Avoidance or Creation.
Which path are you going to choose to take today, Dear One?
Are you going to make this day about doing your best to avoid that which you do not want to see, hear, feel, or experience, or about creating that which you do?
Choose wisely because these two paths extend out in opposite directions from one another, and will most definitely not lead you to the same place.
Every minute of every day we are speaking to you, encouraging you, guiding you towards that which you are wanting for yourself, Dear One. To tap in to, receive, understand this guidance it might be helpful for you to understand why we do this. It is not to tell you what to do, dictate your choices or create your future. That is something only you can do, and we would never take away the gift of choice and discovery from you.
We will encourage that which will expand your boundaries and your experience of the world – that which you will bring you the greatest joy while you are doing it. Whether you are painting pictures, changing light bulbs or teaching children how to read – what you do is of less importance to us than how you feel while you are doing it.
You are contributing to the creation of your world all of the time – with every choice, thought and action that you take. We want you to remember to enjoy yourself while you are doing it – to help you create from a place of joy, contentment and optimism. Doing so is not only beneficial to you, Dear One, but to all of those that share this world with you.
Why are we always encouraging you to be authentic, to follow your heart, to be yourself, and to stop trying to be the person that you think you should be, that you think the world wants you to be?
Because when you are yourself, Dear One, when you think, act, speak, and behave authentically, genuinely, and from your heart, your words, your actions, your thoughts, you, are infinitely more powerful, more interesting, more fun, more lovable, more accessible, more desirable, more attractive, more everything – than any illusion of you ever could be.
Unfortunately, Dear One, avoidance is not going to help you to relieve your anxiety.
Neither is confrontation, bravery, denial, will-power, brute strength, comradery, or perseverance.
The only thing that is going to do it, that is going to bring you relief for any sustainable length of time is trust, is learning how to trust yourself again.
And how, you might ask, are you suppose to do that?
The same way that you learn how to do anything else.
You practice.
You are a creator, Dear One.
You have come here to create, not to simply react or comply.
It’s important for you to remember that today.
When your behaviors are no longer serving you, Dear One, when they stop yielding the desired results, when your actions are no longer in alignment with your thoughts, feelings, and desires – don’t start doubting yourself, your choices, your abilities, or your judgment.
Don’t get angry, frustrated, or hopeless.
Don’t start looking for something or someone to blame.
Instead, try remembering that life is constantly changing, and so are you.
If the beliefs, routines, rituals, patterns, and behaviors that brought you comfort, security, health, relief, and joy yesterday, do not do so today, there may be nothing to blame.
It may simply be time to change them.
What you see as failure or rejection, Dear One, we see as simply a lack of alignment.
And your alignment is something that you have the ability to change, anytime you would like.
The next time you are feeling lonely, alone, or disconnected, Dear One, instead of feeling badly about it, instead of focusing on those feelings of loneliness, isolation, or sadness, which will only serve to exacerbate them, use it as an opportunity to grant yourself permission to use that time to go within, to listen to your heart, and connect.
When you do, you just may get a glimpse of the eternal, sacred, divinity that lives within you, that connects you to everyone and every other living thing in your world.
And once you see that, once you are able to feel it, even if only for a second, it will be difficult for you to ever feel lonely, alone or disconnected again.
Just how powerful are you, Dear one?
That is something that only you can decide.
When you are learning to do something new, Dear One, either by choice or by necessity, you always have options available to you for how you are going to proceed:
You can choose to focus on the work, effort and energy that will be required of you, or you can choose to focus on the many new doors that will open for you a result.
Just a little reminder today to pay attention to which direction are you leaning as you are making your way around the bends.