Simon Says

You may not know it yet but you, along with every human being on the planet, have the power to create worlds. We are made in the image of our creator. It's a fearsome thing to think about and probably why so many of us can't do it for long. We worry and toil, thinking about the time and how much money we have, the smallest of things; while all of us are capable of creating anything. In fact we are doing so - creating our own worlds, right now, as we speak. Thoughts become words and words create worlds. That's a fairly big assertion , I get it, but take a moment to notice what you were thinking about a moment ago & the precise words you used the last time you spoke. Notice how past words corrolate to current experience. If the experience is negative, I don't say that to impart blame. Far from it. It's something to learn from, like the last time you burnt your finger. So how on earth can all this be true? How does it work? In its simplest form, our

In Australia, fruit can look really good and be tasteless. Finding good fruit is an art form! There are soooo many precedents in history of people looking the goods and being found lacking in genuine substance. History, in the end, tells the story of who we really were. So what on earth has this got to do with you?  There's something in us that can say we're not good enough and that looks to others for a sense of inspiration. We can live our lives vicariously, afraid to live as we were born to - free and uninhibited. Millions watched a beautiful Royal wedding on the weekend... It was a beautiful wedding. This has got to do with understanding your own Royalty. You have within you everything you need to live a life that astounds and delights you. "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." ~ Yeshua So what will it be? The way things look or the way the things are & taking responsiblity for that? Get your Crown on!

In a world where image seems to count for so much, self image is the bottom line. How many stories have been told of one sacrificing one's self, for the sake of the approval of others? It's never enough and in the end they get sucked dry. Anyone relating here? The good news is, there is a way back, a way through, a way over the hurdles life throws at us. It's as simple as being loving. It might sound corny, even offensive, but try not to throw the baby out with the bath water... All of the shoulds and have to's, regulations and assessments, good and bad, can be summed up in two things - "Love the Lord (your Source) with all your heart and all your mind and all your soul & love your neighbour as yourself." ~ Matthew 22.37 Sounds impossible doesn't it? It is, without grace. More on this down the track. As you pore over what is and isn't working in your life, as we do, getting back to source is as simple as being grateful. A quiet whisperin

To have success in life in a way that truly fulfils us, we need the secret sauce. The secret sauce is connecting to source. Say what!? So I mean the source of all things. An easy way to think of it is 'a higher power as you understand them to be'. Some people have a difficult time with this, but if you aren’t connected to source, it’s like trying to produce grapes when you’re disconnected from the vine. Another way of thinking about it, is a battery that isn’t getting recharged. Your life source is not self sustaining. It’s hard work. You can get things done, you can survive for a while but without connecting to source, without connecting to who you really are and what you really want, without authenticity , life will not bring you the satisfaction or fulfilment you deserve. Life connected to source gets exciting; enriching and even major setbacks won’t get you down. They become a part of the journey, the means of getting you from where you are to where you want to

In life's frustrations and in its turmoil, it's not easy to know where to begin to turn things around. Turning around is where to begin. If things aren't going as we want them to, our tendancy is to look at our circumstances. Obviously something outside of us has to change! haha! The truth however, gentle reader, is that our outer experience is a reflection of our inner world.  If you truly want things to change, you have to start with you. I could espouse on the workings of this, but might save you the trouble and simply point to where to begin. Begin with gratitude. You may not like to hear it. It may be the hardest work you will ever do, but our thoughts impact our actions and our actions our experience; your circumstances if you like... This is not to say it is your fault. Take heart! You are not alone. It is the struggle of every human being on the planet. If you can find things to be grateful for, even small things, especially small things , you will star