Choosing Consciously What You Want Is Where Change Begins

When on this journey, it's vital to acknowledge where we're at, even acknowledging that we have negative thoughts and feelings at times. The key is to stay with those negative thoughts and consciously choose a different thought and paradigm in the midst of it. Allow yourself to feel without fear or judgment. It's easy to say, "Oh, geez! Here I am on my back. How am I going to handle this?" But try seeing it as an observation rather than a judgment, looking at things from a more rational perspective. That vantage point will permit you to say, "It is what it is. This is what I'm feeling so what do I want to create?" and get out of that place of blame, shame, and guilt. Try to determine what the gift is in that feeling and what you want to create from it. Choosing consciously what you want is where change begins.

With all the planetary support that we receive, one of the most practical ways of stepping in to making this change clear is to step back and be honest with yourself about what your heart is longing for. Look at all the triggers that are showing up in your life, all the buttons that are being pushed, to determine exactly what that is. Imagine a spider web where your heart's desire is sitting at the middle of the web with all the strands radiating outward. At times, something comes along and tweaks that strand, serving as a trigger because there's a piece in that strand that's going directly into your heart. Somewhere on the strand there's a wound that you haven't nurtured fully, gained its wisdom, and incorporated it into the fullness of who you are. As you look at each strand, you get closer and closer to truly knowing what it is that your hearts long for. As you get the courage to step onto each of those strands, you can look directly at the wound that's been triggered and fully own every aspect of your reaction. You can ask yourself, "Why am I reacting here?" The clarity and the power of cosmic alignment is if we have the courage to ask this very question. The universe, in turn, will reply "Oh! You've finally asked that question?" and if we do that, we're going to get the answers placed right in front of us: the acceptance piece (where you get the clarity of what that wound is and don't run away from it).