Thrive, Even Amongst Tangles
If in doubt, take a break
Thrive, Even Amongst Tangles
If in doubt, take a break…
Struggling to write today
Ironically, my intention to blog about moving from the darkness of resistance into the sunlight of Love sent me right into the shadowlands this morning!
Even as I was shivering my way through my ‘blog-bog’, I could see the splendour of it. Words don’t teach do they? We can only help others through shared experience.
So, there I was. In a miserable state. Nothing of value to say. Feeling disheartened, alone, bereft. Putting pressure on myself to ‘get it done right’.
I journaled and meditated upon it. What came next wrote itself. Here’s what I posted to friends…
I was in a bit of a teary heap this morning. A Step 1 (asking, from a place of ‘unwanted’) moment, for sure.
I talked with my Dream Team. Abraham, my husband and all the Great Ones…
I journaled.
I found myself using the word ‘tangled’ to describe my thoughts and emotions.
I swear I’ve never used that word in 14 months of journaling.
I listened.
Meditated.
Listened some more.
My vibration began to lift as I focused on stillness and on the Source within.
I asked, ‘Ok Folks, lots to do today, still a bit wobbly, what do you recommend?’
‘Have a chocolate!’ the reply.
Something, or someone (hmmm, I wonder who!) prompted me to look closer at the beautiful box the chocolates came in.
There was a small, perforated square of card that clearly wanted to be detached and taken from the box.
I lifted it to the light.
It said,
‘Thrive, even amongst tangles.’
O boy!
We are most gloriously loved!
WOW!
Wowetty-wow! The more alignment-focused we become, the more these moments become the norm. We are not lifted above the shadowlands. We don’t avoid them.
We learn to love the shadowlands. They have their pivotal place… Can you see how my teary blog-bog created this exquisite happening, which then wrote the blog I’m now offering to you?
Glorious isn’t it?
In ‘Don’t Battle Your Resistance’, we expanded on Steven Pressfield’s wonderful metaphor of the tree of creation (and desire) casting its inevitable shadow — resistance.
Appreciating the guidance darkness brings means we can learn to love it rather than battle it. Instead of making myself ‘get on with my work’ today, I focused the time on loving the shadowlands instead.
The result — exquisite understanding. Unimaginable synchronicity. A tangible beauty to offer you as concrete evidence that appreciating ourselves into alignment works.
How do we love our shadowlands?
By knowing they direct us back into the light.
By caring more about feeling good than about facing reality or ‘getting stuff done’.
By reaching for joy, whatever it takes.
My morning turned from the sad to the sublime. Why? Because I focused attention on loving what the sadness was guiding me towards.
I was sad because I felt alone. Alone and uninspired. As if I had nothing to offer you, or at least, no clarity about how to express it.
Instead of pushing through, I stopped to acknowledge those feelings. I wrote them down. I loved them for what they were showing me.
The feelings were testament to the tree of my desire.
I wanted this beautiful blog to be a treasure. A joy.
But… I knew the inspiration that would take. I doubted I could align with its Source.
I wanted to write with Love, in Love, through Love. A true joint venture.
Instead I felt foolish and alone. I wept as I put pressure on myself.
Walk away from the tree
My negative emotions, those shadows from my desire-tree, compelled me to focus on what I did want. The misery of imagining myself alone and uninspired made me decide to imagine the opposite instead.
After journalling, some pivoting… I know what I don’t want, which tells me what I am creating, in my imagining. Once I’m imagining, I can choose to enjoy…
The shadows say, ‘You’re delusional.’
I say, ‘Good. I want joy more than reality.’
The shadows say, ‘You’ll never make it.’
I say, ‘Great. I can feel good anyway.’
The shadows say, ‘You’ve nothing to give.’
I say, ‘Good. I get to Love my day, come what may.’
Then, I walk away from the tree…
This is a powerful step. Get away from the tree for long enough to feel sunshine once more warm your bones. Meditation is wonderful for putting a space between yourself and your desire for a few moments at least.
Prioritise joy above all else
Find what you can easily appreciate. Love, love, love, love, LOVE. Get into the vibration of love. Enthusiasm. Delight.
Don’t think your way there. Feel your way there.
What you appreciate, appreciates.
Get into Love, on any topic. Stay there as long as you can.
What follows, will surely delight you.
Sending you love, as always.
If you’d like help finding your way into the sunshine, get in touch. It would be a joy to encourage you inward.
Acknowledgement: My blogs, my life and my coaching are based on appreciating many wondrous teachings but most particularly those of Abraham-Hicks.