Creating a better tomorrow for yourself
I took my car out for a drive this morning or vice versa. The streets were barer than Los Angeles during a holiday. It felt great zipping along the freeway knowing that when the engineers first designed freeways that this is the amount of traffic they had intended to serve. And I did my best to keep away from the thought of “why” the streets were sparse. I know that I simply wanted to enjoy the freedom and space I have so needed for the past 3 weeks.
Over the past few days, I have been feeling vulnerable and blue. Normally I can deal with the funk but this time in my “now” is a lot more challenging. Just when I thought I was given a rest from another one of life’s opportunities of discomfort in order to learn more about myself, I get hit with another one but this one is a doozy! I have been telling myself, “No Jude, don’t go there!” But alas there I go, taking the rabbit with me.
Change causes such a push pull with us humans. We make outer or inner declarations saying that we need a change but rebel against it when it comes.
Change jolts us into consciousness which usually makes us uncomfortable as it requires more inner work, creates ripples and ripples disrupt our norm. Old wounds open and past resentments are front and center. Not so much fun during this alteration, however the end results are usually where the Ah Ha’s reside.
Recently a friend of mine who has been living with her husband in what she thought was in agreement as “friends” just asked her for a divorce. Doesn’t seem to be a great time to announce this, right? And although she eventually wanted to legally dissolve their marriage the way this scenario came about was not the way she saw it coming down.
Being creative which is a power we all possess she had used her power of manifestation in the comfort of her own vision from beginning, middle to end. Oh, she got the results she wanted but her directorial was coming out differently as it landed on the editing floor.
Hopes/dreams/intentions, once declared for a specific issue need to be freed up to move in the way the Universe sees fit. Our job is to surrender to what will be; let go and let God; trust that whatever the outcome it will be for our highest good.
However, I believe we have needed a big wake up call in this world. Exclusivity has been reigning supreme and it has turned ugly as so many people are suffering in comparison. The scales that were designed to balance nature have become so uneven that even Libra’s can’t recalibrate (The sign of Libra is a scale calling for balance, and so on).
Somewhere the planet is literally on fire all the time and the press casually predict this to become a new normal. And what do we do when we hear this? We say “Isn’t this terrible” and we move on. What’s our responsibility in all of this?
Governments are not only invading other countries lands because they feel entitled but invading nature by tearing it down, drilling into it, upsetting the ecosystem, making open season on the animal kingdom to kill for trophy’s, etc.
So I think God, the Universe, Mother Nature either have gotten together or are simply on the same page saying that we have to wake up and stop pretending that we are creating a Utopian society when we haven’t been responsible for understanding that all human beings are part and parcel, a community.
On a YouTube video with hip-hop artist Tracey Lee he talks about a prose he found but wasn’t sure who wrote it…to paraphrase it says “We are not necessary; the air, earth, water and sky without us is just fine and when we come back we need to remember that we are guests here and not earths masters.”
We must wake up. At this time we are being asked to go deeper inside than ever before; to become more conscious and committed to the well-being of all and not just ‘me, me, me’ because at the end of the day…well, we’ve all heard that when we are taking our last breath we are not saying anything about how much money we made but how much we loved and were loved.
Here are 8 more ideas on how to start aligning to and not fighting change because we will never win this bout, ever.
1. Be your own Day Planner. You don’t have to buy one. Be creative and make one yourself. I found a blank journaling book and started with 4/3/20 and my intention is to change that habit of thinking I can do this by remembering. Write it down.
2. Take down-time in honor of your growth. Netfilx is a great escape but I suggest escaping into your inner self of truth to uncover who you are becoming too! Meditation is FAB-ulous for discovering more about who you really are.
3. Find a posse of like people who are remaining as optimistic as possible and looking to make a positive transformation in their life. Standing still in where you were before this virus locked us down and then showing up in the same way afterwards is not a good way to take advantage of this opportunity to grow.
4. Schedule a whole day or two to do nothing and make it known to the rest of the family. If you have young children or needy ones ask them to give you a reprieve to be by yourself to regroup. This may be accompanied with making a deal with them that you will have a tea party or bake or make a tent in the middle of the living room to sleep in together so be creative.
5. Accepting what IS. We only can control what we do and to do our part to keep ourselves and then others as healthy as possible. Running the questions in our heads as the hamster on its wheel while being disgruntled as to how things are or are not proceeding is hard on our psyche and isn’t supporting our immune system.
6. Be super mindful of your goals/intentions. Know that once you set an intention then you need to let it go as the energy is already moving forward. Trying to control the outcome will cause more disruption than if you allow the flow of the Universe.
7. Learn to think out of the box and listen. We haven’t been exposed to absolutely every scenario in life and many of the few that we have were hearsay. We attach to stories, usually not our own, and think that there is only one way to approach an issue. But we are smarter than we have ever allowed ourselves to be. Find comfort in embracing your brilliance. There are answers inside of us that we have pushed down unnaturally. They are asking to be heard.
8. No judgement. Lead from a place of a loving heart and be authentic, be the real person you were intended to be. Nurture, nurture, nurture!
o Footnote: What is one thing you are going to do next to learn how to stop resisting change and to embrace it? Let me know! Go here to set up a 15 minute Life Discovery Session where you will gain insight on what you can do to proceed that will open your mind to knowing that what you desire is readily available to you with a new sense of awareness. www.coachingtothecore.com.
To your brilliance that awaits you,
