Wear love and compassion on the outside, consciously, like a feathered cloak ruffling in the winds of each day, as natural as the tides, the sunrise and sunset, the moon and stars. Let this feathered cloak spread its wings throughout the day to carry you from incident to incident, showing you where love and compassion live within you and where to send it without. Use it, allowing it to take you to places you have never gone, to experiences you desire, and to interactions you only dream of. Taking your focus off the troubles of the self, let love and compassion become your new fuel, the catalyst to spreading your wings and the means of enacting change in your life. Love and compassion, such simple and yet such powerful energies, so easy to access, if you dare. Do you dare to spread your wings today?

Love will greet you when you greet it, without fear, manipulation, or intent, for love is a manifestation of the heart and has no course except to flow openly and without inhibition. Pure love is not hard to find or experience. The only thing that keeps it away is the human condition that wants and is needy, that desires and is choosy, that considers it something to own and covet. Pure love knows no incidences, no rules, no concerns and that is why it is so pure. To experience it, learn to be open and innocent, without expectation; simply be present and see what happens. Love is not about you the individual. It is about the collective universe, and so it knows no bounds or shackles or restraint. It simply is.

Wherever your path takes you today, go with humility and grace, thankful for the opportunity to live through these times of great change. Like a warrior fully aware that each breath, each step, and each action matters, own your place in this life and then behave accordingly. And yet, with the innate wisdom of the sages inside you, call forth your own wise spirit to join you more fully on this day and those to come. Bind your intent more fully to that of this wise spirit within and walk your path of heart with gratitude for all that you are given. In this manner, you will discover that no person ever walks alone. Your joinery is deeply entwined with that of your spirit, two warriors, companions always. Know that you are safe and deeply loved as you embrace this duality of self and step onward into the light of a new enchanting day.

What are you searching for? What do you really want? Where do you stand today, one week into the New Year? Have your intentions held up, still foremost in your mind, body, and soul? What do you really need?

You are a creature of nature, fluid and ever-changing. Do not forget this. Allow yourself to be like water, flowing, tumbling, moving, yet taking time also for calm pooling, for reflection and deep introspection. Be gentle but also unstoppable, yet follow always your spirit’s intent. Do not force, yet let your spirit flow freely, as it will, allowing the creative and the adventurous sides to have their outlets. Don’t hold back that which you cannot, but curb your outright disregard of all that desires to gush forth unbidden, for not everything is appropriate. You are human, as well as flowing water, and so you must use discretion as well as the innate qualities of kindness, compassion and love that naturally wish to flow forth from you out into the world. Seek always your balance first and then you will know what you really seek.

Body, mind and spirit make up the exceptional being that you are. Find connection to each of these aspects of self, not just on a mundane level, but on an ever-deepening inner level. Connect and coordinate these aspects of self, finding your center point, your way to love and respect who you truly are. In contrast to these intimate parts of self, find also new ways to live in the world, bringing them in tune with nature all around you, with the sun, moon and stars, with the earth and all that they offer. Bring body, mind and spirit into alignment with that which is innate within and without.

You are more than you give yourself credit for, but you hold yourself back. It is time to honor and hone all of your connections and coordinates. Like a live wire, allow your energetic current to cut through now and take you forward with full awareness of your deeper inner self and your greater contributions to the world outside of you. You not only matter greatly, you are the world. Make it and yourself be all that you wish to be. That too is your power, your intent, but above all what you choose to do with it. Everything you do, think, and say matters, to self and other.