Dear Ones, do you know what brings you joy? What you are passionate about? What makes your heart sing? Sadly, many of you have been so consumed with duty and caring for others, that your own joyful activities have gone by the wayside.

If you do not know what brings you joy, it is your sacred mission, right now, to figure that out. An easy way to get some clarity is to go to a book store or library and browse up and down every aisle. Where you linger the longest is an indicator of where your interests lay. This is an excellent way of discovering what draws you without investing a large amount of money and time.

We encourage you to decide right now, before the start of a new year, to actively pursue pastimes that make your heart happy, allow you to feel fully present, and honour your own interests. If you understand that following your passions puts you into alignment with your soul and Source energy, there is no such thing as being too busy do so.

Don’t pressure yourself to find the perfect activity or to excel at it. Enjoyment is the indicator of success in this situation, so try many things and if you don’t like something, try something else! It is a embarking on grand voyage of self discovery and joyful expansion, that you simply cannot get wrong. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2015/12/14/daily-message-monday-december-14-2015/

What do you think I am?
I am the quiet voice of encouragement when you need it most.
I am the feeling of love that comes over you when no one else is around.
I am the forgiveness you finally allow yourself.
I am the joy in the connection with others.
I am the laughter that comes from nowhere.
I am that moment of accomplishment during what you feel is your worst day.
Notice, embrace and know I am with you always. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2015/12/14/what-am-i/

By Stephen John O’Connor
Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Not A ‘Normal’ Journey

I have been on a journey for most of my life. Not a normal journey, but one of the soul, the spirit – of the one behind the one who I thought I was. Something or someone has been propelling me through this lifetime as though I am a passenger on a fate-bound mystical train with no way to look forward and only a view of where I have been.

Since I was very young, I felt urged toward uncovering the occult secrets of the Masters from the past. I read and I discovered. First, came the Western Esoteric Tradition. It started with the College of Esoteric Studies out of Barbados. Then, The Rosicrucian Order A.M.O.R.C., where I became Master of the Lodge. Continuing my search, I read Ouspensky, Gurdjieff, Wei Wu Wei, and Harold Percival. All pretty heady stuff. I felt like I was making progress, but to where?

God said:

Beloved Child of Mine, remind yourself that, when you feel low, even at your very lowest, you are in a good place, for you are like a pitcher in baseball who pulls his arm way back before he throws the ball. Or, you are like a runner, who gets down low, then sprints forward with great momentum. Or, you are like an archer pulling back on your bow. When you stop pulling back and let go, whatever you are sending goes faster and farther and on target.

When you feel low, you are going to spring forward with power. You are going to rise to new heights.

I ask you not to be discouraged. Discouraged means disheartened. Certainly, you are not to dishearten yourself.

You can only rise higher. You will get up from being down. You have done it before. And you will do it again. As you rise, so will others. You set the momentum. You break the barriers that were in your mind, and others will also.

All your battles are with yourself. When you feel depressed, you have depressed yourself. Others and other matters may press upon you, yet you set the tone. If you feel reviled, you are the one who reviles yourself.

And when you feel inspired, no matter how much others have inspired you, you are your own inspirer.

You are your own everything, your own detractor, hider, show-off, mover, story-teller, actor and star of the show, target, savior, dispenser, mistake-maker, affronter, disbeliever, believer, astounder, rebounder, derelict, beater, jailer, freer. You are the belle of the ball, and you are the wallflower.

By Zen Gardner
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Is anyone else having a hard time going through what often appears to be the same old news? Is it just me, or are we seeing a change of attitude and consciousness manifesting in lieu of this incessant and increasing barrage of repetitive headlines?

An interesting question.

This does seem to happen to myself periodically but it continues to take on an almost sneaky, changing nature. While I get weary of it at times, on the other hand the vibrations of this massive awakening continue to arouse and inspire which brings everything into play with renewed interest and passion.

I have to say, this morphing enigma called change of consciousness continues to confound and amaze me.

By Montalk
Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Have you ever been under distressing financial circumstances, expecting to fall into an abyss of poverty with the next emergency expense? How many times have you suffered the worst of your expectations? How many times did help come from unexpected places to get you through despite the worst of odds?

Our expectations come from what we have been programmed to expect. What actually happens depends on the laws of reality deciding the nature of our experiences. Those who pay attention will see that what actually happens is most often at odds with what is expected. Why do our plans and anticipations about the future rarely happen the way we envision them? Why are our programmed expectations so different from our actual experiences?