| Is your life happy, are you living it to the fullest? | | | | you are Divinely created, accepted and |
| Do you have emotional peace and calm? Do you | | | | unconditionally loved every moment of every day. |
| wake up each morning anticipating the joy of the | | | | When we always choose love, it creates a great |
| adventure of the day ahead? Do you feel secure | | | | and vibrant shift around us in our jobs, |
| about your future and the future of your loved | | | | relationships, even in our personal health. As we |
| ones? Can you actually feel a Divine hand upon | | | | have seen, everything has to be positive and |
| your life and the warmth of personal guidance? | | | | loving to be near us or it has to transform or |
| Do you have a sense of purpose? Are you | | | | move away. And since our physical health cannot |
| attaining your biggest dreams? If you do not | | | | move away from us, every time we make a |
| have these things, what is holding you back? You | | | | choice motivated by love we make a choice for |
| know that you are unique, and have the potential | | | | good health. Perhaps you have heard of spiritually |
| to do much more than you are presently. But, | | | | adept people throughout the world who have |
| what has been holding you back? This is nothing | | | | exceptionally vibrant and healthy lives well into old |
| you can blame on your job, your family, your | | | | age - now you know one reason why. |
| mate, your level of education or social standing. | | | | So how have you been making your life choices? |
| This is placed square on your own shoulders and | | | | What kind of child were you in elementary school? |
| influences every day of your life, which has a | | | | What about high school? Do you hate some of |
| ripple effect on every day after it. Let's look | | | | the memories that come up? Do you blame other |
| closer at life's two choices and honestly see which | | | | people for things that happened to you? Your |
| one you are living your life by, and why. | | | | parents, teachers, friends or bullies? And are you |
| There are only two choices in life. Love or the | | | | still blaming people now? No matter what choices |
| opposite of love; and the opposite of love is not | | | | other people make and what part of their ripple |
| hate, but fear. Love always moves us forward, | | | | effect we have been in, we can choose to love, |
| fear stagnates and freezes us. This is a simple | | | | forgive, survive, grow and thrive. And we can |
| yardstick to help us recognize any place of | | | | choose the ripple effect of our own choices to be |
| stagnation in our lives and to make new choices. | | | | better than those we have formerly been a part |
| When we see what has been the true motivating | | | | of. When we do this, an active transformation |
| factor behind our decisions, it gives us the power | | | | takes place, which is another part of the |
| to change things and make it better. And | | | | multi-facets of love. Blame, hate, unforgiveness - |
| something else takes place. When we consistently | | | | all of the negative emotions - are all part of fear. |
| choose love over fear, an incredible | | | | "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives |
| transformation occurs around us, because light | | | | out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. |
| and darkness can't be in the same place together. | | | | The one who fears is not made perfect in love." |
| They simply cannot exist jointly as one; they are | | | | (1 John 4:18) |
| of two different natures. So when we make | | | | When we always choose love, we actively |
| choices governed by love, a great shifting occurs | | | | choose our God-given birthright to how our lives |
| in our lives, for the better. And conversely, where | | | | are supposed to be, and we feel this deeply in our |
| we see any stagnation in our lives, we will find | | | | soul. It is our true and full potential to embrace |
| that was a place where our initial choices were | | | | loving and long-term relationships, financial |
| made out of fear, and that no forward | | | | abundance, and effervescent physical and mental |
| movement occurs there, or is very slow and | | | | health. With the expanded clarity that comes |
| tedious. | | | | from advancing in love, we can also more easily |
| What is a choice for love? Let's say you are | | | | identify further opportunities of light around us. |
| looking for a job. There is a job listing for your | | | | This helps us make better decisions by recognizing |
| dream job - you would be doing something that | | | | the Divine interventions of love placed before us, |
| you've always wanted to, and even getting paid | | | | choosing these, and then fully following through |
| for it. But the pay is weak, and you are afraid it | | | | with them. |
| wouldn't be enough, and there is no guarantee to | | | | Now in regard to everything else, we must realize |
| know if and when the pay would go up. So you | | | | that the shifting around us that happens when we |
| continue to look and find a job listing that will give | | | | always choose love can be initially difficult to |
| you above the pay you want, but the hours and | | | | witness. Yet, it is for our soul's greater and |
| location are all wrong, and the job itself is just a | | | | highest good, and all those connected with us. |
| job, nothing to be really excited about. Now which | | | | When we discern this, it helps us trust and accept |
| one are you going to circle? If your main | | | | the changes taking place. Love is always the |
| motivation is fear, you are going to stagnate in a | | | | better way. That is why trust, bravery and faith |
| job you don't like, that no amount of money can | | | | is essential to advance forward in love, for fear |
| make up for. Whereas if you choose the job you | | | | limits our ability to allow or follow through with |
| love, your joy will be shining through not only in | | | | changes. Making new choices of love may mean |
| your home life but in your job too. And in an | | | | leaving behind our old job, old friends or |
| employer's eyes, who would be more likely to get | | | | relationships. Often we yearn for how things |
| a raise, the person who tolerates their job or the | | | | should be, and not what they actually were. Many |
| one who is actually happy to be there? Also, on | | | | times people stay in situations that are not good |
| the spiritual side, God looks to bless those who | | | | for them simply because it is familiar, not because |
| bravely step out in faith, and all kinds of wonderful | | | | it is good for them. Trusting in love helps us |
| and not-so-coincidental opportunities come from | | | | actively step outside of our comfort zone onto |
| that. | | | | new, higher ground. That new ground is where |
| With every choice that we make for love, we | | | | the new world awaits, with new opportunities; and |
| move ahead on our journey and become brighter. | | | | like any explorer traveling to new lands, faith is |
| And if darkness tries to move toward light, it | | | | needed to leave the old things behind. "Faith is |
| either has to transform into light to be near us, or | | | | being sure of what we hope for, and certain of |
| move away even to exist. Nothing harmful is able | | | | what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1) |
| to stay near us. Nothing. Think of it this way, | | | | In that new world that we find ourselves in, we |
| when we bring a lit candle into a darkened room, | | | | also find that we are a new person as well, a |
| look what happens to the room - the entire area | | | | joyous and more connected and loving one. And |
| transforms, and the area closest to the flame is | | | | we will never find ourselves alone. Our |
| the brightest. Now, do we have to be afraid that | | | | relationships, jobs and everything else around us |
| the darkness will overwhelm and put out the | | | | will be brighter and healthier for us too, for we |
| candle? No, it doesn't matter how dark the room | | | | actively discern the healthier opportunities placed |
| is, the darkness can never put out the candle. | | | | before us - and better yet, even follow through |
| But, the candle can put itself out. In human terms, | | | | on taking them. And as we continue to expand in |
| this happens when we buy into the ideas of | | | | light, we become more aware of living a joyous |
| unworthiness, separation and doubt, the ugliness | | | | life fully guided by love, and the larger positive |
| that the darkness tries to convince us that we | | | | ripple effect our interactions have with others. We |
| are part of. But we are not of the darkness, we | | | | become aware of our spiritual need. We become |
| were created of light, and when we remember | | | | aware of prayer. And we become aware that |
| this our flame will never go out. It does not | | | | much of what we might have been traditionally |
| matter what darkness tries to imply or manipulate | | | | taught doesn't ring true with the essence of our |
| us into thinking. We were created of light and | | | | spirit anymore. What then? When you know |
| love. And when we remember our true nature it | | | | Love, you know the heart of God. So, like so |
| doesn't matter if we are accepted or rejected by | | | | many saints, philosophers and poets before you, |
| others, because we remember who we are in the | | | | you may be mocked or even persecuted for |
| eyes of God, at a spirit level. That is where that | | | | having your own ideas about love, but if you |
| desire for acceptance and oneness comes from, | | | | fearlessly keep yourself on the path of love, |
| because we have felt it before we were born, | | | | nothing thrown at you will matter at all. Plus, your |
| and we want to experience it again, even while | | | | inner peace and confidence will grow, because |
| we are doing silly human things. Knowing yourself, | | | | "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, |
| remembering who you are, is about remembering | | | | and God in him. |