LET GO, LET IN, LET SPIRIT! Get YOURSELF together!
I want to keep the high hopes and momentum going by talking with you about your plans for 2008.
I want you to think of what you want, I want you to think of ways to obtain those things and reach those goals and then I want you to be proactive and have faith. You can do this, believe in yourself. Make realistic goals and don't give up.
LETTING GO: You have to do BETTER than TRY. When it comes to your future, trying is not good enough. YOU HAVE TO DO! No one is going to DO IT for you. No one is going to give what you need, except for you, God and the universe. Let Go of harmful people, places and things. The more you LET GO of it, the more you have room to LET IN 'Goodness.' If you are filled to the brim with resentment, depression, anger, hostility and confusion then where in the WORLD is there room inside of you for LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS, JOY, AND CLARITY?!!! Our bodies and spiritual systems ARE NOT Capacity limitless. Our temples need special attention and care. Just like a container, we have a point where we are full. Do you know what happens to trash when you keep trying to stuff more and more trash into a garbage can? NOTHING happens to the trash, it simply spills over but that garbage bag-that container, which represents us-our temples, busts at the seams. It STINKS, because garbage is piling up. Our 'stench' is stress, drama and our issues. We have too much on our plates and we allow too many people and situations to run over us.
We don't make time for ourselves or we ONLY think about ourselves. There has to be a healthy medium. Come on now, empty that trash. LET GO of the TRASH! Stop holding on to what Susie did to you in 1983. It is OVER! Stop talking about what your husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend, sister or brother, did to you two years ago! Let go of that toxic relationship or move past it. If you are still with him/her, and he/she is still doing the same things, don't blame him/her, blame yourself for still being available to take the abuse. You have made a choice to continue to deal with that person. That is simply a fact. Now, I know that this may hurt but 2008 is YOUR year. The only way you are going to get what you deserve and turn yourself around is to hear the TRUTH.
STOP BLAMING OTHER PEOPLE FOR YOUR TRASH!!! You are the one that collected it. I have collected my own, you have collected your own. You saw it was 'TRASH' before you picked it up or maybe you didn't, but once 'it' started to stink, you still held on to it. We hold on to pain, the past, toxic people and relationships because we are comfortable with it. We have to become uncomfortable in order to make the transformation. What trash you may say?
...THAT REPEATIDLY CHEATING MAN OR WOMAN, THAT FRIEND THAT KEEPS STABBING YOU IN THE BACK, THAT JOB THAT YOU REFUSE TO USE TO MOTIVATE YOU TO FIND ANOTHER JOB WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HATE IT AND GOD MADE AND INTENDED YOU FOR MORE!, THAT COMPULSION TO LIE TO OTHERS, THAT JEALOUS STREEK, ALL OF IT! IT IS TRASH!!! THROW...IT....OUT!!!! THAT NASTY ATTITUDE!, THAT BITTERNESS, THAT DESIRE TO SEE OTHERS SUFFER AND STRUGGLE BECAUSE YOU MAY BE! (Misery loves company)Allowing yourself to be walked on, by others. Not having any confidence, IT IS TRASH! GET...RID...OF...IT!!!
LETTING IN: Let inside of you, the faith to believe that you CAN achieve your goals. If you want to lose 30 lbs by the summertime, not only is that do-able, you could even exceed your target weight loss. If you want to find a new relationship, start cleaning out your own spiritual closet- and watch and see what happens. You have to LET IN good things. We have to be careful about what we let into our minds, bodies and spirits.
If you listen to garbage, you will be filled with garbage: negative people (arguing, horrible gossip etc.), negative television (soap operas when our own lives are in shambles ect), negative music (music that insults women, relationships etc.), websites and negative books. I am not saying stop watching the news and listening to 'adult' music etc. There is nothing wrong with playing a video game that may have some violent elements or reading a great Stephen book. The problem comes in when that is the majority of what our lives are filled with. What I am saying is do not over-do it. We are influenced and absorb the things in our environment. Do not allow your 'diet' to be only the news, people harming other people etc. (in movies etc.)
HERE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE: Have you ever noticed that if you are on the train, bus or driving to work, if you are listening to music that is loud, has a dance beat etc. that when you get to work, you seem more amped? You feel more motivated? What about when you are in the shower or tub? You may have some smooth 70s, neosoul, jazz or classical music playing and you are about to fall asleep in there because you are so relaxed. It is because that music has not only set your mood- it has soaked itself into your Subconscious and 'programmed' you to have certain responses. If you have been arguing with someone all morning at work or home- that is your 'music' for the day and chances are very high, the rest of your day you will be angry, anxious or depressed until you turn on some new 'soul music'. You have to LET IN GOODNESS to HEAL the "bad music' you heard earlier in the day. This is why aromatherapy, yoga etc. are so popular now. Every day, living in this hustle and bustle country, we are stressed out. Our jobs, our families, our love lives, our finances are relationship with our Creator is impaired. We become impaired and spiritually handicapped and don't realize it. Then, when you add negativity from outside sources to that, you have polluted yourself.
We feel tired, not realizing that our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual bank accounts are on E. We are only running on fumes. So LET IN goodness. The more GOODNESS you let in, the better you can handle stress.
Exercise, try to eat right, do not engage in drama or damaging gossip, cut off and destroy relationships with people, places and things that are sucking your energy. This could be an addiction to drugs or a person that continuously compromises the trust of your relationship. Life is too short! I can not stress that enough. None of us are promised tomorrow. I personally, have no desire to spend my last day on earth, which could be today, Lord forbid, fighting, arguing and crying.
LETTING SPIRIT: After you open your door to LET GO, so that flow can be fluid, and you LET IN so that you can be prepared to receive new blessings, then you need to LET SPIRIT. Once you have CLEANED up yourself, you can invite SPIRIT OVER for a chat. It is like a guest. You wouldn't invite a very important guest to your home without cleaning it up first would you?
I am a very neat and tidy person for the most part- but we all HAVE something that needs to be gotten up before someone comes over, or cleaned. That is human nature but I am speaking figuratively. I am talking about your housekeeping on the INSIDE of you. Your Spirit is like the Celebrity of the universe! It is your's! It is a big deal! It's a star, you are a star! It needs red carpet treatment.Once you let that Spirit come in, then you will allow the universe to work it's magic. ASK FOR IT AND BELIEVE YOU WILL RECEIVE IT! However, you slow this process down if your place isn't clean and open for business. It is like asking someone to come in your house and help you with a project. If you have things all over the floor, counter, the laundry piled up, toys and clothes all over the place, old food laying about- how in the world will they be able to get in there, get in there real good, if they have no room to work?! And more importantly, WHY would you ask for something when there is no room for it to be placed anywhere once you receive it because you have too much clutter and mess?!
You ask for a loving relationship but are you convinced you truly deserve one? Do you know what to do with it once you receive it?Is there room in your life for one? Are you able to accept and embrace a person that truly loves you or are you just in love with the idea of it??? What do you have to offer to someone romantically? Are you DBR? (Damaged Beyond Repair)? Now I personally, believe that everyone is 'fixable' but the key point is that, not everyone wants to be fixed and we can not fix anyone but ourselves. What we can do is help eachother, if someone wants help but the fixing has to come from within that person. They have to have a desire for it. No one is perfect, we all have our shortcomings and flaws but some people are Predators. That means we have no time or room for them in our lives. They are our trash. There is no sense in holding onto trash, even if you've gotten used to it and you love it. Trash creates clutter and causes there to be no room for blessings or real love.
I am not saying that any human being is trash. We are created by the Supreme so, we can not be literally trash. What I am saying is that their soul can be contaminated and 'trashy'. If that is the case- then you are in trouble if you are dealing with them in any capacity. 'Trashy' people, soulwise, will suck your energy right out of you. I have been through what many of you have been through and then some. I am fully aware of how hard it is to let go of someone that you love dearly even though you know energy wise, they are killing and draining you. I know what it is like to stay in a situation, rather it is a job or whatever, because you don't think you have anywhere else to turn. IF YOU WERE DESIGNED FROM GREATNESS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO TURN, AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT! GOD DOES NOT LEAVE US HERE ALONE! You are NOT an ISLAND!
LET GO, LET IN, LET SPIRIT.
Now, in January 2008, let's GET TO WORK!
BE BLESSED,
AZURE DAWN