Sometimes it is all too much. It is all too heavy. You feel all too hopeless and lost.
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I get it. I’ve felt it. Hell, I’ll feel it again. That is simply a part of living, a part of life.
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All, however, is not lost, nor is it truly hopeless or even too much. The beautiful gift of life includes a few perks, one of which is things do work out, even out and ultimately, get better. It’s true.
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Just like Nature, life loves balance. Yes there will be times when the scale tips one way or the other, but it will even its self out. The real trick to handling this constant back and forth is trust and flow. You have to trust that the Universe ultimately has your back and you have to flow along with your life.
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I know, I know, this sounds a lot like “woo-woo-hooey” (totally professional word, right?!), but it actual does hold some profound wisdom in it.
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I mean why wouldn’t the Universe have your back? You are alive right now, yes? Well I firmly believe that is for a reason, a purpose. So long as you are trusting and are actively and mindfully living your life, this reason and purpose will be revealed to you. And, as you are mindfully and actively living, if you allow yourself the freedom to move with how life is flowing, well, the big issues become easier to deal with and the small issues become mere blips.
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There is also the added bonus of going easy on yourself and allowing yourself to make mistakes, to mess-up, to truly feel your emotions and understand them, to forgive yourself and to, you know, be fully flawed and human. No judgements, just living.
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The more you give over to this way of being, the less you will hold yourself tense and the less likely you are to give way to unnecessary stressors or anxieties.
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I have been at that dark, heavy, low place. That dark night of the soul. It sucked. But in a way I am grateful, because it was when I was there that I received the revelation I needed and that is aiding me even now. Because of it, I have been doing my utmost to let go of the old ways of reacting and acting, the ways that seem to jive with societal expectations and that tend to lead to distress, judgement, and lack...continued below...
The words you use have meaning and how you use them matters greatly. You weigh what you say to others and more often than not, would much rather share kind words and thoughts with others than negative ones. I bet you prefer hearing nice things said to you, no?
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Then why do you speak so unkindly to yourself? You know you do, whether it’s something as innocuous as “that was so dumb of me.” or even outright meanness like “I hate fill-in-the-blank about myself.”.
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Pause for a moment and ask yourself if you would speak to someone else the way you speak to yourself. I mean, really, would you?
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When I first did this, I was shook! I couldn’t believe how unkind and down-right harsh I was being when I spoke to myself. I was constantly down-playing my abilities and holding myself to impossible standards and just being really rough on myself. To others I was kindness itself, a cheerleader and I was always advocating gentleness and forgiveness. Yet, I was neglecting to do this very basic kindness for ME. Craziness.
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It’s such an easy trap to fall into and one that society at large sets oh so eagerly up. By having that doubt and constant measuring going on as a background dialogue, we remain passive and ignorant of our own power and awesomeness. We stay drone complacent instead of mindfully active. And that is key to maintaining the status quo.
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Now, since you are here, reading this, I’m thinking that you are kinda over the status quo and you want more. You want to be awake and more than that, you want to be an active, loving participant in your life. I know that’s what I want!
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The first step lies in you being aware of yourself and the words you say to yourself. How you talk to yourself matter. So be kind. Be gentle. Be loving. Be forgiving. Be encouraging. Be everything you long for from everyone else. Because, you know what, YOU are your everything! If you begin by simply becoming aware of how you are talking to yourself and adjusting accordingly, you will amaze yourself.
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This is an excerpt from Monday Mantra 235 ~ To read the rest or to discover even more #motivationalquote delight check out the #highvibe Monday Mantra feature on my blog http://lawhimsy.com ✨
The world can be a dark, scary, tainted place. There is what seems to be a constant stream of news and stories and reasons to be anxious and petrified by this world and society we live in and call home. It’s overwhelming, sordid, corrupt, and seemingly hopeless. Blerg…
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Yet, there is still so much beauty, hope, decency, kindness, and joy to be had in and of this world. It’s a heady, pure, soiled mix and that’s the true state of it. Oscar Wilde knew what He was about when He stated that “it takes a great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory and still learn to love it.”.
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We cannot simply see one side of something and expect to understand it. Oh, we can choose to put blinders up and ignore that which we would rather not know about, but in doing so, we lack the full richness of the whole. By actively deciding that we will take it all in, we are able to fully become aware. And it is through this awareness that true wisdom and growth will begin.
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By acknowledging that, yes, terrible things have happened and are still happening in this world, we can do our part to prevent it from continuing. We can do something to break the cycle and we can choose love instead of hate. By choosing knowledge over ignorance, by choosing openness instead of disbelief, by choosing kindness instead of contempt, we learn to love the world while being witness to it’s tainted glory.
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It is not easy, but it is not difficult either. One doesn’t have to just see the ugly or horrid to be witness. Rather, one must be open and willing to educate themselves about the world in order to actively choose the path of change and hope for all.
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I am one who chooses to seek out and see the beauty and joys the world holds. I do my best to do this on a daily, even hourly, basis and by doing so I am creating a lovely, hope-filled life for myself and those I am close to. Now, just because I choose a love-drenched life path doesn’t mean that I am ignorant of, or blind to, the negative currents that life has. I just choose to focus on the good and on the good I can do and spread around me...continued in comments...✨
Suffrage is a word known most likely in-conjunction with another, such as Women’s suffrage. I think I like the definition of suffrage that means a prayer the most (though I am beyond grateful that the Women who fought for universal suffrage made it possible for me to have voting rights). 
I am not a church goer by definition, though my faith is strong, however prayer in any of it’s many, powerful forms is beautiful and to have another term for it in suffrage is equally lovely. 
Namaste ~ Ella
