Pause for a moment Dear One.

Be still.

• Become aware of your breathing
• Become aware of your thoughts
• Become aware of where you are
• Become aware of your body; how you are holding it right now
• Become aware of your heartbeat
• Become aware of how you are feeling
• Become aware of what it is you want from this moment, and the next

Now that you are aware Dear One, what is it that you were going to do next?

If you are looking for simple directions Dear One, that will get you to where you want to go, here they are:

• Look up more than you look down
• Look forward more than you look back
• Look more towards where you do want to be, and less towards where you don’t
• Follow your heart, your intuition and your smile

And most importantly, enjoy the trip.

Now, get moving.

The only way to experience change Dear One, to get somewhere you have never been before, is to choose to do something you have never done before, to say something  you have never said before, to try something you have never tried before, to walk a path you have never walked before, to trust, have faith, be brave, leap.

We know that you know this already.

But we thought that you could use the reminder.

If you want something to be different today Dear One, do something differently.

• There is no race that you must win Dear One.
• There is no pinnacle that you must reach
• There is no amount that you must accumulate
• There is no title that you must earn
• There is no level of notoriety that you must achieve
• There is only a life for you to live.

And success in this life is totally and completely determined by the amount of joy that you experience while living it.

We can see how hard you have been working Dear One.

Are you successful yet?

Don’t miss them Dear One.

Close your eyes, open your heart and connect with them instead.

Sleep Dear One.

You need it.

Every day.

Yes.

Every – single – one.

Release your expectations of them Dear One.

Let them follow their bliss, and you follow yours.

Your happiness is not at all dependent on what they choose to do next.

It is solely and completely dependent on what you choose to do next.

And you can choose to say, think, or do anything that you would like.

What more could you possibly want from the moment Dear One, from them, from yourself or from the universe, then the freedom to choose?

And that you’ve got.

So, are you ready to let them off the hook and start choosing for yourself?

Your life matters Dear One, your life has meaning, your actions have meaning, your thoughts, values, opinions, beliefs, all have meaning, not when someone else sees value in them, believes in them, approves of them, supports them, or agrees with them – but when you do.

So you can stop looking to the opinions, beliefs, actions, and reactions of those around for the answer to this question.  You can stop looking into their eyes.

You won’t find it there.  They don’t have it.  And neither do we.

You’re going to have to rely on yourself to answer this one Dear One.

So, what do you think?  Do you matter?

Maybe you are not losing your edge Dear One.

Maybe you are in the process of creating a new one, a better one.

Did you ever think of that?

Take care of you Dear One.

There will never be a time in your life when this piece of advice will not be relevant, so remember it, always.