PROCRASTINATION

What am I waiting for—and why? Huge question! I am one of the first to be able to identify this trait in others, but I tend t excuse it away in myself. This morning I decided to look deeper into the cause and effect that procrastination has in my life. I found some amazing surprises. Underlying this behavior, I found the root cause to be fear. There were questions there as well:
- What if I can’t?
- Where do I begin?
- What will I do when I am done?
These are all fear-based questions that keep me from focusing on the task at hand. They act like blinders preventing me from seeing all the possibilities and stopping me from taking the first step toward my goal.

I also found that procrastination is viral. Once I allow it to stop a single project or task, it quickly spreads to the next one, and before long I am totally paralyzed, completely off track, and rapidly heading into something either unhealthy, unproductive or both. Some of the time-wasters that pop up for me in this space are Freecell, Facebook, mindless eating or just going to bed. What are your detractors?

The most profound thing I found , however, was the long-term effect of procrastination. I blocks achievement. You can’t win in the game of life if you don’t show up. Even the tiniest task avoided has a ripple effect that halts the flow of manifestation. It actually can keep you from achieving your most desired goal! Everything is connected, but I had never looked at it that way before!

Start with baby steps since everything is connected. Even completing the most minimal task, progresses you towards the attainment of your greatest creation. The more tasks you finish the easier it becomes, not only to begin the next one, but to complete it as well! Start NOW. Every little bit counts, and soon the trickle of energy you expend will become a tsunami you can surf all the way to success.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Did you ever think you would be flying over the rainbow like the bluebird in the song? It never occurred to me that it was possible except perhaps in the realm of fairy tales. I never gave credence to the pot of gold at the end of it either. Every time I searched for it, the rainbow just moved farther away, out of my reach. At some point I just quit looking. I packed up the fairy tales and childhood notions and began to live in a 3D world, one that was ripe with disillusion, disappointment and danger.

Things have changed, however. In the last few years, I have begun to move back into the idealism I had as a child. The more I moved in this direction, the more possibilities began to show up in my world. What if…I could fly? What if…I could have everything I wanted as if by magic? What if…wishing upon a star would bring me love? What if…?

The more I asked these questions and looked for the answers like a child would with eyes wide and filled with innocence the more I began to create what I wanted! And along with this, guess what? All those “what if’s” became “why not’s”!

Today I live in a land where all my dreams DO come true. If I can do this, anyone can!

Make a WISH…

Navigating This Eclipse Triad

We are in a time of unprecedented cosmic activity! On June 1, we had a solar eclipse and fifteen days later we have a lunar eclipse, then fifteen more days and ANOTHER solar eclipse. In the midst of all this activity is the summer solstice on June 21. Do you feel the pressure? Many are asking “what does all this mean”, and everyone seems to have their own interpretation. For me, it feels like “put up or shut up time”. I think we are being pushed to shed our skins, just like the snake.

Many cultures look at the snake as the metaphor for transformation. We stand at the precipice of not only personal, but global transformation. Our skin doesn’t fit anymore—for many reasons, and the longer we take to shed what is uncomfortable, the more uncomfortable it becomes!

The energies around these eclipses offer is impetus to examine what doesn’t fit in our lives and shed it, all of it. The sooner we do this, the easier the process will be. The other aspect to this eclipse cycle is the energy for building a new reality. We are being supported in the creation of what we truly desire for our lives, but in order to do this we must be clear about what we really want. So take time over the next month to draw up the plans for your new foundation. Push aside everything that is holding you back. The wind is in your sails now—don’t miss a trick!

The End of the World As We Know It

There was a lot of hype on the internet about the “world” coming to an end today. If you are reading this, obviously that didn’t happen. Many people went into fear about it though.

What DID happen however was that there came an end to the world as we have known it for thousands of years. For far too long, we humans have thought that we could take responsibility for the welfare and reality of others. We’ve expended energy attempting to fix folks who didn’t want to be changed as well as trying to change folks who did want it but were unwilling or unable to take responsibility for their actions and do any of the work required to make a shift in their situation.

Well, those days are gone folks! It just won’t work anymore. The rubber meets the road starting today, and if you want to create a better life for yourself, you have to participate in it! What will that mean? First and foremost, if you need help you will have to ASK for it. Amazingly, when we break out of denial and ask for assistance, it actually comes our way. It even comes from unexpected sources—a financial gift from a friend to help make the rent, a spontaneous healing from the Universe, or just a note of kindness from someone you thought had forgotten you. Second, you have to shift your focus from negative thoughts into what you actually want to manifest in your life—this means staying conscious and present. You have to stay in your body and be in the world if you want to receive from it. And finally, you must stay in a space of gratitude for everything you do have if you want to receive more.

Gratitude is truly the key to everything. If you are feeling lost or disconnected, take a minute to make a list of your blessings and give thanks for each one. You will be amazed at how quickly that small act will turn the tide and generate a new sense of connectedness. We are truly going through an unprecedented time of change, so in order to integrate this, many times we DO feel a little lost, but this won’t last long if you just follow the guidelines of the Universe.

Who Am I - REALLY?

We live in a world of identity crisis. Never before in our history has there been so much identity theft. It happens so often that there are actual companies capitalizing on it with identity protection insurance. Even 15 – 20 years ago this would have been inconceivable! Part of the reason this is happening is that life is changing so rapidly now that many of aren’t sure who we are anymore, and this insecurity invites predators to take advantage of it. It’s the Law of Attraction playing out in the negative.

Each of us has a unique energetic signature. This is a frequency that is based on our individual truth, but it can become blurred if we lose sight of what truth is. This energy signature is as unique to us as the watermarked paper our currency is printed on. If we are secure with who we are it’s impossible to counterfeit. If we are not, the door opens to allow fear to become a part of our makeup.

One way to shift this and secure your energy is to do a self-inventory, and you can start this process by defining what is important to you – so important that you would defend it at all cost. These are the components that make up your core value system. Make a list of the values you hold dear—honesty, unconditional love, integrity, peace…and as you create this list, think about each one carefully. Is it truly a part of your makeup, or is it something you have been told that you should have as a part of your standard of living. If it falls into the latter category, it’s someone else’s BS (belief system) and you are lying to yourself about who you really are. Again, according to the Law of Attraction, this will create the energy that will set you up for circumstances you don’t really want to attract—other lies.

There is nothing wrong with using this exercise to grow personally. If you find a value on your list that isn’t part of your makeup, but you are willing to raise your consciousness to allow it to become so, great. You will grow as you stretch to become more than you have been in the past.

As we become more clear about who we are, it’s easier to see our path and direction. Then, when we are no longer lost, our energy signature becomes unique once more and we are protected by our truth, making it difficult, if not impossible for anyone or anything outside ourselves to take this away. As we grow in consciousness and expand our possibilities, we begin to see that we are limitless beings capable of moving past fear and creating miracles in our lives.

THE LOVELY ART OF JUST BEING

Like so many of us, I have been programmed for the majority of my life that I have to be doing something in order to justify my existence. I have gotten really good at doing—been very successful in business and created quite a nice life for myself. But as time has gone on, and I have gotten older, I have discovered how satisfying it can be to just do nothing. I’ve actually become addicted to it! It is an art form, and it is the state that we were truly intended to exist within.

When I first left the corporate world, I found that I had forgotten how to BE. When I would sit on the sofa for a few minutes, I realized that it didn’t take long for all the “to-do’s” to begin to bubble up into my mind and pull me from my reverie. It actually took about six months for this pattern to wear off, so that I could relax into meditation. Additionally, I realized that I had fallen into the trap of working harder in “retirement” than I did at my corporate job! For one thing, I let my boundaries fall away. No longer was I limited by a 9 to 5 paradigm, so when clients would call during dinner or on the weekends, I would take the calls, and it wasn’t unusual for me to be on the computer writing at 10PM in the evening.

When the metaphoric light bulb came on over my head one day, I was aghast! It took some serious reprogramming, but I was able to put my life back into perspective. I don’t have to justify my existence with my work—it is NOT who I am. In fact, if I believe that is the case, then something has gone totally awry! My good friend Patricia told me, “All work and no play makes for some really wound up spiritual people!”

Meditation is a great way to clear the head and just be, releasing the urge to do. Another great place to be is in nature, and these days it’s particularly soothing and grounding to be there. The Universe gives us permission to just be, it will provide everything we require so that we can, in fact. Now, it is our responsibility to give ourselves the same permission. Enjoy it!

Flexibility

The times they are a changin’ more rapidly than we have ever known in our lifetimes. How is that working for YOU? In my world, some days I am just struggling to stay upright – other days the sailing is relatively smooth. The problem for me becomes the point that I don’t know what to expect from one day to the next and I hate it when the rug gets pulled out from under my feet—it hurts to land smartly on my butt!


Many of us are learning that it is impossible to get too used to ANY decision or direction because in the blink of an eye it might not be appropriate anymore. Non-attachment is becoming so necessary, especially not being attached to any particular CHOICE we might make, so therefore you might say that the word of the moment is flexibility.


Reeds that bend in the breeze rarely break, but sticks that are rigid do, so better to bend with change than allow it to break you. This was demonstrated last week with the earthquake in Japan. The buildings there that were constructed with strong foundations and flexibility in their support structures actually swayed during the quake and were able to withstand the violent shaking that occurred. Those that lacked these things crumbled. What a metaphor for each of us. Build room for movement into every decision and choice you make going forward. The old times of duality are over. We don’t have to draw lines in the sand and choose either “this” or “that” anymore, but rather we can explore a wider range of options, and modify as we move along, crafting better solutions based on the input from the moment before.
For today—choose to be healthy, happy and WHOLE and surround yourself with peace and love. And so it IS!

CIRCLES

Everything in the Universe is constantly moving, and much of the time the movement is circular in nature. In fact, even time is circular—not linear. But we as humans are conditioned to look at things in a linear fashion, past-present-future and in numerical order. Cause and Effect is circular. Scientists have always known that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, but the rest of us think that only applies to science, certainly not to everyday life! WRONG! So we move through our lives doing the things we do and saying the things we say never realizing that as soon as the action has begun, the circle has as well. Sometimes it takes months or years for it to complete the cycle and return back to us. Sometimes it takes several lifetimes…

Recently I had the occasion to experience the power of the circle. I was complaining to one of my friends about something that was happening in my life when I became aware of the words coming out of my own mouth. They were the exact same words that were said to me seven years before by someone else—words that cut me to the core. I stopped myself mid-sentence, realizing what was happening. No longer do I want to be a part of unconscious actions or words that will hurt another. I am tired of the karmic cycle and I consciously choose to step out of it.

This means that I have to be accountable for everything I do and everything I say. A daunting task!

Another of the circles is the circle of life. There’s a school of thought that says that the 24 hours before your birthday is a very powerful time for manifesting what you want for the coming year. Tomorrow is my birthday, so I set the alarm and woke up at the moment I was born, and I am living today in pure consciousness hour by hour. Each two hours represents a month in the year, and this year I intend to step wide awake into my future—one minute at a time, in love, in LIGHT, in gratitude and in total abundance!

Thank you for being a part of my reality!

REINVENTING MYSELF

I'm in the process of reinventing myself! It's a nice thing to do every decade or so - like cleaning out the closet and drawers and giving away all the clothes that haven't been worn in the last five years. With all the energetic changes taking place on the planet today, it only seems appropriate.

In my last blog I wrote about integrity and finding one's truth. That's when I revisited my own core beliefs to see which ones I still resonate with and which ones have lost their meaning for me. I found that I've done a lot of shifting and needed to revise not only my core beliefs, but my mission statement as well.

What became apparent is that for the last few years I have been pushing too hard. I've been focused on building my business, but I have been operating primarily from my solar plexus. All the organs associated with that chakra have become stressed and angry, and my endocrine system has gotten overloaded. I realized that I was working all the time and had lost all definition in my boundaries. For me, the usual red flags happen in my physical self. Don't get me wrong - the hard work is paying off, but at what price?

Conscious creation works best when it is done with the heart center rather than the power center. I have decided that going forward, all my thoughts, creations and focus will come from my heart. The energy is gentler, but it can move mountains! At the same time, I also find those things I desire are being magnetized to me rather than being repelled by the force I was emitting. I'm less stressed, getting better results, and I FEEL better and find more time to play and have fun.

Through the heart we are connected to each other and to all that is. It sure makes it easier to allow it to support me!

INTEGRITY

What is your truth? What values are so important to you that you would defend them to the death? If you have never taken the time to figure this out--today might be good!

As th consciousness of Planet Earth evolves into higher levels, we are being pushed to move into our individual places of integrity. This starts with gentle nudges, but if we don't respond, those nudges turn into cosmic two by fours! We get presented with people and situations that push our buttons and challenge our core beliefs, causing us to have to make some really uncomfortable choices. How many of us have been experiencing this (or is it just me)?

Here's a tip to make this time of personal and spiritual growth easier to navigate:

Make a list of your core beliefs and use them to create a Personal Mission Statement. Next make a shield or plaque that proudly displays your Mission Statement. Have fun with this project! Put it in a place where you can be reminded regularly of your mission. This will help you to stay in your integrity, and when you are there, your boundaries are strong and you are protected.

BALANCE

The Universe operates in balance, and if we want to be in alignment with its energetic flow, we must be in balance as well. But how many of us feel like our lives are anything BUT balanced these days? We either find ourselves working too hard, or not having enough work; we either give too much or we don't seem to get anything in return for our "investment". Lately, the energies seem to be chaotic, and many of us are having difficulty grounding.

How can we shift ourselves back into a place of balance? Awareness is the first step. Our outer world is a reflection of our inner landscape, so if things just don't seem to be making sense, rather than going into that "victim place", take some time to look within. Go back over your thoughts for the last few weeks or months to see what might be contributing to this.

Generally the bottom line is fear. When we allow fear to grap our attention, the human reaction is to move into control to try to counteract it. This attempt to control our circumstances is what starts the skid that throws our lives out of balance, and before we know it we are "Out Of Control".

The only technique that really works to restore balance is Surrender. As counter-intuitive as it might sound, letting go allows the Universe to shift this energy and put everything back into alignment once more. How do you surrender? Letting go is the only way. Drop the rope - it takes two to play tug-of-war. Breathe. Release any thoughts that you might be carrying that tell you that you know the best way to do anything. When you step back into that place of child-like innocence, you open the door for miracles to occur!

Forgive Someone Today!

As we begin the journey into the new year, it will be a much easier one if we carry less baggage. A great way to lighten the load is to release our attachment to resentment and anger against another. There is a two-fold blessing to this: we let go of something that is holding us back AND we receive forgiveness from someone as well.

It's that karma thing! What we put out into the Universe comes back to us, so by forgiving we are forgiven. If you forgive one person one grudge that you are holding, you get one of yours forgive, and if you forgive ten, you get ten forgiven. The Master Jesus said when asked how many times we should forgive our brother, "Seventy times seven" In scripture the number seven always means "as much or as long as it takes", so he wasn't literally meaning seventy-seven times. Just keep forgiving until there is no charge left on what the other person said or did.

Start today and make a list of every single person you can think of that has done or said something that has hurt you - EVER. You might need a LOT of paper! Keep writing until you just can't come up with anything more. It could take all day. Then, when you feel totally complete, pick one and forgive. Cross that one off the list. If you can, pick another and repeat the process. Keep on keeping on!

Let this be the year that nothing is left unforgiven. Additionally, let me know how this feels for you when you are done!