God said:

I do not say: "Woe, unto you." I do not.

I do say: "Peace unto you." I go so far as to say: "Blessings unto you. Joy unto you. Be light of heart."

Joy exists, and it exists within you. You already have it. It is yours. It belongs to you. You, dear ones, however, set standards for joy. This is tantamount to setting restrictions on your joy. When you set restrictions, you block out joy as if forbidden.

Joy is your nature. Solemnity is not your nature. Solemnity is something you impose upon yourself. You and the world cut yourself off. Somewhere along the line, you become convinced that joy must be overruled.

Death of a loved one, from your point of view, as if there were a law against it, precludes joy. Getting a low mark on a test in school wrests joy away from you. Losing your job, the identity you see, the paycheck and the security it seemed to offer, you may have accepted as ruling out joy. Still, you do begin to have a hint that joy is your birthright.

You don't have to be happy because of this or that. Just be happy. Absorb happiness regardless of what is going on. I do not make a rule that only under certain circumstances can you allow yourself happiness, and under other circumstances you must deny yourself.

When you are trying to manifest something new, it can be frustrating when you feel like you don't have all the details or the knowledge of how it will work out. We would like you to know that you don't need the details right away. You just need the basics, or the main foundation.

Ask yourself, "What do I know for sure?" So let us suppose you were wanting to move. Start with the broadest details. Do you know what country you would like to live in? Which area? What climate do you prefer? Do you prefer city or country or small town? Is safety a main concern to you? Are schools important? Do you prefer to be near water, or inland? As you start to focus on broader details, you start to realize that you do have more clarity on what you would like than you first thought.

Your manifestations are much like building a house. You create the foundation first, which supports all the other elements to be built upon it. As the house starts to take form, the smaller details fall into place, until all that is left to do is the finishing touches and you are ready to move in. You can't worry about what switch plates to buy until you have walls and electricity first!

When it is your choice, only then will the rending of your soul cease. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/choice/

God said:

What if you simply welcome Life? What if you felt that you were Life's genial host? That you are to help Life feel welcome and comfortable on Earth?

It would seem that you have considered Life to be your host and that Life is to make you welcome and comfortable. Is this so? I think that's exactly what many or most of My children have been doing, expecting Life to massage their feet and soothe their feelings, as though Life is supposed to be your butler or servant of some kind.

Of course, Life does serve.

You and Life are reciprocal. You serve each other. Life on Earth is not a one-way activity. Life parents you, and sometimes you have to go along.

In one sense, I ask you to intercede for Life and make its job easier. Let Life sit on the couch. Let Life put its legs up on the ottoman. Plump the cushions up for Life at least once in a while. Serve Life some tea. Take at least some responsibility for Life.

No matter what happens in Life, Life is not a bad guy. As you do your best, so does Life. Life gives you its all. Life wants to make you happy. Life has other responsibilities as well. Besides that, it is not always easy for Life to make you happy.

Do your utmost to smile back at Life. Give Life a break. Don't be a hard taskmaster. Even when Life disappoints you, be cordial.

I won’t say that Life makes mistakes. If it did, you flub up every once in a while too.