Each day, as you ascend from the depths of sleep and wake up to the light of a new day, you have the opportunity to try something new and different. It can be as simple as making a decision to eat something different for breakfast, to drive to work on a different route, to change some pattern that you are so married to that you think you can’t do without it. Try breaking away from one of those things you so rely on. Make today the beginning of something new. Break away from the needs of the old self and dare a new self to come forth as you declare a new way of doing things. Starting a new day in a new way is a time worn tradition, one that is well worth taking up!
Reluctance is a natural state for a human being to take. It is an act of choice. Mostly it is based in fear, or shame, or a combination of the two. When it’s time to finally act and take a leap, change will ask that you let go of your fear and that you let go of your shame. What are they anyway but ideas implanted in your mind from old experiences and old patterns of learned behavior. They are well worth depositing on the side of the road that you are journeying on, too heavy and depressing to carry forth into new life. Make a decision today to let go of one small fear, and a little bit of that shame, and see what happens.
All change happens internally as much as it happens externally. You are a being of constant change. Within your own body things are constantly changing, replenishing; some things are dying off and other things are growing anew. This is what change is all about; it is a constant, it never stops. Sometimes you are in a place to accept and allow for change while at other times you are reluctant and resistant to change, and this is all very natural. You have free choice so, of course, you may decide you are not ready for change just yet. But change is always ready for you! Whenever you are ready to tap into it, it is there waiting for you.
Remain committed to your path of heart, to your path of growth and change. There is no better path than a path of constant yearning for change and evolution. Look at the world around you, how it changes constantly. You too are of that same changing world and you too are imbued with that same spirit of constant change. Let it come about naturally. Let the changes that want to emerge from within you come about in a natural way. First be open and allowing of change. Prepare yourself to accept what comes to you and be ready for anything, because when you open up and ask for change, you will get it. It takes nerves of steel to weather through the torrents of change, but you know you have such nerves, and the guts to take on the task. Remember this as you begin a new day of change.
Sit quietly and listen to the flow of your heart, to how it slows down and beats calmly when you tell it to go into the flow of life, into the flow of the calm air around you, and how it begins to hold itself in a steady state of persistent peacefulness. Let it be as it is. Without tension or intention, just be with the sound of your heart.
How can you love yourself when you are so imperfect? How can you possibly grow when you fail so often? How can you expect miracles when you are so caught in mundane worldly habits?
Begin by letting go of those questions, those judgments, those ideas of self. You are whole and perfect as you are. You are where you are right now, and that is perfect.
Let your mind be still, your inner critic quiet for just a moment as you reach for something new. Let your mind relax into not doing. Let your heart open and your innocence ask for guidance. In your innocence you are perfect.
In this state of perfect innocence allow your breath to be easy and natural. Let it just do its magic. See how magical you are? Your breath shows you this. Where does it come from and how does it keep on flowing? That is the magic of you.
Allow your eyes to soften their gaze, your muscles to relax, your thoughts to cease. Just be with each calm and slow breath, with each beat of your heart, with each soft puff of air as it enters and leaves your nostrils. Let yourself sit quietly with the calm and perfect self that you are in this moment. Nothing else matters.
As you sit with your perfect self, begin to allow a new idea to enter your mind: I am perfect. I am perfect. I am perfect.
Each day you are the perfect person to live the life you are in, the perfect self for the day. There is no need to be anyone else. Just be yourself. As you wake up each morning state your intention: I am perfect today as I am.
Allow your body, your mind, your spirit to be in the flow of the day as it comes, whatever comes. Without struggle address what comes up, because that is what is perfect for the day. There is no need to resist, to fight or to be angry. Just be with what is. This is the day I am granted and it is perfect.
Let your perfect day be fulfilled in the most perfect way. Accept it with open arms and heart: it is the perfect day for what needs to be done and for what I need to learn. Today is perfect.
Notice how calm you become as you ponder taking this attitude to each day. Come what may, I am okay! Come what may, I am okay!
May you be calm. May you be safe. May you be peaceful. May you be happy.
