If you are looking to change your life in a very empowering way, we suggest you write down all of your self-limiting beliefs and I am statements – the chatter that automatically goes on in your mind that always contains some kind of reason why you can’t evolve beyond what is unwanted or how you trick yourself into believing you are somehow not good enough. Leave a space after every statement that comes to you.

Then, examine every statement and ask yourself, Is this true? Is this really what I wish to create? What would be a better feeling statement? What is a new declaration I can make? If the statement is something hurtful someone else said to you, ask Is this true? Does this person even know the real me? Are they qualified to judge or speak about my path and my truth? Are they an example of what I aspire to be? (Hint: if someone is judging you they are automatically not operating at a level that is able to see you in your truth. If they were, they would only offer love and acceptance and see you as the perfect and divine being you are.)

God said:

Have you perhaps been bemoaning your life? Have you chosen to complain about Life rather than to move on with it?

Beloveds, if you give thanks for Life every day when you awaken in the morning and every night when you go to bed, how might your Life take on a new light?

Agreed, Life on Earth is not always a walk in the park. Agreed, Life on Earth is not always what you would like or expect, yet Life is Life, and there is more to Life and your Life than meets the eye.

Beloveds, whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. What an indictment self-pity is. Feel sorry for yourself, and you sentence yourself to unhappiness. What a lazy thing to do. In lieu of self-pity, get on your horse and sally forth.

Think in the direction of what you could be glad for. If not glad, think in the direction of what of Life you can be even a little grateful for. It is not for you to poke holes at your Life.

Pause in the midst of complaint to give credit for the Gift of Life. "Hey, God, thanks for this Life You gave me." Beloveds, receive in good grace what you have been given.

Whatever you have been given or whatever you have not been given, there is great opportunity before you. You are alive for far greater than just hanging around and finding fault. What is the corollary of finding fault but lack of gratitude? No longer devalue your God-given Life. Perhaps now is the time to think of Life as a gift given to you, seemingly out of the blue.

by Zen Gardner

I’m asking “where to now” in many contexts as this all transpires. Not just my own life that has been seriously derailed from its previous direction and that of my children now being put through this renewed societal abuse syndrome, but of the so-called truth community in general. That such vicious and unconscious reactive outbursts could be triggered by anyone telling their personal awakening story, no matter how sordid their past may appear and all the innuendo and assumptions that transpire, is remarkable to behold.

Yet the irony continues. People are examining the rubble of my past and insisting I’m still a part of that. Better yet, I’m a rocket ship that attained escape velocity out of the abusive matrix and jettisoned my earlier stages of my propelling device that crashed back down to earth. And people are fixated on that and totally forget about the rocket that used that as fuel, and all from a comfortable armchair of viewership.

You have made plans for your life, you know which direction you are moving, you do your best to stay happy and treat your sacred vessel accordingly but, sometimes, The Universe has other plans.  Prior to your arrival, you and I had a conversation.  There were certain things you asked to experience, but some of you may have ‘misplaced the memo’. (Smiling)
Because of this, you may feel as if you are being punished…..I do not do that.
You may feel I do not hear you or you are being ignored….I do not do that either.
Your experiences and your journey are just that, yours.  It is a co-operative effort between your soul and The Universe.  Keep the lines of communication open and, even if it was not what you were intending for yourself, remember that you are always learning. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/what-memo/

Dear Ones, your evolution process is about finding your way into greater balance. Balance in your relationships with others. Balance with your relationship with yourself. Balance by embracing both your human and spiritual sides. And balance with your service so that your efforts empower and uplift everyone involved. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2016/08/20/daily-message-saturday-august-20-2016/

God said:

Did you grow up hearing dutiful refrains running through your ears, such as:

"First eat your vegetables. Then, after, have your dessert. Not before."

"Get your work done first. Then you can go out and play."

"Frivolity is frivolous. Idle hands get you into trouble."

"Hold on to your money. Don't waste your time nor money on foolishness."

Did you grow up with the idea that joy best comes later? Did you grow up with the idea that joy of all kinds is to be denied you until a vague later time yet to be announced? When exactly you don't know. Just later some time. And so your joy has been pinched, and you may still restrict joy until some day, and some day may never come.

My children are not meant to be in harness and trudge along heavy-footed. Be light of heart and light of foot. May joy be your password into work or play. Why not?

It's possible that children have the right idea. Joy first. Joy is a forerunner to everything. Restricting yourself may take away joy and sadden your dreams.

Instruct yourself in the idea that joy is your winning number. Deferring joy is not a virtue.

The difficulty with being heavy-handed about life is that you get stuck in seriousness. Sometimes it seems that you believe too much in the concept that, before you can have joy, you have to suffer. The idea has been expressed that you must suffer before you can be beautiful.