A quick snippet tonight: I’ve repeated countless times that we have to take control of our mindset.  We have to make the choice to do things differently and to look at them differently.  As the saying goes, it isn’t what happens to you that’s the problem, it’s how you look at it.  Sometimes life puts us in situations we aren’t thrilled about.  Some are terrifying and some seem like we will never get through.  But the truth is, you’ve come through everything and made it to this point.  Sometimes life makes us take that push even for the good things.  Those things we really want.  It can be terrifying but so much of what we are looking to achieve is on the other side of that fear.

When something calls to us, that means it is for us.  The things that are for us are often on the other side of our comfort zone.  They will take us to places we never thought we could go and often times the only thing holding us back is our mindset.  When we feel fear the most, that is usually the sign.  We can spend a life time dreaming about it or going for it.  Guaranteed if you learn to take the steps, you’ll be a lot further than if you had just sat there thinking about it.  Hell, even if you just TAKE a step you’ll be further ahead. 

I’ve learned that one of the questions we need to ask ourselves is “What if it works?”.  It massively changes how you see the situation.  Suddenly you start seeing the opportunities where you previously felt there were none. Better yet, you learn to feel better in the wait.  You don’t worry about the outcome because you learn to trust that everything happens exactly as it’s meant to.  The really cool part is that when you trust that things are happening how they are meant to, you usually end up with something better than you imagined. 

“Gratitude Erases negativity—you can protect your mind with one simple coating—gratitude,” Steve Harvey.  Somehow the image of gratitude as a coating, a balm of sorts, for the mind somehow made me feel a real sense of peace.  I’ve been working on a gratitude practice for a long time and I share part of that with you on Sundays.  That’s just a small snippet of what I do.  There is something to be said for a state of gratitude that not only calms the soul, but brings an awareness to our purpose as well as our presence.  The key to being grateful is to appreciate it all.  It’s truly not only about getting what we want.  It’s about knowing that we have everything we need to get by in this moment.  That gratitude is a protection against any potential negativity that we can project in our mind.

When we focus on gratitude we are present and attuned to the state of what IS.  Not worrying about what will be or what could be.  No.  There is a firm grounding in reality when we are grateful because that is about something tangible.  Throw in a because statement and then you start solidifying the feeling. For example, “I’m grateful for x because it allows me to do y.”  Knowing why you are grateful for something allows you to know why you do it as well as what you will go for next.  It’s the purpose behind the action.  It means that we can appreciate what we have while working toward what is next.  Gary Vaynerchuk says, “Be grateful and ambitious.”  Ambition doesn’t mean you’re not satisfied, we aren’t talking complacence.  But appreciating what you have allows you to leverage for what you need. 

I think with the state of the world right now, worrying about current events, social climate, climate change, and any potential future we have for our children, we need to find a way to be grateful.  So many people are trying to find their happiness in ways that have potential repercussions for all and forever.  We have to realize how immensely privileged we are to be alive and stop worrying about who got the short end of the stick and wonder why, in a world with such vast supplies, there were different size straws to begin with.  We created a system that doesn’t work any longer.  And that is fine, we are all doing the best we can with what we have.  But we have to start looking at different ways to do the best we can.  We have to look at what time means. 

Life itself is precious and we are owed nothing in the grand scheme of things.  But we have opportunities to do great things if we appreciate what we have.  When we appreciate we are recognizing the possibility that was given to us.  It’s those little things that we don’t see are the big things.  Take the time to make every moment count in its own way.  Don’t let that inner voice or the voice of anyone else cloud what you know in your heart and soul.  Simply enjoy.  Be.  Appreciate every second and relish it.  That’s where the magic is.  When you see how much of reality is amazing, you can’t let what you may not get take over.  In the end none of that matters anyway.  What you do with what you have, seeing the reminders that all is well, how much you love…that is the heart of it.  Life moves fast.  Let’s spread the light while we still can.  Listen to your soul and follow what you know is right, and be grateful.  There is always hope.

I think we need to talk globally for a moment here and reconnect to how the individual ties into the bigger picture.  There are significant events happening in this world right now, events that tear my heart up because I know in my gut, with every fiber of my being that we do NOT need to be starting wars to satisfy man’s ego in this day and age.  I don’t understand how we can continue to wage war for the sake of pride and money.  I ask when we will learn that the greater is bigger than the individual and that we all have a part to play.  The sooner we accept that part, the sooner we awaken a new possibility to what this life can be like.  I believe it can be amazing for everyone—but that means letting go of what we’ve created or reshaping it into something that does work.  If we allow thoughts like I had about myself to infiltrate our minds, we start to seek ways to satisfy and numb that feeling whether it is a power play, an act of aggression, or simply finding ways to control the situation.        

The bottom line is that when we aren’t fulfilling our purpose, or when we mistake our purpose for something to satisfy the ego, terrible things can happen.  My intention is to light up the world through awakening what it is that your spirit needs you to do.  I want to stop situations like we are currently facing with Ukraine from ever happening again.  I want to stop domestic violence and aggression against anyone from happening when it stems from that egoic place.  In order to remove the ego, we must get in touch with ourselves.  We must learn to align with who we are and who we are meant to be.  I don’t pretend for a moment that my issues are of any type of significance to anyone—but the principles I share ARE.  That I know with my heart.

I know what humans are capable of, both good and bad.  Honestly I think we all know that on some level.  I also know that those in a place of privilege need to pave the way to shift the paradigms we are all sitting on.  We know how we function no longer benefits the whole and we know that we can’t sustain this type of life.  So while my issues with work aren’t impacting the greater good, how I decide to deal with those small moments is.  I’m learning how to create a different type of vibration in the world.  I don’t need to get angry and sulk that things aren’t going my way.  I need to take action and create opportunities.  That is the lesson we all need to learn.  We can no longer pretend to be victims when we truly hold the power.  We have choices and the biggest choice we yield is our ability to act and how we control our emotions. 

Having a broader understanding of what we are meant to do and learning what our purpose is and maintaining a spiritual connection are key.  I’m not talking about going delusional and thinking our way is the right way—that’s all back to ego—but I am talking about accepting that we each have our calling and each of those callings are needed for some reason.  We have all experienced war, we have all lived through wars in our time.  Honestly, what is so sad is that in our entire history, I believe we’ve spent more time at war than we have at peace.  Think about it: even in times of relative global peace, we are constantly at war with ourselves in some way.  I want to give people permission to stop that internal fighting.  To stop that internal need to satisfy what we are told we can’t have.  I want to encourage the growth of the individual and the creation of a world that functions in vibration with the gift of this life. 

“Procrastination is a thief of time,” Loren Ridinger.  This is about accountability and getting really honest with who we are.  How much time is wasted on the unnecessary in our lives?  How much time do we spend complaining about what needs to be done when we could just do it?  How much time do we spend doubting our own ability and sitting on what we are meant to share with the world when we could simply DO something?  All of that is procrastination.  The other day I felt amazing—not that everything went great, but the emotion was out of it and I did what I needed to do.  Right when I went to sleep, the asshole voice in my head decided to play the, “You’re getting so old, you have no future, you’ve accomplished nothing,” card.  This followed up with the, “You’ve got nothing of value to share,” card. 

This is not new for me.  Years of my life were dedicated to believing that voice.  They were spent in a weird combination of believing I was crap and had nothing to offer while simultaneously believing someone would always take care of me.  That voice is a complete fucking liar.  That voice is predicated on old beliefs and old systems that determined our worth through what we generated.  The human is not a machine and the brain does indicate wear when it’s pushed too far.  It’s our job to maintain this vessel and to do the maintenance on the software.  What we feed ourselves mentally has a huge impact on what we do.  I spent years in a defunct mental state, paralyzed by my own insecurity and indecision and inability to connect with that source. 

I believe we are all meant for greatness in our lives—but our definition of greatness is a little skewed.  We can’t judge the impact we have on other people by the material return we have.  Greatness is determined by the quality we bring to someone else’s life.  It can be the small moments, the quiet word of advice, the encouragement to keep moving forward.  It is the giving of something we have to help another person.  THAT is greatness.  Just because we don’t have a certain dollar amount in the bank account or a certain house, it doesn’t mean anything.  How well we love and care for others and how we spend our time THAT is where the meat is.

I spent years feeling like a failure because I made some really bad decisions in my day.  I felt like a failure because I couldn’t quite get to where I wanted to be whether I stayed the course or tried my own thing.  It felt like I was destined to accomplish nothing.  And then it hit me: my accomplishments aren’t about what I get in return.  It’s about what I’m sharing with others.  An accomplishment is putting a smile on someone else’s face today.  An accomplishment is allowing others the freedom to live their lives and feel supported.  I don’t need to sit and wait for permission to do that.  I don’t need to feel a certain way about myself in order to take action on what I’m meant to do. 

And that is the key.  In order to fulfill our contracts here, we must act.  If you don’t know what to do, do something.  The answers always come from action.  One of my favorite quotes is from Marie Forleo, and she says, “Clarity comes from engagement, not thought.”  So pick something.  There will never be a right time.  There will never be a perfect moment or a perfect anything, really.  So just do.  Take a step.  You might fall but you’ll either learn to pick yourself up again or you’ll fly.  Don’t waste your life away wishing for something else.  Just DO.  Sometimes you aren’t meant to find your purpose because it’s meant to find you.  All of the work that comes along the way is just building you up to what you’re meant to do.  Just DO.

There’s a story about a fly trying to escape a room it became trapped in.  It could see outside through a window so it kept flying into it only to find out the window was closed.  It’s so focused on what it sees in front of it that he only sees one way to reach his goal: through that window.  It gets frustrated and it ends up wasting its life trying to get out of the same closed window. It never knew that had it flown in the other direction, the door was open the whole time.  The point is this: don’t waste your time trying to fly through the window when the door is open eight feet away. 

How often do we do the same thing?  We have an expectation that something is going to go a certain way, and it might go that way for a while.  Or we think our partner or our friends should do something or that we have to behave in a certain way.  All of that is looking through the window because that expectation or goal is in sight but we never seem to actually get where we thought we would.  We beat ourselves up against the glass because we can see what we want but the glass never breaks.  We talk a lot about flexibility and mindset here, and this case is no different.  Don’t get so caught up in how you think it should be that you lose sight of how it is.  When you get yourself stuck in thinking, you create a rut that’s no different than flying into the window over and over again.  

The other lesson we learn from our little flying friend is that sometimes it only takes a shift in perspective to see the answer.  Had he only turned around, he would have seen that he there was another way to reach his goal.  Yes, it would be a different path, but there was still a way to get outside.  There are moments when unexpected opportunities come our way.  I’m guilty of passing many up in my earlier years because I felt like they didn’t come at the right time or that I wasn’t experienced enough or that I didn’t really deserve it and what was really mine would come my way when I was ready.  The truth is many an opportunity were missed because I essentially told the universe, “Looks good but not good enough,”  when the reality is that was an interpretation of my own being—I didn’t feel good enough.  Which leads me to Sponge Bob.

My kid was watching Sponge Bob while I was trying to get some work done and this was an episode where Squigward becomes an art teacher.  Sponge Bob takes the class and it turns out he has a phenomenal talent for art in many mediums.  Squigward becomes jealous at Sponge Bob’s natural ability and insists that Sponge Bob create by the book.  Sponge Bob complies and ends up losing his natural gift because he feels he failed Squigward by not following his “method.”  How often do we lose our own spark because we are told we have to do things a certain way?  I can attest that I lost nearly two decades of my life doing things as I thought they were supposed to be done.  All it got me was a life on repeat, a ground hog day of waking up and literally doing the same thing day after day, waiting for my instructions.  For several years it truly did sever my tie with my own creativity because I looked at it as a fruitless endeavor.

One day I turned around and I did see the door.  I realized that no matter how much I had shunned the creative side or focused on what I was supposed to be doing, I always felt that call.  It never left me.  What I had to do was give up the laziness and entitlement and listen to the call—and act on it.  No, my life didn’t look how I expected it to with a creative calling—I had a naïve vision of spending my days in leisure, able to come and go as I pleased.  My reality was grinding it out for 50+ hours a week at my 9-5 just to stay afloat and fitting in the fun stuff when I could.  Then I began to prioritize the things I enjoyed.  Finding room for joy in our lives is so key.  The truth is that joy is always there, we have to allow it in.  We can choose to ignore what makes us happy, hoping we will find it another day.  Or we can make the time for it and create our own door.  Don’t be like the fly and ignore the opportunity that looks a little different.  And don’t be like Sponge Bob, sacrificing your natural talent because someone says it isn’t right.  Listen to the call you hear and that will never steer you wrong. 

Today I am grateful for cleansing.  We spent a huge part of the morning cleaning and organizing the house.  There truly is nothing like a good deep clean.  It’s cathartic and it removes the energy of what no longer serves.  It’s a letting go as well as a welcoming.  Something as simple as vacuuming, or doing the dishes shows respect for our space and an appreciation for what we have.  As we cleanse and let go, it also gives the opportunity to share what we have with others.  The things we may have forgotten can become a treasure again. 

Today I am grateful for new forms of creativity.  I spent nearly all day yesterday baking sourdough bread.  I know it was the trendy thing to do when the pandemic started, but I never jumped on that train.  Not that I wasn’t curious, I just had other things I was doing.  I definitely have a new appreciation for the ability to create something of sustenance for ourselves.  I’ve made banana bread before and even gave a shot to some cheddar jalapeno bread…but anyone who has made sourdough knows it’s a different game.  Keeping it alive long enough to make the bread and then creating what you want is all a task.  But it is so rewarding. 

Today I am grateful for completion and team work.  It feels good to get through items that have been on my checklist for a while.  I know we all get bogged down from time to time and it can be really easy to lose track of what we have to do.  It can even feel overwhelming and isolating.  I know when I let things sit for too long, I’m less likely to want to start them.  But today was about a joint effort and getting through what needed to be done.  Having help makes all the difference in the world.  Sometimes we feel like we have to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders or we don’t feel heard when it comes to expressing our needs.  Being heard and finally starting to climb the mountain felt significant.    

Today I am grateful for trust.  I’ve been setting up some key moves for what I believe will set me up in the future.  I’ve taken some steps that have been out of my comfort zone and into some territory that I’ve never been in.  But the truth is, I’m ready.  I’ve known I’ve been read for a while, I just haven’t been sure about the opportunities to take or the exact moves to make to get me where I need to be.  This past week has been the doorway to a lot of significant changes in my life.  I’m hoping those changes will allow me to make a difference for my family and help me tackle a new avenue for my talents as well as some really cool learning opportunities.  Life will be different but I trust that this will take me exactly where I need to be.

Today I am grateful for my health.  I’m not only grateful but I am proud of the steps I’ve taken to shift my health around.  I decided to take on a new morning routine, one that I wasn’t sure I would enjoy, and honestly, one I wasn’t sure I would have time for.  But it turns out that I have all the time I need for it.  More importantly, it feels amazing.  I’m able to get a nice workout in and to start my day off with a much stronger mindset than I had even a month ago.  When it comes to health, it’s all about those decisions.  I’m not perfect—I still have cravings and enjoy things I probably shouldn’t.  But the truth is, I know I feel much better doing something good for myself and something that allows me to be more productive for others. 

Today I am grateful for connection and friendship.  I spent a lot of my life having to do it on my own. I’m not saying that my needs weren’t met, I was extremely fortunate in that regard.  But I also never hid that I struggled with interaction and friendship—often it was just easier to do it on my own.  Many times I simply could not manage a simple relationship for varying reasons or I felt used.  Many of those relationships were fundamentally toxic and needed to go, but there were some where I simply struggled with communication and misinterpreted the thing and cut out people who probably would have helped my growth.  I’m grateful for the people who have stuck with me through that transition and I am grateful for the people whom I’ve met that helped me for no other reason than they wanted to.  There is something missing when we have to do it all on our own an I am glad to reach out again.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead!

“If you fall down 100 times, 100 lessons to be learned,” via LawOfAttractionLive.  As much as I talk about moving forward, this is an area I struggle with consistently.  It may be ego, it may be stubborn mindset, or it may simply be something I lack the capacity to comprehend for some reason.  I’m not proud of that.  There has not been one circumstance where it has NOT been demonstrated the value in failing and trying again.  Why wouldn’t that apply to each of us as well?  There was a quote I used a while back about children learning to walk: they fall down hundreds of times and not once do they say, “Walking isn’t for me.” So why would we think that persistence and different angles wouldn’t apply to us?  It’s easy in our society to look at other people and think we are supposed to do the same thing: continuity used to ensure survival.  But the reality is, we aren’t all meant to do the same thing.  Our lesson may be different than the person next to us even if we are experiencing the same thing.  What helps them rise again may not be what we have to do.  The next steps they take may not be the same we have to.

We have to be open enough to recognize that there are different paths.  We have to be bold enough to follow the path meant for us.  It isn’t comfortable and it often feels lonely.  But once we learn how to single out what is ours, we eventually find our people and the things meant for us.  We also have to understand that finding those things is our purpose.  We can’t attach to the idea of what we are told to want or what we are expected to do.  No. The universe has plans for us that we are meant to fulfill because it applies to the bigger scale.  We are meant to fulfill our part and that is it.  We each have a different role.  We talk about resources being limited and this couldn’t be further from the truth: I want to remind you that there are limited resources available for all of us to do the exact same thing.  There’s a big difference.  We aren’t meant to have the same thing.  We are meant to fulfill our unique flavor in life and pass that down to the next person so they can pass it on. 

It’s easy today to sit down and find comfort amidst the chaos that is happening.  We’ve associated comfort with security and that is completely understandable.  Quite frankly it’s human nature to find safety and comfort.  But it doesn’t work if we are constantly repeating the same day over and over again and calling it a life.  We will wake up and time will have passed but we will not have gotten anywhere.  We are meant to break the paradigm and function in our unique purpose in order to awaken a new way of being.  Simply because things have been done a certain way for a long time doesn’t mean that’s the right way.  And it certainly doesn’t mean we need to keep doing it, especially if we have identified that it’s flawed and doesn’t work for all.   

The simple question is where has sitting on your butt ever gotten you?  We are allowed to fall.  I encourage you to try to fall more often because it means you’re trying something.  It means you’re moving and trying to piece together some sense in this world.  It doesn’t matter if it’s perfect or not, we simply need to keep moving so we can find our place.  There are times we have to pause and reevaluate after a fall, that is perfectly natural.  But to sit down and not try anything else in the world and then cry that things aren’t happening is your own fault.  We always have the opportunity to turn things around—it’s all mindset.  As long as we can continue getting up, there is a purpose for us.  Get up and fall until you find it.  Experience your life in such a way that you don’t question what you’ve done.  Know that you’ve done your part by incorporating the lessons meant for you.   

“Grow as you go,” JR Ridinger.  I think about the time I’ve wasted waiting for things to be perfect and what it could have looked like had I simply started sooner.  It’s all too easy to give into the reasons we have for not getting started before we are ready.  We are looking for security and taking the chance before we can see what else comes along with it is terrifying.  But there are simply moments in life where we have to take the leap and trust that it will all work out in the end.  We have to trust that we will be shown the way as we start moving.  Sometimes that’s how life works: the lessons come as we work through them.

Beyond learning to just take the leap, we need to remember that life isn’t just about the destination.  At the end of the day we all end up in the same spot: six feet under.  It’s what you do with your time while you’re here that matters.  That is something I learned late in life and is probably one of my biggest regrets.  About a year ago (maybe longer) I wrote a piece about not being able to enjoy the journey because I wanted to get to the destination.  At the time I was reading Hello Fears by Michelle Poler and she was describing a trip to a museum where she ended up walking through a market instead of going to the museum.  I believe she referenced if she got to the museum she got to the museum, the point was to explore the are where she was.  It bothered me because I’m the type of person where if you’re planning on getting to the museum, you’re going to the museum.  If that’s what you have planned, then stick with it.

After hearing Ridinger talk about growth and the journey, I can look at my initial perspective differently.  I can see the value in taking time and learning along the way.  I can see where there may be times when we have to stop and smell the flowers or go to the market and simply connect with something else.  Sometimes our plans are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and we have to take in what’s in front of us rather than forcing our way.  Sometimes what we think we have to do isn’t what we have to do.  We are meant to learn what the universe has in store for us.  That means some days we are along for the ride. 

Going back to the beginning of this piece, I can only speak for myself.  I know how much time I wasted waiting for perfection.  I know how much time I wasted thinking the time wasn’t right for me.  Even now, I’m getting messages about enjoying the journey.  There are unimaginable things that can come to fruition if we give up what we think we need and start addressing what is right in front of us, what IS.  I don’t want to look back on my life in regret because the truth is I did the best I could with what I had.  And I can’t take it back regardless.  But what I can do is take the time to enjoy what I have now.  Learn to grow now so it can take you where you are meant to go.   

“You’re not alone, you’ve been separated,” via WildWoman. I sat with this one for a while because, as the universe has shown us repeatedly, there are messages in everything.  Shortly after I finished my piece from yesterday, I saw this quote.  It reminded me that a feeling isn’t the truth.  We can feel any way we choose about any situation, including whether or not we interpret the actions of others as supportive.  But the point is, it doesn’t matter because we have no control over that person.  All we have is our interpretation.  If we are going to intentionally misinterpret what someone else does then we are going to spend a lot of time in misery. 

It’s so important to remember who we are and to remember who they are to you.  I’m not talking about defining them or carrying an image of them in your mind, no.  I’m talking about understanding on a deep level what this person does in your life.  How you’re connected and what purpose that connection serves.  Beyond the connection with other people, I often feel that the separateness from ourselves is easily overlooked.  How quickly we give up our purpose for what we are told to do and how heavy is the mantle of that obligation from someone else we were never meant to carry.  Do not sever the tie with your inner knowing for the sake of being seen by someone else.  And always remember that just because you’re seen, that doesn’t mean you’re understood.

So many of the expectations we put on others or carry in our relationships comes from unfulfilled needs.  The messed up thing is that they are needs we are taught to forgo because we have some romanticized idea of partner fulfillment that will always fall short because, as humans, we all have gaps to fill.  We can’t use other people to fill those gaps.  At the same time we are taught it’s selfish to have that type of focus on ourselves.  It isn’t about cutting other people out or not helping, but it is about making sure you have enough to take care of others and fulfill your purpose.  That is what this is all about: closing the gaps and the holes we’ve created in ourselves.  It’s about finding the pieces we’ve given up hoping someone would give them back.  It’s about creating the boundaries so we don’t lose those pieces again.  Yes, it’s easier to go it with someone, but not if you’re carrying their baggage as well or vice versa.  Form the connection with yourself again and only pick up what is yours. 

There’s been a lot going on in the world since…forever.  Some of that has been well beyond our control and some of it feels like it doesn’t impact us the same way as it does other people.  The truth is we are all connected and everything has impacted all of us.  Sometimes when the global picture looks overwhelming, it’s easier to look at the microcosm of our own worlds and start nit-picking the things happening there.  I mean, that’s supposed to be well within our control so if we can’t control the bigger scale, we start tearing apart what’s around us.  But the truth is, what good has that level of scrutiny ever done?  Trying to find any detail that is wrong with your life will not disappoint.  If you’re looking for the negative, you will find it.  It’s all too easy to set some silly standard in your head and have everything else fall short.   But we have it twisted.  It takes just as much energy to look for the negative as it does for the positive.

I started thinking about it the other day when the laundry list of things to do got too overwhelming.  I started to feel really isolated because I had no idea how I was going to complete the mountain of crap in front of me and I got really bitter because I have a partner who is supposed to help me with these things and he wasn’t showing up how I expected him to.  It took me a lot of soul searching, but I really had to pause and look at what I was trying to accomplish.  Who was it for?  What was actually necessary?  Did I have to have it all done in that moment?  And that’s when a little voice in my head said,  “Look for what is instead of what isn’t.”  I smiled.  I realized I had a moment of falling back into the old patterns where I had expectations of how things were supposed to go.  All I needed to do was appreciate what was actually happening instead of lamenting what wasn’t.

This is deeper than gratitude.  This is about honoring the capacity a person has.  Just because they aren’t able to perform up to where you think they should doesn’t mean they aren’t doing their absolute best.  And if someone is willing to put that type of energy into a situation, even if it doesn’t look how you thought it would, then that is something special.  That effort deserves to be recognized.  I took a step back and realized that everything I was projecting onto my partner were my own shortcomings.  I was frustrated because I’d been working long hours in the office, I didn’t get to see my son as much, the house was a disaster, and I still had work to do for my other gigs.  It wasn’t that I wasn’t supported, it was that it was a tight rope of support for the necessities in the moment. 

Given the state of things in the world right now, this seems trivial, but there is a point.  We have the capacity to turn things around in our personal lives. We can see the light in our lives and keep it in perspective: things aren’t that bad.  If we are able to do that then we can become a light for other people.  And then they can become lights and so on and so on.  Keeping things in perspective, respecting the shared humanity we have with EVERY human, and asking what is really necessary in this world will all lead us to the conclusion that we are far more blessed than we think.  Knowing we are blessed and sharing that with other people is the key to shifting the mentality of the world.  Forming a union based on love and light creates a new way.  So start small.  Look for what IS working instead of what ISN’T.  Appreciate the day to day because in the end you will see how important that was.  You don’t want to waste your life wishing for some day when all you have is this day.