Change may be instigated by what is happening outside you, but change can really only happen inside the self. That which is going on outside comes to guide, inspire, and incite. The catalyst to real change, however, comes from the desire of your spirit to be awoken and to become a participant in your life. Spirit belongs not only to you but to everyone, a shared being connected to your personal journey but equally connected to all that is, for in spirit nothing is personal, for the personal does not matter, only the journey to wholeness matters.

In turning focus inward, discover your personal secrets so that you may free yourself of them and free your spirit as well. Your spirit is your agent of change within, yet there is another part of you that must wake up to its call and join it on its journey. That part is consciousness. In becoming conscious of spirit and all that is, your life will change. Is this not what you seek, the change that will turn your life in a new direction? The change that will bring you your all?

All that you are, that you will be, exists within you at this moment. Your true potential is unlimited. Seek and you shall find. Ask and you shall receive. From your heart’s request will come your spirit’s reply.

Reconfirm your existence each day. You belong here. You are as worthy of life as every other creature. You matter. Make of your life an abundant journey, knowing that you make an impact upon the Earth and among all creatures by your every thought, action, and deed, by your every word. Your breath alone has impact.

Stand upon the Earth’s surface and accept your beingness, your integrity and your intelligence to live a life of meaning. Know that everything you do impacts everything else. Just as a rainy day impacts you, your moods and movements, so do you impact each day too as you move through it bringing it yourself.

Reconfirm your existence, your right to learn and grow, your very beingness and then align with the beauty and bounty of the natural world, reconnecting with nature to learn best how to proceed on your path of heart. When you walk in the world you walk upon the heart of the Great Mother and she embraces you. Do the same for her. Treat her with respect, knowing that just as she is your Great Mother so are you her child. She accepts your existence and wishes you only well.

The energy of each day is cultivated to teach, nurture, and sustain you and your life’s journey. Do not dismiss the various moods and happenings of each day’s unfolding, the ups and downs, what is going on inside and outside the self, for everything matters. You are part of the flow of life as much as the flow of life is part of you. You are synonymous with all that is and so all that occurs is of consequence and meant to advance you on your journey.

Your lessons come in all shapes and sizes, in each day’s moments, so take time to contemplate your lessons at each day’s passing and prepare yourself for those to come in similar contemplative manner. Know that yes, you are there to learn the lessons that Earth School teaches, a learner yearning for completion of your many tasks of your many lives.

When life laughs at you, laugh back. When life asks you to do something, do it with gusto! When life presents a challenge step out with determination, find your bearings, and give it your all. Life asks much of you, for that is life’s job, to take you on your journey, to mold you into a being worthy of its challenges. And your challenge is to take the journey presented, to walk the path before you fully participatory, consciously, and with awareness of the ultimate goal: to ascend beyond what life has to offer. For life itself can only offer so much. It gives you the framework for the journey of spirit, but it does not take the journey, only you can do that.

Life offers advice in its everyday unfolding, but only you can decide what to do with what you are presented with. Life may be filled with things that must be attended to, but on the other hand, life has little to offer, for the real work and the real path are inside each of you. Life points out the direction, but only you can choose to go there.

Give life every opportunity to guide you, but be your own guide along your own path of choice. That is what it means to utilize every opportunity and strike out on a path of meaning and heart, on the path your spirit knows is the right one.