Falling In Love With Possibilities

"Fall in love with the possibilities ahead. Let your hoped for intuitions be true until they are proved wrong."-- David Whyte from The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self & Relationship. We fall in love with many things and people over our lifetimes; life partners, babes in arms, philanthropic missions, or soul-stirring songs. But what about falling in love with the less tangible? Have you fallen in love with your possibilities?

If you believe that anything IS possible, how can you not? Exploring those possibilities brings our passions into play. We can get excited about the impossibilities, we can get heated over the obstacles on our path, we can look beyond the can’ts or shoulds into the cans and the wills! We bring an energy to the proposition, we light fires beneath the potentials, and we breathe life into the callings.

Once we begin this process, our intuitions step forward bringing the lineage of our wisdom and life lessons. It shares with us the hunches and knowings. It awakens the fibers within our soul that are supporting guidelines we use to cross the chasm from unlikely to absolutely. Our intuitions are based only on our recognized insights and spirit's knowing. Those nudges of yes or gentle bracings of hesitations guide us gently down the path of what the next moment holds for us. But they are only as effective as we allow them to be.

If we are not in tune with our intuitions, what do we turn to? Many look to others for answers, but do those answers always fit your life story or do they fit someone else’s? Many stay stuck as they are too fearful or unsure of the steps that lead to all the possibilities. Some are so out of touch with their passions and inner fires that possibilities are challenged in making themselves known.

Do you allow yourself to fall in love with the possibilities? Do you grant yourself permission to dream big? Or do you keep yourself small and in a box, worried that you could become so great, so happy, so large, or so full that you would not know what to do?

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2012 Lisa Meade

Small Steps of Honor

How often do you reflect on what you have to offer to others? For many the act of self-appreciation, putting value on your strengths and offering these up to others is a hard place to become comfortable in. Yet, each of us has been gifted by the Universe, by Spirit, by your Higher Power with a purpose in this lifetime. One purpose does not compare to another and one is not more valuable for we cannot measure or judge what is of more need to those around us. Once we can appreciate this fact we begin to look at our self-worth differently. We begin to recognize that our most effective way of honoring Source is through the understanding of our strengths, our gifts and our talents and sharing them with others or bringing them to our actions daily.

As we move into our comfort of this fact we begin to find grace and ease as we embrace the life designed specifically for us, not trying to duplicate that of another. We appreciate our individual learning style, our unique blessings we have to share, and our special relationship with life; our life, filled with our own powerful experiences, lessons and possibilities.

“Taking the first vulnerable steps into our own experience, no matter how small or hidden at the beginning, opens us to a more generous life, where what we have to give figures as largely as what we receive. We stop trying to draw infinitely from a finite world and begin to learn how little is necessary to live a life that honors the soul of the world” states David Whyte from The Heart Aroused: Poetry & the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America.

Finding fulfillment of body, mind and soul evolves from our opening ourselves up to this fact. We learn that the simple ways are often the richest. We see that less really is more. We understand that our personal path need not be measured by anyone else’s and we are at peace with this as we walk a path of honor.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2012 Lisa Meade

The Power of Dreams

“Dreams won't always take you on a straight path to destiny but they're usually related to what your soul wants for you. They'll force you to ask yourself the hard questions, they'll kick your ass and more importantly, they'll turn you on.”― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You

What do your dreams hold for you? Do you wake up in the night wondering the connection in your dream time and your wake time? What is the meaning, what is the message? What is your soul whispering to you? What is it asking you to discover?

Do you carry your dreams into the sunlight, held within your heart waiting for the moment you breathe life into them? Do they get you all juiced up with the possibilities, the choices, the unfolding magic brought into reality?

Dreams offer us the many chances to look deeper into our being, to check in with our soul and visit the lessons unfolding. Asking those tough questions and sitting with the truth in the answers gives us openings to move, transform or release what is not serving us or even is tying us down. Sometimes those truth filled answers mean we must wait for the unfolding lesson, to take pause and let go of the need to control and just BE with our truth and allow our soul to heal, to expand, to connect or whatever else it leads us to do.

But these answers also can inspire us and get us turned on to the life meant for us to live fully. These answers bring us energy to move mountains, to create ripples, to whisper longings, and to discover the mysteries. You soul celebrates these moments as the dream now takes you to places you thought you could only visit in your dreams and now they are your reality! Magic!

I will forever look to my dreams for my questions, my lessons and my inspirations. I will face the hard questions and seek and uncover the inner truth. I will explore the unknown lands of my shadow, face the inner monsters, celebrate my greatness without shame and give of myself as I am called. Without my dreams, life would be very vanilla and I enjoy the abundant flavors I can dig into!

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2012 Lisa Meade

Energies

What is the energy you bring to your day? There are two kinds; negative and positive energies. Acknowledging the difference between them and being conscious of the energies we are bringing to each moment of our day is extremely important. When positive energy is present we are fluid, balanced, engaged, and positive. We feel the forward movement. We are willing to explore possibilities and options. We feel vibrant, healthy and alive.

When negative energy is present we are rigid, unsettled, shut down and unenthusiastic. We feel stuck. We are detached and cannot see the good in things. We feel frozen, cut off and pessimistic.

Sometimes we know why we are holding the energy we are in the moment. Sometimes it escapes us and we feel as though we are a victim of our feelings and our energies. To rise above feels impossible. The challenge is just too daunting for us to face alone.

Lately I have noticed in my work that more and more people contact me carrying negative energies in their beings and not knowing how to release it, to move on, to reconnect with what the value in life. This is the work of a soul care practitioner. Shamanic work is part of the healing that needs to take place. There could be soul loss occurring that no amount of positive thinking is going to heal.

Sometimes this energy is triggered by an event or a relationship. It has been buried down deep and we have carried it around with us unknowingly, but all of a sudden we notice we are not able to shake a mood, ill feelings or negative thoughts. The bubble has risen to the surface. The good news is that this most likely means you have all the qualities you need to begin the healing! A soul care practitioner can help retrieve the part of you that needs support and understanding; helping you to bring the pieces of your story back together so that your wholeness can be achieved and your healthy energies can be restored.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2012 Lisa Meade