If your goal is to prolong your suffering Dear One, to make it worse, add to it, to 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, thinking about it, and focusing as much energy as you possible can on it.

But if your goal is to feel better, to let it go, and to move on to something better, then you’re going to have to start talking about, thinking about, and focusing on something better.

Feeling overwhelmed Dear One?

You know there is a relatively simple solution that can help you to not feel that way anymore.

Instead of focusing your attention on feeling overwhelmed, on all of the things that are overwhelming you, focus it on feeling accomplished, empowered, balanced, peaceful, organized, capable or some other desired emotional state.

We said it was simple Dear One, we never said it was easy.

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 do you want to be today?

There are many things in this world that you can’t control Dear One.

Thankfully, your thoughts are not one of them.

If the thought that you are thinking right now is not making you feel better, is not bringing you joy,  is not offering you some sense of relief, we want to remind you that it is well within your power to choose another.

Some thoughts can be so overwhelming, so all encompassing, so powerful that it can be easy to forget that you are choosing them.

But make no mistake Dear One, you are.

Make every excuse you can think of to feel good (or better) today Dear One.

That is all.

When you are hurting Dear One, when you are in pain, please remember this; you have come to this place to heal this place.

You did not end up here because you did something wrong. You did not end up here because you are being punished. You did not end up here because you are being tested, tortured, or asked to prove yourself.

You ended up here Dear One, for one reason and one reason only, because you are being given an opportunity to heal.

Please take it.

You don’t have to wait to see what kind of day today is going to be Dear One.

You don’t have to wait and see if it is going to be a good day or bad day.

You can decide for yourself right now.

How?

• When you choose your thoughts, only choose ones that empower you and make you feel better
• When you choose your reactions, only choose ones that serve you and bring you closer to that which you are wanting
• When you choose your attitude, choose a positive one that will help you see the best in everyone and everything that surrounds you.
• When you choose your outlook, choose one that is based on the belief that you live in an abundant universe that exists to support you.

That’s how.

• Will you choose to leap?
• Will you choose to trust your instincts?
• Will you choose to let well-being be the dominate force in your life?
• Will you choose to release old patterns and allow yourself to heal?
• Will you choose to believe that you can?
• Will you choose to step forward with confidence?
• Will you choose to make joy a priority above all else?
• Will you choose to forgive yourself and them, for your benefit, not for theirs?
• Will you choose to let go of all of the things that no longer serve you, including negative thoughts, actions, beliefs, and relationships?

We already know that you can do all of these things Dear One.

That is not the question that we are looking for you to answer.

What we really want to know is, will you?

When it comes to determining your self-worth, your intrinsic value, your perception of yourself Dear One, all that really matters, all that will ever really matter is what you think of you, is your opinion of yourself.

You can ask them what they think, you can listen to what they have to say, you can try to ascertain their opinion by how they treat you, but we don’t think that it is going to be of much help to you.  Because in reality, what they think of you will only ever matter to you if you agree with them.

We’ll show you what we mean.

We know that you are amazing Dear One, that you are divine, that you are a creative, powerful, and wise soul capable of doing, being or having anything that you want in this life.

And we also know that our telling you this will mean very little to you if you don’t, on some level, already believe us.

You see Dear One, we can understand why you would want to know, why you would want to ask them, why you would want to try and figure it out, but the truth is that their opinion of you really is a meaningless quantifier of who you are and what you are capable of.

So we will say it again, when it comes to determining your self-worth, all that  matters, all that will ever really matter is what you think of you, is your opinion of yourself.

So, what do you think of you?

Do you want to know who is responsible for it all Dear One, for every single experience, good, bad and indifferent, that you have in this life?

We’ll tell you.

You are.

Always have been. Always will be

And the sooner that you are able to accept this, the happier you will be.

Why?

Because you will have just eliminated the experience of blame from your life forever.