Embrace Change (paths to abundance)

Embracing (in general) allows you to find your center - you come to a point where you can look within + find that you are relaxed with yourself no matter what changes come. Embrace is a quality of being with awareness + AWARENESS will always reveal the element of change. You also become aware of the things you want to change deliberately.

Embracing those things + habits we want to change begins with an assessment of values. Then we can see if the desired change aligns with these values. (We assess our values in the Freedom phase).

After we assess, we ACCEPT. From this vantage point of acceptance we tap into a solution mindset. We leave lack behind and tap into the abundance that dwells in alignment with our center.

When we are centered we invite abundance in.

You will come to a point where you begin to accept abundance as your birthritght. This is when you know you are returning to the path home.

Dear Searching Self

Dear Searching Self, What are we searching for? Sometimes I know exactly what it is. At other times it feels much more like a detour. Really it goes in cycles.  At times we have searched for road maps, or for the bypass out of hard times. For some magic answers. At other times we see these uncomfortable moments as opportunities. 

Searching self you are a collector of understanding (you are books filled with underlines and annotations. Journals with notes and musings). You are intimate conversations with family and friends. I love the nerd you are.

Searching Self I love that you are a seeker of expansion and I love your open mind. You draw connections and see that it all boils down to THE SAME THINGS. It just resonates differently each time the words are rephrased.

You are a soul searcher seeking infinite possibilities + miracles. Trying to remember why we are here. You are a magic seeker + life long learner. You seek time for yourself and space to be creative. You are wanderlust. You love adventure and seek new destinations to explore + experience. You search for the keys to intuitive living.

Searching self at your best our experiences bring us WONDER. At other times you frustrate me and I wish your urges were not so strong... i wish you didn't think so much. Remember all that joy Contented Self promised? Remember to be easy on ourself in this search... we must believe we are NOT LOST.

You search for FLOW, yet this ever elusive BALANCE can feel like hard work! Especially when you create these ideals of mothering, partnership, and purpose. Let's find pleasure in the discovery rather than comparing our journey to that of others. Beware of over analysis + perfection + arming yourself with information. Remember life is not uniform for everyone... we are on our own unique journey.You're searching for that FULL life, but remember it can not be found, instead it has to be LIVED.

Remember to embrace the which you have already found + rediscovered. Honour that. Honour those moments of happiness and wellbeing shared with family. Honour your growth. There is more to come!

Love

Me

xx

p.s.

~I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teachings of my SOUL ~ rumi

embrace creativity

Dear Creative Self,

I believe you are part of our main PURPOSE here. To create our reality whatever it may be. We have always been in contact, but I didn't name you, it was just what you did naturally. I believe you are not limited to art + making, you are so much more!

You are a CREATOR. We all are. Anything can become an ART not just "art" itself.

You love to brainstorm the possibilities. Sometimes the ideas flow more quickly than you can create or contemplate how it will be manifested. This FLOW is EMPOWERING. You are best nurtured by nature or while travelling. Something about these zones that wake you up each morning with a smile on your face and spark in your eye.

If you worry too much about execution + standards (usually those of others) you get discouraged. If you just put it down, let it out and let it go...you make space for it to EVOLVE. I am remembering to Trust. TO RELEASE CONTROL. Better to put something down without judgement rather than leaving blank pages out of fear. of what? Of it not looking how you invisioned it? Of the outcome deviating from the first inception? How it will be revieved? Remember these are not your concerns. No matter what you must CREATE!

I have denied you. I put restrictions on you. I really worried during one spell where I felt I lost you - it was bad timing because we were in the midsts of our architecture thesis. I have since recovered you, I have no plans of letting you out of my sight! I chose a career in design in an attempt to leverage the inspiration you draw in...all the ideas. I AM IN . Currently, You are coming in the form of collage (a craft I have always fallen back on) + words. You are meditation. You let go of thinking mind when you snip snip paste breathe (repeat). If u think too much u loose the FLOW. The collage carries over into all of this life. This Collaged Life of ours. Snip from this experience. Paste to this current reality. Arrange, rearrange. Reimagine possibilities. Of who we can be. Of who we are. BREATHE. You are WONDERFUL.

Love + Infinite Creativity

××

me

p.s. when you begin to worry. Remember that quote about life being a canvas. or call a friend. ;)

dear raging self

Portrait by Marc Steiner @marcartphotocreations

Dear Raging Self,

It has been my nature to be calm... and the quiet storm if need be.

Perhaps we made a contract early on not to let you have too much air time. I've never been one for angry. Especially if accompanied by yelling. Raging self you tend to get quiet rather than loud. Sometimes Contemplative Self gets mistaken for you because an aspect of you is prolonged thought... searching for answers (and after learning vipassana: noticing the muscle tension that accompanies you). Don't get me wrong I get frustrated, dissapointed and, yes even angry too. But Raging Self your anger doesn't stick around here long or often. You've been known to say just let me be upset, it will pass shortly. Some part of us needs to FEEL IT before we let it go. There is usually an urge to talk it out (you want to be heard)... or sometimes writing you out feels like you have passed... Raging self you tend to come to the surface when I am in an emotionally sensitive state and I am feeling pushed to my limits. You make me uncomfortable and I love that you teach me about setting boundaries. You also teach others about my boundaries...haha. I love that you teach me to get CURIOUS.

Raging self on those occassions when you decide to visit I want to give you space to breathe. I don't want to bury you where you can fester. I want to move through you with grace and find creative healthy outlets for you. You call for HEALING.

Raging self you are usually accompanied by deep sadness (perhaps from generations of ancestors before me - with tears held back). You remind me that something needs to be RELEASED. Mostly I find that we need to FORGIVE ourself and remember we have always been WHOLE. Raging Self be gentle on me, deal? Cool.

Love + Light

Be Wonderful

♡

LaToya

this is part of a series of love letters to self i wrote as prompted by @littleolovebird on instagram over a year ago. They are gems to me, so i will continue to share them her in my musings adding new insights and resources as i see fit.

Dear Overthinking Self

Dear OverThinking Self,

The thinking part is highly regarded, but "over" just tips the balance. I witness you when you get on a role, and sometimes I follow to see how far you will go... You are a great storyteller, but a bit repetitious. Let's just say I sleep much better when you take a break.

Where did you come from? Who let you loose?  Was it schooling that gave you permission? Instilling in me analysis + synthesis and underling + note-take? Who taught you to create these "non-versations" (as my husband likes to call them)? You know the ones where you work out what you Should have said or done... you must be in cahoots with EGO.

You know when I really met you?  10 days of silence... Vipassana. Woah... I saw you in full flow... I saw how you lead to physical sensations on my body and emotions...then I saw you settle down. Ahh... I CHOSE MY THOUGHTS.

This is meant to be a love letter you say... okay, I love your ability to plan and be forward thinking. Helping me to come to sound decisions + to keep an open mind - infinite possibilities. You help me to see the good in all situations (we are pretty good at that), you are quiet thoughtful. Deep down you are calling out for happiness + wellbeing. You want to be tamed. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

I really love it when you are bursting with creative ideas + exciting possibilities. You make me smile at memories past + the dreams in the making + focus on the NOW. I love when you let intuition lead the way. I love how you pull past knowledge into the present to present new findings, comnections + insights.

I love how you step back while Creative Self take the floor.  #100daysofcollagedlife has been like healing balm for you.

You like to be acknowledged. I'm going to keep witnessing you + cultivating meditative practices to keep our relationship on good terms. I love that we aways get to choose what content we overthink about... I CREATE MY BEST LIFE

Love + Be Wonderful

♡

Me ×× P.S. these #lovelettersofmay have been good for you. Writing it all out has always worked for you. Also, we are reading Wayne Dyer's Your Erronous Zones and he left us some good reminders + tactics to keep us on good terms.

this is part of a series of love letters to self i wrote as prompted by @littleolovebird on instagram over a year ago. They are gems to me, so i will continue to share them her in my musings adding new insights and resources as i see fit.