| Your relationship to Spirit is always current. Spirit | | | | Although Spirit doesn't withhold from us, sometimes we |
| doesn't carry memories of your past. That's a human | | | | want to rush our lives along, pushing against a natural |
| habit we put in place, often to build our case of | | | | rhythm. As Jane Hirschfield, author and poet, says, |
| inadequacy. The inspiration and guidance you're | | | | "Ripeness is what falls away with ease." When we |
| receiving applies to your life right now. Spirit doesn't | | | | are trying too hard it's usually attached to our thoughts |
| withhold from us. If you feel the time is right to bring to | | | | of scarcity. |
| fruition something that has been growing within you, the | | | | I remember wanting to get married and have children |
| time is right. | | | | in my twenties. Reflecting back, I don't think I really |
| But just because Spirit is willing to give you what you | | | | wanted to get married and start a family young, but I |
| desire doesn't mean you are ready to receive it. Very | | | | was afraid I wouldn't meet someone or that I would |
| often we hold false perceptions or limiting beliefs about | | | | soon be too old to have children. My desire to settle |
| ourselves that won't allow good to flow to us and | | | | down and have a family at that time was driven by |
| through us. Once we see these perceptions as false | | | | fear, not the ripeness of the fruit nor my true readiness |
| and not the truth of who we are, the veil is lifted and | | | | to receive that part of my life. |
| we allow ourselves to realize our wholeness. | | | | Even though we may be impatient with the way our |
| In a recent class a woman realized, after much | | | | life is unfolding, the generosity of Spirit always guides |
| struggle, that she was a natural leader. She had simply | | | | us in directions that are perfect for our life right now. |
| lacked the courage to truly claim it. She had been | | | | We are never left with nothing to do. If we feel we |
| bogged down with fears of standing out, not being part | | | | are not receiving guidance from Spirit, it's usually |
| of the pack, and had the fear of how others would | | | | because we have already made up our mind what |
| respond to her taking charge. | | | | we want the guidance to be. You know the feeling |
| However, the moment she truly realized she was a | | | | when it's "my way or the highway;" those times when |
| leader and stopped hiding her gifts, her perception of | | | | we believe we are in control, dictating to Spirit how our |
| herself shifted and the work she was doing changed. | | | | life should unfold. |
| She no longer could pretend she wasn't a leader. She | | | | This does not allow us to receive the opportunities that |
| realized that by not stepping up to the plate she was | | | | would deliver more than our limited perceptions will |
| creating a frustrating situation for herself as well as her | | | | allow. The mystery and beauty of Spirit are that it |
| co-workers and clients. Once she claimed these | | | | shows up with complete individuality for each person, |
| leadership gifts, her work flowed and more | | | | and yet it stems from the same source, this one |
| opportunities opened up. | | | | resource that we all share. Our personal life energy is |
| Even if we are not ready to receive what Spirit wants | | | | just one part expressing itself from this wholeness. |
| to express through us, we do not have to be afraid it | | | | We are connected to this infinite Source while we are |
| will go away. I like to think of it as the jack-in-the-box. | | | | expressing our individuality and while playing a part in a |
| We may continue to push it down, but it always finds | | | | larger unfolding of life. |
| a way to pop up again. | | | | |