that moment. If the thoughts that you are thinking are not bringing you joy – choose different ones. If the company that you are keeping is not pleasurable for you – change it. If you have set standards for yourself that you consistently find yourself falling short of, and feeling badly about, change them.

It can be just that simple Dear One, if you choose to allow it to be so.

You, Dear One, will not, can not, fail at life.

It is impossible – can’t be done.

So stop worrying about it – and get on with living.

In your physical reality, there are limits as to how many physical experiences you can pack into a moment.  You can’t be in two places at once.  You can’t be fully present at more than one activity or event at a time and you can’t devote your full attention and awareness to completing more than one task at a time.

The point of this reminder Dear One, is that regardless of how much effort you put into it, or how quickly you work, or how many corners your cut, or how much sleep you lose, you can still only consciously complete one thing at a time.  So stop.  Stop trying and stop worry and stop testing and inventing new ways to try and do more than this.

Take a deep breath – do one thing at a time and enjoy yourself while doing it.

The only other choice you have is to do one thing at a time and not enjoy yourself while doing it.

But as always Dear One, that choice is yours.

Live unconsciously Dear One and life will shove you right along.

But live consciously – open, aware, alert, fully awake and with intention – and you will find yourself on one hell of a ride, participating in the creation of your world, having the adventure of a lifetime.

Don’t you ever for one second feel badly for the things in your life that you don’t have or that have simply not shown up yet.

That would be like missing the sun when the moon is out.

Don’t miss what is not Dear One.  Rejoice in what is.