Who are you going to be today? Take up your warrior’s sword and cut away all that you are not until you arrive at the true self. Let this true self fully inhabit you today. Notice who this true self really is as you go through the day. Is it some combination of child/adult, masculine/feminine, objective thinker/worrisome feeler, active creator/calm meditator? Who is most real?

This is the warrior’s work, to decipher and bring forth the true self. With sword in hand allow only true words, thoughts, deeds, and feelings to dwell within and emerge and live without. This is the work of this day. Without overdoing anything be who you truly are.

Change is constant. In nature we observe this constancy, but we humans must be reminded that change is good for us, that it is indeed natural and that we really need it if we are to get anywhere in our lives. To really align with change we must become conscious. We must let ourselves change, accepting what comes to prod us along, though it is far better to be one step ahead, anticipating and preparing for the inevitable. It is also wise to instigate change for ourselves, but this takes extra energy and requires all of us, our creative self, our physical self, our mind and our spirit, as well as our full emotional participation. It is, however, the way to full change. If we are to turn the wheel of change we must put all we have into the task and give it a good push. That is where we are today. Ready to push?

If you are to remain grounded, daily adjustments are necessary. Look clearly and honestly at your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual states and make adjustments so that your truths may be faced, your mind made clear, your emotions tempered and your spirit rekindled. In the containment of your physical self all that you are exists and has its best opportunities and potentials for flourishment.

Continue to hone the body self so that all that you truly are may come into balance and alignment. Only then may you speak with authority. Only then will the radiance within truly be seen shining without. This is the work at hand.