Open Your Heart

Be like nature. Much like the ocean remains accessible to that which flows from rivers and streams from the highest of mountain tops to the lowest of reservoirs, allow your heart to be uncluttered of scars, pain, and weakness. Allow that which serves to be an obstruction in your brook to be used as the very thing that will purify your waters as you connect yourself the great Abyss from which you were created.

In order to maintain balance at the center of your being, place emphasis on working from the inside of your life (spirit) to the external personage (body) that you present to the world. It does absolutely no good to work from the outside in. Take a look around your current surroundings. See if you can find a method that would serve not only as a solution for clearing up your space for the sake of peace of mind, but would also be affective in clearing out all the junk that keeps your heart clenched or unreceptive to that which needs changing at your core. You will find that it is just about impossible to alter the aesthetics of your existence as a means of eliminate the internal mess that no one can see but you.

Throughout my journey, I have discovered that one of the easiest ways to maintain balance in your life (both internally and externally), is through purification and the purging of all emotional miscellany that keeps you from attaining the life you aspire to live. It is also the most affective way to begin your ascension towards acquiring inner peace which will ultimately lead to the manifestation of harmony in your external existence.

Your authentic self, which is roused by the Spirit dwelling at the center of your being, can only be moved through the balance – or lack there of – maintained in your heart. I encourage you to do the work it takes to heal your heart of its wounds. Only then will you be able to have increase in all areas of your life. To preserve balance, one must possess a heart that is receptive, unimpeded, egoless, and courageous. These are the very characteristics that will help you navigate your way through uncharted territories with the confidence that comes with being connected to all things positive and abundant.

Having a clear and open heart will enable you to experience life from a love-inspired perspective (something we all were born with but have somehow lost along the way). Though probably the most challenging task in obtaining balance in your life, maintaining clarity will also allow for the natural ebb and flow of giving and receiving, which is also innately inherent within each and every being on this planet. Positive expectation will become the natural state in which you carry out your day to day existence. Just your presence alone will grant affirmative outlooks to others who connect with you throughout your day. Thus, at long last you will be compelled to walk in the spirit of knowing are heir to goodness and abundance that the Creator provides.

I can attest to all that has been mentioned above by simply offering my presence, my gift of word and my passion for inspiring unto you. You see, I am a woman who once waded in the shallow but deadly pools of pity, spending much of my time waiting and expecting a change in my life that never seemed to manifest. My background would never serve as proof of the woman I have become today (well, I digress as I suppose it would be a matter of perspective). Pain, dysfunction, and emotional confusion have led me to walk down pathways that look extremely dissimilar to the life I am living now. I harbored resentment and detested the authority figures of my childhood for neglecting to carry out the deeds of parenting (God bless my parents for I love them very much today and understand they did the best they knew how) in the form of which I felt I needed in order to flourish. For years I had no concept of what it meant to be strong. I was only strong by default; because I had no other choice. I made choices and surrounded myself with people that could have been detrimental to my success, because it was what made me feel better. Though it sounds ridiculous, as long as I was miserable, filled with anguish and had someone to blame, I was actually happy – content with being unhappy.

The day came where I got tired of living in sadness. I was exhausted with searching for love in all the wrong places and collecting the pains administered by sufferers who had no other outlet but in someone else who looked like them emotionally - me. I grew weary of being happy about being unhappy. In that moment, I succumbed to the desire to live, to thrive, to be something other than what my past had dictated for me. I made the decision to do the work to rid myself of anguish and disillusion; to start healing my heart and forgiving myself for having lived in such a fashion for so long. I also began to forgive the people of my past so that I could move into my future as a contributor of light, rather than a perpetuation of darkness.

Now…I can see the flow of life. I can see my connection to the Source of all things. My heart is an ocean, and I put effort into keeping my rivers flowing freely. I am even more mindful of where I channel my energies. It was most challenging when I first began my quest, however over the years, being centered and tapped in to peace and love has become a very prominent part of my existence. It is who I am.

I have been asked on many occasion, how it is that can remain so positive, so inspirational, so empowered and so encouraging, considering where I have been and where I come from. I do not really have an answer, for it would serve as a means of an ego-centered self to take credit for that which has been designed for me to carry out. I will say this, the change in my life, in my outlook and in my connection came about the moment I decided to open my heart. It is my aspiration to inspire others to do the same.

Affirm: Even if for a moment, an hour or a day…my heart is open and free of all that has hurt me. Just like the Source exists for me, I am also a source to those who are in need of something that I can offer naturally.


Spotlight Photographer: Vladimir Piskunov

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