Pain is a tool Dear One – an indicator that something is amiss – that something is in need of your attention – in need of your consciousness.

When you are hurting –be gentle with yourself for a while – be careful with yourself for a while – rest for a while, and you will heal Dear One.

Don’t ignore your pain – address it.  That does not mean focusing all of your energy upon it.  You need only to be mindful to do so – mindful of what it is you are wanting to keep/hold on to, and what it is that you are wanting to release.

And once you decide, choose to let it go Dear One.  There is no need to complicate it, contemplate it, or set a lofty intention before you do.  Simply release – let go of your hold on that which is causing you pain and the pain will stop.

Take my hand Dear one and together we will cross great distances.

Together we will rise to any challenge.

Together we will laugh.

Together we will heal.

Together we will smile and inspire others to do the same.

You are not alone Dear One.  You are never alone.

Let’s do this together.

You trust us, we’ll trust you, and together we will change your world.

You are the teller of the story of your life Dear One.  You are the one to decide what kind of story it will be.

You choose (where) YOU want the emphasis to be p-l-a-c-e-d in the telling of it.

• Do you want to emphasize the parts that you like or the parts that you don’t?  All that you have, or all that you lack?
• Do you want to tell a story about your strengths or your weaknesses?  About those things that you love, or those things that you hate?
• Do you want to bring attention to all that you are proud of or those things that you regret most of all?  To the parts of yourself that are hurting or the parts that are healing?
• Do you want to emphasize your triumphs, your successes, and your victories?  Those moments that you were brave, that you summoned courage that you didn’t think you had? Or those moments that paralyzed you, that paralyze you still, where you gave into fear, resignation or defeat?

What’s it going to be Dear One?

What story are you going to choose to tell yourself today?

No one has it all figured out Dear one.

No one.

Not even us.

So let yourself off the hook today and stop trying so hard to be the one to do it.

Whether or not to love someone is not a decision that can be made logically Dear one. So stop trying so hard to try to “figure it out”.  Because you won’t, you can’t.  Love is not a decision to be made.  Love is a feeling, a force, an experience that you allow, that you share, that you enjoy.

Either you love / allow love to flow through you and to you, or you don’t.

You allow love Dear One.  You don’t choose it.

Either they inspire the feeling, the allowing of it in you, or they do not.

The only decision to be made when it comes to love Dear One is whether or not you are brave enough, open enough, moved enough,  desiring a connection enough, to allow it, to experience it, to surrender yourself to it, when inspiration should strike.

Whatever your preference is for hearing guidance Dear One, whatever you belief, is the way that it will best be received by you.

You are the one who dictates the terms of your hearing us, not us.

We come in all forms, all shapes, all sizes, all tongues, all colors and venues.

You need not go searching for us Dear One.

We are always here, a part of all that you do – all that you have been – all that you are becoming.

You will hear us, see us, feel us, whenever you decide that you are ready to.

You will hear us, see us, feel us, whenever you are ready to start paying attention.

Look. Listen. Feel. Trust.

We are here Dear One.

Always.

Don’t worry that you have missed out on something Dear One.

You have missed out on nothing – we promise you that.

You can’t. It’s not possible.

You are the only one who determines what experiences, what people, what relationships you are, and are not meant to have in you life.  Only you.

If it didn’t happen, if you didn’t choose it, then it was not meant to be.

Don’t regret, worry or fret over that which you did not choose Dear One.

Enjoy that which did choose.

And if you find that you have made a choice that you are not enjoying –  accept it, learn from it, and choose again.

There is no right answer Dear One.

There is no right place.

There is no right person.

There is no right job.

There is no right choice.

There is only right now.

Enjoy it!

Beginnings are wonderful Dear One.  They are exciting, hopeful, uncertain, bursting with promise.  They are full of the unknown.

In the beginning, anything can happen, anything is possible.

This is only the beginning Dear One.

Wake up and approach every day, every situation, every opportunity with this attitude, and your life will be transformed.