You are not lost, damaged or broken Dear One.  You have not traveled so far off course that you need to be concerned that you will not be able to find your way back.

We want to assure you that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with you – you are not out of order – you do not need to be “fixed”.

(But we can understand why it is that you might be feeling that way)

When you stop prioritizing those things in your life that bring you the greatest amount of joy, healing, comfort, support, relief, satisfaction or pleasure – it should be of no surprise that you are left not feeling your best.

You don’t need to worry about it Dear One.  You simply need to decide to start choosing differently.

Once you do, we think you will be pleasantly surprised to discover just how quickly things can snap right back into place.

You are not lacking guidance Dear One. That you’ve got in spades.

What you are lacking is the confidence in yourself to believe it when you hear it – to trust it – to act on it.

Instead of asking for, searching for, seeking out more guidance Dear One – allow yourself to be courageous enough to act on that which you already know to be true.

Clarity comes with action with action Dear One. You’ll never know for sure until you try.

You’re never going to be finished Dear One. You’re never going to get it all done.  So you might as well stop trying.

Allow yourself to accept and be at peace with this reality.  Allow yourself to enjoy the fact that there is and always will be much for you to do – much for you to practice – much for you to learn – oh so very much for you to experience.

You can choose to allow your constantly expanding reality to be a source of stress in your life, or you can choose to embrace it, enjoy it, relax into it and be excited by the fact that change, growth and renewal are available to you in each and every moment.

You will never run out of choices.  You will never run out of options.  You will never run out of opportunities.  You will never get it all done Dear One.

You will never reach the end of what is possible for you.  Never.

Your world can be dominated by good feelings Dear One, by pleasure and joy and contentment and balance and love, if only you would allow yourself to experience these things without the belief that you must first pay a high price for them.

There is no posture or practice or mantra or diet or book or teacher or regimen that you must first master in order to be joyful, in order to be happy or peaceful or secure or content or compassionate or forgiving or to live a more conscious live.

The only requirement is that allow yourself to feel good.

And the surest way to do that Dear One is to focus your attention on that which makes you happy/feel good, on that which is possible, on that which is right, on that which you desire, on that which makes you smile, laugh, anticipate the best, on that which you are grateful for.

Yoga and meditation and exercise and a healthy diet, and spiritual practice are all ways that can help you to achieve balance in your mental,  physical and spiritual life Dear One.  And that balance will help you to feel good, to stay healthy, to feel strong and be more confident in yourself, in your body, in your ability to handle any situation, in your capacity for trust.

But they are just a means to an end.

The answer that you are looking for Dear One is simple –  Make choices that make you feel good.

What exactly are you waiting for Dear One?

Stop waiting for your life to happen.  Stand up and make it happen.

You’re the only one who can.

What is the matter with you Dear One?

What is the matter with your ideals? What is the matter with your face?    What is the matter with your friends?  What is the matter with your relationship?  What is the matter with your wardrobe?  What is the matter with your career?

Absolutely nothing or absolutely everything?

The answer is totally and completely up to you Dear One.

Absolutely no one else.

Your feelings are your best teachers Dear One.

Pay attention to them and you will always know if you are in a state of allowing or resisting well-being.

When you are feeling good, when you are happy, grateful, joyful, loving, compassionate, graceful, peaceful, content, you are in a state of allowing.

When you are feeling badly, when you are angry, frustrated, jealous, irritated, insecure, resentful, bitter, judgmental, tense, you are in a state of resistance.

In any moment Dear One, you never need to look any farther than your own feelings to discover if you are moving towards that which you are wanting for yourself or if you are holding yourself apart from it.

Let it go, focus your attention elsewhere, talk about something else, allow your thoughts to move on, and it will move on from you Dear One.

Hold on to it, remain focused on it, keep talking about it, continue thinking about it, and it will remain with you.

It’s that simple.

Mystery solved!

Life is change Dear One. There is nothing you can do about that.

But there is much you can do to impact/influence the direction of that change.

Up. Down. Left. Right. Backwards. Forwards.

So many choices.  So many possibilities.

And the best part is, you get to decide which direction is right for you.

Remember Dear One, that regardless of where it is that you choose to sit, you will always be the designated driver in your own life.

Never mind what you think anyone else would do if they were in your shoes Dear One.  Never mind what you think they would say, or how you think they would react, or what you think they would feel  — Because the truth is that it will never happen.  No one else ever could, ever will, be in your shoes.

You are the only one of you that there is, that there ever will be.  This is your life.  You are meant to experience it any way that you choose.  We hope that this knowledge boosts your confidence in your ability to make the right decisions for yourself.  Remember Dear One, you are the only judge on the panel whose opinion counts.

That does not mean that you should not ask others for their help or for their opinions.  In fact, we believe that doing so is very often a wise and useful thing for you to do.  And we encourage it, whenever you should feel inspired to do so.  There is much that you can learn from the perspective, from the experiences of others.  There is a great deal of benefit to be gained from seeing the world through someone else’s eyes.

Just don’t forget, that their choices, their experiences, their decisions were just that, theirs. They were right (or wrong) for them.  Learn from them, question them, consider them, but when the time comes to choose, to make a decision, your opinion, not theirs, is the only one that matters.

You are the worlds leading expert on you Dear One.  When you trust yourself, you have very good judgment.

Use it.