The Past

 

THE PAST

Over the span of our lifetime we experience major ups and downs. Some experiences stick with us like they happened yesterday. Twenty years can go by yet we still remember the sounds, the smells, and what we were feeling as if we were right back in the moment. These experiences were not there to make us get "stuck". They are there to help us to continue to stretch and grow as human beings. 

There are takeaways from everything we go through in life but we are not meant to carry around the burden of them, just the lesson. When we can use these ups and downs as lights along our path, we understand where we are headed. We end up with a sense of peace because we are not dragging the emotions with us, just the calm and the steadfastness we have come to learn that are at our core and are unshakable.

Let Go

Let Go
It's is time to let go - 
Let go of any anger you are holding on to from the past
Let go of any goals that do not elevate your soul
Let go of any expectations that aren't obtainable
Let go of people who don't leave you feeling better
Let go of projects that you are not going to complete
Let go of memories that are harmful to your growth
Let go of trying to control your life or other people
Let go of the criticisms in your head about yourself 
Let go of the hope that the past can be different
Let go of that which weighs you down

This is a time to free yourself in every area. Get rid of anything that is taking up space that should no longer be there be it things, situations, or even people.  It's time to unblock yourself and finally be free.

Crisis

Crisis
If you look up the latin root of crisis, it means "to separate, sift".  Sit on that for a second ... to separate, sift. Words are powerful and understanding where they came from can give us even more insight into a situation we are going through. To separate, sift.  Right now separation is what is keeping people safe. It's not what we are used to but in this time of social distancing, we have had to give up a lot. Our crazy busy daily lives of running from place to place and thing to thing suddenly stopped. Our overbooking ourselves to please other people came to an abrupt end. Our spending on things we don't need but thought would make us happy has halted. What's left? Well, what we are left with is something even greater - the truth. We have been stripped down to our core of our beliefs about the world, about ourselves and about each other. False evidence that appeared real (FEAR) has separated from the truth. We have been forced to go back to basics. We are reconnecting to what matters to us and letting everything else separate from our lives. We are sifting out the meaningful from the fake. We are letting go of any false beliefs we held about ourselves. It's time we separate anything in our lives that is not giving us life! We will never be the same but that doesn't mean we can't come out stronger, better, more grounded, and above all more real than before. Sift on that!