Wanting what we need for our spiritual growth is often times the most difficult challenge. We have grown up in a “What can you do for me?” society, and the program is embedded in our brain like each and every synapse. When we don’t get what we want, we suffer because we “think” that our life is NOT going in a way that we “think” it SHOULD. We have forgotten...GRATITUDE.
“Breathe into your own divinity and celebrate with the champagne of gratitude!”
No matter what is going on in your life, you will ALWAYS have a reason to be grateful.
And yet, gratitude is often the last emotion we embrace while going through a challenge because we are choosing to resist the “what is” instead of welcoming it. I know this tale all too well, suffering with resistance instead of breathing through the pain. Screaming, Why me?” rather than inviting, “Why not me?” We hear Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote reverberating through our heads... “That which does not kill us makes us stronger,” and often in our moments of despair, we often do not want to be braver. Heck, we sometimes don’t even want to be alive.
It is in these desperate times that we could experience the power of the heart and surrender by welcoming the opportunity. With just one breath of gratitude and celebrating the essence of whom we really are, we can change our life forever and bring ourselves back to our heart and to the truth. And when all else fails, I have Cinnamon to remind me...
“Kathleen, ‘thinking’ will get you into trouble. Be still. Close your eyes. Breathe deeply, and let the love that is in you surface. No matter who you are, love is there in you. Release it and know the of joy of expressing it. Do it now.”
Sounds too simple, right? Love is simple. We can read about love all day long, attend seminars, go to church, meditate, and practice yoga. Still, it is to be experienced by the ones who are thirsty enough to create the willingness to receive it. I was not only thirsty– I was parched. Divine timing is perfect. I clearly needed to repeatably test my ego until I had suffered enough (everyone’s threshold to suffering is unique).
When I create the experience of love, it takes me everywhere, the ride of my life, and there is no turning back. I know too much, and the price is too high to live continually in the fear cycle. Sure, life’s challenges will continue to show up and there will always be opportunities to choose love with gratitude and claim the peace we deserve. We will turn our troubles into triumphs and stop looking in terms of “good” and “bad” because we will simply experience the what IS...that love works. Now and always.
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