posted July 01, 2007 03:49 AM         

Why should we care about raising our consciousness? When we set an intention to change and grow, we begin a journey in which we move from coping, to learning and finally, to the enjoyment of living.

Here are some of the shifts we move through:

From dependence on the clock, to charting a direction, to moment-to-moment guidance from intuition.

From doing things right, to doing the right things, to being your true self.

From lack of self discipline to having personal willpower to serving divine will.

From being out of control, to being in control, to trusting and letting go of the need to control.

With each step, we experience greater freedom, fulfillment and joy. Worth going for, don’t you think?

“Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.”

-- Stephen R. Covey

posted July 01, 2007 04:06 AM         

I believe that it is as helpful to listen to criticism as it is compliment, although preferably given in a respectful way....and even if it isn't, it IS possible (possible, not easy, lol) to see through it all and obtain the bigger picture....(although I struggle with this in personal relationships, lol!)

I think it is just as harmful to have an unbalanced, egotistic view of ourselves as it is to have self hatred.

Love and Light! And gentle Moonlight to some

posted July 01, 2007 07:18 PM         

More and more through the past 10 years of my life I have been letting go of trying to control things that happen in my life and just trusting that God is in control of everything and wants what is best for all of us and the world.

For that reason I turn the reins over to him and just trust that it will all work out for the good.