I’m on vacation this week with my family at our home on Deer Isle, Maine. We’ve been joining together in August for decades and we all look forward to it.
Things have changed so much over the years and I can honestly say that my decision to change how I was interacting with everyone has changed the dynamic of the whole family.
We used to pick on each other – not a HUGE amount, but enough to start fights and make things unpleasant. Decades ago I decided to really focus on myself and stop the judgments, the comments, the complaints and to stop defending myself.
Honestly, I just couldn’t stand MYSELF anymore and I needed to change my whole approach to life. It didn’t happen overnight, but the dynamics of all my relationships began to change.
Now, most of the time we’re quite harmonious. We’ve had a few rough patches, but they were patches and not a constant grinding down. That’s over.
What I know for sure isthat holding grudges, keeping score, and all the ways that we live in the past are harmful to our having harmonious relationships. They are the ways that we play small and petty in our relationships. They are the ways that we withhold Love.
When we withhold Love, we suffer more than anyone else does.
Love is our lifeblood.
Love is our vitality.
Love is our brilliance and our Freedom from pain and suffering.
When we withhold Love we wither and, quite literally, die – spiritually. We can be revived, but we have to desire to thrive – and only Love brings that renewal.
People who withhold Love are playing small. Love is life-changing. Love is intelligent. Love is restorative. Love revives us because it’s what we are. It’s our true identity that dispels the illusion of a false identity.
I realized that I could go first when there was an upset – I could go first in apologizing, in turning the other cheek, in offering a loving gesture. In that, I found my power (Love) and I began to soar.
Life lets us know we’re on the higher track because of how it feels.
When we choose to be loving we’re going to naturally magnetize to us all manner of things that lift us higher into the flow of Love.
AND my Finding Freedom From Fear Spiritual Bootcamp with ACIM Principles is on a SUPER DUPER EARLY BIRD SPECIAL and if you combine it with Stop Playing Small you’ll get an EVEN BIGGER SAVINGS. Doing these two back to back is life-changing for most people who’ve done it.
If you feel you’ve been holding yourself back and letting fear decide, this might be your answered prayer!
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If this is right for you right now, Spirit will give you the nudge. Trust your intuition!
LATEST PODCAST EPISODE! The most recent episode of my podcast’s topic is about how Coping With Anger. When we’re managing and coping with anger then it means we’re not believing we can have a healing – but we can! In this episode I share about a path to healing that anger and moving out of just coping.
SATURDAY: FREE Forgiveness Workshop Saturday, August 26th! All are welcome – please share with friends and loved ones!
