"When you want it, let it go."
- Sandra Anne Taylor

This little 7-word quote has a tremendous amount of truth in it. I think many of us have trouble with the idea of the non-attachment to outcome these words encourage because it appears to us that "letting go" is equal to "giving up". Or, maybe we feel that letting go means "giving in" to something that is less than desirable.

We do give up something when we let go;

we give up stressing, forcing, and struggling.

In return we get a sense of peace and freedom.

Letting go of the need to control an outcome is actually a powerful spiritual approach to ensuring a result that serves the highest good of all concerned. None of us can ever know enough about a situation to be absolutely certain what is best for all. Yet each of us has access to the wisdom of Heaven, which always serves the right and perfect Good.

I have found that letting go is a form of holy release. It opens my mind to possibilities I may not have considered before and it allows me to be more playful with any problem or challenge I am facing. So, in my world, letting go is equivalent to letting things be easier.

SUGGESTIONS FOR LETTING GO:

• Think of letting go as a way of inviting God to think with you.
• When you find yourself getting tense, sad, or worried, simply say "I give this to God and it is taken care of."
• Create a ritual of some kind that makes your act of release more meaningful.

Wishing you a light heart and an easy mind,

Louise

Daily Resurrection

I've taken the mystery out of the Resurrection for myself. I need spiritual mysteries to be something practical and usable in my daily life. So here is what Resurrection means to me now:

* The overcoming of fear.
* Finding courage to forgive and move along.
* Reaching out in friendship to someone in pain.
* Admitting my own weaknesses, addictions or negative habits.
* Taking care of energy drainers - things that I have tolerated for too long.
* Being gentle instead of judgmental.
* Being willing to see things differently.
* Choosing peace - no matter what!

What does Ressurection mean to you?

Follow that Dream - Bless our World

It seems to me that far too many people were raised to believe it is somehow better - even holier - to give to others before taking care of self. Because I have been there as a mother, I understand that there are indeed times when the needs of those we are responsible for must come first. But what I am talking about here is putting our own dreams on hold for so long that it becomes almost impossible to find motivation for them any more.

A dream denied blesses no one. A dream fulfilled has the potential to bless every life touched by it.

I think this world would be far better off if more of us found the inner courage to follow our heart's desires and fulfill our life's purpose. Think of all the new beauty, hope, light, wealth, wisdom, and abundance that would flow from dreams that are fulfilled and lives that are richly and joyously energized.

A dream I have is reaching thousands of people with words of inspiration and hope through the internet. This blog is my beginning. Feel free to pass this post on to family, friends and colleagues, especially those who are still sitting on on their hearts' desires. What is the dream you are reaching for today?

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog!
My intention is to use this site to share my thoughts about our world and about the amazing spiritual awakening that is happening right now within and all around us. I hope that you will visit often and share your insights and comments too.

We really are living at the most exciting time, aren't we - a time when information on anything we want to research is available to us from all over the world. Ideas are shared in an instant across the globe. It is at our fingertips with the press of a few keys on the computer. Every day we can tap into breakthrough knowledge; we can hear what others are thinking and join in their pain or confusion, their joy or celebration. It is this instant connection to each others ' wisdom, hopes, desires, and visions for the future that is so intriguing and powerful.

Today I was thinking about our world leaders and about the many conflicts and wars that are in process. There seems to be a huge lag time between the thoughts of those who seek conflict and the thoughts of all the rest of humanity - the millions who think peace, pray for it, and seek to embody it in their lives.

If the teachers in the movie The Secret are correct, and the outer world is but a relection of our inner thoughts, it would seem that we have some work to do yet. We can't do anything to change someone else's thinking, but we can do everything possible to change our own. When we hold nothing but peace in our minds and hearts, then faster than the internet, we connect with all the rest of humanity that is thinking peace. Together we are a force for good.

This week I've decided to watch my own thoughts more carefully and to choose peace, love, and forgiveness whenever I notice negativity creeping in. Will you join me? We will lift each other up to higher ground.