An Aspect of Love

Love is never entrapment, never control. Love is realizing the completeness within ourselves. It is leaving someone free to be themselves and accepting and Loving them as they come and as they are. We must walk our own paths and as we walk we must allow all others to walk their own as well. The beauty of life is that we are all different, living different lives and different experiences for the greater good of all, of everything.

We can liken ourselves as individual leaves that call home to the sprawling branches of a mighty oak tree; though we may not touch each other directly, our actions still affect the trunk - our home, Universe. Though we may Love another leaf on our branch, we can not expect them to dance joyfully in the wind if they do not wish or want to and we must Love them anyway because Love is acceptance, allowing others to be exactly who they are.

We don't have to like or Love the actions of others, but laying judgement is inappropriate as judgement suggests that there is only one way to live and experience life correctly, and we each inherently know that this is simply not true. Their experience is authentically their own, just as our experience is our own and all experiences must be had for Universe as a whole to experience all possibilities; each leaf, each branch for the greater good of the whole tree.

As Summer transitions to Autumn, the mighty Oak leaves do as well. The different shades of green slowly transition into vibrant reds, oranges, yellows, deep browns and various hues of a previous green. Each leaf is an individual, not one the same and each leaf's colour brings a Universal glory to that mighty Oak like no other.

As leaves of the mighty Oak in different hues and colours, we are individual experiences in a grand Universe; each must be had, each is acceptable, each is worthy of Love. If we can not co-exist with another without judgement, without our own expectations being laid all over the other, then we must be selfless, Loving and walk away; making another effort to Love and accept ourselves. It is our own expectations placed on others in the name of Love that cause relationships of all kinds to fail. Those expectations are created and supported by unLoving ourselves; this unLove being created by someone else placing expectations and rejecting who we are as individuals.

To move forward in Love, we must transmute the unLove we have each experienced into complete acceptance and Love for ourselves. Only then can we be accepting and Loving towards all others.

No expectations, only Love.

Meet Mistake, Meet A Loving Family

When meeting the pain that is Mistake, one should seek and find Gratitude as both are your true friends. They care enough to introduce you to Opportunity, who carries offerings from Choice to evolve into someone better than you were before you had met Mistake.

Mistake, Gratitude, Opportunity, and Choice; they are all siblings in the family of Love.

A Profound Revelation - New View

I will begin by stating that I believe we each evolve on our own timelines throughout life by way of experiences; growing and changing for better or worse, but evolving by choice alone. It is the people, places and things that we encounter on our paths that assist in these changes of body, mind and spirit. How we react to and proceed following these encounters defines who we become and what we achieve throughout our lives. Changes can be both positive or negative, but ultimately it is the mindset of our choosing that create the opportunities for growth and evolution.

The revelation that came to me last night began during a visit with an acquaintance. We were discussing my sleeping habits, or really, lack thereof. During that conversation, I realized that I have always looked outwardly for the motivation to set my biological clock in motion. I mentioned a job that was ill suited for me and the resentment I had in waking at such a dreadful hour each morning, yet my body's internal clock kept waking me and it was a miserable experience. I recalled how upon leaving that job, I decided that my motivation to put my clock back in motion would have to be something that I found rewarding, but I was not able to see the greater picture at that time or recognize what that motivation should be.

What I had not come to realize until last night is that I was always seeking a short term motivator with more immediate gratification from outside of myself all of these years. For example, while I was in Spain recently, I began waking naturally at dawn within just a few days, simply because there was so much to do and see. Not that I always got up right away, but I was motivated and excited by the possibilities of a new place. Upon my return to the States and after my body had recovered from jet lag, I was again naturally waking just as the sun began to rise, but because I had not come to the revelation of my truest motivation, I would just return to my sleep and wake later.

It is not the outside motivation but my inner lifetime goals that should be the motivator for inspiring the discipline to regulate my sleeping patterns and set my biological clock in motion again. Although I know it will be challenging to create such a discipline, having already a vision of my goals, hopes, dreams and desires, I now possess the proper motivation to take action. With the ability to already maintain harmonic, joyful discipline in other areas of my life a better defined biological clock could very well be this way as well! #Mindset!

Later, we were discussing some of the immediate stress they were under as they are working towards achieving one of their educational goals. I was prompted by Source to inquire how much they really wanted it.

THAT is the question to ask ourselves daily! How badly do we want to achieve our goals in life? For me, my current lack of discipline with my sleep cycle is an obstacle I am placing in my own way, slowing my progress as I move forward. I could potentially reach some of them if I kept with the routine I currently enjoy, but at what sacrifice?

The goals we set for ourselves in life must be our motivation, whether long or short term and somehow, despite the fact that I have successfully achieved other goals and aspirations in the past, I was not seeing how my lack of discipline in this one simple aspect of my life was preventing me from aligning with and attaining some of my most important life long goals.

As someone who enjoys the freedom of the night, I have a bit of work ahead of me. Those of you who know me personally are aware of my determination once the moment strikes. Wish me well as I wish for you in working towards and achieving each of your goals!

With Gratitude.

Claire