Acceptance Truth Joy Peace

I was instructed to take a break and listen to my heart’s desire and sense of what it needs to be free. Without the acceptance of releasing me, I would never know.

It was about ‘me time’ to PAUSE and silently listen to my truth.

I am now out of PAUSE, after attending a spiritual retreat in which I focused on opening my heart more to our divine source. I came home fully alive and inspired and pulled out one of my ‘life purpose’ cards and then this question came so unexpectedly and for no reason. At least I thought (!)

What do I really want?

Well, I had to think about this a lot. I felt like I had made enough decisions and taken inspired actions to raise the bar for myself. By doing so, I could have the freedom to travel and work from anywhere I please. However, it was not the answer!

What happened, my reason for going into business was to have financial freedom and more options. Guess what (!) My answer was No (!)

This did not sit well with him either. I have the penthouse, I travel abroad twice a year, I sail the Mediterranean, I drive a BMW, I make a great income and STILL, I felt lost as to what my answer might be.

What most aspire to has appeared in my life. Still, a piece was missing. Could I lack an internal balance? For example, is my search path for greater joy and happiness? Maybe? And if so, how do I do this much less? Does this explain? How is happiness communicated? Is the experience different for each of us?

How do we find happiness?

For anyone who has not experienced the greatest joy, happiness – lightness and calm, where do you start?

How do you earn that inner trust, no doubt knowledge or a flash of disbelief?

Our lives are so ingrained to taking safely mapped actions trying to manifest what we believe is necessary to live a happy and fulfilling life. In essence, what happens we try to control each moment for security that arises from our ego.

Looking for happiness, the hustle is where we get lost. Uncertainty is where we start to question.

This is all there is?

There comes a time when the soul needs to silence the noise and listen to the silence with acceptance. It is here that the Divine can give us its best guide to experience joy and tranquility. It is a process of letting go of the voices in our heads. Give up (the vulnerability most of us avoid) with full acceptance.

Here are three principles to help surrender and quiet the mind.

–Awareness It starts with knowing yourself; it requires a deep search for who you are and what you have to offer. It progresses through a deepening sense of appreciation, respect, and gratitude for YOU.

–RecognitionWhatever is shown to be okay (!) Is always okay without judgment or scrutiny.

–Acceptance of who you are with respect and gratitude, accepting heartbreak and vulnerability, only then can we offer a gift that is accepted and appreciated.

When this happens, all conflict will disappear in every decision, every thought, every activity … where you are already making decisions from a place of the ego that keeps us separate. Instead, everything starts and ends here. Doubt is no longer a part or a choice. You become your own truth. You line up and your truth is centered. This is where you will find your answers.

This has been difficult for me because the answers are not always what I want to hear. They are meant to be heard. With acceptance and surrender, the truth will be heard. And in this there is truth, joy and happiness.