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I was more than a little shocked at one point when I realized that I was afraid to let my inner light shine. I really wasn’t even aware that I had this fear, but once I became aware of it, I also began to see how upside-down our thinking often is regarding this.

It can seem like playing small is humility, but it’s actually the exact opposite; humility allows the immeasurable light within to shine forth. This light isn’t something we made; it has nothing to do with anything we’ve done or not done. We have nothing to do with it because it’s not Continue Reading »

Start fresh…

Yesterday is gone. No matter what happened yesterday, it remains yesterday. It doesn’t define us and doesn’t make us what we are. I know it’s commonly said that the past brings us to where we are and to what we are, but there’s a higher way of seeing and living; we can go beyond even this and see that what we are isn’t Continue Reading »

Like the Sun, the light is always shining within, but sometimes we have to pass through some dark clouds to see it.

Hang on. Don’t be fooled by the darkness; when we pass through, it’s sometimes an indication that we are moving closer to that light. We will never be left in the dark. We all push through eventually and blossom. It’s our destiny to blossom.

I know it can seem challenging, but the best way I’ve seen to pass through those dark clouds is Continue Reading »

Better days…

Better days don’t just come; they require our participation and willingness to allow them to come into our experience. It’s not blind faith or some sort of wishcraft.

Better days tomorrow are found by what I do today, in this moment. Every moment offers a fresh opportunity for these “better days,” but it’s something Continue Reading »

Wakey, wakey!

It’s the first day of spring, and it’s about bloomin’ time! Wakey, wakey! It’s time to blossom.

Press pause…

Almost. This morning I realized the wreath is still hanging on the front door. Oopsie.

Today I will be looking at everything as an opportunity to grow, go deeper, shine brighter…and to bloomin’ blossom.

We don’t always see this, but within everything that happens, there’s an opportunity to grow and go deeper. When our life seems to play on repeat, we are simply getting another chance because we didn’t take it the first, second, or third time. Oopsie. Continue Reading »

One of the most common misconceptions about meditation is that we must stop our thoughts. I’ve heard so many people proclaim that they can’t meditate because, try as they might, they can’t stop thinking. On the contrary, meditation isn’t about not thinking. The more we try to do this, the louder and crazier the thoughts will become. Why? Think of your thoughts as shadows on a wall, and when you raise your fists to fight them, what happens? They fight back. The more you fight them, the more they will fight back because they are merely shadows. So what do we do? Continue Reading »

Why do we even want to meditate? Imagine you are in a little box floating in the infinite universe. All that you know is in this box. It’s dark and tiny, and you are searching around in this little box for answers and solutions to your problems—solutions that can only be found outside the box. Outside the box is infinite, limitless beauty, light, joy, and peace—everything you are searching for inside the box, is everywhere and all around the box.

When I began to see this, I saw that it was no wonder that all I felt was a constant disappointment; I was looking for something where it didn’t exist. I began to see that to find what I was seeking; I had to look to where it was. 

Mediation is a practice that helps allow cracks in that little dark box. Light only needs the tiniest sliver to shine through. It’s what it does. It does this automatically when we allow space for it. It’s all very simple, but in a box of complexity, we have to learn simplicity and practice it. Continue Reading »