Everything happens FOR you...

Everything happens for you – not to you.

Thank you for being my gift. Through you, I’ve had the opportunity to grow, learn lessons, self reflect, get honest with myself, heal some deep hurts, acknowledge patterns and shine a bright light on all of the places where I still have much “work” to do.

But I couldn’t do it without you. Each of you. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Every time I get triggered, every time I judge, every pain and hurt I feel, every betrayal, are all opportunities for me to get present with those feelings – to have what I have and feel what I feel – to find where it is in my body, give it a little “hug,” do some conscious breath work and Remember.

It’s a reminder to return to presence, return to breath, return to gratitude and return to a beautiful state.

The belief that has helped me the most is knowing that each person in my life “signed up” for this, ultimately FOR me, to awaken. It’s not personal. Their job is to keep at, no matter what, until I get it, until I remember. That was the agreement.

Whenever we get stuck in the weeds of the physical realm and all of our attachments to the material – it can be hard to see how the pain, the suffering and the challenges could actually be FOR us, but I truly believe they are.

Instead, pull back and witness what’s going on – as if you’re watching a movie or a video game. Just be the observer – take out all of the emotion and all of your attachment to the physical, look past the Illusion and get curious.

If you look back over your life you may be able to determine what you really wanted to “get” this lifetime – how your soul wanted to evolve – and how those people who have really pushed you were actually doing it FOR you – not TO you. Look for the patterns. Make a game of it. It can be quite comical and you may be very relieved by what you discover.

Ask better questions and be open to learning so you don’t have to keep getting the same lesson over and over again. “How is this serving me? How could I see this situation or person differently? How can I grow from this? What can I learn? What are the lessons? How is this FOR me?”

That’s coming from a place of empowerment.

That’s where you’ll find the gifts.

Sometimes I miss the gifts. Sometimes I forget the Truth of my being. Sometimes I get all caught up in it and revert to being a child. And I’m often reminded just how unenlightened I am.

But not to worry. They’ll show up again. I’ll get another opportunity. Maybe in a different suit, maybe through a different situation, but with the same end goal – the same intention of serving me. 

So, thank you for being willing. Thank you for being patient with me as I slowly start to get this!! Thank you for signing up for this game we call life and the awesome role you play in it – for me and for my ultimate soul growth – I really couldn’t do it without you.

I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.

Instead of wasting your time and energy being angry and resentful (which only hurts you), what if you chose to send them love and be thankful for the beautiful gift that they are?

Who could you be grateful for today? Who could you forgive and love? Who is truly there to serve you and push all of your buttons so you finally “get it?” You finally wake up. You forgive. You surrender. You remember. You love.