I received a lot of messages about changing energy and choosing energy—being deliberate with it.  I started to look at some of my patterns and understood that I put out a ton of energy to the world and instead of learning to function with it in a reciprocal, I consume in order to make up for the tired.  I never learned to properly receive energy from others.  When we continue to spew energy, we struggle to keep up.  Life is about doing, not doing productively.  For me, I have interest in a lot of things and instead of planning focused time to address them, I kind of throw darts and see what tickles my fancy in the moment.  Part of that is the creative brain—when a thought comes to me I feel the need to follow that train to make sure it’s fully expressed and I like to be in the flow of inspiration—I’ve learned to follow the thought so I don’t lose it.  But the other part of that is lack of belief in myself.  I’m afraid to follow through or be disappointed in what I’m doing so I don’t pin point my focus—I’m scattered.  And when we have scattered focus, we have scattered energy.

As I was sitting with that realization and working on some creative endeavors, my son happened to put on Bluey—I will say again that I actually love this show.  It’s not overly saccharine and it absolutely hits home in these little 7-8 minute episodes—it’s beautiful.  So the episode he was watching was about relaxing and what it means to relax.  The family went on a vacation and all Chili wanted to do was go to the beach and read and she made herself so anxious in the process of getting there that when she got there she couldn’t decide what to do: read, focus on the water, go back with her family.  It put her brain in overdrive and she ended up going back to the hotel room where Bandit asked her what was wrong.  She stated she didn’t know how to relax.  Within a few minutes of truly gathering presence she was able to find herself and let go.  As soon as she did, the kids wanted to go to the beach just as she had wanted to originally.  There are certain things in life we simply have to let be.

So when it comes to managing energy the only thing we really can do is become connected with the moment.  That way we are deliberate with our energy and our choices.  We aren’t wasting energy, we are directing it.  The more we direct our energy, the more we are able to develop it and become a light for ourselves and others.  Relaxing isn’t just about flow, it’s about how we manage our entire being.  We talk about relaxing as a luxury when we really need to look at it as a necessity.  Relaxing is how we allow the flow of energy to come through us as well as guide us.  That’s when we learn to guide it and create intention with it.  There are constantly signs from the universe and it will never cease to amaze me that these lessons can come from a kids show.  There is a different understanding of life around the world and I think these are the lessons we need to teach our children.  These are the lessons we need for ourselves.  Presence, clarity, calmness.  The art of allowing.  The choice is always ours.