Evolution of You, Always Follow Your Spirit

I have let a few weeks pass since my last post. Partly because I am experiencing some new, profound, and life changing events in my personal life. I was waiting for the right words to write the words of my expressions.

I can start by saying that life is a little tricky and it wouldn't be worth it if we knew everything. It can be beautiful if we allow ourselves to evolve in every situation, no matter if it is good or bad. However, it is often very difficult to see the light at the end of a tunnel, especially when we have been travelling in the dark for so long. My motto for life's journey is to follow your spirit, it doesn't lie.

A lot of times, we are holding ourselves back by holding on to something that is obviously holding us back. In our own determination, we tend to persist that things, people, and situations belong in our lives, even though they have proven over and over that they do not belong because they are not good for our evolution. But yet we are afraid to let go and it doesn't matter how many times have we heard "When a door closes another opens" we don't believe it.

Who would have guessed that I would have found my real father at the age of 32 over the past few weeks. By following my spirit, I have been afforded this opportunity to open a new door for the purpose of evolution. I feel blessed, excited, and thankful for the opportunity.

Nothing ever happens by accident, whether we realize it or not. Evolving means to grow, develop, mature, and change. This comes with occasional surprises because evolving is ever changing. No, it is not always easy to open doors of opportunity while closing doors that are not to proceed in the next step of our evolution. In fact,we as human beings do not always understand why certain events have to occur that provoke pain, confusion, and unrest in our minds for a time. In my situation, new doors are opening, others are closing, questions are answered, I am evolving. I am grateful.

Be You...Conscious!

What's In Your neighborHood?

The planet is dying and we are closing our eyes flocking to beauty supply and liquor stores, nail shops, and fast food establishments in our neighborhoods owned primarily by businesses that are not helping or lift our communities or save the planet. The truth is, we as a culture, are being left behind in the efforts to have a positive impact our environment because we lack knowledge, resources, and balance.

The global crisis affects all who reside on this earth, and my fear is that if we don’t make an effort to get involved, our survival as a human race is in stake. We must find new ways of patronizing and conducting business in our communities regardless of our socio-economic status. We must demand a standard of quality and social responsibility from those profiting from us. We can act together to do it.

Education is the key to addressing the global crisis we are facing, there is hope for creating opportunities to heal and lift our communities out of poverty, but we must first we must learn how to use natural resources more wisely and efficiently, and collectively. It is imperative that we become more conscious of the products and services being marketed to our unconscious and disadvantage communities by asking, is this product serving a purpose? is it helping or hurting our minds, bodies, and/or spirits?

Let us not be left behind, instead, let us help build our communities on values and standards that benefit us equally as partners on this planet.

Five Steps for Intuitive Healing

If I told you of my story, I'm pretty sure your response would be something like "Wow!" or "oh my, you have had such a rough life" or, "how did you survive that!!!" Naturally, when emotional events occur in life, most people tend to either shut down to the world, or go the other direction and tell everyone who will listen in hopes of finding comfort, answers, or sympathy. The only issue with that is, sometimes we get addicted to telling the story. ....So what's the problem with that???? you ask.

The problem is, everytime you tell the story, you re-live the event over and over. This can be helpful if, and only if you are telling it to learn and move forward. Healing has to be a conscious effort. Otherwise, you are telling the story because you are addicted to the response. As a result, you are allowing yourself to use the event as a crutch, and you will delay the healing process.

On the other side, suppressing emotions can be even more dangerous. So now what?

After my divorce, I went through what I call the crazy stage, emotions all of the place leading me into a self destructive path, feeling sorry for myself, and telling the story over and over. I had to make a choice to move towards healing. If you are going through a trial in life that has you unbalanced, try these simple steps to regain control of your emotions.

Step 1. Take inventory of your beliefs - Are the empowering or disempowering?

for example, "I am going through this because I did something wrong "- disempowering
or, "I am going to use this experience to grow my wisdom so that I can be happy" - empowering

Step 2. Choose to allow the emotions reveal themselves and then challenge yourself to handle them rationally.
For example, going for a drink to numb the pain is not wisdom. Busting windows out of cars is not wisdom. Going to the self help section in your local bookstore is wisdom.

Step 3. Learn to correct imbalances by seeking wisdom. There is a wealth of information available for correcting imbalances if you seek it.

Step 4. Learn to trust your inner thoughts about a situation.
(that little voice that said "don't do that" and you did it anyway)

Step 5. Keep a journal of your learning process. (You will enjoy reading later).