Story #1 – A recipe I’ve chosen (January 22, 2020)
Slow down, simplify, and make decisions rooted in peace and enjoyment. Look for a partner who is interested in a similar path. Treat the body with love and respect and treat the mind just the same. Forgive ill decisions of the past and remain focused on doing and being the very things you enjoy. When fear approaches, learn from it, please don’t run from it. Fear can be an amazing teacher in such an indirect way. Align to those who inspire you and ensure that you work to inspire others on a daily basis. Inspiration can come in the smallest of gestures, so please don’t feel the need to be grand with your inspiration, after all, inspiration will spread and grow, so even the smallest of acts will become monumental over the long term. Love all of the people you encounter. You don’t have to agree with everyone, you don’t have to enjoy everyone, yet we can LOVE everyone. Be respectful of money, have fun with it, don’t be a slave to it or allow it a place on any type of mental pedestal. Ask questions of people, learn how they move through this visit on earth. See places that are different from your daily routine. They don’t have to be faraway lands, they could be the park you’ve never visited, the neighborhood you’ve never explored. Continue to (or start) enjoying each moment for what it was intended for – growth & love. Be the storyteller you want to be. Connect with more people and share the recipes that you have collected that make life inspiring and fun versus anxiety filled and frustrating. We are all on the planet, together, and sharing could impact so many people. Embrace the masses and fear not the judgement that may come. It’s okay for those to judge and those judging may be hurting too, which is a powerful reason to choose to see them through God’s eyes. Love. Be close to God, to his energy, to his peace. Talk to him, he’ll talk back in the most beautiful ways. Know that our lives were chosen, so there is nothing to be concerned about. Love, listen, learn, play, repeat.
This is my recipe for 2020 and beyond. What’s yours?
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