Strength and Courage – Page 57

Hero

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For 5/20/17:

*Note – this is a message originally received on 6/10/2016. I have an early function! 🙂

6/10/16

Superheroes.

Everyone –

at one time

or another,

has loved,

looked up to,

or imagined themselves

being saved

by a superhero

or having the powers

of a superhero;

someone

or something

with fantastic abilities –

usually for

the good

of others-

even if

embattled against

the “forces”

of the so-called “evil.”

And is there

not usually

a vulnerable person

beneath the

cape or costume –

hiding in plain sight

not wanting

others to

“see” what powers,

what abilities

they possess?

Does not this

superhero culture

demonstrate

the duality

of struggles

and angst

here on earth?

You place heroes

on a pedestal

to be held up

as different –

with “super”

powers and abilities

that very few have.

And we wish to remind you,

what a “hero” you are

to face the challenges

on this earth.

You have the

power within

your very soul –

and abilities

you cannot imagine.

And you are so loved.

And with that love –

is it so hard

to imagine

raising everyone up

on the same pedestal,

lifting each

vulnerable, hiding hero

up for all to see,

to experience

the fantastic abilities

that each person has

with and without

the costume.

You do not need

to put on a cape

to shine

and to serve others.

Open your heart.

Open your eyes

to the power and abilities

that are within You.

Be fantastic.

Be super.

Be You –

That You Are.

A Hero for Love.

Sometimes the journey,
your experiences,
feels like you are
climbing up a mountain –
it feels steep
with many challenges –
you wonder what
step to take,
so you can keep
climbing
and not slip
on rough terrain –
you visualize yourself
on top of the mountain,
but do you not need to
keep climbing,
keep moving,
to make it to the top?

When you are
so close
to obstacles
that you face,
is it not sometimes
hard to see the way?
Can you give
yourself some distance,
stepping back
in your mind to view
yourself upon
the mountain,
might you see
another path,
another way
that makes your journey
a little easier
for you?

And as you are
climbing,
are there not
perfect spaces
for your hands
to take hold,
as you pull up –
do you not
find places
for your feet
stable enough
to push off –
is there not
a push and pull
that keeps you moving
to the top?

You can look
back to where
you started,
to get a sense
of how far
you have come,
but when climbing
up a mountain,
it can look far
up to the top –
might you stay
present with
where you are,
focusing on
each step you take –
having Faith
that there is learning
on this journey
that you face?

Might you feel
that there are others,
reaching out
to pull you up –
you have ropes
that help secure you,
making sure
you do not fall –
you have support
upon this Journey,
you need only
have to ask –
are there not others
who are climbing
the mountain
just like you?

There are many ways
up a mountain,
there are many experiences
you may choose to have,
there are obstacles
that appear before you,
making the path
sometimes hard to find –
but when you make it
to the top of the mountain,
is not the view
sometimes worth
the climb?
Do you not learn
something about
yourself on each
journey that
you make?

You meet yourself
upon the mountain,
you see yourself
with every step –
does not every journey
you embark upon
bring you
closer to You?

You are not
the destination,
you are already
Where You Are.
Each journey you travel
brings you one step
closer to you –
and Who Are You?

You Are
the top of the mountain.
You Are
the magnificent view.
You Are
each challenge that
helps you to see –
You Are
a part of Everything,
the All That Is
is experiencing
Life and Love
and That Is You.

Healing Love

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5/16/17

Restore.
Center.
Balance.

Feel the energy,
the power
that you draw
up from the earth,
grounding you
in this moment –
as you feel
the Love,
the connection
of Source,
of All That Is
in every fiber
of your be-ing –
does not this
balance,
this center of You –
have all it needs
to restore and heal?

Are there not times
that give you pause –
urging you to reflect,
to take time out,
to re-group,
to re-charge
and restore?

Might it be
a planned vacation,
or walks in the woods,
or health concerns
that make you stop,
getting your attention –
giving you time
and space to
restore,
center,
and balance?

Does not your body
begin to heal
when there is
something that
needs repair –
is exercise not
the breaking down
of what can be
built back up,
to be even
stronger than before?

Restore.
Center.
Balance.

Is this not
a cyclical phase –
is there not
an ebb and flow,
as you reach out
to learn and grow –
then draw back in
to reflect and absorb,
to grow again
in ways that may
surprise yourself?
Can you take
each experience
that sometimes may
throw you off –
as an opportunity
to shed the old,
as the Strength within
helps you to grow
stronger than before?

Are you not like
Phoenix rising –
shiny new
and stronger still –
are you not programmed
to regenerate,
to keep growing
and evolving –
with Strength and Love
at the core of
your be-ing?

Restore.
Center.
Balance.

Be patient
in the knowing
that Love will
lead the way –
might you always
feel the Healing
Power of Love.

Restore with Love.
Center to Love.
Balance all with Love.

Healing Love.
You Are.

Step With Love

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5/13/17

You have climbed
the mountain,
you have reached
the top,
you have overcome
many of your fears,
your self-perceived
limitations,
congratulating yourself
upon reaching the summit-
do you not turn around
to see another mountain
that looms even higher,
right in the middle
of your path?

Do you not ask,
how can this be?
You have worked
very hard
to reach this place –
and now life
is asking
for more?

What do you fear
from the mountain
so tall,
this was not
in your plan,
where you think
you should go –
does not life
keep giving you
opportunities
to accept
and allow,
that where you are
is the perfect
place to be?

Might you begin
to climb the next
mountain to find,
that it is not
tall at all –
your Strength,
your Courage,
give you the energy
that you need,
to see over obstacles
that fall in your path,
obstacles that help
you to see,
that your biggest fears
are not outside
of you –
does not life
give you the chance
to move beyond your fears –
to accept and allow
that All Is Well,
you are safe
and You Are Loved,
no matter what
experience you face –
might you continue
one step at a time?

When you run
into walls
of fear,
of worry,
of doubt,
and you cannot face
another hurdle –
might you ask
for help –
ask God,
the Angels,
All That Is –
to lift you up,
to take your hand,
to help you see
that You Are Loved –
no matter the mountain
you are trying to climb –
is not the destination
always Love?

At all points
of your Journey,
You Are Always Love.
Do not all experiences
help you find
your way Home?

There is Love.
There Is Peace.
There Is Joy.
You Are That –
You Are Loved
with every step
You Are Love.

Momentum of Love

4/18/17

One bird can signal
the dawning of
a new day,
as the suggestion
of daybreak
drops its
first glimpse
of a ray of light.

Do not more birds
join in –
a cacophony of sound,
is there not
momentum building
for the coming of day,
more activity
can be witnessed,
more sounds
can be heard,
as birds look for food,
and build nests,
do they not share
in the momentum
of the day?

Does not the
rising of the sun
signal a new day –
do you not share
in the momentum
of the beginning
of something new,
does not a
glimmer of hope
begin small,
like the first hint
of light –
then build as
more Light
shines within You?

Is there not
a first step,
like the first
hint of light,
that you may take
tentatively –
to begin,
to move forward,
waiting for momentum
to build –
for inertia to
carry you through
during times when
you feel you are
standing still?

And as all
is energy,
can you sense
and invite in –
the powerful energy
of Love –
if you walk with Love
in every step
that you take,
is there not power
in the Momentum of Love?

Can you be
the first note of Love
at the beginning
of the day,
building momentum
of loving energy,
that will carry
you forward –
is there not hope
as you believe
in the power
of Love?

Can not Love
transmute any
energy you may feel –
can you turn the tide,
changing energy
into Love?

You may be one
Voice of Love –
but do not others
join in –
a cacophony
of sound,
is there not
momentum building,
for the dawning
of Love –
is there not a glimmer
of hope,
beginning small
but as it builds,
does not Love
grow within,
as your Light
shines without –
can you not help
but join in
the Momentum of Love?

Be a voice,
a signal,
for Love to build.
Let the Momentum of Love
be a force within You.

Be Love.
Build Love.
Signal that
There Is
always Love.

Unstoppable

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4/08/17

Persevere.

There are times
when challenges,
obstacles,
appear in your path,
seemingly blocking
the trail that
you are on.

Does this not
make you look up
from your walk
along a path
you know well,
that you are familiar with,
one that does not
require you
to pay attention
as you walk
along this journey?

Might you think
of an obstacle
in your way
as a setback,
an inconvenience,
might it throw you
into a state
of confusion
as now there
is something
in your way?

Persevere.
Does not an obstacle
in your path
make you re-think,
take a look around
to see what is
around you –
is there another
direction to take,
that will allow
you to continue
upon your journey –
even if it is
a different route
you take?

Do not challenges,
obstacles,
while at first
may seem daunting –
are they not
a way to get
your attention,
as are there
not times when
the path is
so familiar that
you could walk it
in your sleep?

Do you not persevere
when you are
drawn to the
path you travel,
but how can
you always know
how to proceed?

Do not what you perceive
as challenges,
obstacles –
do they not
give you the opportunity
to try something new,
to flex the muscle
you are working,
to grow as you use
your Strength and Courage
to persevere?

Can you look at
challenges,
obstacles,
with Gratitude in
your heart –
are opportunities
not sometimes hidden
in experiences
you cannot comprehend,
until you persevere
and look back
at where you
came from –
is there not learning
in each experience,
even if you
would not choose
the challenge,
the obstacle –
those times
that encourage you
to press on in
a different way?

Do you not
have all the
qualities you need
to persevere,
to carry on –
to keep moving
along your path,
with Gratitude
in your heart,
with Strength and Courage
at your core?

And with Love’s
Guiding Light –
may you continue
on your way –
letting each step
you take
be lifted up
with Love.

Persevere
with Strength,
with Courage,
with Gratitude.

With Love
You Are
unstoppable.

Carry on,
with Love,
carry on.

With Love

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4/07/17

When you are not sure
how to move forward,
what is the next
step to take,
what decisions need
to be made,
when you seek
more clarity –
ask with Love.

There is momentum
in movement,
as you take
your first step –
do you not start
a ball rolling –
will not one movement
lead to another –
can you feel
the energy shifting?
Move with Love.

And with movement
comes a rhythm,
like a train
moving down the track –
linked with cars
behind it follow,
joining in the adventure –
are you not ready
to keep riding,
to see where you
may go?
Explore with Love.

And if you wish
to change direction,
to move to another track,
another experience
may await you –
you are the
conductor on this train –
now that you are moving
it is easy to make
a switch –
there are many paths
to explore.
Change with Love.

You are here
to experience.
You are here
to embody
the Love That You Are.
With Love,
are there not
infinite possibilities
to Be the Love
That You Are?

How can you
ever not be
with Love?

As You Are Love –
Love is always
with You.

With Love,
You Are and
All Is Well.

Stand With Love

Space tree

3/24/17

As human,
there is a streak of stubbornness,
that runs through you –
are there not times
when you
“dig in your heels,”
you will not budge,
are you not
“rooted to the spot?”

Are there not
myriad ideas
that you hold onto
as beliefs –
so “set in stone”
are you until
you see a
different perspective,
until you realize
that beliefs
can be swayed
as they expand –
when you draw
lines in the sand,
do they not
become obscured
by the winds of change?

Can you be like
the tree?
Yes, you need roots
to hold you steady,
reaching deep into
the ground,
finding a safe place
to take root
and grow.

But as the trunk
of the tree –
that which connects
the earth and sky –
is it not flexible
in its structure –
is it not able to sway,
to bend to and fro,
to give in any direction,
so as not to break
from strong forces
that it meets?

Is it not fear
that brings the
two year-old
out in you –
the part that
wishes to sit dow
and will not move?

But as Love
takes your hand,
to reassure that
All Is Well,
You Are safe
and You Are Loved –
you are grounded
like the tree,
you can give
and you can take –
flexible enough
you will not break,
might you be open
to a different
point of view?

As the Flow of Love
encourages you to grow –
there may be growing pains,
as your lines in the sand
shift with the
winds of change –
but is not change
as constant as
the wind?

Do you not possess
the Strength of a tree,
the Courage to reach
and grow –
knowing Love is
at the root of
All That Is?

Reach for the stars,
feel your roots
in mother earth –
You Are
a magnificent bridge
between earth and sky.

As You Are grounded
in Love,
you cannot help
but grow.
Be nourished
by the Love that
Flows through You.

Let Love be the
stabilizing force
of Who You Are.
Bend and sway
when the winds of change
come through.
Stand with Love,
beautiful one,
stand with Love.

Sea of Possibility

3/16/17

You imagine yourself
swimming laps in a pool,
pushing off on one side,
to swim to the other –
then to turn and swim back
once again.
You have practiced
the art of swimming –
are you not ready
for something new?

Could you not swim
in a lake –
the open water
inviting you in,
giving you room
to explore,
do you not at first
feel hesitation –
wondering if you
are “good enough” –
but are you not
comfortable swimming now –
could you not swim
most anywhere?

And now that you are
swimming in the lake,
mastering the art
of swimming in open water,
enjoying the freedom
that it brings –
can you imagine
swimming in the deep
and beautiful ocean?

And yes,
there are differences
when swimming in
a pool,
a lake,
the ocean –
but once you are
comfortable being a swimmer,
could you not
swim anywhere?

Is it not your mind
that wishes to limit –
to place the walls
around the pool –
trying to make you
feel safe and secure,
keeping you comfortable
with the status quo?

But as you feel
the warm salty water,
its buoyancy lifting
you up –
as each stroke propels you
through the ocean,
do you not wonder how
you thought
that you could only
swim in a pool?

Do your thoughts
not wish to keep you
in the confines
of your mind –
can you expand
the vision of
what you can do –
can you get out
of the pool,
to the lake,
or the ocean –
and touch the limitlessness
of You?

There is assistance
when you need it –
there is help
whenever you ask –
you may surprise yourself
when you stretch yourself
beyond what you
have experienced before.

Set your vision
past the horizon,
beyond what you
can see.
Swim in the
Sea of Possibility.

And Being the Love
of All That Is,
open up your mind
and sense
the Truth of the
Limitlessness of You.

Imagine.
No walls,
no limits,
no end.
All Is Possible.
All Is Love.
Bigger than the ocean.
Past the horizon.
Eternal, limitless
Love.

Dive In

3/03/17

You dip your toe
into the water –
to see if you
wish to go in.
Is it too hot,
too cold,
or maybe you
are not comfortable
enough in the water
to wade or
jump right in?

Might it be a
new experience –
if you are used
to swimming in a pool,
to dip your toe
into the ocean?
Yes, it is water,
but your eyes
see it as something
very different,
something new.

Is there a line
that is drawn
by your
“I am comfortable” gauge?
A line your mind
places in front of you
to keep the status quo –
so you may think
that you know
all you need
to know?

Is there not
initial discomfort
in trying something new –
does your mind
not balk at challenges saying,
“that water may be too cold,”
“I may not be a
strong enough swimmer
to venture out
into the ocean,”
“I have not done
(whatever it is)
this way before?”

But you have moved
this line before –
you have learned
how to swim,
you have set intentions,
asked for help
and have you not
learned how to
dive in?

There is always
another challenge,
when you are
expanding in your growth –
dip in your toe
to check it out,
but know your
comfort line always
grows with you –
as you know
there is always
more to know.

Is your comfort line
not an indicator
that there is
new growth ahead?
Yes, your mind may wish
to slow things down
and dig in your heels –
but does your soul
not wish to leap
over the line
at this chance?
An opportunity for growth,
a new adventure lies ahead –
is your soul not always
ready to dive in?

If you need to
learn more strokes
in order to swim
with greater ease –
ask for help
and try it out –
do you not look back
at times and see
how far you have come?

Dip your toe
into the water
and know you have
been this way before.
There is Love
and support
that surround you
as you grow.

Believe in Love
that shows You
the way.
As You Are Love
Believe in You –
dive into Love
dive in.

Category: Strength and Courage

Hero

Climbing

Healing Love

Step With Love

Momentum of Love

Unstoppable

With Love

Stand With Love

Sea of Possibility

Dive In