Toughing it out, pushing through, trying harder, sacrificing more, working smarter, powering on, or fighting the good fight will never be a more efficient or effective approach for helping you to get there, for helping you to achieve your goals, Dear One, as doing something that makes you happy will.
Freedom comes to you, belongs to you, is yours, Dear One, when you take ownership of it.
Whatever it is you are feeling today, once and for all, claim it as your own. Not as something someone gave to you. Not as something someone forced up on you. Not as something you inherited. And definitely not as something you were tricked into picking up.
Own it, Dear One. Totally and completely as your own.
Because if you are feeling it, it already exists within you, it’s already a part of you, it’s already yours. And THAT ownership, Dear One, is not debatable.
And once you own it, accept it, claim it as your own, acknowledge that it belongs to you, then, and only then will you have the power to decide what to do with it, will you be able to decide what will become of it, will you be free to do with it as you please.
And not a moment before.
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Attitudes, Dear One, are what put any event, situation, or circumstance into context.
It is not the event, the circumstance, or the situation itself so much that is the primary determiner of your reaction to it, as much as it is the attitude that you hold towards it, the disposition that you are wearing when the situation arises.
We are telling you this, Dear One, not so that you will blame yourself for bad feelings that may arise when “something” terrible, troubling, or undesirable happens. But simply to make you aware, and not so quick to blame the “event” itself entirely for how you are feeling, or put a great deal of effort into trying to change the “event”, the or external circumstances that created it, in order to help yourself feel differently or better about it.
Examining the attitudes that you have about it, and the lens through which you are viewing it, is where the real power for change lays, and will have a much greater impact on helping you to navigate your way through your feelings about it, or the feelings that come up for you as a result of it.
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Which would you prefer?
Choose your answers wisely Dear One, because once you do, you are going to have to live with them, you are going to have to live in the reality that they create as a result.
A prayer is a peaceful promise to yourself, Dear One – a promise to allow that which you are needing, wanting, asking for, into your life.
A prayer is a preparation. It is a ritual to help get you ready to receive, to help you shift into a mindset of receiving.
That is why prayers of gratitude are the most powerful.
Forgiveness isn’t about condoning, accepting, forgetting, or dismissing their poor behavior, hurtful words, or damaging actions, Dear One.
It is about making a choice to prioritize yourself, your health, your happiness, and your well-being, over your pain.
The people, circumstances, events, and relationships in your life are not the problem, Dear One.
It is your reaction to them, your expectations of them, your behavior towards them, your beliefs about them, that is causing most of your discontent.
Isn’t that wonderful news?
You don’t have to wait, hope, pray or push for them to change in order for things to get better.
You can change you, and make things better right now!
Accepting who you are, Dear One, understanding, trusting, believing, that you are energy, consciousness, a divine spirit having a physical experience, that you are an essential part of all that is, that you are connected to everything and everyone, that you are a powerful creator responsible for the expansion of the universe, changes nothing.
Accept who you really are and nothing will be different, except for your perception of what is, your belief of what can be, your understanding of your connection to all things, your awareness of how you are creating your world, and your experience of everything in it.
Everything will remain exactly the same, Dear One, and nothing will ever be the same again.
Pay attention, Dear One.
Take notice of what happens to your thoughts and your actions when you remember to remain fully present in all that you do.
When you see that they are hurting, when you see that they are struggling, when you see that they are lost, confused, or in pain and you want to help, but don’t know how — Love them, Dear One.
There is no more useful thing that you can do.
We know that sometimes love does not seem like it’s enough, but trust us, it is.
Love heals. Love inspires. Love transforms. Love can do a great many things.
See them as well. See them as whole. See them as prosperous. See them as confident. See them as happy. See them as healed. See them as the person that they want to be in this moment. Hold an image of them in your mind and in your heart that they are not yet able to hold for themselves.
You can’t give your attention to their pain, to their struggle, to their problem, or their grief, and hope to be a part of their solution, Dear One.
If you really want to help, if you really want to make a difference, keep seeing the best in them, and for them and just keep loving them.
It truly is the best and most useful thing that you can do.