Fear vs Faith

As you go into your day I want you to remember this: Faith and Fear operate on the exact same principle. What you BELIEVE is what you will create.  Faith is a positive or hopeful belief.  Fear is a negative or cowardly belief.   But the rules of the universe are, whatsoever you believe, what you think and purpose in your mind and allow to take root in your heart, those things will form the words that flow from your mouth and what you speak creates the world that you live in.  It is in the Bible as well as many other religious texts; it is in many books including “The Secret”.  What you set your mind to believe creates what you bring into your life.

Example: You believe that someone dislikes you.  Whether true or false, you’re actions toward that person will be ripe with distrust and dislike.  How you look at them, how you view their actions, how you feel about them, all of these things will be through eyes of disdain.  If they do something nice for you, you will think it is with an ulterior motive.   You will purposefully judge and resent anything that they do, be it good or bad.  And this negative energy will eventually be felt by them and then it will be reciprocated.  Now, imagine if they did not have any issues with you from the beginning.  If it was all in your mind and they have dealt with your actions.  That would cause them to not like you.  You will have created the very thing that you feared or negatively thought.

On the flip side, if you had of believed that the person liked you and acted as such, their actions would have eventually favored that opinion, whether they really liked you or not.  They would have to work double hard to be mean or negative to you, because your positive view would make everything they did seem to be to your benefit.  And in reality, because you made the choice to see the good, the situation would indeed work to your benefit. 

Make up your mind today to only operate from a place of faith.   Speak positive progressive words about your life, your love, your family, your situation.  Know that every day of your life has the potential to be better than the last, if you choose to look at it in such a way.  Focus your energy on being positive and moving forward.  There is no need to fear what you do not know.  You just need to have faith that what is to come is going to be well worth the wait.  Live in this moment and love every second of what it brings to you.  Live in faith.  Let that energy build your dreams.  Do not let the poisonous energy of fear ruin all that you dare to dream. 

Return To Gratitude

Good Morning Beautiful People.  I am reminded this morning that we have to maintain a spirit of gratitude.  Often I have allowed frustration, other people’s negativity and daily living to wear on me and cause me to lose sight of the small blessings in my life.  The ability to walk, to talk, to comprehend, to work, to drive, just being able to pay my bills (and have some leftover to go shopping) are blessings.  I generally try to operate from a posture of gratitude, but here in the last few months, challenges at work have caused me to almost curse my blessed place.  My job is a resource from my Main Source.  There are difficult people and situations there, but those are just opportunities to exercise the posture of patience.  If you have ever done yoga you know that you are supposed to smile through the exercises, the postures.  You have to remember to breath.  That is the way of living for me, or it was.  I smiled through the difficulties and maintained a strong core of positivity.  With any exercise you learn that if you have to compromise your form to get through the exercise, you risk hurting yourself.  You are advised to take a break, take a short rest to renew your strength and then proceed.  I had to step back and take a short break this morning.  I had begun to under appreciate the blessings in my life.  I am always appreciative of God and His love, I try to shower my friends with love and appreciation to let them know how important they are to me and I strive to smile at all times.  But I had stopped being appreciative of the little things…

So this morning, I thank God for my job, for my car, for my townhouse and my big dog that is always happy to see me when I get home.  I thank God for financial resources and for various streams of income.  I am grateful to Him for all of the many things that I take for granted far too often.  I am blessed, better than blessed I am favored.  And I am appreciative of the blessings and all of the love that I have in my life.  I am going to work today with a renewed outlook.  Yes, we are still going through a start up and no one knows what the heck they are supposed to be doing.  There people passing the buck left and right and there is honest more wrong than there is right.  There is favoritism and underhanded shadiness, there are fake people and liars and there are people throwing my under buses at will.  But in the midst of all of that is my God and He keeps His me in His Shadow, which means that He is going before me.  He keeps me protected from all evil.  He asks only that I maintain my integrity, lose this attitude that I have picked up and continue being the image of Love in the midst of the chaos.  I am humbled, I repent from my foolishness and I am very grateful.

And if any of you, my friends, are in this place, I suggest you do the same.  Remember that God will keep you, as long as you are doing what you know to be right.  The love of God was sent to dwell in each of our hearts, so follow your heart.  You don’t have to repay evil or wrong with wrong.  You don’t have to fight dirty.  He’s got you and no matter how it looks or who thinks that they are getting over on you, you will come out Victorious!  Trust me.  Integrity always wins the war.  Always.  Be blessed loves.

God's Presence

I don’t know how many of you have signed up or tuned into Oprah’s Life Class, but when I tell you that is a powerful medium, if you did not tune in last night, you need to catch the replay on TV somewhere and tune in for as long as it runs.  What Oprah taught last night brought me so much closer to the place that God resides in me, I was almost overwhelmed with emotion.

I truly believe that God is universal.  How we learn of God, how we interact with God and what God is to each one of us is a part of our individual experiences.  I do not mock or condemn anyone’s religion because they are ALL tied by one common thread, “love through acceptance and understanding.”  All the rest of the practices and teachings are based on other people’s interpretations through the years and heaven knows every single human is flawed, by design.  I believe that God allowed for people to translate the word and to create religion to force people to seek Him in truth, from the depths of their spirit, and to develop a relationship with Him on their own.  In my mind that is why there is a mystical element to every spiritual/religious book and that is why church or assembly alone is unsatisfying.  You must know God for yourself, in the absence of religion and banter, in the absence of stuff and examples; you must know Him from that place in you that knows danger, even when you don’t see any present.  You know that absolute part of you that finds yourself weeping for a stranger when you see the hurt in their eyes, even if you don’t know their story.  Universally, God is love.  That is in every religion, every language, and every nationality.  That is the root essence of any religion.  Things differ from there and I am not concerned with those differences.  What I am concerned with is getting this love thing right.  I want to live in a type of loving integrity that elevates me and everyone that comes into my life, whether they come in for an hour or stay for a lifetime. 

Today, I challenge you to know who you are.  Really, to look at the woman or man that you are, outside of your job, your family, and everything that anyone has ever said about you.  I want you to know that you are beautiful, you are intelligent, you are a part of God, you were created in the image of LOVE and that is a wonderful thing.

Happy Monday Beauties

The only difference between Monday morning and Friday Morning is the attitude that you take to approach them.  If you have to be at work lovelies, appreciate that you are working, because if you are like me and many others, there have probably been many times when that reality was threatened by adverse conditions.   Smile today. Be grateful and CHOOSE to appreciate that you are blessed.  Yes, you will have to deal with some jerks, some impatient people, some people who approach Monday the same way you did last week.  But you are better this week.  You are operating from a position of gratitude and that is what is going to make this week the most productive yet less stressful week you have had in a while.  Love you beauties. 

My Open Heart

Good morning beautiful people.  I am so full of love I cannot even begin to express it.  For this morning’s inspiration, I want to flow from a part of me that pure, clear and untainted in hopes that it reaches that same place in you.  Love is God.  It is creation, it is growth, it understands; Love is life.  It is not a feeling, although it evokes strong feelings in us.  Love is virtual and reality, it is dream and tangible all at the same time.  The most beautiful thing about love is that we cannot control it.  It is not dictated by humanity.  And universally, it is noticeable. You can hear a conversation between two people speaking Russian and not know a word that is spoken, but know if it is a loving exchange.   I pray that each of you will grow and develop in universal love.  That you will allow your heart to become so large that you catch all of the love that is thrown your way, but that the “holes” in your love net are so large that the petty things thrown your way slip right through and don’t even phase you.  I pray that the God of love and mercy shine on your life and make it bright, makes your face to shine with the radiance of love and that you let your guard down and receive the love that is out there for you in the world.  I pray that each of you be secure in the beauty of who you are so that when love comes your way, you don’t fall head over heels in emotional love with the first person who sends beams of love your way.  I pray that each of you grow to a spiritual level of maturity that allows you receive love, process it to strengthen and  better yourself and then release that loving energy back in to the world to start the cycle again.  I pray that you feel the love that flows through me for you and that you realize I am but a vessel.  I am a full, overflowing vessel of love, who loves you regardless of conditions, whether or not you talk about me behind my back or love me back in return.  I pray that you will know I have been in many of the places that you have been, that I know what it feels like to look for love and not see it, to feel for love and not feel it, to ask for love and not receive it.  I know what it feels like to barter for love and surrender precious parts of your mind, body, or spirit only to later understand that what you gave was worth much more than you received.  I love you, I understand your path, and I want you to know Love is waiting for you, to really love you, to really appreciate your gifts, your talents, your time, and your love.  You are beautiful, you are wonderfully created in the image of divine Love and there is no wrong that you can do that will change that.  I pray that you will accept the brightness that flows from the heart of you and that you will let your love light shine.  I love you, God loves you and I pray above all that YOU will love you.  Be blessed beautiful.   In Jesus name I pray always, Amen.

Kisses and Love