Where has life taken you to?

It is funny that way, but life seemed to have so many things planned for me that I never saw coming. Some of them were startlingly beautiful, some excruciatingly painful.. and others in between. But all of them offered gifts of their own kind to help me along my journey. I share my experiences, insights and learnings about my life path below.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Moving into the New Unified World

Have you had some of the ups and downs that I have this summer? The energy shifts have been so profound that they've been somewhat challenging to navigate at times. I really believe that there is a global shift occurring on the planet that requires we shed or release the old ways of doing things and embrace new ones.

The old ways are structures that don't work...such as:
1. corrupt institutions, practices and destructive business models
2. self serving practices that ignore our interconnectedness (where we ignore our impact on others)
3. living out of fear rather than trust/love
4. being defined by our old stories in life that limit us
5. any habits, beliefs, ways of BEING that don't feel good or that aren't really working in our lives
6. Doing things the hard way... struggle, lack of resources, etc.

The new life I believe we are moving towards is:
1. a loving, unified way of life where we recognize our global unity and the interconnectedness of life
2. living in harmony with all life
3. experiencing greater and greater peace and love in our lives
4. having clarity, ease and alignment with our highest truths or self on a regular basis
5. experiencing abundant love and resources
6. knowing our wholeness and worthiness to live out our dreams
7. having balance in our lives and thriving

So I say all this because I know that in order to move from one world to the next, our issues/material for growth surface. Then we clear them out and move over into better ways of living. Now, I know as much as anything that when they come up, it is often painful and feels awful. So I've been focusing on moving through them easier.

The secret I think is to start with loving oneself. Accept that you have some material up, realize it won't last forever... and embrace yourself anyway.

It is the foundation to receiving everything you want in life, I swear it is. I've experienced it too many times. Whenever I feel a lack on the outside, I know that looking inside to see where I have been cutting myself off is the key. If you don't feel good about yourself... are feeling unworthy of having something in your life... or don't believe it is possible to have it... well then, it is hard to receive it.

So although at times it can take a while to address, I have over and over experienced how my outside world shifts when I do the inner work.

So this month, I realized that I was still holding a subtle feeling of not feeling like there was enough time/resources/space for me. (I imagine some of that comes from growing up with 7 siblings). AND I just know that underneath that is a feeling of not being enough or feeling worthy to receive it all. So, I've put a lot of energy shifting that inside. August became the month of feeling good about myself. I have been doing everything I can to acknowledge myself daily, remember I deserve the best in life, affirm my worthiness and love myself.

And the beautiful thing is that I can feel the increase in self-worth and self-love. It might sound corny to some, but I know these are the foundations for experiencing the exact life I want. So here's to soaking up the self-love.

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