#611

There's no point in consistently worrying about everything. What will happen will happen regardless. So breathe, look on the bright side, have some laughs, fall in love, accept what you can't change, and carry on. To actually live is courageous, most people exist, that is all.

Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be.

It will be as it is meant to be. You can rant and rave, scream and cry, throw things, do anything that makes you feel better, but until it is time.... nothing will happen. You cannot control it, control is an illusion. You usually dig a bigger hole by fighting what is... you can't change the way things are at this moment, they already are. So, if you find yourself in some predicament, and feel the anger/indignation/resentment or whichever negative emotion is uppermost in your mind, rising within you... what do you do? You need to look at the situation, see what is going on, take it all in, and either change it or accept it. If you are able to change it then, by all means, change it; but if you cannot; your only choice is to accept it and carry on. 

It is what it is. 

If you are worrying that something may happen, you are wasting your time.... most things you worry about will never happen anyway. You cannot force anything to happen, so just go with the flow, it will happen or it will not. You need to trust that whichever way it goes, it is for the best. Just breathe. Live in the moment, do your life, enjoy yourself.

"Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles, it takes away today's peace"  Randy Armstrong

Be calm, be at peace...the journey has started and you are in charge.

Reprint of #198

#610

I will never apologize for being me.

You should apologize for asking me to be anything else.

This is a very important statement. You never need to apologize for who you are. You never need to even "think" you should apologize. You are perfect, just the way you are. If people don't understand you or just don't seem to 'get' you, that is their issue. If you are kind and considerate, that is all that is required. You don't have to dance any faster, and most importantly not for anyone else's approval.

This is more common than we would like to believe; that someone actually would have the audacity to ask you to change who you are. You are not fitting into their idea of what you should be. This is a huge red flag. 

Do you have someone in your life that thinks he/she knows what is best for you? Are they trying to change the way you act or simply change the way you are? 

There are people that actually think they can change you or that you will want to change in order to please them. If someone has chosen you, and then attempts to change you, the relationship IS NOT viable. Nobody has the power to change anyone. You are setting yourself up to be a victim of someone else's behaviour, and you will end up sabotaging the relationship. What you need to do is stop choosing people that are wrong for you so that you can try and fix them. 

Then, and only then, will you be strong enough to demand an apology from anyone asking you to be anything but your wonderful self. You need to be loved for who you are, not who someone wants you to be. And you will be. 

reprint of #124

#609

"There is nothing
Outside of yourself
That can ever enable you
To get better, stronger, richer
Quicker, or smarter.
Everything is within.
Everything exists.
Seek nothing outside of yourself."
Miyamoto Musashi

You hold all the knowledge you will ever need to fulfill your mission here on earth. You are your own source of anything and everything you desire. The problem occurs when you are not aware of how powerful you are and look to others to satisfy your cravings, wrapping yourself around another person hoping to actualize your dreams. Or, perhaps, you live your life in your head, without giving a moment's notice to what you are truly made of. There is no need to search outside yourself at all, just look within for all the wonders you seek.

"Go within. Use the inner body as a starting point for going deeper and taking your attention away from where it is usually lodged, in the thinking mind." Eckhart Tolle

Do you ever feel like you are bombarded with this same advice about seeking within for answers?  It bears repeating, because this may be the day that your eyes and ears open wide to all the possibilities. 

"You are nothing less than a miracle."  Bryant McGill

We may go to the moon, but that's not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

#608

IN THE MOMENT YOU SEE THEM
AS WRONG AND FOCUS UPON IT, 
YOU'RE A VIBRATIONAL MATCH
TO THAT VERY WRONGDOING.

Abraham-Hicks

Therefore, when you are reading or watching the news and find it upsetting you are putting yourself at the same vibrational level as the upsetting news. This is NOT good news.

You want to keep your vibrational level high, happy and thankful, not depressed, sad and angry.

In order to keep do that, make a conscious decision to be happy, and stick with it. Stay away from negative people, situations and don't focus on things you cannot change. 

We often judge people as being wrong, with little or no evidence, then obsess about what they said/did for days on end. Anything you focus on to this extent will drag your vibration down as a result. It doesn't really matter what anyone says or does, you don't have to let it affect your peace. People will be who they are, and you don't need to take on their 'stuff', it will only cause you angst and worry.

"What you focus on expands... what you resist persists"

#607

We're all stories in the end....

As Byron Katie states, "who would you be without your story?" 

The story is the baggage you are carrying around with you. It's everything that has ever happened in your life, all the pain, sorrow, resentment and anger are contained within this story. You react to every situation because of your story. You have fears of certain things because of your story. Your story is directing your movie, the movie that plays the story of your life.

Your parents loved your brother more than you... this has been your story for so long. How does it make you feel when you think that your parents love your brother more? Do you know for a fact that your parents loved your brother more, or is this just a feeling you have always had? Who would you be if you didn't believe that page from your story? You cannot change the past, only your reaction to it. How would it feel to let that particular memory go? If you release that one page, you are on your way to clearing up the rest of the pages.

Without your story, who are you?

Well for one thing... no story, no fear. All the fear that you feel in a situation is from something that happened in your story ... something you had buried deep inside, that you are now reacting to. So, without that story, there is no more fear. Think how freeing it could be, to not be afraid, just living life as it is, with no background. You would just be enjoying your day for what it is.

I know you have been living in your story for a long, long time, BUT it is just that, A STORY. You have surmised that this is what took place and this is how one must react to it. This is your opinion in the frame of mind you were in at the time. It left a lasting impression, but it does not define you unless you allow it. Let the story go, live life for today, and let go of what no longer serves you.

reprint of 154

#606

To all girls who no longer believe in fairy tales or happy endings.

You are the writer of this story. Chin up and straighten your crown, you're the queen of this kingdom and only you know how to rule it. 

-B. Devine-

You may have felt that you could be anything you wanted, a princess, a pirate or anything in between, when you were younger, long before you became disenchanted.

Well, disenchanted, or not, what you need to know is.... this is YOUR life. No matter what has happened to you since your 'time of innocence', you can change the route you are taking, your beliefs, your mind, anything that is holding you back. You don't have to stay stuck where you are, doing something that you don't want to do. You don't have to 'put up and shut up'. No one is the boss of you, it is your life.

EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS UP TO YOU!

You wrote the script and you are the only one to fulfill the mission that you've come here to realize.  You will do exactly what you were meant to do, you have all the attributes for this challenge.  You are precisely what is needed and that is why you are here. Don't let anyone get you down, you are perfect just the way you are. 

Chin up, princess or the crown will slip

#605

People who believe they'll 

BE HAPPY

if they go and live somewhere else

learn it doesn't work that way.

Wherever you go, you

take yourself with you.

Neil Gaiman

Whatever it is that is making you unhappy will be with you wherever you go. 

If you decide that you can no longer take your current situation and that you deserve to be happy .... the further from here the better. Your first thought may be that you need to start again somewhere else on this planet.

Sometimes a change of scenery is all that is required to kickstart the next phase of your journey, but it is not a way to escape from life. Running to a far off destination will never be more than a temporary fix, never a solution. All of your problems will just go with you. 

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek without" Buddha

Once you understand that the next town, the next partner, the next job can never be the answer, you finally see that you need to look in the mirror. Everything stems from you, this is your show, you call the shots. You just need to make a conscious decision to be happy. If you work on that, it will make no difference where you are or who you are with, you will be happy.