Cat and the Christmas Tree

Animals live in the moment.  Each moment, as it happens, animals live in.  They can teach me a lot about being in each moment.  Staying aware of what is in front of me and bringing my truth to it.  Allowing my mind to 'be here now' and not on thoughts of what has happened or what 'may' happen.

A lot of the time, what I 'think' will happen never does.  How I'd much rather enjoy and/or participate in this moment instead of thoughts of what will never be so. 

To trust myself that whatever comes my way, I will respond as best, from my loving truth, as I am able.  To trust in the process of life and live in this process as it happens is a present for sure.  This is why, just maybe, it is called the present.

Living each moment being fully present and completely one's self is very merry indeed.

The cat doesn’t fall far from the Christmas Tree!   The picture below is my daughter's cat 'Maui' being in the moment free to participate fully.  I was amazed and smiled when I saw this picture.  Grabbing life by the Christmas ornament...  

May you live as life happens.  Your life.  You.  Be open.  Be true.  Participate as You.  

Moonshadow

Moonshadow - to engage in 'moonshadowing' is to clear emotions of sorrow and pain by opening to them, honoring them, feeling them and letting them out in whatever loving means feels best and right for you.

We often hold these feelings inside our body; often without knowing it.  We can bury them deep from childhood.  We can hold them in as we don't feel safe to express them.  We can hold onto them as we are too afraid and/or uncomfortable to be vulnerable at a time when these feelings show up.

I find myself very quiet.  Enjoying a newfound stillness.  Sitting with myself and who I am and who I want to be; what I want to add to my life - what I want to let go of  'what is' for me just now.

Introspection comes to mind.  Contemplation.  Reflection.  Searching my Heart.  Connecting to my Soul.

It's a lovely place to be especially when I completely allow myself to go inward when something within myself is requesting same.  

It is a lovely feeling to love deeply all that I am.  

It is a lovely feeling to honor my hurts, pain, idiosyncrasies and unique ways.  

May you choose to honor what is being requested of You by feeling it, hearing it; instinctually or just 'what is' going on with You.  May you be open to your own 'moonshadows'.  Open to, honor, feel and allow whatever comes up to flow within, through and out.

Gentle love works really well here.  Truth.  Trust.  Flow.  Ownership.  Great kindness.  

There is such a depth in you that goes on and on and on.  So many beautiful colors and facets.  So much dimension and so many possible expansions.  

Let you Be You.  Get good with Yourself.  

This is how we uplift our own lives and uplift others and uplift the world.

Let's.  !  I am with You.  I care.  You matter.  You are so Enough.  

Last Full Moon of the Year

The end of 2021 is coming through.  We just had the last full moon of the year.  Each and every one of us lived under this same beautiful moon.   It touched you.  It touched me.

I'd like to honor it and thank it for its light, its magic and its energy.  I like thinking that this same moon I was able to enjoy was in your 'world' too.  Whether you saw it or not.  Whether you enjoyed it or not.  Whether you care or not.  Whether we let it honor us and/or touch us, its presence was/is real.

 And, for me, it was a good one!

There is so much light, magic and energy within us and around us; for us.  Some we can touch, feel, know, fully experience.   Some we have no conscious awareness of.

However, whatever, whenever, with whomever you witness your experiences is exactly how it is meant to be or it wouldn't be so; just maybe.

How we open up consciously and with purpose -- how we see and feel things -- how we explore or ignore what we see and feel -- this, now, is your life experience.

I have read where we cannot 'fix' a problem with the same mindset we walked into it with.  We can change the way we think.  We can change the way we talk.  We can change the way we experience life.

There are many, many paths to do so.  And, we can just be or we can participate more fully.

You.  Your choice.. Your way.. Your awe.. Your pain.. Your experiences.. Your life.  You.

May you be aware of your thoughts, self-talk, experiences.  May you let your own light into your loving truth walk with you. 

You matter.  You are enough.  May you own this and live as such.

Like the moon, your light, magic and energy cycles and sets and rises. 

May you cycle and rise on.  

Christmas - Your Way is The Way

When we open ourselves up to what Christmas Spirit is to ourselves, we open up to the Christmas that is best experienced for You.

Perhaps, like we are taught to look a certain way, be a certain way; anti-aging is a hugely used word, inflammation and microbiome is very popular; hustle and bustle and wanting everything 'right' can be a goal of many... Perhaps, we live in/through much of what we learn and are taught instead of through instinct and wisdom.  

May you ask yourself what is the Spirit of Christmas for You; are you living it; presenting it; being it...

What you are doing.., is it enjoyable, fun, self-loving and kind.  Are you doing things because you want to or because you have to...

Is there one or a few things that may be on your 'have to' list that you can put on your 'want to' list... Are there 'have to' items that can be crossed off.  Is there something that you've always wanted to add to your 'want to' list but just never have...

To me, the Christmas Spirit is my open heart, my truth of where I find myself/how I find myself each year and letting my love, light, joy, peace and truth create the Christmas that I most enjoy.

Peace. Coziness. Dress in what feels good to me.  Gratitude of all that I am blessed with.  A desire to share in the blessings that touch each person's life and hearts that I encounter and connect to.  Oh what fun is is to experience.  

With young kids, I did it one way.  With grown kids, I do it another.  Love is all ways, always.  Open to love living through the wisdom of our truth -- oh what a merry Christmas it makes.  

May you let your open heart and truth, of where you see yourself and how you know yourself this season, create the very merriest of Christmas's from the beloved beingness that is you(rs).

Wishing you crystal clarity as to what is your best nature to support this season.

U are the Star of Ur Life

We live.  If you are reading this, you are alive and living your life.  This is the life, now and in each moment forward, you are living in and that is living through you.

In the light of the darkness; the stillness of your body; the quiet of your mind; the breath of your being… You will become aware of the ultimate truth of you living you.  

We all have stories.  Stories of our past, stories of our experiences, stories about our relationships and stories of what brought us to being here now and feeling what we feel now and who we are now.

We sometimes go on automatic to tell some of the stories that we have told time and time again.  Sometimes we tell ourselves stores of untruths, whether we know it or not, because truth feels too hurtful, unimaginable or really can mess with our brains.  They can put us in dis-ease.  They can put us in ease.

The truth that we are living, when we bring it into our consciousness and awareness and live in thru these present times is, perhaps, one of the very best ways to take us to our ultimate destinations of the best human life we can experience, live, witness and create.

We are living our truth whether we open to it through our mind, body and soul or not.  The truth is the truth whether we face it or not.

I once had repeated often to myself that if I speak my truth, it will make it so.  Ha.  Silly me.  Whether I spoke it or not, it was, in fact, my truth.

I am learning that living in my truth by owning it with and through my open heart, mind, spirit and way, the truth shows up, teaches me, perhaps, changes my path or adds to it, lets go of something or someone, changes or engages in different thoughts, patterns and my experiences and then moves through me and picks me up and places me and the beautiful life yet inside of me to live right where I'm suppose to venture next.  And, there is nothing wrong with this and there is so much awe in this.

May you let your light, stillness, quietude, truthfulness breathe into your knowingness and depth of your own unique and whole truth of everything You.  

YOUness

Dreams come true.  Miracles happen.  Love expands.  Our own views build our experiences.  Truth creates.  Life lives.  Light shines.  Spirit lifts.  Soul connects.   

Nature and humans ebb and flow.   There is only One You.  

There is only one Univers(e)-ity that can truly teach us to be and do our best in every aspect of our lives…  'JBU'…   'Just Be U'.. 

In everything you do and are, bring your own whole true self with you and into it.  

There is a whole universe inside of you and there within is everything you need for this lifetime.  

May you refer to it (to you) again and again and again.    

May you let your YOUness be your brightest guide.    

Stay ‘9’.  Know And Be in ‘complete’ U mode in each moment and every experience you find yourself in.    

May you check in with yourself often.  How you feel; what you are thinking; what is your goal in this moment.  Do a body scan... what's going on where.  Are there parts of you that are requesting your attention or 'talking' louder than other parts...  Are there parts of you that you can relax some... Is your attention where You feel best, in fact, in attendance...  Are you being the most kind, true, gentlest and loving you can be to yourself and others just now.  Are you being the You that you want to be... 

May you notice and take a full breath or two and consciously be aware of what you are connecting to and bringing forth from within You.

"Will"

"When people give you advice, they're basing it on what they would do, what they can perceive, on what they think you can do.  But the bottom line is, while yes, it is true that we are all subject to a series of universal laws, patterns, tides, and currents--all of which are somewhat predictable--you are the first time you've ever happened.  YOU and NOW are a unique occurrence, of which you are the most reliable measure of all the possibilities."  From the book "Will", by Will Smith & Mark Manson

YOU NOW is the You living, alive, wise, knowing, feeling, breathing, being and doing.  YOU NOW is the best place for you to live from and through.

You now are the most magical, fruitful; the full essence of what is for You.

May you live through You Now.  Listen, Hear, Feel, Respond to/through and Love the You that is Now.

Let it be your 'will' to accept, open up to, throw down, lift up, rock out, be silly, go crazy, be true, Be You, now.

Peacock can support us to look at things differently.  Peacock medicine is upbeat and asks us to laugh and rejoice in the wonder of life and living. 

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The Other Way

There has been a quietness in my life.  It just happened.  I wasn't looking for it.  I wasn't consciously creating it.  Change just happened.

My friends and family that texted me regularly - most of them became so busy and 'caught up' in their own life, that daily morning and evening texts and connections changed/slowed way down over the last several months.

At first, I felt lonely/different.  I also felt that I wanted to honor their time and lives, so I would say to them that we will talk when we are supposed to.  We will connect when we are supposed to.  I didn't reach out too often on my end either as I told myself that I didn't want to pull them away from what they were doing.  They had some life changing things going on and they were/are learning how to create the way to open to it, enjoy it, become it, be it and live it.  I want to always honor and/or hold space for my loved ones to be/do the best that they can be/do and not pressure them or add pressure into their lives to be/do anything but that.

It wasn't just one or two, it was the majority of my 'inner circle'.  

I know they love me greatly.  They know I love them always.  We know this because we speak it regularly and we have showed up for each other when showing up was what was most helpful and supportive; as we were available and able to in the way(s) we were available and able to do so.

I sat with this information and change for a while.  I felt it.  I shared my feelings.  I asked it I was handling it correctly in their eyes.  Was I making it up or was it really happening...  It was confirmed by each one of them.  They were glad that I noticed and grateful for the way I reacted.  They still felt supported each of them told me.  

I sat a bit longer with this.  I felt it.  I asked for wisdom.  I went deeper.  I expanded into myself.  I asked for guidance, reasons, inner wisdom and knowledge.

What has finally worked itself through me is that as I stand in my truth, feel my own needs, strengthen my own wisdom and self-care, I became fulfilled into and through my own beingness.

I have realized and hear myself saying that there is no need to share or talk about any and all things I am experiencing and feeling with anyone.  I can process and live me.  Create the me that is coming forth and honor and hold space for myself also.  This, in fact, is where the most magic is.

There is no need to talk to anyone but the person I'm feeling a certain way about.. The experience I am experiencing needs only to be addressed in the present experience of it.. The questions, if there are any, need only be addressed to the thing or person I find myself questioning.

No one or no thing can give me the answer but with the what is of what is happening.  Go to the source.  Open to the source.  Dive into the source.  Be the source.  Live in my truth with the source.

Again, more magic.  

And, the very best that comes from this, for me, is to be one with, flow on, live in, follow through, create inward, open outward through each source that shows itself my truth of me.

This is where the answers lie.  This is where life lives.  This is where I grow as me.  This is where fulfillment happens.  This is It.  

Address what is with who and/or what is.  

Where I find myself - open to it fully.  Who I find myself with - follow through with love and truth.  What I am becoming, bring my faith, knowledge, wisdom and tools to.  My open heart awaits.  

This is me and my life.

Where you find yourself - open to it fully.  Who you find yourself with - follow through with love and truth.  What you are becoming, bring your faith, knowledge, wisdom and tools to.  Await with your open heart.  

This is You and Your life.

Live it  or don't.  Know and own that you are the common denominator.  You are connected to the source of the highest wisdom and so is every body and every thing.

Theirs.  Yours.  Mine.  Ours.  

Connect where the connection is the most plausible and creates and lives in the truth of the reality that is fulfilling, true, real, raw, open, vulnerable and dang right happening.

This is where we are the phoenix coming out of the ashes.  Our true self coming out through our truest of self.

The greatest of the great life available to You.

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Honor yourself.  Honor others.  Honor life.  Honor the source of everything You.  Honor the source of everything that shows up for you to experience.

You Are

Many of us are not where we were and also not where we are going.  We may (as a whole more than ever) be in an in-between place of what was and what will be.

The more we open to our 'now' and breathe, be and bring our truth and love in, we create the best path(s) forward.

It seems to me that it surely feels like this (as I am) is a great path for me to be on.  'Things' that I don't love or enjoy much are still popping up and coming in strong.  As I give myself a new kind of gentleness and understanding, many more paths are opening up.  It feels like instead of one or two paths to my own freedom to be me, there are multiple, numerous paths [new paths] and I can pick and choose from my brightest light available to me in each moment.

There is a knowing inside of You.  There are answers inside of You.  There are questions coming up for You, maybe, that are opening you up to new paths, journeys, and ways.  Meandering through your  own extra self-kindness and gentleness will uplift and empower you to trust, be, breathe, know and live the you that is available from the brightest light available to you just now.

No matter how it looks, feels, or shows itself, yours is the light that is needed in your life deeply and fully just now.

No matter how it looks, feels, or shows itself, you are the light that is needed in the world now; unique and authentic You.    

May You rise and shine.  May you reach your mastered and sacred self connected through each breath.

May you empower and be empowered by your raw, authentic and unique self; in truth, trust and knowing, through your gentlest, most kind, believe in yourself self.

May you "just 9be u".  May you "grow yourself complete".  

Vigil Light

Namaste.  The light in me sees the light in you.  Honored by the light.

It was a festival of light out on the water this weekend with the annual Christmas Boat Show and people showed up and lights were shining.

It was joyful for me to experience the colors, light and activity out on the water after dark.  Joy was created as I was seeing in through my own 'lens'.  

How we see things and how we perceive things is what creates our experience.

If, for some reason you are not loving your experience in a present moment, perhaps, there is a new way to see, look, think while opening to your truth of said experience.

The more joy I open up to, the more joy I see.

Whatever you open yourself up to will be the experience that becomes yours.

We are all here, at this time, to bring who we are into and through society as it is.

Perhaps, each one of us has a pivotal role/reason for being here now exactly as we are.

When we uplift ourselves, perhaps, we uplift each other through our role(s)/reason(s).

Let your light shine into and on everything that opens to you as your experience.  

May you be conscious to choose the best version of each experience available to you now.

Just maybe, we are all where we are supposed to be doing what we are supposed to be doing.

And, we have the ability to search our own database and tools to create the best in and of 'what is'.

Put your most beautiful light--your heart light on.  Let your heart/mind consciousness pair with your inner beingness and inner wisdom to create your best experience.  

Oh wow, the awesome in You...   Get to know it, believe in it, support it and live through it.

Light yourself up.  

Breathe and be.

Rise and shine.

Accept and empower.

Learn and grow.

Become.

Everything that You are...  what is and what is yet inside of you to be.

Thank You.

Embrace

"The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely.  Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it."  Adyashanti

One.  The source that has created the universe (water, land, sky, space) and all living creatures and things is the source that created you; created me.

We are all connected by this source.  

There has been many different thoughts, opinions, ideas, research throughout time.  The purpose of life has been studied, dissected, played with, worked with, honored, dishonored, questioned, thought about, etc.

Perhaps, the most important thing it has been is experienced.

What you experience, what I experience, what they experience, what we experience is never ever duplicated 100% exactly the same.  

Your experience is yours.  Your experience matters.  You matter.  You are enough.

Just maybe, each experience as it has been, as it is now and as it will be is exactly the experience that was 'written'.  

To embrace the best of or the lesson of each experience is a goal, to me, that seems very worthwhile. 

To consciously do so, is to consciously invite in and connect to the wisdom of you being You.

The joy of being You.  The exquisiteness of You.  The authenticity of You.  The raw, real, whole of You.

Perhaps, The universal 'request' just now is to become just this.  Come home to yourself and let home be the rock solid, flow of the river, bending tree, full breath of air, open, expanded, glorious self.

Invite it in.  Invite yourself home.  Believe.  Be.

May we embrace the idea, the possibility and the truth of our own knowledge, wisdom, feelings, and beingness.

You being You.  Rock on. !!

As we travel inward and 'home', we meet each other where the light and love within each of us shines with every beat of our heart and sparkle of our soul.  Here we know each other.  We connect to each other.  We are one another.  

May you embrace thyself and free your love to create your life in the essence of which you were/are created.

Victor

Wrap, cloak, blanket and cover yourself with the best forever love possible; the truest power and guidance available to you; your own.  

May you know what its like to deeply love yourself.  Start where you are; as you are, how you are, who you are.  Feel it. Be it. See it. Hear it. Taste it. Know it. Live it.   

For me, self-soothing is so important just now.  There is a heaviness within myself that I am creating or that I have had and it's coming at me full force, full throttle, fully loaded with so much awesome information for me to process.

It doesn't feel like fun.  I have a knowing that if I allow it, welcome it, listen to it, respond to it and breathe in and through it...  magic awaits.  'I' await.  

If you have a heaviness or feel wounded or troubled in any way, may you be so self-soothing to yourself that you don't even recognize yourself.  Ha.  

It is, perhaps, time to unwrap our own inner wisdom and let our hearts, minds and souls live through and from what is within us.  

Settle into You.  All of You.  Everything You.    

Life… Invite the vital (well-being), viable (real, stimulating) and victorious (blessed) in.    

Empower the vibrancy (power) of You.  

Just maybe, We walk together, individually just now.  

Gentleness

May you be extra kind, gentle and loving to yourself; just now and always.   

As we expand and open ourselves up to as much kindness, gentleness and love as possible, we open to and create miracles and magic for all.  May it be so.  It is so.  

As we believe that we feel certain ways for real reasons and when we feel things that we would rather not feel, love ourselves deeper.

Times are heavy for many just now.  And, in this heaviness we can learn what feels most light to ourselves.

When we hurt, we can feel what feels good.  When we acknowledge and open to learning, we see new and different ways.

Gentleness and compassion.  Love and trust.  Openness and expansion.  What a gift that each one is and what gifts that open up through them.

Open up to the most gentle of you and get to know the strongest of you.  

Let the depth of yourself soar…. 

Be excited.  Be calm.  Create anew.  Live inward out.  

Free yourself of what you don't want to be and let what you want to be happen.

My wish.  

Whatever is your wish, may you know it, nurture it, believe in it, be true to it.

You can do it.  You will do it.  Perhaps, you already have it and/or are it.