The Light and The Courage

“Just a glimmer of light transforms the darkness into wonder, as well as just an ounce of courage transforms the most difficult problem into opportunities.” ~ Antonino Gatto It truly amazes me each and every time it happens. Perhaps my ego does not want to fully believe in the power held there. Perhaps my mind cannot comprehend the strength that exists there. Perhaps my thoughts cannot contain the wonder that is witnessed there. But within each dark shadow, if I can bring only a simple spark of light…I am able to see! And in each difficult challenge, if I can bring a mere drop of my courage…transformation occurs and possibilities appear.

It is such a tremendous blessings and it has not failed me yet. Of course my soul reminds me, my spirit soars in the moment, my heart becomes flooded with love and I am able to see the beautiful transformation occur around and throughout me.

Source wants us to become more and more accustomed to utilizing our light to illuminate the shadow side, the darkness that sometimes comes our way. It is in those moments that we learn so much about our full self. We see the how and why we are who we are. We are shown the areas that we can grow and expand, or need to sit still in and constrict a bit. There is great truth to be found in the shadows of darkness and our light will help us to find it.

Source also knows that may times our choices lead us to a challenge, we may stumble, find confusion, feel trapped or even confront problems that overwhelm us. But we then are reminded that we have within us the tools we need to work through or to remove or to find a way around and we can dig deep into our soul and summon a bit of courage to begin to make the movement forward. It does not take much and yet the momentum begins and before we know it, we find possibilities where we once thought there were none, we find options where we thought choice did not exist and we find our brave soul is leading the way.

Knowing that there is consistency to be found in the use of our light and our courage is incredibly inspiring and comforting. As with much of my spiritual practice, the more I utilize these gifts and tools, the more familiar they become, the better I trust them and the more skilled I become at their use. I find myself celebrating with my soul at the wonder and beauty that becomes apparent and the simplicity to be found under the covers of my complications. There is joy and wonder waiting around each and every corner and I have within me the light and the courage, always, to find it.

Blessings ~ Lisa

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I Am A Woman of Wonder

"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before." ~ Maya Angelou Oh, the beauty and possibilities to be found in a new day! Always filled with the unexpected, always open to the options and choices that the Universe provides. Of late I have found myself to be a woman of wonder. Each day I begin with an honoring ritual for what is yet to come. I trust that my guides, that Spirit, that the soulshapers on my path will bring love and light. It always is so. How? Because that is what I look for.

I have learned to go through my days without expectations, to live in the moment, to embrace the wonder of each day. It is always there, if only I remember to seek it. Even on those days with lots to do. Even on those days when I am a bit spent. Even on those days when others try to work the smile off my face. My woman of wonder can find something that holds delight. Now the rest is up to me!

We learn in life how to fan the flames. We do it with our thoughts, out intentions, our words and our actions. Which fire you choose to burn is the real question. I choose to burn fires of passion, inspiration, appreciation and beauty. With that intent in my soul, the Universe responds.

Each day can unfold with the greatest of possibilities and options. Each person we meet can offer lessons and gifts. Each conversation we hold can lead to a place of inspiring potential. Every step we take can create a new dance. It is beyond wonderful. It can be so. One can live in this essence and have this beauty surround and be a part of who they are. It becomes contagious! Others will want to be a part of this magic, but it is truly your reality! And it is all within you, around you, before you and up to you! You too can be a woman of wonder, look for it in your truth, look for it in life.

Blessings ~ Lisa

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Wild Woman

"Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of the wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped." -Clarissa Pinkola Estes Wild Woman embraces beauty for that is what feeds the essence of her Soul. But the beauty she embraces must be the purest in its form. Not highly processed and commercialized. No, she embraces the beauty found in a blade of grass, in the first sip of sweet tea, in the whispers of children, in the call of the hawk and in the holding of a friend’s hand.

Wild Woman embraces the power to be found in the shadows of her truth. Knowing that the balance lies in the place between the darkness and the light. Wild woman does not run and hide from her pain, but sits with it and allows it to talk to her in its own language, one not mimicked from any source but instead shared from heart.

Wild Woman fights to be heard. She will kick and scream and punch her way to the Truth if she needs to. But she will also tenderly share with grace and delight the delicate wonders that are birthed within her each day. She knows that her message matters and shares it with love.

Wild Woman lives simply, powerfully and creatively ensuring that she is available to all the richness designed for her by the Universe. She tends to her soul’s needs with a dedication. She opens her heart wide so that the flow of love is unblocked. She clears her mind of the lies, the mis-guidings and the opinions of others so that she can hear her authentic voice.

Wild Woman is willing to stand on the very edge and lean into the wind knowing her wings will lift her and if they don’t she trusts that the fall will be what saves her! Wild Woman trusts that being in the moment and being present allows the very cells of her being to vibrate and share in the frequency of the Universe and all is as it should be and she dances in that joy!

Blessings ~ Lisa

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Listen to the Voice of Integrity

Listen to the silent voice of your integrity. When the voice of knowledge becomes the voice of integrity, your emotional body becomes the way it was when you were a child. You return to the truth, to your own sense, you return to love, and you live in your happiness again. ~Don Miguel Ruiz Our world loves the quest for knowledge. Degrees are measures of success. Education is valued. And not that it shouldn’t be, but what we do with that knowledge needs to be equally valued or even more. How do we bring our knowledge into alignment with our intentions and connect that to our service and relationship with others?

When this alignment happens we feel so full of wholeness. Truth is the only meal the soul needs. Integrity builds our connection to truth. It fosters our relationship with our body, mind and soul. We find joy in our moments, we see beauty around us, we hear promise and hope, we have hearts overflowing with love and it is happiness that sets the rhythm of our steps along our path.

When we learn to listen, to truly listen to our integrity we allow its wisdom to mesh with our knowledge. We learn to shut out the chatter of the should’s of old stories and others opinion. We learn to hear the whisper of our soul. We trust the gentle nudging of our intuition. We put to practice what our purpose beckons.

When we learn to listen this way each day brings abundant possibilities to us. We find ourselves seeing with a perspective of brightness and wonder. Our doors and windows are wide open and we are ready to usher in the positive energies created by our intentions and our truth.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade