What would happen if you started living life on your terms? A little inspiration...

This is your day.  Seize it.  Live it.  Love it.

Wishing you passion, light, and love.

Your puzzle...

I stumbled across this fabulous analogy in a book that I picked up today by Squire Rushnell.  I found it eloquent, inspirational, and downright true.  And here we are...

"When you're doing a jigsaw puzzle it never enters your mind that it might not go together, does it?  Of course not.  You innately know that if you have the patience to keep working at it, the pieces will all go together.  For one thing, you believe in the picture on the box!  You have faith that, regardless of the degree of difficulty, all those little pieces are supposed to correspond perfectly.  You know it's up to you to have the tenacity to keep at it.  And when that puzzle is completed-and seen from above-you'll arrive at the not-too-astonishing conclusion that it was intended to fit together all along!

Now that is what you must believe about your life!  That your life is intended to fit together perfectly.  That all the right pieces are in the pile.  That if you have faith in the outcome, the picture you've seen in your mind can be yours."

Sending you lots of light, love and hope for a BIG, beautiful box cover picture.

"And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding just as it should." -Max Ehrmann

Sometimes life throws us curve balls.  And in the midst of trying our best to get up, dust ourselves off, and attempt to redirect our lives in the direction that we think we should be going, what would happen if we just stopped.  Just stopped and allowed whatever it was that was going on in our lives to continue, and instead of running from the dreaded unknown and unpredictable, we actually embraced it. 

I recently had a few days that all I was getting were curve balls.  It literally felt like everything I had planned for was going in the complete opposite direction of what I expected.  Ah, expectation.  Now, that’s a funny concept.  But, anyhow, during the midst of all the chaos, grief, and complete disheartenment, I remembered a quote I once heard that said that true faith is being able to say, “thank you,” in the midst of tragedy.  Now that is a concept.  Not praying for your situation to improve, or to change, but to say “thank you" and have faith that this is all part of the grandeur scheme of things and this somehow contributes to your big, beautiful life.

I can’t speak for everyone out there, but I have a strong belief that things just have a way of working themselves out.  It isn’t until we step in to take control and manipulate a situation when things start to go awry.  Maybe we should all start getting out of our own ways and start allowing the Universe to conspire to our requests instead of trying so darn hard to figure it all out ourselves.  Sometimes through the tragedy is the quickest route to our dreams and we can't see this looking forward, only in hindsight.  

Every day I have to remind myself that 1.  The Universe is ALWAYS on my side, and 2.  The Universe is much more capable of bringing me a life more incredible than I could ever imagine.  The only thing I have to do is allow it.  Repeat after me, my friends, “Ask. Let go. Allow. Receive. Repeat.”

Wishing you light, love, and the ability to allow your dreams to manifest.

“May the best of your past, be the worst of your future.” –Old Irish Blessing----------stumbled up ramblings...

As we valiantly roll into May and get into the full swing of Spring, I revisited some old writings from the beginning of this year.  Here is just one random writing I happened to stumble upon from the 2nd of January.

This isn't something I would usually post, but  I feel as if I have already come so far since writing this, and thought it might be a good reminder of the things I am holding myself to this year.  I'd love to hear some of your resolutions that you have stuck with this year.  And so it begins...

As one year comes to an end and as we sit on the brink of a new decade, I can’t help but to look to the past.  There are a few things that I’ve come to realize in the past year.  Although I understand that acknowledgement and realization is the first step in overcoming any “obstacles” (or at least that what I’m calling them.)  there is a huge and I mean HUGE difference in knowing what you need to do and actually doing what you need to do.  Such as…I sit here on my couch in my comfy, black, stretchy workout pants, t-shirt, and uggs (an outfit that doesn’t restrict my growing waist at this moment) KNOWING that I need to get off my rear and clean my apartment, but making that first step….nope…can’t do it.  While in 2010 I have come to “learn” some things, in 2011 I’m going to try to “apply” some things.  How’s that?  The Universe rewards action right?  I’m going to just be positive and accept that last statement and hope for the best.  Fingers crossed.  Here are a few lessons I’ve learned over the past year and hope to apply next year…

Lesson # 1:

Some things you can’t fix and aren’t meant to be.  Sometimes it’s best to acknowledge, accept, and move on.  See, this one is a very hard one for me.  I’m a fixer.  A problem solver, if you will (not to mention an enormous control freak.)  So you can see how this is a VERY hard lesson for me to acknowledge, let alone apply.  But, I know it is true.  I don’t like to leave things unsaid or ends loose in any way, shape, or form.  But, one huge lesson I’ve learned this year is that some things are better left unsaid, unfinished, and, like I said earlier, are meant to be left as such.   

Lesson # 2:

Before I can truly love someone else I have to love that girl in the mirror first.  This one is DEFINATLEY easier said than done.  I think I’m a girl with a pretty healthy self esteem, but when I start doubting the things that I deserve and the relationships I am capable of having, I realize that I seriously could use a boost in the this department. 

Lesson # 3:

Faith.  Having faith that everything will work out and things are just as they should be.  While I know this to be true, I find myself examining my past wondering what I could have done differently, should have done differently, and before I know it I’m asking myself “Have I completely screwed up?”  No.  The answer is always no.  Things are just as they are supposed to be.  All is well.  Period.  On top of being a ginormous control freak I happen to be one of the biggest worry warts I know.

I know that 2011 will be the best year yet as I attempt to let go, love myself, and have a little faith.

Wishing you light, love, and all of the above.

“The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.” -Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist--- Words to live by...

In 2011, I am going to start thinking in terms of “when” not “If.”  I am going to start asking “Why not me?” instead of “Why me?”  I will allow myself to feel worthy and good enough instead of letting the same old fears and insecurities creep in.  Life is meant to be good. I am good and I plan on letting myself enjoy the wonderful things that are in my life right at this moment and the wonderful things that will come into my life this year.  I am a worthy of all of the magical blessings that I receive and I deserve to be nothing less than 100% happy and joy filled.  I am happy because I choose to be happy.  I seek happiness and it seeks me.  I will allow myself to love and be loved because I am a lovable person who people enjoy being around.  I will see love and the act of loving as a strength instead of a weakness and realize that just because I love someone I do not have to lose or compromise part of who I am.  I will follow my bliss and start making choices that make me feel whole.  I understand that because I seek monetary wealth, that does not make me a superficial or materialistic human being and having money makes me a more free human being.  Money is a good thing.  Loving and being loved is a good thing.  Desire is a good thing and manifesting is a better thing.  I am a powerful being that is beyond this world and understand that my entire goal here in this life, on this Earth, is to be present, happy and send out light and love to expand the consciousness of the Universe.       

We are all a part of this loving and thriving Universe that is everlasting and abundant and deserve nothing but happiness and love.

Sending you joy, light, and love. 

"Be realistic. Plan for a miracle." -Bhagwan Shree Rajineesh

Ah, miracles.  Those little pieces of magic that float around us daily that most of us are so consumed by our own lives that we have almost become blind to see.  We block our own ability to see, not just the good things in life, but the GRAND things in life.  But, here's the good news....we are never not fully able ,with just a change in perspective, to be able to not only be a receiver of miracles, but a creator of miracles.  It truly is amazing how many miracles start to show up daily when you remove the blinders and start showing gratitude for the small bits of magic that show up in your everyday life.

I recently started a book that I have been saying that I needed to start for a couple of years now.  Some may say I'm a procrastinator, but I prefer the term "late bloomer."  This isn't a book that one just stumbles across at Barnes and Noble and it most certainly isn't a book you force yourself to read.  I truly believe that it is one of life's grand miracles that shows up exactly when you need it and I believe it's a book that all of us are called to read at some point.  The book, which is entitled "A Course in Miracles," is just what the title explains, a course, fully including a student workbook and a teacher's manual.  I am only a few pages into it, but I already know I won't be the same person when I finish reading the last page of this book.  It is one of those reads that grabs you by the gut within the first two pages and you know that somehow, somewhere it was predestined for you to find this book, in this exact moment.

Isn't it funny how life has a way of giving you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it?  You know, I guess it isn't that funny at all, because I have known that this is the way God, the Universe, Source (whatever you may call it) works for quite sometime now.  In our human bodies, it's sometimes hard to remember that God's timing is never off, never skewed, and most certainly never late.  All of us, every now and then, forget to plan for the miracles that are destined to show up.  And when we aren't looking for them, it makes it very hard for us to see them, but it doesn't mean they aren't happening.  It's law. Maktub, or for those of you that don't speak Arabic..."It is written." Expect them, plan for them, and know that they are coming because they are already on their way.

Sending you light, love, and many, many miracles.