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Just Keep Growing

“If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.” ~ Gail Sheehy

The photo today is my sweet little Lizzie. She and her sister Beth bring great joy into our lives. But as we watch them grow and learn to be cats, we are also learning important life lessons.

Every day for these girls is an opportunity for a brand-new adventure as they explore and discover the world around them. Looking out the window is a new experience every day as they watch squirrels, birds, the neighbors and listen to traffic, people and dogs. Walking or running through the house they are always sniffing out new things to explore, new heights to climb to. If I can’t find Lizzie I am learning to look up.

As I watch them grow, I can’t help but wonder when I lost the excitement that is felt when everything is new. If we stay open to spirit we can see every day as a brand-new opportunity to learn and grow.

May every day be an awakening. May we never grow old. May we just keep growing.

To Be Slowly Born

“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exuper

The Friday Affirmation

My voice, words, ideas, and presence all matter. The world needs the magic inside of me. — https://zannakeithley.com/affirmations-for-artists/

Time of Awakening Consciousness

“It’s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.” — Adrienne Rich
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/awakening-quotes

Watching and experiencing awaking is not all wonderful. There are those exhilarating and blissful moments. But it can also be a time when your world is turned upside down. In fact, it can be downright scary. Lifelong beliefs may be called into question. You may even feel like you are going crazy. If you do not understand or have the language to describe what is happening it might seem to others that you are going crazy.

Fear might cause you to turn your back on what is going on and pretend it is not happening. You might not be open to using your gifts because of people you might know who have misused them. Trying to ignore an awakening will not make it go away.

Don’t be afraid of the confusing, disorienting, and painful parts of awakening. They are all part of the process. “Fear not little flock it is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” — Luke 12:32

The Power is Already Ours

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.” — Swami Vivekananda

The Friday Affirmation

“It’s ok to feel the discomfort of awakening; I know the discomfort won’t last.” — https://dreamdashjournal.com/111-spiritual-affirmations-to-help-when-youre-awakening

Be Led by the Dreams

“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Wake Up

“Jesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, they’ll say you’re crazy and you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing). However if you wake up in India and tell your friends and relations, ‘My goodness, I’ve just discovered that I’m God,’ they’ll laugh and say, ‘Oh, congratulations, at last you found out.” ― Alan Wilson Watts, The Essential Alan Watts

The Friday Affirmation

I allow the Universe to work through me.

This is a pre-scheduled blog post that posted at 3 am. It is now just before six, but I wanted to add a personal note to today’s affirmation.

I am still learning to allow the Universe to work through me. The Universe doesn’t always set off fireworks to let us know what is ours to do. It often comes in gentle nudges that are easy to miss or ignore, but it is important that we listen and act as we are able.

As I read the affirmation this morning, I knew it was speaking to me. Last night I was going for one last walk. As I passed a friend’s house, I noticed something a little off. I kept walking but decided it was getting too dark and turned around. As I walked by the house again, I decided to stop and check. By listening to that nudge of Spirit and taking action I was able to support another neighbor who was already helping our friend.

Allowing is the important part of this affirmation. The Universe will use those who are open and will respond. I allow the Universe to work through me.