Today on I Am Rising,
An inner commitment to yourself.
What are you committed to?
What are you committing to day after day,
Hour after hour?
Do you even know?
Are you aware of your thoughts?
Are you committed to self-care,
Self-love,
Finding happiness and peace within?
Or do you complain,
Doubt,
Feel insecure,
Find yourself irritable and frustrated?
Are you genuinely positive or negative throughout your day?
Perhaps it's a combination.
These questions are just to get you thinking,
As they certainly get me thinking.
Because sometimes,
I'll admit,
I'm off in another world all caught up in my story.
And then I'm reminded somehow to return to the present moment,
Take a deep breath,
And be grateful that I'm back in a new moment where I'm aware of my choices.
Often,
Our unconscious patterns,
Habits,
Even old beliefs,
Pull us back into our story,
Due to past conditioning,
Our parents,
Our upbringing,
And just overall,
Our past history.
So having an intention to be present and committed to the present moment,
Committed to yourself,
Is the most beautiful intention.
It doesn't mean at all that everything has to look perfect.
It doesn't have to look any certain way,
Actually,
Or be flawless.
In fact,
If you could just be present during times of sadness,
Anger,
Frustration,
Unforgiveness,
And allow the full expression to come forth without you judging yourself,
That,
In and of itself,
Has the power to heal,
Shift,
And transform you.
You see,
It's not about denying our thoughts,
Our feelings.
It's certainly not about judging them.
It's about loving ourselves through them in order to be free.
There is no one judging us other than ourselves.
So it's just a matter of being aware when we are not in a place of love and bringing ourselves back,
Time and time again.
And this becomes the journey of our lives on the spiritual path of self-mastery.
There is no destination.
Each moment brings with it an opportunity.
It's practice,
Not performance.
It's realizing that every moment is a prayer.
Every word is a prayer.
And when we set an intention and communicate with our higher self,
Our angels,
Our guides,
Everything after that is a continuation of the inner commitment.
So going about your day,
You absolutely may get angry,
Upset,
Overreact,
Even judge something or someone.
But as A Course in Miracles says,
And I quote,
I forgive myself for having this thought.
I choose love instead.
So our mind,
It'll run off.
Our emotions make it heated.
And we may explode or implode,
But it's about what we do with the present moment when we return to it that truly matters.
We can beat ourselves up that we have once again drifted,
Fallen off track,
Failed.
Or we can rejoice that we have returned home to the moment at hand to open up,
To receive,
And to choose that which serves our highest good rather than that which separates us.
The best time of day to set an intention,
Pray,
Meditate,
Commune with the divine,
Is in the morning.
First thing when you wake up because it sets the tone for your whole day.
You haven't gotten all caught up in the energy of the world,
The news,
Social media,
Traffic,
And just craziness.
So it's those early precious moments to be grateful for another day and connect with your soul and love whatever comes up,
However it comes up.
A Course in Miracles also says,
And I truly believe this with all of my heart,
If you spend five minutes in the morning with the Spirit of Love,
God,
Holy Spirit,
Whatever you choose to call it,
Five minutes in the morning guarantees that He,
She,
The Divine itself,
Mother,
Father,
God,
Will be in charge of your thought forms for the rest of the day.
So I invite you now to make a new commitment with me each morning,
Maybe even for the next 40 days,
To see how things begin to shift and transform.
So let's just take a few moments and breathe,
Become still,
And just feel.
Open up your heart.
Enter and let go as you deepen your breath,
Arriving in your body and in this moment.
And let's put out this beautiful prayer together.
To my angels,
My guides,
My higher self,
My beloved creator,
God,
Divine Source,
I open up my heart right now to feel more in alignment with my soul,
My passion,
And my reasons for being.
I surrender to a higher purpose and plan,
And I commit to self-love.
I commit to compassion,
Especially for myself,
With infinite patience and acceptance.
I promise to be kind to myself as I observe my thoughts and my feelings and awaken to new levels of trust.
I understand that this is a cleansing and purification of my mind.
Through this purging of old limiting thoughts,
Patterns,
And beliefs,
I am able to fill myself up with a higher vibration of unconditional love and divinity itself,
Merge with God the Creator,
And co-create my life by making new and beautiful choices that serve and support me.
It all starts with me.
I know that now.
And it all starts right now.
This is helping me create from a whole new healing,
Loving space.
And that space is me.
I choose me.
I allow.
I yield,
Surrender,
And bless.
This moment and my process.
I trust.
How I celebrate all that's unfolding.
And I proclaim.
I know that I am the embodiment of love and joy.
And even now,
Things are shifting.
My heart is opening.
Healing is happening.
And I am blessed.
I am rising.
I am so thankful.
So grateful.
I breathe this prayer into my heart.
I soften and let go.
In full knowing that it's already done.
I can never be separate.
Only my mind tells me that.
Until this moment is the beginning.
I am so grateful.
I let it be.
And so it is.
Amen.
