Do you want to know the secret to changing how you feel, Dear One?
We’ll tell you.
Take notice of the thought that are you thinking.
Pay attention to how it is making you feel.
If you don’t like the feeling, change it.
The thought we mean.
Pick one that makes you feel good, or better, or hopeful, or encouraged, or loved, or brave, or inspired instead!
Yes, it really is that simple.
Not easy, but simple.
“They“ are not the reason you are exhausted, Dear One.
You are. You are exhausting yourself by trying to please them, by choosing to prioritize them and their wants, and their needs above your own.
They are not the ones to blame here. You are doing this all by yourself.
And you can choose to stop doing it anytime that you would like.
Regardless of the way that you feel about yourself today, Dear One, you should know that who you are is never going to change.
You will always be divine.
You will always be powerful
You will always be an essential part of all that is
You will always have the power to creates worlds flowing through you
You will always be worthy of abundance, joy, respect, healing, compassion, forgiveness, and love.
And you will never be more than one choice away from any of them.
Choose well-being as your desired destination today, Dear One, and let trust be the vehicle that gets you there.
Don’t spend your time waiting, pleading, bargaining, trying to convince them to have a change of heart, Dear One.
The only heart that you have the power to change is your own.
It would serve you well to remember, Dear One that each day is a gift.
All you need to do to receive your gift, is to trust and open up to your present.
Love is a choice, Dear One.
The experience of it, the giving and receiving of it, does not just happen. You have to choose it, you have to choose to open yourself up to it, to allow it.
When two people make the decision to choose to experience it together, to give and receive it openly, freely, and confidently, to open themselves up to an experience of the divine and let love flow to them and through them, that is a sacred act, that is an example of a sacred union; a merging of you, them and the energy of all that is.
A holy man, a place of worship, a ritual, a doctrine, a document or a vow is not the force that makes the union sacred, Dear One; you are.
Being patient and waiting are two VERY different things, Dear One.
Patience is an act of allowing, of knowing, of creating, of quiet anticipation. It is fluid, changing, and constantly in motion. It is a powerful, empowering, and confident choice that requires your active, conscious participation throughout.
Waiting is a passive act. It is stagnant. It lacks action, energy, movement, and active participation. It can be frustrating, stressful, and emotionally unpredictable. It is an inert, submissive, and unempowered choice that does not require much of you once the decision to wait has been made.
So when you are in a spot, Dear One, where you think that what happens next is totally and completely out of your hands, think again.
You’ve still got one more choice to make.
And a pretty important one at that.
You should know, Dear One, that there is no such thing as divine punishment.
God, spirit, light, chi, prana, life force, source, whatever you choose to call it, does not punish. It does not judge, accuse, blame, denounce, criticize, evaluate, or keep score either.
It only creates.
And you (consciousness) are the author, the artist, the architect of all that is created.
Life is the canvas, and your choices are the pen, the paintbrush, the chisel through which creation flows.
Taking care of yourself does not mean pushing yourself to extremes, Dear One, to get the job done no matter what. And it does not mean giving up, quitting, or walking away when things get tough either.
It means remembering to love yourself enough to choose balance in the moment, to choose the kinder, gentler, sounder option that is always available to you.