Hey there,
Welcome to this space.
Take a few breaths in and out to let your energy settle.
Here,
Now,
Inhaling,
Exhaling.
Welcome to a hit of hope and fair warning this one is salty.
Do you believe we have guides,
Invisible forces that might or might not be at work in our lives?
I don't know how I feel about the idea.
On the one hand,
It seems like this idea has been weaponized by many in the wellness industry.
As in,
Well,
My guides led me to quit my job and now I'm a billionaire.
Oh,
And you're struggling?
Guess you aren't good enough at listening to your guides.
On the other hand,
It seems obvious and undeniable that there are energies at play in our lives.
And sometimes those energies,
Those feelings of being guided feel blocked.
Sometimes they flow so it can feel as if we are being thwarted or guided.
And it's probably no surprise to you that my question about guides is motivated because I am longing for guides.
Maybe you,
Like me,
Long for one to appear and take you by the hand and lead you into the forest where you stumble upon a bag of cash in a stump of a tree and live happily ever after.
Maybe you are tired of trying to discern what to do next.
Tired of doing so much damn soul work.
If you do believe in guides,
Do you ever think of pulling them into your office and saying,
Um,
Hey,
You're doing a lousy job.
Here's a bullhorn.
Use this.
Get to work doing your damn job.
Now,
If there are such things as guides,
They would certainly laugh at that because how can they guide us when our fists are up?
When we are yelling at how incompetent they are rather than shutting the hell up and sitting our asses down and listening.
I teach that listening is the most important and difficult thing and a communication.
But do I do it?
Not always.
Well,
So once again,
It seems like the work is to settle and be quiet in body,
Mind,
And spirit.
And I can't be alone in wanting to say,
Fuck that.
I don't have time to do that.
I want to live my fucking dream.
So give it to me now.
Kind of like Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka.
Now is probably an important point to ask.
How is that working out for me?
Dumbass.
It is not.
Living with my fists up,
Living with this living with this energy isn't serving me.
And if you have that too,
You can ask,
How is it serving you?
What if we sit,
We quiet,
We breathe,
We settle?
What if we try slowing down the pace of our lives and turning down the volume of our thoughts and energy?
What if we stop and be still and open?
Aren't we more likely to notice the mysterious and shimmering pulls and nudges that are there inside?
So let's try it.
Allow a sense of spaciousness and quiet to fill your entire being.
Feel the space.
Lean in to the quiet.
What are you being guided to right now?
Maybe it is to nest and rest.
Maybe it is to go out and meet.
Maybe it's to go into the light buried deep inside and sit with it.
Be with that light you have.
Ask nothing of it,
But simply to sit in its presence.
Maybe you are guided right now to trust yourself.
Maybe you're being guided to be on your own side.
To know you are okay.
You are okay.
Maybe the message is,
You've got this.
Maybe the message is,
Find your people or believe in abundance or realize that dreams are weird and wonky.
Even live dreams,
Ones we have when we're awake,
And they don't always make sense.
But by God,
There is energy there.
And what happens if you trust the energy of yourself and your dreams and you follow your dreams and you live as you are being pulled and nudged to live?
Sit open.
Listen.
Trust.
And live light.
