My beautiful courageous friend Nicole McKinney received this insightful passage this morning from Sue Urda @ Powerful You. I wanted to share it with you, by paying it forward.
“Change is inevitable and sometimes predictable. As we see with the economy and the seasons, cycles come and go and they often repeat themselves. These changes and cycles allow us the opportunity to take a deep breath and move forward into what is truly important. As you look around you and see what is here for you, welcome it. It either serves as a lesson, a new beginning or a renewed sense of personal values. Everything is exactly as it is supposed to be, and it is here FOR you. Breathe it in.
By the way, did you know that the Chinese symbol is exactly the same for chaos as the one for opportunity? There is great wisdom in this.
We wish you the wisdom of the elders – and the Chinese.”
This message is very timely. Our world seems to be in chaos….what do you see? I see opportunity, change, a bright future in store for those that have the eyes to see. The world we all share, we have collectively created. The future depends on each of us. Anyone tired of war, disease, pain, chaos, suffering, limitation, fear or doubt? Anyone? I though so….then what are you waiting for? Jump on the ride that takes you to peace, love, joy, health, courage, abundance and happiness. This ride is long overdue.
Have the courage not to let anyone tell you – you can’t achieve your deepest dreams and desires. There are naysayers everywhere in the world. The worst crime to me is discouraging anyone from their soul’s desire. Don’t shut that part of you off, it is there because it is the core of who you are. Your Inner Guidance System knows exactly what you need. Sometimes when we listen to our Inner Guidance and take action, people around us come up with all kinds of reasons why things won’t work out. As a child didn’t you use your imagination and intuition all day long? Trust that. Go back to opening yourself to letting go of all the old “stuff” that holds no value for you any longer. Say Yes To Life and No to Fear and Doubt.
Free yourself from old, boring, useless time wasting habits. Free yourself from people who drag you down. Free yourself from anything that keeps you from your goals. Focus like a laser beam. You are powerful and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Find people who support you in your excellence. What do you want? Do you imprint it in your mind, body and soul? Do you give thanks that it is already here for you – NOW? Stop believing – move into knowingness. Know that what you want is here for you in this present moment. Stay with that in a powerful way. Let no one dissuade you. Do not be impatient, for that brings in doubt and fear. You are done with that nonsense, aren’t you? Demand your freedom from all doubt and fear. When you live in the moment you are in right now and nowhere else, shifts will occur rather quickly. Don’t look back – there is nothing there. Stay present in great peace and grace, standing in your KnowingNess. Life is not supposed to be as hard as we have made it. Do we have challenges, do we need to Live in Courage? Of course. There will be bumps, challenges and many things to deal with. That’s life. How you handle these challenges is what makes you courageous, loving, joyful, fulfilled, peaceful and abundant.
Never be discouraged. Disappointment is a feeling deep within everyone because of an accumulation of life’s experiences. Release all disappointment, throw it away, along with grudges, judgment, criticism and blame. You are the only one responsible for how your life turns out, so quit blaming yourself or anyone else for anything. It is time to get on with your life. A life that can be filled with everything you can dream of and then some. Invest in yourself, you are worth it.
Make it a great day in each NOW moment, for in each moment you have a choice as to how you choose to feel and think.
Let’s talk about this NOW moment and how living in it can and will change your life. This is a great way to Live In Courage.
Allow yourself to sink into the moment of NOW. Sit still in a place you will not be disturbed, yet soak in what is going on around you. Perhaps there is a breeze or the sun touching your skin. Can you hear birds chirping? Maybe an aroma of fresh coffee or food cooking drifts your way. Children playing or a city alive and teeming with life. Wherever you are feel it, take it all in while you are in the stillness of NOW.
Yes, thoughts will come into your mind. Let them pass by. Notice how you feel in the NOWness and AWAREness of this peaceful moment. Notice also, when a negative, worrisome thought or feeling tries to steal your peace. You will notice the energy of the moment you were in change. You can feel it. No judging. Just notice the difference. This practice will teach you to catch yourself when you shift out of NOW. The more you can stay in the present moment in calm awareness, you will regain the power you have lost in your life.
The past is OVER in each moment that passes. Your future is created by the NOW moments your are in. What are you choosing as the architect of your life? Make powerful choices and decisions for yourself. Stand in your KNOWINGNESS, which carries much more weight and influence than BELIEVING. Say the words. Feel the difference. Believing feels heavy – Knowing feels LIGHT. The more you can exist in NOW, the more aware, peaceful, loving and joyful you will be. Living in Courage is living NOW.
Behind the scenes of chaos, confusion and conflict lays LIFE. Life Is Everything and available to everyone. Life loves to fulfill itself through you as anything you create as the architect of your life. The best way to shut down your good is to engage in negativity and giving your attention to all it’s nasty family and relatives. Have CLEAR CONCISE thoughts and feelings because your mind cannot act upon a mixed thought. The most dominant though and feeling will manifest right before your eyes. Love and fear cannot co-exist in the same space. YOU always get to choose.
Never forget the power of gratitude. Be grateful for what you have NOW. Everything is here for you, for me, for everyone. The human drama can take it’s toll in many areas of life. Use KNOWINGNESS to guide you through the waters of life. Not fear or doubt. The answers are not OUT there – that is living from the OUTSIDE IN. The answers are right where you are right NOW. That is living from the INSIDE OUT. You decide, you choose, you create, you, you, you. Only you.
Do you have the courage to carry The Flame Of Freedom? It is time for Unity. A time for the damaged hearts and minds of people who would do or cause harm – to stop. The fires of change have been lit. Many people now carry The Flame Of Freedom in their hearts and minds. Change is spreading quickly around the world. Peace will become a predominant force that pushes at the borders of fear.
The human heart holds a space for miraculous things. The heart is a doorway to the unbroken soul that can swing wide open when given the right direction. Our future can be built on solid principles of truth, integrity, honor, courage, love, right action and anything that is a positive for the human race. These qualities are of no small consequence. This world is intended to shine as the true diamond it is. There is light and brilliance under the surface of the darkness that many see in the world.
I intend to walk a smooth journey full of joy and happiness. What is your intention? Will you live a courageous life or one of fear? You will have to choose, for no one else can do it for you. Fear is not and never has been the answer. We just forgot where our power is. We each have a unique gift. To wake up and remember who we really are. We really aren’t broken, but we have been through tremendous pain and suffering as a planet.
Each and every person will have to turn the key to the doorway to freedom and peace by their own hand. Everyone will choose a different time for this. As this happens you will see changes everywhere and the momentum is building. People are tired of being lied to and not feeling safe in a world that was meant to be a place of beautiful perfection. Changes are coming and they are coming very quickly. Let your inner peace, light and love translate to the outer world. We really can live in a symphony of perfection. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon. A new dawn is here for all those who have The Courage To Carry The Flame Of Freedom.
We learned about history in school – we learned about war, empires, great conflict, winning, losing and surviving. We learned about bad versus good. Did you learn about love? Did they teach us how to keep our bodies and souls strong in the light? How about courage, moral character, wisdom, peace, integrity? Did you learn about manifesting and abundance. I didn’t, not in school. Children spend all day in an environment that does not teach empowerment. Granted there are moments here and there, but for the most part, we learn social and survival skills to get by with in the working world. People have been led by the nose and taught what so called “Leaders” think we should know. There are layers and depths to this hierarchy of manipulation that most people don’t see or address. That is another story!
The bad guys can’t win forever. Corruption is being exposed at a rapid rate. The light will drown out the darkness. Be patient, it will be awhile yet before the darkness recedes. It is up to each of us, you and me to be the change we wish to see in the world and our lives. We are at a critical crossroads in history. Be the courage, be a powerful part of this historical shift on earth. I guarantee it will be worth the wait.
I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but here goes. Throughout your day say many times “I Say Yes To Life” and “How Easy Can It Be?” This works by allowing you to carry a feeling of ease, grace and comfort, which shifts your energy. This then shifts your life and opens you up to new possibilities, because the word “LIFE” encompasses everything. Now go out and enjoy you day. How Easy Can It Be?
The world can seem off balance as old systems crumble, making way for a peaceful new way of living. We are all one. When we recognize that fact we truly will be living a new earth experience.
I quote a journal article excerpt from Rene Wadlow in her article The Courage for Peace -”Favoring a relational, intuitional, opportunity-oriented way of thinking and a community, interconnective, partnership approach to social relations, this new way of being is built on our emerging understanding of universal truths: matter is energy with meaning and motion. Life is not static, it is flow. We are not broken, we are whole. If we oppress others, we oppress ourselves.”
I don’t know about you, but I for one do not feel we are broken. I know we are whole. Until each of us rise up and take our power back and come together as a common voice, change will only take longer. What is so hard about living in Peace? Who would not want to? Really now, who in their right mind does not want a peaceful life? Who doesn’t want love? It is all up to us. It is decision time. Time to wake up out of a deep hypnotic sleep. Choose peace, say yes to life and Life will say yes to you. This new world is what courage is all about.
There is a party going on and I am not going to miss it, how about you. Everyone loves a good party. This party requires Courage. Where’s yours? You may want to dust courage off and try it on.
We the people have been putting up with a “Comedy of Errors” – a ridiculous farce that is coming to a screeching halt. It seems we have been lied to by our government, religion, corporations, education, family, friends – simply the life we have been living. Why have we put up with it? Maybe conditioning, learned behavior, fear or simply we that have temporarily forgotten our true power.
What’s your story? How is your life going for you? Are you living in peace, do you love, are you living a life of harmlessness to yourself and others? Are you Living in Courage? Most are not, but millions are making a different choice. There is a movement of momentum building toward peace. Can you feel it? I can, it is everywhere. People are tired of the bullshit we have been spoon fed.
You are seeing and will see old world systems crumble, evil exposed in all the nasty versions that have played out. There is a huge shift in consciousness taking place on our planet. Yes, our planet. How exciting this is! We are witnessing the downfall of an old world that does not serve us as a human race. Old patterns that have harmed Mother Earth. Healing is taking place amongst the chaos that appears real. We are approaching a New World in which to live.
We are not going to take the shit that has been flung at us any longer. There’s courage for you. We are standing up and flinging that pile of poo back at the sender (with love, of course.) As the liars and evil manipulators of the world are standing in a steaming pile of their own evil crap, fully exposed, we who choose peace and love are rising in great numbers – Making this world a place worth living in and remembering.
There are magnificent changes coming to the earth. What is your vision? What do you see reflecting back at your beautiful courageous self? Will you be part of the New Civilization coming very quickly or stuck in the quicksand? This is a time of courageous decision making. Choose wisely (never from ego or fear, which is illusion.) Always choose from Love, from a place of Peace.
You will eventually have to make the right choice. If you choose quicksand, you will discover there is no way out, without the choice for peace and love. We will be waiting for you. Please don’t be late for the party.
Do you recognize that through technology (internet – cell phones) there is a quiet movement among people? A movement towards peace. Despite the collapse of many systems and the diversification of human destruction, there is a massive awakening. People are becoming strengthened to face down the many challenges that are on the earth. There are many movements happening. People are aligning with peace. A quiet revolution has begun. Women are taking back their power. Men are learning to open their heart center. We are going to see more balance between the masculine and feminine. A great healing will emerge in the next 3 years, even in the midst of what “seems” like a world in chaos.
We as a people cannot continue to damage Mother Earth and each other. There is no more time for such nonsense. We are waking up to the power we each own, which has never been outside of ourselves. We are beginning to live from the inside out. Living from the outside in has gotton us in quite a mess. We are all family, each connected to the other. I see people clinging to their tribes (family & friends) because it makes them feel safe in a world of change. It takes great courage to love everyone, to embrace others in peace, to move into a place of non- judgment.
Sever from the mass consciousness and allow the unification of light and love to bring us back to peace. Love is the only answer. Sometimes we just need to be reminded.
I don’t know how many of you have read my e-book “Living in Courage” available free on this site when you sign up for my monthly newsletter. I talk a great deal about putting labels on everything. We have become a society that engages in 5 very negative habits. Criticism, condemnation, judgment, blame and gossip. What has happened to people? It is time to take our stand and take our “Will” back. Use your free will and choose peace, stay in harmony and live in the present moment – in your center. You can’t repress negativity, but you can make a choice to control it with your free will.
Make a date with yourself. Talk to yourself. What is coming up for you? Spend some time with yourself and let it go. Release it by looking at your value system. Do you have any value in holding on to the frustration, rage, jealousy, resentment, limitation, loneliness or the desire to strike back?
Know that love is the true nature of your being and fear is the counterfeit that wants to be who you are. Bring fear to zero. You get to choose not to let these negatives be a part of you or to control any part of your life. When negative thoughts or feelings come up, say “No, this time I will hold peace, I choose peace. I will say yes to life and life will say yes to me.” You have used your free will to be greater than that self created emotion. Keep choosing to let go and it will go.
Power yourself up to live in courage. Everyone has a contribution to make on this earth. Climb out of the box. You are more than labels. Right, wrong, conservative, liberal, straight, gay and on it goes. We paint everything with insane labels (all judgment of self and others) and we cripple who we are. You can change this at any moment and say it’s done. Been there done that. Now I choose to recreate myself or my life into something absolutely different.
Life knows no boundaries, Life is Liberty. Only we limit ourselves. Don’t you want to once again experience the Magic in your life? As children we never doubted the wonders available to us. When did you lose yours? Don’t you think it is time to get the magic back? Miracles wait for you to say yes.
The Olympics are officially here. The opening ceremony was spectacular. There will be many stories of courage during the Olympics, which will be featured here at Living in Courage. May the 2008 Olympics be a time and place for people to come together in peace.
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