Letting Go of Resistance

Today's daily message is about something near and dear to my heart--resistance. I have found myself at many times in my life feeling as if in a state of struggle.

I look around at my life, scratch my head and wonder, "It's a wonderful life! Why am I struggling? Why am I in pain? Why am I having such a difficult time?"

Usually when this happens to me, I am resisting--resisting something I know to be true for something I think everyone else "thinks" is better! (As if I could know what they think!) Resisting the path that makes me afraid for the way I've always done it before. Resisting what my soul really wants me to do for something I think I "should" do--whether it's for more money, to avoid criticism from others, or simply because it's the way everyone else in my little world has done it.

Ah, resistance! The one thing that when we let it go, opens up the floodgates to opportunity, personal power and CHANGE!!!

Dare I say it? Yes, I think I will. Here on this website, with the internet and anyone who cares to check in as my witness, I state to the world--"I AM READY TO LET GO OF RESISTANCE!!!"

Okay. So now there's part two of this month's theme. Gratitude. Am I grateful for resistance? I guess. It's kept me feeling safe all this time, albeit a bit bored! It's kept my life pretty much status quo, which can be comforting. It's kept my friends' opinions of me pretty much status quo too. In other words, I haven't had to deal with the changing opinions of the world as I have changed. Nice payoffs, really. So, yes I'm grateful.

And, I'm ready to let go. Bye-bye, resistance. Thanks for stopping. Now, I'm ready to FLY!

What are you ready to let go of? Join me! Do it TODAY!

Grateful For Life's Choices

My husband and I have recently been making lots of decisions lately—more than usual, it seems. Some of the decisions we’re making are big life ones, some are little decisions like what to buy for Christmas. Then there are vacation decisions, money decisions…the list goes on and on. ‘Tis the season of life choices!

Some choices we make in life affect our lives for years to come. Others may really not seem that important in the grand scheme of things. But whether the choice we are making is a BIG one or not so big, we often go through the decision process in a similar way.

When making choices, I sometimes act as if there’s a “right” answer and if I think hard enough, I can solve the puzzle. Perhaps this perspective is a throw-back from my days in school when every question on a test, you either got right or wrong.

As we focus on letting go, something I’d like to let go of is the perspective of looking through the world (and more specifically my own life) through a lens of black and white. The older I become, the more I realize there really is no right or wrong, just different experiences depending on which paths we choose. I believe it’s important to tune in and listen to what our souls want us to do AND it’s also important to realize in this wonderful adventure we call life, our choices aren’t so much about wrong or right, but simply giving ourselves different conditions with which to have fun.

In celebration of this month’s theme, I am grateful for the many tests I’ve passed thanks to looking at life as if there is a “right” and “wrong” AND I am now ready to no longer rule my life based on this perspective but rather accept that life is a rainbow of experiences—What a true gift that is!

When we stop judging our choices the way a teacher would but instead allow ourselves to be grateful and start having fun with the infinite opportunities life offers us, the world seems to soften. Openings are created. We start enjoying the process of choosing rather being so focused on the result of our decisions.

Today I am grateful for all the risks I’ve taken that have turned out okay, and all the opportunities that keep coming my way!

How do you make decisions? What is your soul saying “yes” to? What are you grateful for?

What would make your life more colorful? Choose it. Today!

What Is Your Best Today?

There have been many times in my life when I’ve looked back over something I’ve done or said and whispered to myself, “Boy! If I were to do it all over again…!” I have also been known to judge others in my life (upon occasion! ) for things they have done or said too.

One of the presuppositions of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP, a process for changing your life by accessing your unconscious mind that is modeled in many different creative visualization and life coaching practices) is “everyone is always doing his or her best.” What presupposition means in this case is something we assume about ourselves, others and clients at all times.

Our best changes minute to minute, hour by hour. Some days I’m really “on,” my writing is sharp, my insights inspiring. Other days, my synapses don’t feel like they’re quite connecting. My fingers fumble on the keys looking for words, typos are abundant. And that’s just when it comes to writing!

I know when I first gave birth to my son and was struggling with the worst sleep deprivation I had ever experienced, postpartum hormones raging, to say nothing of the experience of getting used to being a mother for the first time, my best on all fronts of my life was very different than it may have been at another time. I learned humility that year. I also learned to be gentle with myself.

In celebration of our theme this month, I am grateful for the gifts assuming my best was a constant has given me—a sense of control in an a world that is absolutely not in my control, to name just one—AND I now choose to accept the view that in each moment, everyone—including me!—is always doing their BEST (a bright big changeable BEST in a bright, big changeable world).

Today I am grateful for simple pleasures, happy memories, and the realization that we are creating a new past for tomorrow Today.

What are you ready to change in your life? What gifts have you gained from the past? What are you grateful for? Ask yourself Today.

No More Looking Over Our "Should"ers

True confessions--I love People Magazine. In the most recent issue, I was inspired by an article about Rachael Ray, bestselling author and chef with top shows on the Food Network. In the article, Ray said about her show, "I've never watched it, and I never will...If I do, I'm going to become self-conscious and start to care too much about what my hair looks like."

Part of doing our work in the world is doing it--and not looking back. While worrying about what others think is natural, we can only be in one place at a time. When we're looking over our "should"er, we're not in the here and now--creating the new.

One positive gift evaluating myself (often critically) has given me has been the perspective from which I like to believe I have improved my art (whatever that has been at the time). In celebration of December's theme, however, I am grateful for this gift AND I welcome the speed with which my life will move forward once I let go of my concern for what others think (as best I can) and instead focus on simply doing my thing!

Today I am grateful for beautiful sunbeams, warm cocoa, hot baths, simple conversation and the many different opportunities, perspectives and achievements I have been fortunate enough to experience in my life. I am also grateful that I am always, always learning.

What are you ready to let go of in your life? What gifts have you gained from your past? What are you grateful for Today?

Welcoming The Rhythm

Today is one of those glorious days where everything happens just "right." We awoke this morning to discover our lawn filled with fresh-fallen snow. I shortened my morning "getting ready" routine to make time for playing in the snow with my husband and son.

Then it was off to teach meditation. Due to the weather, only one person showed, someone with whom I've been yearning to catch up with for a while. We skipped meditating for wonderful conversation, swapping advice and insight on important life issues. In fact, as so often happens, I got just the guidance I needed just when I needed it!

Then I had the honor of giving Reiki to a client. As so often happens, the advice she came out of the session with for herself inspired me as well--"You Define You" and "The more you believe in the You you are seeking to create, the more you will be that person, AND the more others will treat you that way too!"

Sometimes I find I don't follow the cues in my path. I resist the flow of energy leading me from one place to the next in life. I think I know a better way. I am now ready to let go of resisting the gifts and guidance that so often seem to flow intuitively and miraculously into my life, as if from above, and welcome them with open arms.

In celebration of this month's theme, at the same time, I am grateful for the gifts I gained when I have tried to control life's flow. These gifts included a feeling of comfort, safety or control (whether it was true or not)--things I have definitely needed at different times in my life.

Today I am also grateful today for new insights, the amazing people whose lives have touched my own, beautiful snowy paths to walk, new discoveries through the eyes of my child, the birthday of the man I love, and a burning in my heart that just won't "shush!"

What are you ready to let go of in your life? What gifts have you gained from the past? What are you grateful for? Ask yourself Today.

Happy December! We Celebrate Letting Go With Gratitude

Each month on our website www.dreamcatching.net, we celebrate a new topic related to creating the lives of our dreams. As I thought about a theme for December, two themes kept coming to mind. And so, in the season of abundance of giving—I offer you a two-for-one special!

The first theme of December is Gratitude. The second theme is Clearing Out and Letting Go. Everything that has ever happened to us and everything we have filled our lives up with up to this point—be they thoughts, patterns, possessions, beliefs, relationships, you name it!—always offers us positive gifts. The more grateful we are for these gifts, the easier it is to release what has been and bring our energy back to the present—creating more to be grateful about in the here and now. With the New Year just around the corner, now is a great time to make room for those dreams about to come true!

Happy Holidays everyone! As we each give ourselves the gifts of self-acceptance and nurturing self-care, we spread peace throughout the universe. Namaste.