New Focus

Yesterday as I sat with my Center, I was presented with a few new concepts about things.

It started with a hummingbird being close to my face as I sat there gently listening.

In the evening, I was presented with a new thought.  All the questions I had were answered, but I had many more as my day progressed.  Instead I received a gift of a new thought and gently accepted it. What if you change your focus?

The focus I've had recently had run it's course. I questioned myself many times, playing with the focus I recently had and until yesterday I thought I would go crazy not knowing.  Then after centering, I felt calmer.

My new focus brought me a great opening to all that is.  I thought I was pretty open to begin with!  That was not the case, my new focus instead shifted my gaze very slightly.  I discovered I was on the precipice of a huge shift in my thinking/being.

Then it came.  The calm.  As if everything became easy.  The struggle was over.  I was pleased!  Then I did the most natural thing. Something I learned before sharing something sacred with an audience.  It is taking a deep breath and exhaling in the moment as the beginning.  This I have learned shows reverence for the moment about to happen.  It is my way of honoring that which is unseen but felt.

We all have our different ways of showing reverence and honor.  It only occurs naturally in an unrushed moment. A moment where you are completely aware of everything around you and YET you still are in your center.  A moment where you are fully realized.  A moment that is not judged or questioned.  A moment where truth exists. 

Don't know how to get this?  Yes you do!  You do it all the time!  It's the moment you look to the left or right while you're thinking!  If you can be still enough to experience it while you're in your center and you feel the gaze move slightly physically or mentally, that's it.  You've captured it.  Now sit with it and notice what you naturally do. No need to write anything down, you WILL remember!  :-)

Center

Center yourself!  Fine, what does that really mean?

It's the place where you are.  The place where you can find the smile when you are sad. The place where you can cry when you need to. The place where you realize how powerful you are and you want to breathe in that power and be with it.  The place where you rest and catch your breath.  The place where you find shelter.  

The place you emerge from after the storm has passed.

The place you connect with your Universe.  The place where you sigh as the sun sets.  The place where Joy washes over you as you consciously send Love to your Universe freely.

The gentle gaze only comes from being centered.

Everything else fades away.

In an instant

Ever have something happen in an instant that changed your life?

You probably have!

You can change your own life right now.  Just change your mind.  Change the way you think about yourself. You're the only one who controls you! You're the only one who can change your mind.

Sometimes we change our mind but go back to our old ways. This is natural. Just know this may happen and that you can let it go and try again.  Don't hide it from yourself.  Be true to yourself!  Who are you kidding?  

Just by being aware of your old ways creeping up on you will allow yourself to slow down, take a breath and recapture the NEW way!  Recapture it, run with it rampantly!

:-)

Water

Drink it. Swim in it. Feel one with it as the wave carries you back to the beach.

The quality of water is important when needing to stay fluid with the moment. Staying buoyant during a very stressful event. 

What quality do you need today?  Let nature help you define how something will assist you. Let nature share it's simple gift of communication with you.  Let nature's energy bring you a gentle message today.  Will you take the time to listen?

Drink water with reverence today.  Tomorrow is another day with another quality needed, but today Be Blessed with Water.

:-)

Awkward transition

It's hard trying to get through a transition with some semblance of grace.

I have discovered I become wide open and that everything is questionable. Why is this? It is in my nature, that's why. Somewhere I learned or knew that transition for me was going to be awkward.

We all like appearing graceful and easy flowing, don't we? Or maybe that is another assumption of mine.  We really are more alike than we are different.  

The awkwardness is merely an opening to the possibility of this new transition one seeks.  It is in the treatment of this awkwardness that allows us to see deep within ourselves and accept ourselves and process or fight it.  Unfortunately, I believe there is always going to be the fight, so accepting the fight is allowing oneself to an opportunity to be gentle with oneself during this incongruent phase. It is in the wrestling (fighting and then allowing) where the need to align comes in.

What is happening is we are trying to align ourselves with this new reality!  Our history fights with what is new. Sometimes the fight is a whimper, sometimes the fight is an internal blast that takes us by surprise and then we can begin to say "I'm really going to OK! This is just part of the process and I honor it and choose to release it!"  

How do you get to this point?  It takes tenacity and consistent positive self talk, being so vigilant that all other processes become a low priority.  Sometimes this kind of focus can be misconstrued with not being interested in one's surroundings.  This too shall pass. It is part of the process!  It is not long term!

I'm excited about the transition because I enjoy seeing the unfolding of events and how awareness brings things to my attention that I had been either ignoring or giving excuses to.

Transition

Making a decision to try something new has it's rush and it's dread.

The rush to interface with something new, the dread of remembering how things were and how you became accustomed to interfacing with something quite frequently.

Along the way of the transition one begins to find out who one's friends really are.  

Living "everything thing happens for a reason" and "if something is brought to my attention, I need to deal with it" gives me the power to change what I need to change.

Are you in a transition or on the precipice of one?  Transition is a most vulnerable state. If there were any doubts of how confident you were, they will surface quite quickly and may cause fear to rise up during this time. 

Breathe!  You chose this transition, so be gentle with yourself as you navigate through this unknown territory.  Breathe!  See the light you are creating from this change, it will banish the fear (dimness) and you will gain confidence that will calm you.  

Just know you could lose friends, but more importantly, know the friends who stay with you are the ones you need to strengthen your support system as you gain new friendships!  

Life is ever changing, isn't it?!  We really are all in this together, so let's enjoy each other's company today!  :-)

Questions

Throughout our day, we have so many questions for ourselves. We carry on conversations with ourselves and answer ourselves sometimes too!

What are your questions?  Why do you have some of the same questions day in and day out?  We all have them!  It's as if we can break through the brick wall with the same questions. We can't!  We need to look at what questions we want to change. Yes, change the verbiage! It's that easy!

A friend recently told me to use the word Unique to describe what I find Joyful.  I had labeled it "different".  Using the word Unique gave me a different perspective immediately!  Really!

If I can change my perspective with one word, what can you do with one word?  One sentence, one question?

Listen to yourself.  Give yourself the gift of awareness.