3. Day 17: Ready, Willing & Able
What is a practice I can do to let go of my attraction to guilt? How can I express harmlessness to my self? HS: Dearest One, You are doing this right now. Your continued willingness to ask and listen literally is creating pathways of open communication from Divine into current awareness in this visible world you see to be in. You have already begun to notice and be aware of a practice that will allow you to let go of the need for guilt. The practice of harmlessness to your body will bring your awareness alive on a cellular level. Your body lives to communicate my love for you; let it...
Read More3. Day 10: A Wellspring of Energy
To my constant feeling of “I should be more, do more, & have fun every moment” self: I extend GRATITUDE to this self. HS: Dearest One, This is a wellspring of universal energy not a guilt trip. The reminder of the infinite power of love that you are is your take-away, not that you are NOT love enough. Guilt was designed as a reminder of your value, worth and nature of love, for when you experience guilt and feel a less-than-ness you simply stop and remember you are enough. Let guilt remind you of only this: you are you. You are not someone else. You are not somewhere...
Read More3. Day 3: Guilt Leads Me To Innocence
This blog and project of extending love to fear is coming with all kinds of bonuses. My favorite is that quotes, experiences, and “random” thoughts keep running right into my open arms. Hey, may it is because my arms are open? Today, let’s begin with a yummy quote written over 25 years ago that is saying the same thing about extending qualities of love that I found in the classic “I Come As a Brother” by Bartholomew: “To any extent WHATSOEVER that you practice any of the empowering truths such as love, humor, vision, acceptance, courage,...
Read More2. Day 27: What I Really, Really Want
“I don’t know what I want.”—how many times have you said this? Perhaps while standing in line at Starbucks, or at the cheese counter in Whole Foods or at the crossroads of your life when opportunity presented itself? Is this true? Do you really not know what you want? Depression and its “21 Fear Salute” guards are quite certain you do NOT know what you want. 18. I don’t know what I really want. Let’s borrow from our dear friend Byron Katie and turn this right around and sit with it awhile. I know what I want. What I really,...
Read More2. Day 25: Fear Of Being Wrong
Let’s just get this one right out in the open for all to see. We are all afraid of being wrong. Because right is, well, RIGHT. Wrong is NOT being right. Wrong is confirmation of being wrong; missing the mark; not being good enough (or fast enough or clever enough). Wrong is the opposite of getting what you thought you wanted. Wrong is losing, forgetting, being late. Wrong is your Mother winning (or your spouse or annoying neighbor). Wrong is missing the boat, the plane or the point. Wrong is not knowing what to do. Wrong is throwing in the towel. Wrong is a terrible case of...
Read More2. Day 24: Being With Being Alone
It is a perfect day yet I am weary of depression; of thinking about it and extending love to it. It feels as if I have gotten to take on the mantle of depression for the month, like a character, and write and ask from this space. I am now itching to throw off that cloak of stillness and run barefoot through the grass. I want juicy, vibrant and alive! We now look at the fear of being left behind from the “21 Fear Salute” of depression. This fear of being left behind might actually be a blessing. Is this what gets me moving into action? I can clearly remember the first...
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