Leave it all alone, Dear One. Forget about trying to pick it all back up.  Truly.  Just let it all lay there, exactly where it is for the moment.

And only when you are ready – start to pick back up the pieces – but selectively this time.  Choose intentionally.  Choose consciously.  Choose wisely. Pick up only those pieces that you truly want, that you truly desire, that you know will contribute to feelings of joy, love, laughter, connection and happiness in your life.  But do so, one-at-a-time.

If you keep on trying to carry the whole load with you everywhere that you go, you will only find yourself needlessly bogged down, yet again, incredibly overwhelmed, yet again and in a prime position to drop it all, yet again.

Do just one thing at a time, Dear one, joyously, with an open mind and an open heart, and you will be right back on track – aligned with your life’s mission – to complete nothing and experience everything.

Remember, you never get it done.  You’ll never be finished. There is no finish line you are racing towards.  If you don’t remember to enjoy yourself along the way, then you will be missing out on the very best part of being alive, of existence.

Your life is meant to be a joy, Dear One, and if the things that you are doing, from day-to-day-to-day, are no longer bringing you joy, then it is time to let them go.  Simply put them down or leave them down, and step away.

You don’t need to change your reality to begin to turn things around, Dear One — just your mind.

Why struggle, when you can trust, Dear One?

Why pretend when you can be yourself?

Why fight when you can accomplish so much more by allowing?

Why be hard on yourself, when you can choose to be loving, caring, nurturing, and supportive of yourself instead?

You can’t stop all hurts from ever reaching you Dear One, but you can stop making them worse for yourself when they do.

There are two ways that you can choose to respond to any situation, Dear One:

• Like the victim of your circumstance
• Like the creator of your circumstance

One defines you as powerless and the other as powerful.

Which are you going to choose to be today?

What is the big deal about saying that something is “impossible”, Dear One?

We’ll tell you.

Once you decide that it’s impossible, once you say it out loud, once you make up your mind and choose to believe this as your truth, it will become your truth.

You can’t stress your way to health, Dear One.

And you can’t force your way to insight, contentment, joy, satisfaction, creativity or clarity either.

Trying to do so will only serve to keep pushing all of these things further away.

Just something to remember if you should find yourself struggling  along the way.

ENJOY your day!

You are not falling short, you are not failing them, you are not failing anyone, Dear Child, when you choose to love you, to respect you, to honor yourself and the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, above all else.

In fact, when you prioritize yourself, you are doing the exact opposite.

When you choose you, Dear Child, you are gaining more of, creating more of, strengthening and expanding the most important thing, the most truly valuable contribution that you will and could ever  make to this world, which is more of you!

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You can choose to be your stories greatest victor, Dear One, or its most tragic victim.

The pen is in your hand.

What’s it going to be?

Write yourself well.

You should know, Dear One, that as soon as you stop feeding it with your thoughts, acknowledging it with your attention, strengthening it with your words, and telling everyone that you can get to listen about how much you wish it wasn’t so, that which no longer serves you, that which you longer want, will begin to go away.

When you choose to ignore your intuition, Dear One, your gut, instincts, hunches or “feelings”, and instead take action based on some other seemingly compelling force in the universe, and things don’t work out, don’t beat yourself up about it.

The truth is that the experience of learning from not doing something can be just as valuable as the experience of learning by doing.

But if you would like to spare yourself from repeated exposure to that particular type of learning experience, pay close attention, remember what it feels like to have to live with the consequences of not trusting yourself, and try not to do it again.