Yes, the best way to learn is through experience, Dear One.

But you don’t need to drink the poison to know that it will kill you.

Be adventurous. Be Daring. Take a chance. Try something new. Risk it. Live.

All the while remembering that you were given intuition, knowledge, and wisdom for a reason.

So don’t forget to use them.

Today we want you to count your blessings, Dear One.

Why?

Because when you are counting your blessings you are not counting your challenges, your struggles, your heartaches, your disappointments, your fears, your pains, your mistakes, or your losses.

That’s why.

• What we know that you don’t Dear One, is the extent to which you are capable of healing yourself.

• What we know that you don’t is the infinite beauty, power, strength and resiliency of your soul.

• What we know that you don’t is that you are amazing, powerful, bright, and beautiful, just as you are.

• What we know that you don’t is just how capable, strong, fierce, caring and compassionate you are, have always been, and always will be.

• What we know that you don’t is that there is so much more to you than you have allowed yourself to believe, to experience.

• What we know that you don’t is that everything is going to be ok, that every single thing is going to work out.

• What we know that you don’t know is that only force in the universe capable of stopping you from accomplishing anything is you.

We know the full extent of what you are capable of. We know just how far you can go.  We know just how wonderful your life could be, if you knew what we know Dear One.

And now, you know it too.

How would you behave today, Dear One, if you knew that you could do it?

What would you try if you knew that you could accomplish anything that you set your mind to?

What would you allow yourself to desire if you knew that were capable of attracting anything that wanted to into your life?

How would you act if you had no doubt whatsoever that you were  capable of gracefully and successfully handling anything that came your way?

Don’t tell us Dear One.

Show us.

Do you want to know how to make today a good day, Dear One?

Only make choices that make you smile.

It’s easy to be grateful for all that you’ve go,t Dear One.

It’s wise to be grateful for that which is missing, for that which you want but don’t yet have

Why?

Because gratitude is so much more than you think it is. It is so much more than just a feeling, an attitude, or a mindset of appreciation.

It is also a powerful act of creation.

When you are grateful, when you are feeling gratitude, you are actively engaging in the process of creating more of whatever it is you are grateful for, of inviting more of it into your life.

That’s why.

If your body is telling you that it needs a break, Dear One, take it.

Trust us when we tell you that you will be so much better off choosing to take one now, while the choice is still yours to make.

How you feel is rarely the issue Dear One. Your feelings are not the problem.

Issues, problems, challenges, troubles do not arise from having feelings.

They arise Dear One, when you respond poorly to them.

Can you appreciate the difference?

Having bad feelings is not a valid excuse for making bad choices.

Try to remember that the next time that you are feeling badly and you just may save yourself, and those around you, from a world of unnecessary hurt.

Don’t try harder, Dear One.

Try more joyfully.

Whether you are painting pictures, writing poetry, baking bread, balancing spreadsheets, fixing cars, teaching Spanish, selling stocks, playing the flute, designing skyscrapers, or sketching tattoos – what you do today Dear One, is of less importance to us than how you feel while you are doing it.