You are not alone

You are Whole because you are part of the Whole. The Whole holds you. Always.

Standing out

Standing out is the new fitting in. This may be problematic for some.

Just sayin

Where's the balance?

Spontaneity

Spontaneity. For years, I've been drawing an "angel card" at midnight every New Years and on that card is a word and an angel to go with it. I say a little prayer if sorts and that becomes a theme, a teaching, something to pay attention to. When I drew "spontaneity," I thought , "that sounds fun! More spontaneous trips to the beach perhaps?" And then the year goes on, and the card gets forgotten. Until you see it. And there it was. And I realized a new level of this teaching. 

Spontaneity is listening and acting on that inner voice of truth, aka your "Dhi." It's following that voice, that feeling of knowingness, whether it be "get out of bed now," "drink water," "call your mother," "buy that plane ticket," or any number of big/little things. Last week I had a couple of moments that were "Dhi-liscious," and I paused a bit too long before acting. When I returned, the moment was gone. And so was my Air BnB. Of course it's all prefect. It inspired this blog, and inspired and reminded me to listen and ACT when action is what's up. To trust my Self. To not fear acting upon Knowingness. 

Spontanei-dhi it is!

The Pursuit of Happiness

The pursuit of happiness. It's in our constitution. Our founding fathers thought that we should all have the right to pursue happiness. By now, many of us take that pursuit for granted. So much so, that perhaps we have even misinterpreted "the right to pursue happiness" and replaced it with "I have a right to be happy, so you need to make me happy, because it's my right."

The pursuit is our right. Whether we get there or not is up to us and no one else. "The road to happiness" Is a metaphor that works here. If I want to get somewhere, it's a journey. How long, how tough itveasy that journey is, is dependent on my starting point. As I pursue happiness on a potentially long and winding road, I need to have an idea of what happiness is/looks like to me, and where I am in relationship to that goal/destination. The further I am from my goal, the longer the pursuit. The rockier, hillier, the road, the more challenging the pursuit. If I am starting from a place a deep depression, I probably won't find happiness in one day.  If I've spent years self-medicating, I probably won't find happiness in a day. If I've spent years blaming others for my misery and plight, I probably won't find happiness in one day. I say "in one day," but I mean "one day, a week, maybe a year, in some cases, years." But hey, ya gotta go somewhere, so you might as well pursue the Happiness thing!

We know that it takes willpower, desire, and consistency to train for a marathon, and for some, to even be able to walk or run around the block. We know we can't get up off the couch that we've been glued to for 10 years and go running. We don't blame someone else for the fact that we are out of shape. So we get to work. Whether we can do it ourselves or we get a trainer, we still have to do it. We have to make the choices that move us in the direction to our goal, in spite of feeling  sore, unseen, entitled, or discouraged. 

The pursuit or road to happiness is much the same. Just because you are on the road to happiness, doesn't mean you will be happy today. The road to happiness may be the most painful, challenging thing you've ever done. But I can promise you this- it will be worth it. So whether you train yourself or work with a trainer, love yourself for saying "yes!" to this pursuit, and keep going! And if you are already "there," YAY! That's right- put on your cheerleading outfit! It'll look good on ya!

Relax dammit!

Try not to stress out when you aren't relaxing to your specifications. Relax your expectations. And remember that relaxation is a practice.

It's Showtime folks!

The more we identify and are attached to out shit, the more it runs the show. Then life becomes a veritable shit show.

Dont blame God

Button alert: I am using the word "God" in this blog. Deal with it.

Whatever God is to you, it's not its fault that things aren't turning out according to your picture. God doesn't hate you and isn't trying to stick it you you.

We assume that God knows the terrain better than we do. That's by definition. We trustfully surrender to that which we believe has a bigger clue than we do. When we find ourselves blaming, frustrated, judging that which we surrendered to, maybe it's not God. Maybe it's our picture of what we thought God should be. And that's pretty cool because now we know more what It is because we are outgrowing our picture. Drop the picture and stop blaming that which you know has a bigger clue than your personality.  That's a bigger clue, and now a bigger you.