#750
The Truth About Your Heart

Your heart will fix itself

It's your mind you need to worry about, your mind where you locked the memories, your mind where you have kept pieces of the ones that hurt you, that still cut through you like shards of glass.

Your mind will keep you up at night, make you cry, destroy you over and over again.

You need to convince your mind that it has to let go... because your heart already knows how to heal. Nikita Gill

Your mind (ego) again, running the show.

The mind hangs on to everything from the story of your life, it wants to keep you on the straight and narrow. "Look before you leap," "Always watch your back," "Don't talk to strangers." etc. Often these are lessons learned and the mind does not want you to make the same mistake again, but what it actually does is instill fear in you. You are not paying attention to how you really feel, but simply reacting to a fear. You become afraid to try anything new or step out of your comfort zone. If you never take a chance or learn to trust yourself and KNOW that you are okay, you don't really live this life you have been given, but simply exist in fear.

"Your heart, on the other hand, doesn't want you to play it safe. It doesn't approach life with rational logic. Your heart wants to move boldly into the unknown. It wants you to have the amazing, awe-inspiring enlivening life possible, and that means doing things that totally freak you out sometimes. Things that excite, thrill and empower you." mindbodygreen.com 

This is something we all fight, head and heart. Who do we listen to? Your head will always put on the brakes, advice against, and keep the fears alive. The heart, says "DO IT! The only advice I have to offer is: if there is something you feel strongly about, something that you really want to do, what are you waiting for? This is your life, do what you want to do. 

"Feel the fear and do it anyway" Susan Jeffers

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#749

The sky isn't the limit; the mind that sees the sky is the limit.

There is NO limit, you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. You have the ability to reach beyond the stars, the universe is open to you. The only limits imposed on you are self-imposed.

You may think that you are locked in by dogma, creeds, ideas, principles, laws etc. and if you feel you are, then you are. It is as simple as that. 

You are what you think you are and the only one that can change your way of thinking is you. If you feel comfortable accepting your belief system, then that is what you must do. 

If not, you have choices. The journey usually starts with curiosity, you start to wonder about conflicting ideas, start your research, and begin to open up.

“Religion is belief in someone else's experience. Spirituality is having your own experience." Deepak Chopra

Life opens up when you do!

You have infinite wisdom to draw from if you are so inclined. The choice is yours, always has been, always will be. With your beliefs in tact, you could simply open your mind to possibilities, and you may find something worth investigating further.

"Nothing outside of you can ever give you what you are looking for." Byron Katie

The sky isn't the limit; the mind that sees the sky is the limit....

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#748

People have trained you to care about how they think because it's important to most people who are living conditionally for you to create conditions they can live with. Abraham-Hicks

You have been trained to accept everything that you believe. The majority of your ideas and attitudes have come from someone else; your parents, teachers, religious doctrine, authority figures etc. 

Conditional thinking ... 'A state of mind where people act without fully knowing what they are doing. Similar to habits.' Urban Dictionary

What is happening is that you do things by rote. Simply stated, you were raised to put your socks on first, then your pants. You will continue to do so until or IF you are given a reason, that you can justify, to do otherwise. This holds true for everything you do, there is often no thought process, it's just done automatically.

And then, one day, the light comes on, something was said, or you read something that strikes a chord with you, and you start looking into it. This can be life-changing, and all it takes is questioning your ideas/beliefs. You will find that some are feasible, some outdated, and some just plain silly. You will be amazed at how much you do with no idea as to why you do it. Just be aware, find out what works for you today. Once you are an adult, you are not obligated to continue with beliefs that you didn't establish yourself.

"Our core being is frequently covered up by our ego and conditioned mind. When we peel away the layers of conditioning we get in touch with the fundamental state of existence which is pure awareness."

Deepak Chopra

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#747

Everyone makes mistakes in life, but that doesn't mean they have to pay for them the rest of their life. Sometimes GOOD people make BAD choices. It doesn't mean they're bad... it means they're human.

I have often broached the subject of forgiveness and how it allows you to continue your life rather than be under the thumb of someone that has hurt you. 

This, now, is concerning the person that has hurt you. What should happen to them? Should they be paying for the rest of their life? Some would argue that it would depend on the severity of the crime. I think it may depend on intention.... If someone deliberately set out to hurt you or whether they made a bad choice with no intention of hurting you. 

The point is what is done is done, and no matter how much you want them to hurt as you do, revenge is never the answer. They did what they did, they are who they are, and they have to live with themselves, just as you do. They may apologize and show remorse, but they cannot change what they did, it's out there, it's done. You have done what is best for you and your future by forgiving this person. And, at some point, they need to forgive themselves as well. 

The premise is the same as it is for forgiveness. If you are carrying pain, resentment or revenge against someone, what good is that doing you and in the big picture, what about the person you want to be? True forgiveness is letting go of the animosity toward the person that hurt you and moving forward. It is then up to the person you have forgiven to do what they will with your generosity of spirit. It is up to them to move on, or not. They have been released from their self-imposed bondage by your forgiveness, to go forward and rebuild their lives. It is now their choice and no longer tied to you. Let it be over, it's a new day, both parties have the opportunity to start again.

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#746

The day we walk away from things that hurt our soul,
Our soul sprouts wings.

The walking away in this quote is leaving it all behind. Anything that crushes you, bad relationships, bad memories, bad relatives, bad jobs, anything at all that gives you grief.

Every negative thing that you carry causes harm. The suggested method of healing is to remember the lesson and let go of the hurt, anger, and resentment. Now, is that possible? Can you actually let go of all your past negative realities? 

You don't want your issues from the past negatively affecting the rest of your life, but, at the same time, you do want to remember the hurt to ensure that you recognize it when the situation presents itself again. 

Letting go doesn't necessarily mean forgetting. It is a process to get past the past, it takes time, and deciding to walk away and let it go is the start. Walk away from things and people that bring you down. You don't need it. Too many of us are experts at disrespecting ourselves, we don't need others doing it for us also. 

As you are walking away from destructive forces, take the time to show yourself some respect, as well. You can be just as harmful as anyone else with your negative messaging. Be kind to yourself, you are doing the best you can. 

The day we walk away from things that hurt our soul, our soul sprouts wings. Let today be that day!

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#745

Many around you want to point out 'reality' to you. They say "Face the facts. Look at what is" And we say to you, if you are able to see only what is then, by the Law of Attraction, you will create only more of what is. You must be able to put your thoughts beyond what is in order to attract something different or something more.

Abraham-Hicks

There will never be a shortage of doubters to point out that an idea probably won't work, or that the way you approach your life is foolish. One of the most significant things you can do for yourself is to stop listening to others' opinions concerning your life. Thank them for their advice and do what you need to do, for you.

No one really knows what's best for you except you, others are talking from their own experiences and fears. If they are telling you to 'take a reality check', it is their reality they are talking about, not yours. They are thinking one way and it's not the way you think, you cannot think their thoughts. You only know what is best for you, what you want and need, and they only know what's good for them.

If your reality is not the way you want it to be, then change it. If you look around and find that you are lonely, broke and/or depressed, only you can change what is. You deserve more than that. This may be your life at this moment, but don't just assume that this is the only way it can be. Stop erecting barriers that stop you from moving forward. Put your thoughts beyond the little box you are existing in and try being thankful for what you do have. Send up the vibration of gratitude and you will most assuredly attract something more. It's the Law.

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#744

"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right & evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority."

Rick Warren

There are people that never quite fit in the mold of majority expectations. They are NOT the lambs of the population and are usually in some kind of 'trouble', creating some kind of 'fuss.' They WILL be heard, they have something to say .... they do not just go along with everything, and therefore they don't fit in with society. 

The majority may rule in most instances, but if you are being true to yourself, how does that work? If you are one of the lambs, all will be good, but in the case that you are a free-thinker or even have an inquiring mind, it is not that easy to be part of the majority.

If a group of people; parents/extended family, religious affiliation, educational instruction, native culture etc., believe certain things and their opinions are introduced to you in childhood, eventually/usually it becomes your belief as well. Right or wrong these doctrines are instilled in you and you believe them to be true. 

Don't just follow the doctrine like sheep, question it, question everything, so that you are able to form your own opinions and establish a new belief system that is valid for you today. This is what awakening is about. It's also why most awakenings happen when you are more mature. You have to live some life with your belief system to have the inclination to challenge those beliefs.

Just because those beliefs have been accepted by the majority does not mean they are true, they are still only opinions.

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