The Squeeze Before the Blessing

It is as if the old way is dying. Rearing its head and voice, calling out for survival. It is in these moments that we have a powerful and impactful choice to make. Choose love, trust, expansion and our fullness or choose fear, contraction, resistance, what has felt safe and comfortable in the past. It is my opinion that these moments of challenge, when we have been so clear in consistently calling in the new, aligning our thoughts and actions with what we are wanting to experience rather than more of the same, that our cautionary voices beg us to turn around, and they get louder and more prominent.

As we work to dissolve and release old conditioning we are often and frequently faced with old paradigms, old dynamics and scenarios that can sometimes feel like we are moving away from our desires rather than towards them. Is it a test? In some ways I believe it is. Change happens in the moment. This present moment is really all that exists. So when, in the face of comfort or confusion, we refer back to our old habits, our old ways of numbing or ignoring, choosing from the fear of the new or “what if’s” we solidify the path we have already known. But if we choose love, expansion, new perspectives, new possibilities, the unknown, that shift from the old to the new begins; new neural pathways are built and established. Every time we choose thoughts or behaviors that are in alignment with where we desire to go in our lives, these choices strengthen those pathways, every time we choose truth over comfort, love over fear, life over stagnancy. 

I believe we all have the potential and innate ability to change what is no longer working in our lives. What no longer calls us to be, gives us life, makes our hearts sing with joy and pleasure and excitement. It is those moments of excitement that can often feel dangerous or unsafe. These two emotions are constructed of the very same chemical, fear and excitement. Oftentimes we misinterpret what is being presented and go with what feels safe. I invite you to pay attention and begin to notice these moments of opportunity where life is simply asking, “which do you choose?’. Imagine what the outcome of your visions and goals will feel like when they are fully realized and manifested in your life. Feel it in your body as if it is now that you live in these new realities, new experiences, more aligned versions of your being. The more space we create for these new and expanded ideas to root themselves into our reality the more rooted they become. The easier it is to choose the path less traveled and the path more fulfilling. 

I wonder if any of you have had a similar experience when attempting to make a change in your life?  The new requires a sense of trust in ourselves, trust that as we allow our path to shift and change we will be supported in our endeavors. Trust in the possibility of what you desire as your reality. As I embark upon my own life changes, new perspectives and expanded experiences I too am faced with moments of challenge. Fear rears its head and calls out, “N0! This is not safe” The more I courageously and willingly choose from a place of trust and some may say “blind faith”, the more rooted the possibilities and realizations of my deepest value and fulfillment show up with new evidence that I am indeed supported in my efforts. Unexpected connections and opportunities arise, resources that I didn’t even know existed in my life appear and I realize that they have always been there.  

I believe that the potential of any and all desires that we have in this life already live within us. It is within that we truly create the possibility and experience of new found expressions of joy, ease, prosperity, vibrant health and love. This place deep within is where it all begins. It is our creative nature to imagine, visualize, dream, and experience the possibility of something new, more than we have known ourselves to be capable of in the past. And most importantly, now is the time. There is no other. 

So I invite you to take the time and space you need each day to dream, imagine, visualize, and create the most aligned and resonant, inspiring and life giving experience you can feel into. Our imaginations are where it all starts and our subconscious, the part of our consciousness that is the cause and creator of 95% of our experience is always listening. The language of our subconscious includes imagination, symbols and synchronicities, feelings, ideas and thought forms. The more we imagine ourselves living the life we dream of and feeling into it with our whole being the more we align with and attract evidence of this new possibility. So you see, our creativity is our power, every moment we choose life over fear we strengthen and reinforce our vibrations to align with and attract the perfect opportunities, resources, relationships and experiences that validate and bring these dreams into reality. And as we get closer to the full realization and embodiment of these dreams and desires, the stronger the resistance comes from our old habits, fears, limitations, the parts of us that have learned through trauma, hardship, and struggle to protect us from the possibility of failure and pain.  So it is crucial that in these moments we do not lose faith. We stay the course and reinforce our dreams, goals and desires into being from a place of faith and trust in the process. In our ability to change and heal. 

My own personal practice lately has been to remind myself daily that I am an eternal soul having a temporary human and physical experience. When I remind myself of this truth that I so often forget It roots me immediately into the present moment.  It reminds me that I am more than my current experience and that I am here to create the greatest and most joyful and life giving experience possible in this short and precious life. What I desire are days where my actions feel like celebration, ease and gratitude for these gifts of breath and passion, a yearning for deeper connections and for my presence alone to be a catalyst in other’s path to remembering. 

I believe we are created to live in our fullness, to honor our unique and beautiful expression. To  joyfully receive this invaluable gift that is the current moment and to follow our heart’s desires and excitement at all costs. For, to live from fear is only dying before our bodies are finished living. 

Choose love, choose life and choose the deep yearnings that you may not see as possible for as soon as you consciously choose the path to freedom the way will reveal itself over and over again until we can accept and interact with it.  So do not get caught up on the How’s and let life show you just how good it can be, just how much magic and joy you can experience in your time on the earth.  

With so much love,

Liva