Of all the miracles we get to witness on a daily basis, the most phenomenal has to be the body, mind, and soul of each being on earth.

A sperm and an egg met up at the exact right moment for you to be given life. Miracle. A woman carried you inside herself and delivered you from her body after nine months. Miracle. You became the person who is reading this today. Miracle. Eventually you will die when it is your time. Miracle. 

While we are here we get judged and we judge one another. But the things we have in common that are often overlooked is how we all started the same and how we will all end the same. Maybe take some time while you can to see yourself in others and the miracle that you and they truly are. <3

I grew up feeling worthless. My childhood was fraught with all the abuses that no child should ever have to know. As an adult I gravitated towards abusive people, because that's where my "comfort" zone was. 

In my twenties I had my first aha moment that lead me to start walking away from toxic people. As I matured and continued to remove toxic people from my life I felt freedom for the first time and I loved it.

I made a deal with myself to always walk away from anything that tried to steal my freedom. It was a huge learning curve to retrain my brain to trust that I am a worthy being. Today, I keep my circle of loved ones tight and can live a life of peace that was by my design. <3

I use this phrase a lot: Where your focus goes, your energy flows. This means both good and bad energy.

When you invite negativity into your life and you harbour it there, that is what will continue to come your way.

When you invite positivity into your life and you harbour it there, that is what will continue to come your way.

Common denominator: You! It is your choices and your choices alone that direct your life. If you focus on good, you get good. If you focus on bad, you get bad. It's all up to you. Always has been and always will be. <3

The trade off for aging is that you gain a whole pile of wisdom. I've often wondered why we aren't wise when we are young. Why do we have to wait so long to be given the gift of understanding? Now that I'm older and wiser it is clear to me why growing into one's self is so important. 

It truly is something special to uncover all the wisdom you have inside from birth. It is fascinating to me how the wisdom unravels and reveals itself, but only when you have earned it. The way to earning wisdom is through giving up worrying about things that don't really matter. 

Wisdom also comes when you give up control of things that aren't yours to control. Wisdom comes when you trust that something bigger than yourself is working for you, not against you. Wisdom comes when you realize that your choices are yours regardless of how many people you want to blame for them. Wisdom comes when you recognize that peace is better than chaos. Wisdom comes when you accept that you really matter only to yourself. <3

Self-love, self-esteem, self-compassion, are you able to do these things? Can you accept your weaknesses as you accept your strengths? Are you okay with regarding yourself highly and yet humbly at the same time?

Loving yourself isn't easy. The same way that its not easy to love another being. The reason for this is because you don't know yourself, the same way that you don't know the other being. 

Start with getting to know yourself before looking over at someone else's attempts to do the same. Focus on your "stuff" and how its affecting your life and leave others to do the same. 

Use your time on this earth wisely. We are here for a brief moment, so enjoy every bit of it. The space you occupy now will eventually be filled with another soul, make the most of that space while you are here. <3

Why me? This is a question we ask of ourselves a lot. The answer: Why not you?

No one gets by in this life unscathed. You might think there are people who don't deal with life's harshness, but just because you don't see it doesn't mean its not there. 

No one has achieved perfection regardless of where they may be in their status in life. Money and material items do not mean perfection. They are simply things that get left behind when you leave this earth. The only thing with you while you are dying,..is you. 

Will you be proud of the life you lived? Will you have any regrets? Will you leave this earth knowing you were the best possible being that you could be? Did you become the being you were supposed to be?

Be teachable. Be a learner. Be the being you were meant to be. <3

As much as we are creatures of habit, we are also a species that deals with constant change. If your mind is open, you will respect why change is necessary. If your mind is closed, you will resist change to your own detriment.

It's a fine balance between what should stay and what should leave from one's life. How do you know which is which?

Does it, he, she, bring you joy?
Does it, he, she, feel like a blessing?
Does it, he, she, bring meaning to your life?

If you've answered no to any of these questions, it is time to assess and determine your steps forward. Stay or go...the two hardest decisions a being will ever have to make. <3

My most profound AHA moments have been when I discovered that I've been lied to by well meaning people. At first I was annoyed that someone would lie to me, but as I grew in my wisdom I came to understand why they did what they did. They didn't know any better.

For example, the sun does not rise and the sun does not set. The earth is moving, not the sun. We turn to face the sun, the sun does not move at all. So, why do we keep saying, sunrise and sunset? Well, because someone way back "then" said it was that way and we all followed along. 

When I put my ego (know it all) aside and opened my mind (easily swayed) aside, I (the watcher of my thoughts) was able to discern and come up with logical understandings. To be able to do this requires empathy and a willingness to trust yourself that you know more than you give yourself credit for. What truth do you hold that you wonder sometimes if its true? Go ahead and look at the other side of your truth and see if that side makes more sense. That AHA moment you have will change your life. <3

Where your focus goes, energy flows! This is the truth.

When I was younger my impatience was a flaw that caused me to be in unnecessary situations. I was messing where I shouldn't have been messing. As my self-awareness grew I came to understand that I was in control of my thoughts and most importantly I was in control of how my focus and energy worked.

My wisdom taught me to strategically use my thoughts to propel me to be where I wanted to be in life. 

Intention + Attention + Trust = Life Revealed

If your mind is consumed with negative, you will receive negative. If your mind is consumed with positive, you will receive positive. You are the master of your thoughts. Use them wisely. <3

This too shall pass, (but you get to determine how long it remains). It sure doesn't feel like "its" going to pass when you are in the throes of a dilemma or two, or a few, right? 

It's all about perspective in this life. There is always something to feel gratitude for even when you don't want to make yourself feel it. If you think you have nothing to be grateful for, be grateful that you are breathing. This means you are alive, you will overcome, you will learn, and you will thrive.

If you allow yourself to remain ungrateful, then you will extend your misery beyond what it needs to be. If you allow yourself to be grateful, your misery will be short-lived. You always get to determine either/or. <3