Being present

Being. Present.

Easier said than done I know, like anything it’s a consistent reminder and a constant practice of creating and bringing awareness into the now.

This is our constant cycle - that we aren't in control of what happens in our outer world, of people, places, situations or things but we always have our home within us. No matter how much you may want to hold on to wanting to control, actually being able to let go of that resistance and start to flow with it, rather than against it, creates more space within you to grow.

That home inside of you is worth investing in. It’s not going anywhere so it certainly helps to make it a nice place to live.

Here’s something to think about...So you know that cupboard/draw/closet you may have that you just shove loads of stuff into and close the door, telling yourself I'll sort that another time. Yet you get busy and put it off and slowly you keep adding to it and the stuff mounts and builds up over time. Well eventually it gets so full that it's either going to all fall out or you need to face the fact that it's time to have a good look through it all and have a bit of a sort through and clear out. Well that's a very similar analogy to what we have to do with ourselves within. All the crap we feed into our mind, body, heart and souls...eventually it’s going to need a clear out. You know if you continuously keep shoving stuff in that cupboard all of a sudden you go to open it and yep, boom, it all falls out and creates a right old mess. Yep that's your emotions, those ones you shove down not wanting to face and then eventually there's no more room so you erupt like a volcano over something really small and it ALL comes out.

No doubt we have ALL been there.

So most definitely don’t give yourself a hard time over it. Those feelings and emotions are there to be looked at and worked through and eventually those eruptions will become more like subtle bubbling. It doesn't have to be a big volcano eruption each time if you allow yourself to start coming into awareness of what’s coming up. Ignore the situation that is coming up and causing it, that is just a reflection, if you can look beneath the situation into the heart of the matter, that's where the answers lie.

Full moons are a very present time for heightened awareness of emotions and we have one in the sign of Leo on 28th Jan, so I urge you to sit with it, feel into it and allow yourself the space to do so.

So we are at a time where we are very much having to live in the moment, I know it's not a very western way to live when we have been very conditioned and programmed to live a very conformed way of life. I realised many years ago that it wasn't for me and my days of travelling taught me about so many varied cultures and different ways of life. There really isn't just one way for us all, we are all our own individuals and unique in our own ways and we all have our own truths and beliefs. There is no right or wrong, what matters is what's right for you. It’s super easy to get influenced, more than ever now with so much content out there, but I really advise you to come back to you and keep to what feels right for you and to listen and educate yourself through real, honest people.

Be kind and be gentle to yourself and others. It doesn't matter what your truths are or if they are different to others, we can have different beliefs and still all come together and show compassions and grace towards each other.

So let's come together and share more love and acceptance to ourselves and others .

Sending all my love 💛🙏💛