Grace Filled Blessings

Of all the different things that we share with each other grace is one of the most beautiful. Each of us is bestowed with grace. It does not need to be earned, it is not gifted due to favor, it is not based on our spiritual practice, our good deeds or our sacrifices. Grace is a blessed upon all. How we choose to live a life that is grace filled becomes our most important daily choice. To be filled with grace in life we need to be aware and present for it. By doing so, we then see opportunities where grace is present or can be surrounding us. What are examples of grace that may be manifesting in our life that are going unnoticed? Grace is the customer in front of us in the check out line allowing us to go ahead of them and we get to our appointment on time instead of late. Grace is the beautiful gentle rain that waters our garden. Grace is the friend calling us that we have missed dearly on a day when we are feeling a bit down. Grace is hearing about a perfect job position from a neighbor that we bump into at the library.

Grace is also found in forgiveness, in releasing resentment or bitterness. Grace is found in the love of a family. Grace can be felt when we enter a home and there is respect, appreciation and compassion for those that reside there. Grace flourishes when we give unconditionally of our self, our time or our belongings. Grace can be found within us when we learn to be present and authentic. We are always able to access our grace. Each day we can make the choice of how we will live a grace filled day.

When this choice is made, we accept the fact that we have all been blessed by this grace. We begin to live a life that is filled with compassion, we become more generous, less stressed, more flexible, even more resilient. Living this way allows us to trust more and worry less. We see the good in others. We find our relationships expand and grow. We are able to release and let go with more ease. We find the beauty in life and in those around us. Our perspective changes, our actions respond and our life becomes full of beauty, wonder, softness and awareness. When we embrace our grace we cannot help but make choices that will reflect it in all the fibers of our being and in all the layers of our life.

Blessings ~ Lisa ©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade

The Power Behind the Red Flag

We are such a mind oriented society. We believe the more we know, the better we can influence our course of direction, the better we can avoid failure and the better we can map out our future. But the truth of the matter is that we are in far less control of what happens outside of us than we want to admit. Fortunately for us, our souls and the Universe have an ongoing conversation. Because of this conversation we are often given signals, red flags, gut feelings and an inner knowing. We have to simply be open to receiving them and learn to trust them. This can be challenging because these messages that we get are often not based on any particular fact or theory, so our mind wants to try to negate them or brush them aside. Others, if we share with them these messages, may try to rationalize or question their validity. Our thinking gets in the way of our knowing.

Over time, if we practice following this intuition, we realize that we are given time to pause so that we can hear clearly the message, see the red flag and know that there is a warning coming through. This pause gives us time to reconsider. The Universe wants to support us in meeting our needs and to offer us protection from that which does not serve us. Now that does not mean that we won't have struggles, lessons to learn from or obstacles...but these are often gifts in disguise and will help us grow and expand into our higher good. But we are able to gain from the protective energies of the Universe to keep us safe or to keep us from wandering too far off course.

It is never wrong to take time to reconsider. It is always a good idea to pause to listen to that intuitive feeling. The more we do this, the more comfortable we become with it. We learn to dance around any expectations or pressures from others or their need for expediency. I have gotten really good at listening to this intuitive voice. I have practiced telling others, "I will have to get back to you on this," or "I need to seek some clarity first." If there is a request for an immediate answer and I am feeling the need to pause, I say "No."

I usually don't find myself in such immediacy. Usually people will give me the time to be in my pause. Their impatience is usually their issue and not part of the actual situation. Their need to know takes the back seat.

Trusting that when something feels off, when you get that hesitant feeling, when you feel your soul asking you to wait is an important skill to develop. In the long run, staying in alignment with the Universe's direction, listening to the whisperings of your soul and following the call of your authentic truth will allow you to engage in the life that is designed for you, with all its wonder, beauty and lessons. You will be feel and experience the difference.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade

Release After Coming Full Circle

As I got a bit more familiar with my spiritual path and my life's journey, I began to see the patterns that had created the story of my life. I also began to notice that in life, Source being incredibly patient and generous with me, would offer me opportunities for lessons. Sometimes I could only take these lessons in small doses, needing them to repeat again in my life until I received all the medicine within them. I have also noticed that when I am ready to release an old pattern, a distant fear, or change a habit that does not serve me, I come full circle one last time so that I can very intentionally and with beauty and grace make the final release. This sense of resolve sends a message throughout my entire being. I am ready for the next chapter, the next step or the opportunity that is coming my way. I have made the room, learned the experience, grown and evolved into a new me!

This place of release has a familiar essence to it, obviously because I have been here before, but something is different. My soul feels this difference and steps forward with encouragement and confidence, my heart knows this place and offers compassion and self love, and my mind recalls the ways in which this no longer serves me and is ready to embrace new perspectives and possibilities. I feel courageous, empowered and ready.

It is at this place of clarity that I can look back to where I have been and forward to where I may wish to be. In this place of pause I am filled with wonder. Life is full. I am delighted in who I am becoming, proud of who I am and loving of from where I have come. I know that this will continue to be a positive pattern of my evolution in my being and I witness myself with awe, wonder and celebration and then I release what is ready to go. Coming full circle is a beautiful dance with my body, mind and soul.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade

Abundance Can Be Found Where You Wish To See It

In today's economy there are those who are struggling. Paychecks seem to be falling short on meeting living expenses. Savings are slowly disappearing. Upon first glance one may question the abundance in their life. But abundance is not only about finances or possessions. Especially when we are feeling strapped and having to restrict our spending on frivolous adventures, we need to remind ourselves that abundance is not just found on what we have in material measure. Abundance can be found in your spiritual experiences. Your connection with Source and your practices can bring a wealth of peace, riches to your heart and awaken your generosity to be shared without it costing you.

Our relationships also add to our feelings of abundance. Having a close friend or a partner to share with adds to the quality of our life. Many times when we share an experience with someone our delight is multiplied as we see through our own eyes as well as theirs. We create memories that can be danced in again and again.

Abundance can also be found in our times spent in solitude. For some the connection with Nature brings to them jeweled moments that they treasure and use to rejuvenate their soul. For others, the richness of silence affords them to seek tranquility and inner peace whose value cannot be measured. And for some, spending time alone allows the inner authentic conversations to take place, creating fuel to ignite passions and desires.

True abundance is measured not by what we have or own, but instead by what we enjoy and appreciate. Our richness is measured in the perspective that we view it. Our treasures may not sparkle or shine, but they certainly bring tremendous value to our lives.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade