Wonders and miracles and how things change

My angel investors did not appear until after I let some things, people and behaviors go. Such is the Law of Attraction and its corollary, the Rule of Release.

The people who I am now attracting into my life are so much different than the ones who are falling away from me. It's obvious to one and all that I am living a more purposeful life, and those who are not on that now changed wavelength are uncomfortable, feel repelled, and no longer hold the same allure as once they did.

In order for the Law of Attraction to work effectively in my life, I must continually be willing and able to release that which does not serve or honor my highest being.

Now that's some serious work.

What I'm noticing about releasing things, situations and people is how much less psychodrama there is when I do it from a place of Purpose. When I am in alignment with my Life Purpose, the transitions are less jarring. I do not mean that it's always easy, it's just gotten simpler.

Let me digress for a moment or three about the difference between simple and easy.

So many times in our lives we are faced with a simple choice, the answer for which should be (and usually is) obvious. When pondering that choice all sorts of thoughts creep in, and our desire for comfort and our reliance on the familiar override what we know in our best Self to be the best decision. We then choose easy over simple.

The simple thing is usually the best course of action. Not the easiest, but the best. We humans like to compli-damn-cate every god blessed thing, pretty much. Thus does simple become daunting. When we are faced with getting outside our comfort zone, of dancing out there on our growth edge, we lose our nerve. We don't see the net because we're supposed to jump with both feet into our own Purposeful life. And because we cannot see the net, we do not jump.

Only after you jump does the net appear.

It is only when we dive headlong into our higest aspirations that the Universe gets the message that yes, we really DO mean to walk our talk, and the resources seem to magically appear. (CLUE: it's not magic, it's the Law of Attraction)

And that, my friends, is why some eagles have to be pushed. Sometimes the folks around us can see what we cannot, which is that we too can fly. So, the good ones push us.

In order to succeed in life we have to choose people we can rely on to help us get where we're going, and then we have to learn to trust them.

How do we choose? It's simple (heh, you knew I wans gonna say that, huh?). For the best results, choose allies who you know in your gut have your best interests at heart, whose own life and self you admire, and who already walks their own talk. They don't need to be perfect, they just need to be reliable people of goodwill who are able to hold space or take action as needed. Those are the best pushers.

Sometimes those folks already exist in our lives. Then it becomes necessary to explcitly enroll them as supporters of you and your Life Purpose. This is usually easier than it sounds. Just ask.

Sometimes, there seems to be no one around who you can trust to have your back without interjecting their own agenda for you. The folks around you in your support network are too emotionally close to the action to be objective. Maybe the scope and scale of your challenges and goals are beyond their capacity to embrace.

In those cases, I heartily recommend getting a life coach.

Coaches are great pushers. They don't run the race for you, that's not how it works. A coach's job is to encourage, cajole, kick butt, inspire. A coach sees not just who you are today, but who you are at your core, as the miracle incarnate that you are. Yes, they see your challenges and weaknesses, but far from being daunted by them, they devote themselves to your empowerment.

Coaching is not for the faint of heart. It's not therapy, though you will learn and grow through a coaching alliance in ways you cannot imagine today. Coaching relationships in the real world give to "just folks" what Olympic athletes get from their coaches: expertise, mentoring, clarity, and an unwavering commitment to your Best Self. They have the experience and perspective necessary to push us out of our ruts and into our bliss.

Since we did not incarnate on a planet of over 6 billion people to do everything alone, it then behooves us, one and all, to create relationships of empowerment and possibility with one another. This is a great deal of fun to do, actually.

Seek out wise counsel. Use the resources in your life to help you release what needs to be let go of, and open yourself up to the very real possibility that you could really live the life of your dreams.

Even eagles need to be pushed sometimes. Leap and the net WILL appear.

Grand Passions

Ahhh,the moon is in Leo, the Sun is in Leo, there's a solar eclipse in Leo today, and I, my dear readers, am a Leo. It's a big huge woo hoo day. I've a lot to do, but wanted to write a few thoughts down as they sprang to mind a moment ago. Welcome to my stream of consciousness.

Oy.

I was just hit by the great a glorious concept of Grand Passions. Now before you tell me that this concept is nothing new, I must hasten to explain what it is about Grand Passions that I am presently lit up by.

In the big ol' general context of Life Purpose (you know, that's the stuff I'm mad about these past few years), Grand Passions are the primary places that people should focus their thoughts, actions and energies for maximum postitive results.

When you go through the Life Purpose Discovery process, you become acutely aware of a great many things about yourself in a very short amount of time. One of the big things about this work is that it's fast at helping you recover your awareness of Self. It's also simple and profound.

Anyway, one of the cool things you get from the process is a comprehensive list of your passions. This is a crucial piece of the equation, because your passions are how you amplify the impact of your Purpose in the world. Your passions are the optimal vehicles for the unique expression of your Life Purpose.

Thus it naturally follows that your Grand Passions are the most potent, most effective, most satisfying conduits for your authentic expression of Self.

If you absolutely lovelovelove it, if your life would be hollow without it, it's probably a Grand Passion. If it is unthinkable that you could not express or act in accordance with it, it's a Grand Passion. If it fills you with inutterable joy, it's a Grand Passion.

Okay, so the smartass in me says, "Hey, I lovelovelove ice cream. Wait, does that mean I have a Grand Passion for Ben and Jerry's??? Woo hoo, I get to eat ice cream all the time!! Hot damn!" Uhhhhh, no. Sheesh.

Don't mistake an intense pleasure for a Grand Passion. More about this particular piece of the picture in another post. For now, let's just talk some more about Grand Passions.

I posit that most all of us have a great many passions that vary in degree. I likewise opine that most all of us have only a scant few, and in some cases only one, Grand Passions in our lives.

To complicate things a bit, I also believe that we are all ultimately here to teach and learn lessons about Love. AND I know that we are all here to increase our knowledge and grounding in the eternal consciousness that we really are, inseparable at our core.

That being said, on -this- earthly plane we're all here with a unique set of skills, talents, gifts, affinities and aversions that shape our expression of Self. When we become clear about our Life Purpose, these passions and abilities become imbued with a kind of power that some call "Divine". Whatever you choose to call it, it is a naturally replenishing internal wellspring of motivation and inspiration. And it is our birthright.

We are meant to know, to cultivate, and to build on our Purpose by using our passions as conduits to the infinite power source that surrounds us. And our Grand Passions are the place in us that resonate the most strongly for the highest good.

Now let's be clear, a Grand Passion may not seem practical, or reasonable, or feasible, or even sane sometimes. It's downright scary for a -lot- of folks to contemplate living in accordance with their Life Purpose by pursuing their Grand Passions.

I submit that the people who have done exactly that are the ones who have created lasting, positive change in the world. It is precisely that combination of Grand Passion and Purpose that opened the doors for them, or made them realize that a closed door was no impendiment to full authentic self expression.

So, let's review this chain of thought: Life Purpose good. Passions good. Grand Passions even better. Purpose plus Grand Passions equals ultimate experiences of richness.

Allow your Grand Passions to drive your actions today. Do something, anything, toward living more fully on Purpose. Let yourself out.

Is good. Is very good.

More to come later, but now I have to go sweat because it's move it or lose it, donchano? Old age ain't for sissies.

Sun and moon in Leo, tra la la la la.....I feel Grrrrrreat!