Friendships what is it..?

"She became for me an island of light, fun, wisdom where I could run
with my discoveries and torments and hopes at any time of day and
find welcome."
- May Sarton

Friendship is a comfort during difficult times and an added joy in
times of celebration. If you are lucky enough to have people in
your life who have known you for many years, then you realize that
there is a special kind of kinship in being known throughout your
life. If your friends know you well, they can validate how you have
changed and how, after all these years, you haven't. If you have
permission in your friendships, they can remind you of your hidden
talents and encourage you to take the chances you shy away from.

Having a good friend is also about being one. A balanced friendship
is seldom 50/50 all the time. Sometimes one person needs more than
another for a while and then it switches around.  However, a
healthy friendship is not about one person continually being
dependent on another.  As you find yourself higher on the Levels of
Awareness you may find that your friendships change. The people you
were close to in the Victim/Struggle Level are seldom the same
people you want to hang out with when you are in Deliberate
Creation.

Notice today how you are a good friend. Are there ways that you
could be an even better friend? That might be an interesting
conversation to share with a friend you care about.

"There's a special kind of freedom friends enjoy. Freedom to share
innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings.
The freedom to simply be themselves."


Today will bring you a new awareness..look for it and write it down 
in your journal..

How connected are we..?

"The motions and patterns and connections of things become apparent
on a gut level."
- Robyn Davidson

Have you ever had a moment in time when you were amazed at how
connected things and people are?  Sometimes it comes from finding
out that a current friend went to college with someone you both
know or your colleague in a foreign country is reading the very
same book you are at the time.  As our world has shrunk and we are
able to communicate so quickly, we now can validate what many have
been saying throughout the ages; we are all connected.

When we are having a difficult time it is easy to forget that we
are connected.  It isn't that our connection is ever broken, most
of the time it is because we have closed down our extensions of
connection and forgotten we are not alone.

Have you ever had a bad day lightened up by an interaction with a
stranger?  Have you ever had difficulty understanding something and
then received an answer simply by observing nature or animals?

Try this when you are seeking an answer to a question.
Go for a walk in nature, or even just in your neighborhood.
As you walk, suspend thinking about either the question or the
answer and pay attention to your environment.  Feel the temperature
of the air on your skin, notice the sound your feet make as you
walk, let your eyes move and see whatever they want to, smell the
air and touch the textures that you pass as you walk.  As much as
possible, just be in the moment with the changing scenery as you
walk.

Notice any pattern you see along the way, the way the flowers are
growing, the way the dogs fight for a bone or the stillness of the
evening, as examples. When you come home ask yourself if you have
any answers to your question. Allow whatever is there to emerge.
On a deep gut level, you always know more than you think you do.

Today will bring you a new awareness,

How do we know when it is time to move on..?

"How do these geese know when to fly to the sun?  Who tells them the
seasons?  How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on?  How
do we know when to go?  As with the migrant birds, so surely with
us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that
tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown."
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

Trusting yourself is a major sign of surrendering to the Flow. As
in the above quote, the geese don't seem to argue over when it is
time to fly south, they just seem to know. The less victimized you
feel by your background, your work history, your relationship
history, your health, age or anything else, the easier it is for
you to hear that voice within. As you move higher up the Levels of
Awareness, you will find that voice gets louder in every stage. This
is partly due to the reduction of your drama and partly due to your
willingness to hear your own wisdom.

The next step after hearing your inner voice, is to trust what it
says and dare to act on it. That takes practice and you will find
you do a lot of that in the Learning and Experiencing Level of
Awareness. Don't be alarmed if you act on something that you
thought was your inner voice communicating and it proves to be
inaccurate or not in your best interest.  Sometimes our egos want
to get into the game and will play tricks on us.  How do you know
the difference?  That will vary for each of you, but here are a few
tips. The more your inner voice is concerned with being right, the
more likely it is ego, not internal wisdom.  If you waffle back and
forth a lot regarding taking action, that is still your ego trying
to be safe.  In that case ask yourself, "If I knew I couldn't do it
wrong, what would I do?"   That will give you an answer that is not
coming from fear or ego.

Begin to notice how you hear or sense your inner voice when it has
led you in the right direction. Pay special attention to the fact
that it is often not logical.  Your inner voice has its own
non-linear way of knowing and communicating.  It is your job to
discover your own patterns and trust that no matter what it looks
like on the surface, there are good reasons to honor your internal
wisdom. How many times have you noticed after something you feared
has happened, looking back on it, you realize it was the best
thing for you after all?

Today will bring you a new awareness

Are you a "Now" or "Later" person?

Let's define what we mean by
"Now" and "Later".

A "Now" person is one who is consistently drawn towards pleasing
activities, immediate gratification and pleasure. They spend a lot
of their time and money on entertainment, TV, food, shopping and mindless
activities.

A "Later" person, on the other hand, is drawn toward pleasing
RESULTS instead of pleasing ACTIVITIES. They often have less than
pleasing activities in the moment. They invest their time in taking
care of their health, working extra hours to accomplish a worthy
goal, reading good books, taking additional training to improve
their lives and their business.  They hang out with people who can
stretch their thinking, they themselves follow through, take action,
take risks and are comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Which of these two groups of people do you identify with?  Beware
of becoming seduced by taking the easy way of the "Now" person.
Mastery and money come to those who are willing to accomplish less
than pleasing activities in the moment that are necessary for the
attainment of a long term goal.

Winners take action when others won't. They have integrity, which
simply means their words and behaviors match up. Put it this way -
if you heard me teach one thing and saw me do the opposite
wouldn't it be hard to take me seriously? Take yourself and your
desires seriously and do what you say you are going to do. Give up
the need for immediate gratification and do what you need to do in
the short term to make your dreams come true. In the long term, you
will come out a winner.


Today will bring you a new awareness, look for it and write it down
to your success


Peace an blessings every time.