Pushin' Thru the Shit!

Today is about doing. About taking aligned, inspired, fearless, beautiful action. 

What if every action you took you deemed as love in motion? Even if it wasn’t perfect? Even if it wasn’t exactly aligned or inspired according to your ego’s interpretation? Do you think moving energy, in the spirit of love in motion is a worthy effort in your life? 
Yes, the creative journey is much more about who you are becoming. So much more about vibrating. Resonating. Being. But, we can’t leave action behind, can we? In “doing”, and in taking inspired action we honor and complete the circle of manifestation, which is BE-DO-HAVE. 

Here’s one thing I’d like to see a collective shift on. There is a tendency to de-spiritualize action – but if action is just a word meaning to ”move energy with intention,” and the energy of this magnetic Universe is LOVE, then action essentially is love in motion. Right? What’s not spiritual about that? 
I think so. I think it opens gateways of possibility. I think that energy in motion stays in motion. I think it creates a current of energy within you that connects you to your passion. I think it turns on a light in your mind that opens you up to receive the “next step.” I believe it’s an important part of the puzzle of this thing called creation. 
Does “action only” work? I know a lot of people who are only action takers. Who believe action is the only way to success. I’ve seen it work, and I’ve seen people get fairly beat up on an action only journey. The road is longer, harder, more head banging. 
The soul-ution? Be, do, have. You need all of it! And for our purposes I want to make action just as loving and spiritual as our alignment work. I want you to see how aligning action can really be. How the energy that creates worlds has the opportunity to flow through you in many ways – let’s not leave action out! It’s precious and golden. And the nudge you feel to take action is a gift from your Inner Being. 
So today, you get to be love in motion. You get to ask for the inspiration you need to move forward in your life. Take action on an opportunity that is before your feet. Listen for the knock and answer the door (what’s behind it may delight you!) You get to play with the idea of taking any action at all – and knowing you just moved a little energy with love. Write below what that will look like for you. What comes up for you? What do you notice? What does it trigger? What delights you?

Aristotle said, “Nature abhors a vacuum.” And well, so does the Universe. 

A vacuum is a space, a vortex, an opening – that begs to be filled. That must be filled – with miracles, with change, with manifestations, with love and grace. And with that, which you are intending. 

So, today I’m not going to ask you to clean a closet. Or release emotional baggage (although it’s “vacuum work” that always needs tending to). 

Today, I ask you to create a vacuum by dreaming a dream bigger than YOU. MUCH bigger. 

In expanding your dream you create a vacuum. And, if you make it “crazy big” – one in which your ego will barely be able conjure the “how” is even better. You will have no choice but to release and allow – as there is no way you could do it alone. There is no “how” to think up. It’s okay if it seems impossible. It’s okay if it costs more money that you can fathom. It’s okay if it seems crazy. 

I believe one soul (with deep conviction, willingness, intention and love) has the power to change this world, transform the lives of millions, and create a massive flow of abundance not only for oneself – but for hundreds, maybe thousands of others. (I am in with that! You?)

Here’s what’s miraculous. When your dream is bigger than you – you can’t help but pull your own life forward at a speed you might find hard to keep up with. (A good problem to have if you ask me) Vacuums are indeed that powerful! 

I have dreams that are bigger than me. Much bigger. And they include YOU. And I’ll bring you along if you’d like. All you need to do is ask, “Can I come along?” The dream includes transforming the planet, and deep diving into rivers of abundance. And I release the how. The dream can’t be THAT big if I’m attached to “the how.” 

Today I want you to live here. Imagine this place of limitlessness. Feel into it. Think about your life, your dreams, your vision. And make it BIG. Bigger than you. 

Are you willing to have a dream so big – it feels uncomfortable? That it excites you beyond anything you’ve ever known? That you barely believe but in the same breath know it’s possible? Are you willing to stretch so far you have no choice but to release all belief and fall into limitlessness? 

STRETCH. And have so much fun dreaming up!! 

You Know it, But Are You Holding It?

The one constant you can be sure of? Everything changes. Life is fluid, every flowing, and forever morphing into something new – perhaps subtle from day to day, but changing none the less.

Most likely, this is something you intellectually know. But here’s what is interesting – we have SOME things that we deem as permanent and never changing. Some things about yourself. People. The way things are. 

(Just listen to your inner dialogue – it will show you where you’re stuck. You’ll use words like “never” and “always.”) 
One of the biggest lies you can tell yourself? “It’s just the way I am.” 
One of the biggest lies you can believe about others? “It’s just the way they are.” 
And about life circumstances – anywhere? “It’s the way it is.” 
Repetitive focus on “what is” creates more of what is. Married to the beliefs above, and you’ve got a life with little change. Certainly, there is something beautiful about accepting what is – but what if, what is could change?What if you could accept what is, and know it WILL change? What might happen if you simply held the belief that ALL of life is fluid? Including the people in it? Including yourself? Life as you know it – in your living room or across the globe? 

Today, write in your journal, something you’ve thought would NEVER change, is ALWAYS going to be the same, and allow yourself to believe it will. Make a statement of that truth.
(As you know, the first step in having your world shift before your eyes is the belief that it will.)

MY DIVORCE IS FINAL🙌🏾 !!!!!
I am… Divorcing my Past, Divorcing my Pain, Divorcing my Doubt, Divorcing my Setbacks, and Divorcing Lack. It’s over and I am done with it! The judge – gave me Full custody of my Destiny, Full custody of my Calling, Full custody of my Life. Divorce yourself from your Past so that your Future can be released!

I’m now engaged to my bright future!!!

Day 80: Bless the Struggle 
A man found a cocoon for a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily.
Something was strange. The butterfly had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and deformed wings. It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand, was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the small opening of the cocoon are God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
“Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through all our life without any obstacles, that would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Not only that, we could never fly.” -Author Unknown
Sometimes, we just need a reminder that it’s only our EGO that judges our circumstance as “good” or “bad.” 
What if every challenge we faced, every struggle we had, pumped the juice of life through our veins and gave us the wings we WANTED – to fly? 
I pretty much love that thought. Today, relish in your best wing making moment of ALL TIME. If you’re in the midst of a struggle – imagine your wings, literally sprouting from you as you lean into solutions, stand in your most powerful shoes as a creator, and think thoughts that prepare you for lift-off! Ready to fly? 

The Ending is Always the Beginning  

Know this. The END is always the beginning. A new chapter. A new desire. A new set of intentions. So, with that said, it’s time for a VISION BOARD. It’s time to make your dreams bigger than YOU. You are clearer. More expanded. More aligned than you’ve ever been. You’ve got a system for success, joy, peace, love, contentment, and abundance. The question is: are you willing to play again? Are you willing to play every day? Are you willing to play forever? Willing to start your new beginning? Willing to not be done?

Truth be told, you ARE playing forever – whether you acknowledge it or not. But will you use the tools? Will you play in a way that serves you? Will you continue your daily routine? (Which by the way holds the keys to it all!). (One of the biggest blocks I see is lack of consistency in conscious creation efforts. We tend to “consciously create” when the going gets tough – and when it gets GOOD – we stop our efforts. We move from “conscious creation” to “creating by default.” A bit of human nature there I’m sure!). I’m here to make a case for tending to, and watering the garden of your life each and every day. Even when the flowers look lush and amazing. Even when there are no weeds to pull. That’s how you grow a garden – don’t you? You nurture it – daily. Consistently. You give food, water and sunlight no matter what. Yes, even if the flowers of your life are AMAZING, water them anyway. Give them the food they need. And NEVER let the flowers of your life sit in darkness. Always, intentionally, bring the light. With your thoughts, feelings, emotions – and the vision you hold within.

Just say YES. To conscious creation that is deliberate, that is consistent, that is daily, and that is forever. That’s how you grow a beautiful life. And if you’ve gotten this far, I know you want it! So today, let’s acknowledge the END is the BEGINNING. And let’s get into your VISION, the one you’ve got for your life today. And, you’re about to make it visual. There is great power here.

▪Step 1: Invite your Inner Being to the party. 

▪Step 2: Get a board, and place upon it a visual and creative representation of your dreams and desires. Make it you, make it beautiful. Pictures, colors, words, art. Symbols, images that evoke feeling. Make it a board you’d want to live in if you could. One that would be your bliss.

▪Step 3: When you are done hang it in a place you’ll be able to see it. Where it will activate the vibration of all that you have, and all that’s coming into physical form. Revel in it, as you are called. 

You can make this as elaborate as you like. Take the time you need. Whether that be a few minutes, an hour, or a few days. Just enjoy the vision and trust the process. Take a picture and post it or put it in your journal.

You Know it, But Are You Holding It? 

The one constant you can be sure of? Everything changes. Life is fluid, every flowing, and forever morphing into something new – perhaps subtle from day to day, but changing none the less.

Most likely, this is something you intellectually know. But here’s what is interesting – we have SOME things that we deem as permanent and never changing. Some things about yourself. People. The way things are. 
(Just listen to your inner dialogue – it will show you where you’re stuck. You’ll use words like “never” and “always.”) 
One of the biggest lies you can tell yourself? “It’s just the way I am.” 
One of the biggest lies you can believe about others? “It’s just the way they are.” 
And about life circumstances – anywhere? “It’s the way it is.” 
Repetitive focus on “what is” creates more of what is. Married to the beliefs above, and you’ve got a life with little change. Certainly, there is something beautiful about accepting what is – but what if, what is could change?What if you could accept what is, and know it WILL change? What might happen if you simply held the belief that ALL of life is fluid? Including the people in it? Including yourself? Life as you know it – in your living room or across the globe? 
Today, write in your journal, something you’ve thought would NEVER change, is ALWAYS going to be the same, and allow yourself to believe it will. Make a statement of that truth.

(As you know, the first step in having your world shift before your eyes is the belief that it will.)

Day 84: The Only Question You Need to Ask 
“I don’t know what to do.” Be honest. We’ve all said it. 

We’ve all felt stuck between a rock and a hard place. We’ve all felt in a situation where there is NO right answer. Where there is no win-win. You think, “Someone is going to get hurt.” And it’s me – or them. 
Well, the Dalai Lama said this: My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” 
But what does that mean? Does that mean everyone comes before you? Where does kindness to your SELF come in? And when do you put kindness for others first? All the time or never? 

There is one question that has the ability to solve any dilemma – while allowing you to live from the utmost and highest integrity. 

It’s this: WHAT’S THE GREATEST KINDNESS? 

Think about your life.

Forget about the troubles of your life. Just rest your mind, body, and soul at the ebb of the tide. Feel the sand in your feet, the cool gentle breeze, and ebbing of each tide. The gentle waters slither through your toes and for a moment you feel as though all your troubles are washing out to sea. The feeling of the ebbing tide brings sweet relief to a weary soul. Now, troubles go to sea and leave my soul free. For tonight I’ll feel the sea and leave my troubles be. #ocean #sand #beach #sky #trouble #peace #photo #photography #landscape #seacape #photo #instapic #instaphoto

Stop SHOULD-ing  yourself.

-Make reasonable, effortless commitments to treat yourself better.

-Let go of all emotional baggage you drag around your ankle like a ball and chain that has kept you victim for perhaps decades.

-Look in the mirror buck naked, into the looking glass of your soul—your eyes, and say, “I LOVE YOU, EXACTLY IN THE PACKAGE YOU ARE” and watch the magic.  Say it daily for at least 21 days and like all habits you want to develop, you will have it for life.

-Do not pine for youth: it was the stepping stone to the magnificence and wisdom of the goddess-years: remember that in Native culture, only when women ‘held their blood’ (became menopausal) were they allowed into tribal politics.

-Make a list of everything and everyone that you are grateful for, including those you perceive have hurt you, for they are your greatest teachers.

-Spend time during LENT not eating all your favorite foods, for they often are lovingly prepared all year; realize, however, that you probably  overdo it, as I do with struffoli  – deep fried pieces of white flour dough cut in tiny pieces and soaked in honey :  wowie, zowie, I could eat a pound, and when I do I get the greatest tummy ache, but ah, once a year; give it up?  I am worth it!!

– So to follow up with the prior confession: after not indulging in the sweets, rich foods: commit to at least one day  to do a lemon water/juice/herbal tea fast, eating no food to give your liver and digestive system a break.

-I love this quote from Marianne Williamson: “You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your EGO (edging God out).

-Guilt sucks.

-Mother Theresa said to do small things with big love.

-Surround yourself with people who have succeeded in living a treasured life: those with patience, persistence, and passion.

-And that means as well, surround yourself with uplifting people who love you enough to be ruthlessly honest with you and not flatter you.

-Shrug off complainers and fear-mongers and those who demean you and say that you cannot do what it is that you have been sent here to do–  BECAUSE,

-Each of us has been given a divine mission: I cannot do yours, you cannot do mine; and when you do not do that which you have been given, you cheat me and the world of your magnificence.

-LAUGH- especially at yourself.  Having a smile on your face develops crows feet, which to folks in the know, acknowledge you as a spiritually evolved being.

-HUG TREES: grandfather trees are here to protect our MOTHER EARTH with her shade, her moisture, her nurturing fruits and seeds, and during the hug, if you listen with your heart instead of your head, you will receive a healing message.

-Eat chocolate, especially dark: it contains ‘anandamide’ which in Sanskrit means “bliss.”

-Tell your beloved you adore him or her every day and leave love notes around the house and in lunch boxes;  and if you do not have a beloved, write a letter to yourself as if it came from him/her.

-During your shower, brush your skin to stimulate your lymphatics, which transport toxins out of the body; and—not for wimps—I still complain but do it anyway:  finish your shower with bursts of hot then cold then hot then cold, ending with cold to push all that oxygenated blood deep into your core.

-Deepak Chopra taught this: whisper the words “aham, bramasmi” to each child you see (it means in Sanskrit ‘you are in the world, and the world is in you.”)

-If you cannot go to the gym or do not have a treadmill, march in place to some funky music and get your blood pumping.

-Lastly, GUILT SUCKS!!  (I had to say it twice:  we need to be reminded!!

Treat everyone you meet with love and compassion and a smile: it will make you feel wonderful, as well as the person you are gifting.  We all need love—actually we are HARDWIRED FOR LOVE;  in the great scheme of things, love is all there is.