Let go and stop worrying!

Find peace now;  let go of the past and stop worrying about the future. Worrying only attracts what we don't want. Do the best you can each moment and enjoy the experience.  Refrain from judgment.  Do not label your experiences as good or bad, simply allow them to be.  You don't need to mentally repeat the experience to remember the next time whether or not you would make the same choice.  Let it go ... your mind will be clear and ready to make the next choice! 

 Dr. Wayne Dyer, my favorite inspirational writer, wrote this in his book ~ Wisdom of the Ages: 

"Try to be less rational and intellectual about your life and how you organize it.  Let go of your mental inclinations to compute and just allow yourself to be and to be pulled by that future pull that is the source of life.  And by the way, enjoy the luscious watermelon, rather than attempting to understand it."

The sun rises everyday, giving you a new opportunity to enjoy life's experiences.  Let go and enjoy the new day!

Trust

Having faith is a big leap for many people.  They conjure up the worst case scenario, imagining what might happen and then try to insurance against all possibilities.  Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating a reckless approach to life, there is a need for insurance and having a cautious, prudent outlook in life is a balancing act. Like many things in life we must choose the risks we are willing to take.  I just feel that we have gone overboard, trying to ensure that every possibility is covered.  The thing is, life is full of surprises and some of them although not welcomed initially, may be exactly what we need.

Fearless and carefree!  Do you remember when you were in your early 20's and risks were taken on with enthusiasm?  I completely trusted the  universe to deliver.  I had no doubt that things would work out for the best; if a job was lost, well that was because there was a better one on the way.  I vividly remember the feeling and it was joyous and full of hope.
Apparently the brain is not fully developed until around age twenty-five; the part of the brain that gives us caution and stops us from acting without consideration for the risks.  That being said, we may have acted without thinking, but we must be careful that we don't spend our lives thinking without acting or or we really will never live at all.

Start small, assume the best, trust in the next moment in your life.  Try it on, see how it feels. Build on it each day,  until you  return to the spiritual security that we have totally lost while being consumed with economic security.

  

Acceptance

Life is a gift, accept it as it is, there are no refunds.  Refrain from judgment, allow yourself to accept that the universe in its totality has a better idea of what should happen than you do.  Each moment you have a choice, you can spend your time resisting what is or you can accept, move on and decide to enjoy life.

Negative energy shows up in your emotions, pay attention and be open to feeling them and then allow acceptance to catapult you up to the higher energy levels. When things don't turn out the way you want, accept that the results are simply the consequences of an experiment in the the use of your will.  Creating experiences in life requires taking risks, some will not work out the way you think they should, but without these perceived failures there would be no success.

Discovering your "Life Purpose" is a process not an end point to reach.  You are here to grow, through acceptance you can move on and make changes.  Growth only comes with change.  As you begin to accept the results of each of your experiences you will learn, grow and change.  Your purpose will change, but the experiments will continue to result in consequences that require acceptance.  You cannot experience life with out both sides of the coin.  Learning to accept will be your medicine to heal the negative results and move on.

Apathy, rise above it and spring foward!

March has arrived with the promise of spring and the hope for warmer weather and longer days!  It is easy to hope for better weather, be optimistic when it comes to the external forces of nature, be confident that each season will repeat each and every year.  But, what about other aspects of life?  What happens when you spiral into low self-esteem, find yourself apathetic, indifferent, with a feeling of despair?  Perhaps viewing your life like the seasons will provide a catalyst, a grain of hope that things can change and a new season of life is one step ahead.

 

To rise above this level of indifference you need to FEEL, to CARE, maybe even get angry and shed a few tears.  Do not give up, have faith that you deserve all the good that life has to offer and then go out and get it. Pursue something that you find interesting, put your heart and soul into it and you will create high level consciousness even if the results are not the way you anticipated.  Try, try and then try again.  The process itself will lift your spirits.

Life is an emotional roller-coaster, when things appear hopeless and that feeling of despair  creeps in, just  keep reminding yourself that, "this too, will pass".  Provide yourself and others with optimism and willingness to adjust, change or move on.  Giving up is just not an option. There is always another season just around the corner.   

During this month leading into spring, I am going to try to rise my level of consciousness out of apathy and despair by  making changes, giving hope, and viewing the next season of life with optimism.  I will change how I view each situation and change the energy that I am sending out to the universe each day.  Tapping into the law of attraction, I will try to stay with positive high energy emotions and create an atmosphere that encourages growth.

Love begins with you ...

Before you can extend love to others, you need to love yourself, unconditionally.  To discover yourself and love who you really are, you must tune into your emotions.  What excites you, what brings you joy.  This month do something for yourself that creates that joyful feeling.  Be selfish, don't do things just because they appear like the right thing to do.  The more love you have, the more you will have to give away to others.

Love is a high energy attractor.  As you put it out there, love will attract more positive energy back to you. Finding love for yourself may require you to explore outside your comfort zone.  Take a leap, take a chance to be yourself regardless of what is popular or expected.  Take off your mask and be true to yourself.



Choose the path that brings you the most joy.  When we do things that we are passionate about we feel love and value our own self-worth.  We are happy with what we are doing and can then pat ourselves on the back for a job well done.  External validation simply comes as a bonus.

 Allow yourself to be ... (Energy in Motion, allow yourself to be - see book preview to the right), this is more difficult than it sounds!  To connect to your inner self, you need to stop DOING and ACCUMULATING and begin the practice of simply BEING.
Be alone, Be quiet, Be still.  Try meditation, yoga, walking in nature.  It is in the space between your thoughts that clarity will arise and your love will be able to blossom.  Once you discover this love you can then begin to spread it outward to others as a natural way of being.

Winter Wonderland

The New Year is here, ready for you to enjoy in new wonderful ways.  While New Year's resolutions are good and sometimes motivate a change, they are often too difficult and hopeful rather than realistic.  They are a struggle to keep and attract negative thoughts that end up turning the hope into hopelessness and are abandoned altogether.

This year I am going try a new strategy...each month I'm going to pick something that will help advance my level of consciousness.  You can rise to a new high, naturally, by minimizing the lower energy emotions, thoughts and actions.  By filtering out these negative emotions you do not create the positive high level emotions, you simply reveal them. The negative, or low level emotions have simply been blocking or masking the positive high that is within.

Focus on the Beauty

Blame and guilt are near the bottom of the levels of consciousness.  Try to become become aware of each time they enter your mind.  At the beginning, just be aware of them, how often they creep into your thoughts, how often you use them with yourself, your family, your friends or acquaintances.   As you become more aware, try to dismiss the thoughts before they occupy too much time and space or are verbalized.  Eventually, the habit of automatically jumping to the level of blame and guilt will be gone.  You may have fleeting thoughts of guilt or blame but they will disappear quickly, they will not bring you down into a negative energy space that affects your peacefulness.

Reveal The Colour  

Feeling guilty is one of the lowest levels of consciousness, (Recommended reading: Power vs. Force, David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph. D.), it is associated with emotions of blame, and is destructive in its process.  Human beings are given free will to choose their actions, feeling guilty afterward is really a waste of energy.  What is done, is done.  Blaming others for what has happened or for how you feel is also pointless.  This habit of blaming someone else when things don't work out the way you want is very common.  Blaming the weather, for example, for not enjoying the day.  Try instead to do what you want despite the weather, look for new ways to enjoy yourself. 

Marvel at Nature

When you are confronted with someone that is full of blame or guilt try to rise their level of consciousness with overriding positive input.  Do not engage in arguing their point just add a positive twist on the situation.  If you find certain people or situations difficult to manage your level of emotions, walk away or avoid spending time with them. As you become more conscious you will find it easier to block their negative emotions and you will attract more positive people and situations into your life. 

The emotion of blame and conscious level of guilt are negative inhibitors that are blocking your ability to access love, joy and peace in your life.  Practise awareness, and minimize the encroachment of these thoughts. Have fun and keep it simple!  There is no ultimate success or failure only degrees with which you can enjoy each moment that is your life.

Gratitude

I have said goodbye to all my clients this past week, as I am closing my public practise office.  It has been an incredible experience.  I am so grateful for their kind words and their loyalty over the many years.  I feel I am leaving on top with great memories and gratitude.

Creating Harmony in Finance

I began my career in 1985 and was mentored by a very kind, self-less accountant who taught me not only the numbers but the human side of the practise.  I only recently re-named my letterhead to Creating Harmony in Finance to try to focus the outlook towards my practise.  Really, I have always tried to bring harmony, or less stress at least to my clients and this was just a statement of that overall mission.

Numbers and math are a big part of my brain and so I am likely to cross paths with finance in the future.  I will miss my clients and I wish them all the best in their life's journey.