I’ve been wanting to write to you and it has been an evolving process to find what I want to say. I am committed to remaining in deep connection with you, so here goes.
While I know many people cannot attend, I will be teaching a free class on “Why Your Writing Is Not Done Yet” In Annapolis, MD this Sunday and I am super excited. Please let me know if you’d like to attend. (Info here)
But what’s coming to me to share is that you hold the keys to your reality.
This is the message–and a joyful one–that I want you to know about.
Maybe you are aware that on social media, I share a weekly reading. The outlook this week is very positive. I know many people are feeling anxious and upset by the election happening today.
In fact yesterday I heard the Director of GRASSROOTS, a suicide prevention organization in Maryland, and he said they anticipate an increase in suicidal behavior after this election. It has been a ramping up of mental health problems as it has approached, which is an increase from previous elections as well. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts please direct them to check out this free app and hotline.
My heart goes out to anyone feeling upset today. Apologies if this note makes you feel upset but it seems too important not to mention. Several groups of people and I have spent time in prayer and energy work. I’m not affiliated with any religion but I believe in the power of setting a positive intention. I know many people are praying today across the planet.
Let’s be open to celebrating and appreciating the good things going on in our lives. Please protect yourself from negativity, if you need to avoid certain news sources today or facebook or want to seclude yourself, that is ok. If you want to be with friends or family, that is ok, too.
But most of all today I want to say: Let yourself have a lot of heart and a little bit of fire. We will all have lives that continue on tomorrow.
As we approach the new year, it is time to plant seeds and bulbs that will sprout later. But you won’t be able to plant the best seeds if you don’t know what is truly going to make you happy, and how can you know that if you don’t let yourself believe in something or believe good things are possible for YOU.
If you don’t let yourself want for something and get passionate about it because you can’t allow your heart to go there, then the door is going to be closed. YOU hold the key to your reality, by embracing a lot of heart and even just a little bit of fire, sweet Sofia.
Note that this has nothing to do with the election this is about letting yourself want things that are only about you. What do you want? Why do you want it?
There’s a special quality of apathy that sets in after we have been disappointed that keeps us confused and stuck. Be careful to notice this. I invite you to see those places of apathy, sit with them, and explore how to heal so that you can have a lot of heart and a little bit of fire in your life.
Sometimes guilt can set in and block us but we can turn it around. Yesterday as I heard the speaker talk about suicide in my graduate Loss and Bereavement Class at Loyola, I felt my whole body have a reaction. I realized that the fear I was feeling wasn’t just discomfort with the subject but I was feeling survivor’s guilt because my mother died indirectly from self-destructive actions. I’ve heard about survivor’s guilt a billion times but only now did I realize how it colors MY experience, and how it has gotten in my way.
Finding clarity on what was wrong turned everything around and I felt myself expanding and transforming–full of heart and a bit of fire, too. I know I instantly became a gift to the rest of my class by raising my vibration and that of the room. A fellow student reflected to me about my uplifting presence today. But I have been through a lot, and I know that this sort of shift is possible for us all.
If you as a creator, writer or entrepreneur need help feeling clear and fired up on what you are doing next, Contact Me. If it feels good we might have a conversation to see what you might need to hit something really important and make faster progress at it, too. Maybe I can help or maybe I know another source of assistance.
Please take care of yourself today. Be open to possibility and look to see where you can open your heart, feel the fire and celebrate your every success.
