Being brave does not require that you be physically or emotionally strong, Dear One. It does not require that you be fearless or aggressive either. Nor does it require you to take a risk, be courageous, or just-do-it.
All that is required for you to be brave, Dear One, is trust.
If you are feeling resentful, Dear One, and don’t want be feeling this way anymore, instead of focusing your attention on the object of your resentment, stop and ask yourself – What is it that I am refusing to take responsibility for?
Resentment is a defense mechanism, Dear One, used to protect you from something.
It is a blocking tool that is thrown up to keep you from having to face things you may not want to face, and answering questions you don’t even want to ask, like;
Your feelings of resentment is how you know that the answers to these questions are near.
And it is how you know that you are finally ready to hear them.
Resentment is the knock at the door, Dear One.
And the answers that you seek are right on the other side.
Let them in, and your resentment will be no more.
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If you are looking for your confidence, Dear One, look no further.
It is right here, right now, right where you are standing.
– It is not trapped in a moment in your past.
– It is not waiting for you in a moment in your future.
It exists in the only place that it can, in the only place where it has any power; in the present moment.
Be here, now, Dear One, and you’ll have access to all that you want, all that you need, and then some.
Passion, inspiration, intuition, and joy are all “tools” that your soul uses, Dear One, to speak to you to, to connect with you, to get your attention, to guide you, to motivate you, to encourage you to move in one direction or another, every single day.
So pay attention.
When you get a hit, big or small, of any of them, it means that you have just stumbled across something that your soul does not want you to miss, that is worthy of pursuit, of further investigation, that is, in one way or another, in alignment with who you really are.
Don’t promise that you won’t give up, Dear One.
– Promise that you’ll always do your best.
Don’t promise that you won’t be afraid.
– Promise to trust that all will be well.
Don’t promise that you won’t hate anymore
– Promise that you’ll try to forgive.
Don’t promise to stop doing that which you know does not serve you anymore.
– Promise to love and care for yourself, no matter what.
While they both may result in you choosing the same behavior, the difference between the two is night and day.
We don’t doubt, Dear One, not even for a second, your ability to do or be or have or create anything that you want, and we never will.
Imagine if you can, how different your life, your relationships, your experiences, your choices would be if you didn’t doubt it either.
The world will change for you, Dear One, as soon as you are ready, as soon as you are willing to change the way you look at it, and not a moment before.
If you’ve got nothing to say, Dear One, it’s ok to say nothing at all.
Do you want to know the secret to changing how you feel, Dear One?
We’ll tell you.
Take notice of the thought that are you thinking.
Pay attention to how it is making you feel.
If you don’t like the feeling, change it.
The thought we mean.
Pick one that makes you feel good, or better, or hopeful, or encouraged, or loved, or brave, or inspired instead!
Not easy, but simple.
Taking good care of yourself does not mean pushing yourself to extremes, Dear One, to do all that you want to do, and be all that you want you to be. And it also does not mean sheltering yourself from challenges, protecting yourself from your fears, giving up, quitting, or walking away when things get tough either.
Taking good care of yourself means always remembering to love yourself enough to choose balance, to choose joy, to choose patience and compassion in every moment, knowing that doing so will not inhibit your progress along your path but will actually hasten it.