Change

Last night I slept intermittently, waking frequently with busy dreams & my left hand asleep.  The sleeping arm started yesterday afternoon sometime, and it's still there as I type this message.  I imagine I've pinched something in my shoulder, and a long soak in the bathtub would sort it out.  Listening to my body has been something I've been "teased about" and "admired" for in varying quantities during my life.  In some capacity I have always believed my body (especially when in pain) was giving me clues to life's questions.  And it's been a puzzle I still have been unable to answer in many ways.  Well, are all the questions in life really meant to be answered?   

On Friday I wrote an email that said,

My mantra for the next while is supposed to be "walk in beauty", but also to step out in faith!  take action before I have all the answers without being ready!!

And then this morning while selecting my Angel Card reading from Kimberly Marooney, I receive this card:

 Change

Are you facing opportunities for change that are unexpected or unwanted?  Do you know that you need to change something in your life, but fear is making you hesitate?  The angel Change is reaching for your hand to lead you safely in a new direction.  Find the willingness to change by taking the next step in front of you.

Sometimes you need to change your life before you understand why....Is your mind torturing you? Do you need a change of perspective?  If you are having difficulty with a situation in your life, try looking at it from different perspectives until you find something that will help your mind relax and be patient.  Don't make yourself crazy while changes are happening.  Stop negative thoughts by focusing on something you know is TRUE.  Don't let your mind get hijacked by what could happen.

• Make commitments with yourself to take certain steps "by this date"
• If you're feeling stuck, remember you have choices.  Feelings of discomfort or anger creates the desire to change, and can be used to proper you forward.
• Pray when you feel stuck, fearful, frustrated or angry.  Ask the angel Change to reveal how this change will bring you closer to the light.
• Dance! Get moving faster than whatever it is that is pulling you back into inertia ~ Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson.  It's really worth watching the words.  I often get easily distracted by Michael Jacksons charisma, and I honestly don't think I'd really "heard" what he was saying in this song, until today.

• Allow the angel Change to lead you by the hand, and listen to the Sarah Brightman song, "Deliver Me"

As I move forward with the day, and the months ahead I see how I'll be able to incorporate these steps into my life.  A lot of what I'm working on is helping myself to change, but also encouraging others to as well.  Incorporating Change can be scary!  But it's also the only way to move forward.  Life isn't meant to be lived stagnantly.

~Loralee

p.s.  I'm still selecting a daily quote from Gary Zukav and "think New Now!"

Everything in the Universe moves toward ever-increasing awareness and freedom ~ Gary Zukav

I learn from my mistakes ~ think new now!

Are you playing your Best Game?

I wrote this letter (to myself?) on June 22, 2009, and referenced the music video you see above.
Ethan Lipton and his Orhestra:

Don't go with your song still inside you!

Let it guide you, everyday

We all know that it's good to be humble

but don't fumble

don't grumble

don't mumble..... your life away!

Have you looked inside recently?  Have you seen the clutter and jumble, the unwrapped gifts?  The crumpled papers and reminders?  Is there, a laundry list longer than your arm and a promise left unspoken?

It doesn't surprise me at all.  If you're anything like me, you've left a lot of things unsaid, unfinished or "unstarted".  But you know you've got to, right?

It's time to COME OUT!

You have a bigger game to play.  You have a calling, a passion, a desire ~ to help, to serve, to "solve a problem", to restore the confidence of one other human being.  You are being called to BE who YOU ARE!

Not what society thinks you should do.  Not the perfect mother, perfect business owner, perfect double income earner, perfect athlete with a perfect body,