THE KEYS TO EVERYTHING?
Maybe...
JOYFUL GREETINGS, DEAR SOUL FRIEND;
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I hope all is well with you. It’s a difficult time to celebrate when anxieties are high all around us, yet there are many things to celebrate. Perhaps this is where we have gotten off track, forgetting how to exist in joy. Having lived a relatively long time…so far, I have witnessed many changes in the world, in moires’, and in society, in the way people treat each other, in language, sooo many changes. Many are not good ones, a few are.
It ‘s clear that humanity is at a crossroads, a crucial one in fact. But I’d just like to say that in times like this it does no good to simply regurgitate on and on about the things that seem crazy and are out of our control.
Maybe we feel that by spewing out our anger and fear is our only way to make a difference. I get that. But that is not power and that is not life-changing in any way except to take humanity down a notch or two.
Our true power lies in affecting things at the level where we have some reach. That reach is both within us and within our circles. Ultimately that power is within our ability to bring hope and light in the darkest hours. It will take a re-adjustment to focus ourselves on hope, and light. And to focus ourselves on bringing that power into being. I believe this very thing is why you and I are here right now. I’ve shared this before, and I pray we don’t loose sight of this. We are here with a higher purpose. Let’s not lose the opportunity.
On a different relevant note, I did just celebrate. I celebrated family birthdays, and I celebrated another year around the Sun this week. I am thankful and grateful. Like everything else it too is an adjustment. Adjusting to age requires a whole dive into self-perception and thought shifting. That is really what has kicked off this weeks message. I have realized that aging is not for the faint of heart.
My age wrinkles seemed to have appeared literally overnight after my run-in with Covid. That was followed by my 3rd Lyme tick bite, and the Doxycycline that kills it, which also wipes out your immune system. Bamm, I woke up one morning with an autoimmune situation PLUS forehead wrinkles that weren’t there the week before and cheek wrinkles that came from nowhere, literally overnight. Actually overnight!… and this may prove that thoughts are things and we are our thoughts as I had been looking at my forehead two days before and saying to my-self well at least I have no wrinkles on my forehead. And the morning two days later there were 3 lines in my forehead! (THOUGHTS ARE THINGS AND WE ARE MANIFESTORS).
Suddenly, the person I saw in the mirror didn’t look familiar to me. I dropped back from YouTube and video because this was something I needed to work through. It’s still a process. I used to look young for my age and suddenly, from my perspective, I look my age. I didn’t like it one bit. But guess what? There is no choice other than surgery.. or death. And I don’t go under general anesthesia unless it’s unavoidable.
So, yes, the birthday is another gift and I am grateful for my good health and everything and everyone else in my life but it’s been a process of adjusting. It could seem shallow, but honestly, it’s deep. I viewed aging as a slow process, one that gave you time to become one with it. But instead, a sudden adjustment requires jumping with ease into a different category of human existence. I don’t see anyone talking about this hurdle, they only seem to preach about embracing your age. Well, that requires a bridge because it’s definitely a process. Thankfully, I do have something here I am tapping into, which is helping, so I’m sharing.
Several years ago I began to understand how damaging, and equally how freeing personal perspective really is. And THIS is the crux of what I want to share with you today.
MOST of us go through long periods in our lives where our ‘viewpoint’ is set in stone; about a situation, a person, our lives, or our self-perception. We approach everything from this ‘viewpoint’, which we rarely question. Nor do we often question if others are viewing us or a situation from ‘our viewpoint’.
Yet, often our perspective may be very different from the one in someone else’s head, in the scenario itself, or in the actual reality (or illusion). Three different people may have three different perspectives of the same scene yet by nature we assume a situation is as we perceive it without question.
Why is that? Because human emotion and ego generally override or obscure critical thinking AND intuition. Patterns are relied upon and emotions run with those patterns.
Is it any wonder there is so much conflict in the world?
Because of unquestioned self-perception boxing us in we become frozen in our patterns and choices.
Just imagine that without embracing a shift in viewpoint we could live our entire life with no concept of our true potential! What a waste of this life!
To be honest, there are likely hundreds or millions of other ways to look at any one thing, person, situation, our life, and ourselves.
How we rearrange our thoughts about life will and does change the outcome.
Adjustments are shifts in perspective. Sometimes they are thrust on us from an event and we have no choice but to adapt. Other times there may be revelations that cause us to reconsider, or dire circumstances, or overwhelming obstacles, real or imagined, that force us or lead us to see things another way. When that happens the hurdles can disappear, solutions arise, flow returns instead of a continual loop of frustration. But the better option is the process of choice.
When I realized this a number of years ago it was such a game-changer. I can’t say it’s always easy or instantaneous...like adjusting to wrinkles and gray hair. But what I did realize is recognizing that our perception as a singular view is a turning point to being open. So, I asked myself to be open and wonder… what other way can I view this or what other way may I cope with this? Then, what happened was astounding to me.
Here’s the scenario;
I was working with a small team on a goal. There was a person on the team whom I liked but we had developed a tension between us due to opinion, a difference in communication style, and viewpoint.
She was who she was, and I am who I am. So, before going to a meeting I would begin to feel the apprehension and tension of walking into that room, feeling that stare and feeling unwelcome. My body was holding tension and apprehension before I would even leave my house.
The next time a meeting was held and my feelings of tension crept in, I remembered about my choice of perception. So I sat with those feelings and I asked my self or higher-self aloud, “What is another way I can look at this?”
What came to me was a little set of instructions: First, let go of my concern of how I am perceived by this person. Then, sit and become comfortable with loving who I am, flaws and all, because we are human and we are ALL flawed. Being flawed is how we learn our lessons, mostly through error. And then when feeling confident in accepting and loving myself I felt uplifted, (not ego based but joy based). I went into the meeting buoyant with that joy energy with no concern at all about previous feelings and beliefs. I even felt myself taking that joyful energy into the room with me.
This was the game changer. EVERYTHING SHIFTED. There was NO tension in the room, everything flowed in a joyful way. Everyone there picked up on this upbeat mood, and this person and I have never again, in several years, had a negative communication between. In fact, it’s been joyful ever since!
The big lesson here is… Not only does positive change require a shift in perception but it also requires being OPEN to the fact that some other view may actually be the better reality. I am best off to be willing and OPEN to adapting to a new world view… of situations, of others, of myself. Because frankly none of us knows it all, and none of us can be 100% sure what is right around the bend. We only have the inner experience we will bring to each moment.
The bigger gift this has also brought is that I am able to deflect feelings of personal hurt. At least I don’t hold onto those feelings as I recognize there is a difference in perspective at the controls. And the other persons situation or behavior is likely based on something I have no concept of. This has been both opening and freeing in ways that have been life-changing for me. So much baggage and unnecessary self-protection just dissolved.
I will not solve the horrors of the world with my anger, or disappointment, or fear. But I can make contributions at my level by being honest with myself and being open to new ways of seeing things, giving myself permission to stand up for myself when needed, to set those boundaries with intention and care, and pay attention to the energy I take into the world every day.
By shifting my energy from fear, to trust in The Divine, I trust that I may not know the why, and trust that resolution is possible in ways that I can not even imagine. (This is so relevant right now!)
Being OPEN and accepting new PERCEPTIONS are the two keys to EVERYTHING. Nothing can shift and progress until we are willing to let go of our stuck self-determination and short-sighted perceptions.
Maybe we are just a beautiful species of lunatics, expecting different results while following the same patterns over and over.
But Evolution is always giving us the opportunity to improve. EVERYTHING manifests and spins out from the energy of the fires we tend within us.
IF WE ARE WILLING TO SEEK OUT NEW PERSPECTIVES in difficult situations things may shift automatically creating transformation at some level. It is bound to as the new will release the old.
Open minded joined with critical thinking requires setting aside times to let the higher-intuitive self have it’s moment too. This is what gives the ‘Aha moment’ space to appear.
Open minded space unlocks the door for a communion with your higher-self and your guides and angels. These keys, being open/ and seeking new perspectives, will move you forward on your path of transformation and make life brighter too.
I’d like to offer you a ‘Take Away Tool’….
Try Asking Yourself “Where Am I Stuck around (this) situation?”
Can it be that what you believe about yourself, or a situation is not the perception that is serving you and never will be?
Give it some thought and give asking yourself out loud a try. Only this time wait for the answer instead of inserting it yourself. Follow up the received answer with more questions, one at a time, such as; “What do I need to do to change this?” Insert those answers into your life, and now you are on the track...to a positive flowing shift.
………………………………WINTER is the ideal time to do these types of inner-work. Following the examples in nature of going within during this season reaps the greatest rewards in the Spring...re-birthing a new part of ourselves.
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Enjoy your new ‘perception’ adventure. I hope it brings you some wonderful opportunities.
Peace, Love & Renewal,
Linda
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