Stop, take notice, and ask yourself, Dear One, do you want a future filled with more of what you are thinking about, saying, doing, focusing on, and choosing to give your energy and attention to right now?
If the answer is yes, carry on.
But if the answer is no, then you should probably do something about that right away.
Childhood is over, Dear One. You are no longer a little person living within an environment that you have seemingly no control over. You are an adult and whether you believe it or not, you are able to make decisions for yourself.
When faced with a trial that requires you to face your past, remember that whatever it is, it is no longer your current reality. You don’t have to bring it back into the present moment with you if you choose not to. Others might approach you on the subject with energy, impressions or patterns that used to exist back then. It may still be their reality. That doesn’t mean that it has to continue to be yours.
Remember at those moments, that you can choose not to dive right back into old patterns with them. You can choose to stay right where you are, in the present moment and deal with the situation from where you now stand. Just because they are choosing to engage in old patterns, does not mean that you have to join them in this practice.
When facing the past, Dear One, anchor yourself in the present first, for that is the only place from where you can impact change. KNOW that what you have learned and accomplished for yourself since that time, no one can take away from you, ever.
In the present, you get to decide what your past means to you. You can assign a lot of meaning to it or no meaning at all. That is completely up to you and only you.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say, Dear One, is I’m sorry.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can be, is forgiving.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do, is let go.
You never know when a pleasant surprise is going to show up in your day, Dear One.
The best thing that you can do to encourage one, to attract one to you, is to anticipate its arrival.
If you want to live a different life, Dear One, if you want to live the life of your dreams, you can. But you should know that it will come at a cost. Sacrifices are going to have to be made.
You are going to have to sacrifice the old vision that you have had of yourself, the old story that you have been telling about yourself, the old limitations that you have been holding onto, the old patterns that you have been maintaining, the old heartaches that you have been nursing, the old hurts that you have been hanging on to.
Will it be difficult?
It could be.
Will it be worth it?
Absolutely.
This is how you master this day, Dear One;
And love yourself, in every way, through it all.
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Do you ever wonder, Dear One, how it came to be exactly that you have such a low opinion of yourself when it comes to…… (you fill in the blank)?
We can tell you.
It is because at some point in time you decided to believe that your worth or value was determined by the look that you saw in someone else’s eyes, or the words you heard spoken from someone else’s lips.
Somewhere along the line, you came to believe that the truth of things was determined not by you, but by those around you. And you decided to give more weight to their criticism, judgment, an opinions than to your own.
But good news! There is a quick remedy to that, Dear One.
Stop looking in their eyes to determine your worth.
Stop listening to their words to hear your value.
Know that you are a divine spirit whose appearance, intelligence, creative abilities, potential, contributions, opinions, accomplishments and achievements are beautiful, valuable and significant, regardless of what they think.
It is not a matter of opinion, Dear One, it is a fact.
Now all you have to do, is believe it.
If your goal is to extend your suffering, Dear One, to make it worse, add to it, 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, to bring it about.
But, if what you want is to find relief from it, 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 stop doing all of those things and choose positive, loving, compassionate, hopeful and forgiving words, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors instead.
You are wise, Dear One.
Choose to remember that today, and act accordingly.