surrender

Today it is not easy to write. I just feel a little stuck. But I look at the title of my blog and smile. "Abundant Aspirations" is a state that I want to embody. It's the place of abundance that no matter what, when, how- you feel filled up. It doesn't matter what the circumstances are or the problems in your life because when you feel abundant, you are at peace. Being abundant has nothing to do with whats in your bank account.

Today I want to surrender to the walls I have built up. I want to break through the places in me that want to live in business as usual. I want to shake up my ways of thinking that get me running in the same circles. We have accepted so much in our society, "that this is the way life is", "you live and you die" and "people never change". There are many other sayings that we live by, that shape who we are and how we interact with other people.

I don't accept this for myself and therefore have a different outcome in my life. People will always try to sell me their sad view of the world or their reality and I just don't buy it. We are all only living in our own realities after all so why not choose a brighter more empowering picture to paint. You will find exactly what you are looking for in life. If you are looking for rude, angry, selfish people- you will find plenty. On the other hand if you are looking for peaceful, kind, happy people- this is what you will find. It sounds to easy but its true. Try it! The trick is you have to believe it. If you believe in the good and search for it than you wont see anything else. Is this denial? There are so many horrible things happening in the world, so how can we ignore that? Again by focusing on what is good and what works the other will fade away. If we could do this on a global level then we could change the world. But let's just start with ourselves.

I will start with me. I choose to listen to things that empower me. In moments like today when I feel hardened I have to write and find my gratitudes. In being thankful I start to let in a little sunlight and remember the good stuff. If I focus on feeling stuck then I will stay stuck. I must see what I do have to fill myself up.

Today I am grateful for my mother. She inspires me to keep growing and always find the humor in things. I just feel blessed to have her as my mother and friend.