When we learn to manage our emotions long enough to stop and shift our attention to the quieter message of the heart, we can gain a wider perspective on any situation, often saving ourselves from hurt, frustration and pain.

 

Doc Childre and Howard Martin - The HeartMath Solution

 

The perfect you isn't something you need to create,

because God already created it.

The perfect you is the love within you.

 Marianne Williamson

"Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"This is who you are.

This is the hero who lives at the heart

of all you would fault and criticize within yourself."

 Rasha

I often wonder about the authenticity of soul mates. Lots of people including myself have put up with so much crap from partners because we convinced ourselves that they were our soul mates. It is a pretty nifty cop out for not taking responsibility for being in a relationship that isn't supportive of our higher selves.

I read a great quote posted by Jacleen Allen on Facebook:

"A soul-mate is the one person whose love is powerful enough to motivate you to meet your soul, to do the emotional work of self-discovery, of awakening." 

Kenny Loggins

Now that makes way more sense to me as a definition of soul mate.

A mate who lifts you up so your soul can fly, you can be the very most amazing you, someone who encourages you to walk your talk no matter what the outcome will be.

I understand that completely.

Why would a soul mate wear you down or continually involve you in dramas that distract you from your true purpose? I don't think they would. So what are those partners?

Perhaps we recognise their souls. They feel comfortable and fit like gloves but it's often because they allow us to remain in our comfort zones or confirm our negative self talk which has it's own comfort factor.  

Do soul mates have to be romantic? I don't think so. I think they come to us in lots of different forms. Best friends, family, mentors.. people who make a positive difference in our lives.

We all pass through the places we need to on our journeys and everyone we meet teaches us valuable lessons.  Each relationship we find ourselves in, spiritual, emotional, physical, gives us the opportunity to develop skills that will take us to the next part of our life purpose.

So it's never wrong, but i wonder if sometimes we linger a little longer than we should.

Just saying.....

Lots of people breaking up at the moment.

I remember that gut wrenching finality

 of ending a relationship.

Wandering around like a zombie,

every breath you take
 hurting more than the one before.

Sorry if that's you.

Just know that it really does pass.

Somehow, just when you think it can't

keep hurting this much any longer,

it starts to ease.

Like a point of surrender.

If your heart feels like some of it is missing,

then i'll send you some of mine.

Keep it, because even when yours has

remembered how big it can be,

it's nice to have a friend along with you.

Have the courage to follow

your heart and intuition.

They somehow already know,

 what you truly want to become.

Steve Jobs

“Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

To melt and be like a running brook

that sings its melody to the night.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart

and give thanks for another day of loving.”

Kahlil Gibran

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;

they are the charming gardeners

who make our souls blossom.

 ~Marcel Proust~

"When we feel stuck, going nowhere

even starting to slip backward

we may actually be backing up to get a running start." 

Dan Millman

"....there cannot be one real truth.

The Truth within oneself is the TRUTH for the self at that given time.

Your Truths change as you become more knowledgeable.

What was once sensible to you … as you grow in awareness … is no longer the case."

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How could any one ever tell you,
you were less than whole?

How could anyone fail to notice
that your loving is a miracle?

How deeply you’re connected to my soul."

Libby Roderick
 

Most of my notes are gentle because i genuinely  believe that our spirits deserve respect and acknowledgement for the inherent understanding of life that we all have.

I am convinced that lifting people up so they can see over and beyond themselves and their concerns is a more effective way to inspire positive change than through further angst or shaming or negativity.

This year i keep hearing "get over yourself" and "walk your talk" and they go hand in hand. We have never, ever had a better opportunity for any one person to have a bigger impact on the wellbeing of the world than right now.

Every advance in technology has allowed us to grow these incredible groups of global like-minded friends that we can be in touch with simultaneously. The energy and vibration of positivity i feel in my world is amazing.

So right now is our chance to be our truest selves and do the work we know in our hearts that we have been given the opportunity to do. Whatever your plans, big or small, the whole world now needs individuals to stand up and be counted. Be the change you want to see. One person quickly becomes a caring group and as it develops momentum by encouraging others to be brave we see a movement building in our communities and whole societies.

 

But it starts with one person who holds tight to their conviction or passion or dream.

Why not be that person in your world? If you can't get over yourself and your stuff, then find someone to help you, but get going. Make it happen. See it happening in your mind and hold onto that as you pass through the waves along the way. It most likely won't be easy but it will be invigorating and energizing and exhilarating and remind of you of what truly being alive is all about.

If doing it for yourself is not enough, then focus on someone else that you would go to bat for. But do it now. Someone, somewhere in this world is waiting for you to step up to change their life for the better :)

In order to get what you really, really want,

you've got to want what you already have.

Elisabeth Fayt

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"BEES shouldn't be able to fly, however,

BEES fly anyway

because they don't care what human's think is impossible...

I AM like the BEES!"

Alan Hickman

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough, and more.

It turns denial into acceptance,

chaos to order, confusion to clarity.

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home,

a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense... of our past,

brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." 

Melody Beattie

"Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment,

 are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment.

There is a hidden meaning behind all events,

and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution." 

 Deepak Chopra