The Magic

I've still been pondering the message in my previous post, the one about creating our realities. I even posted my musings in this little video if you're curious.

Here's what I keep landing on... what is this difference between perceiving our reality as magical and the "magic" it takes to create something we truly love and feel alive in? 

You see, this experience on Earth is meant to encompass the full range of emotions and experiences. The Yin and Yang and everything in between. We are meant to touch things like love and despair, jealousy and forgiveness, clarity and chaos. 

Yet these feelings and experiences are changeable and transitory. They don't last, we can not stay in one of them and deny the rest, as uncomfortable as it may be. And in fact, what I know about anxiety and its counterpoint is that the more we resist the discomfort the worse it is and longer it lasts. 

So yes, bad stuff happens. And yes, there are things out of our control, but we are always in charge of how we respond. We are in charge of what we allow to knock us off our center, and we are in charge of getting back up again and again. 

Sometimes that's really exhausting, and this is why we need each other. This is why we need to talk about this stuff, but more importantly, this is why we need to be brave enough to shift our perspectives, to try something new, to act in the opposite manner of what fear or hurt is telling us to do. 

That is where the true magic lies. The magic of a deep, controlled breath to downgrade the nervous system. The magic of putting down the phone and putting our feet on the ground. The magic of picking up the pen, writing it all out, and watching it move and transform before our very eyes into clarity and resolve. 

I know that it can't be all rainbows and butterflies, but I'm sure going to love experiencing the depth of color and observing its gentle flight every chance I get. The more I focus my attention on the wonder and beauty of it all, the better my experience here on Earth will be. 

Gratitude for the lessons, gratitude for knowing that this too shall pass. Gratitude for each and every one of you out there doing this work, taking a small, compassionate step toward your heart.

I love you, keep going...