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Do you ever feel like expressing yourself and the words you are used to using just dont fit? So then you find some more, learn new definitions, implement new vocabulary and soon they fade in desired explanantion? That is how I feel so often these days.

With the changes going on inside of us....from the DNA on up....it may very well feel like our skin is two sizes too small as well. I sense a strong urgency in the universe....the movements are quick and fast paced. The massive transformation is needed to make space....ensuring that everything indeed does fit. Most everything that can be upsetting is the level of letting go of the old ways....the feelings and emotions attached to people, places and things.

There are physical aspects that go along with this transformation....being dizzy, feeling either hot or cold and not being able to attain the opposite, eating habits in a flux.....making it feel a bit weird to feel you need to eat more often....specially when you want to lose weight....the truth is the morphing process wears us down and we need to re-fuel more often.

Mid April will bring a flow and a rush with it that began in the summer of 09. As if something is finally being gifted to us for all of arduous work in the last few months. Being willing to let go of the old is allowing the new to flow into us. Like a fire purges the forest, so does this cleansing of the old allow for new growth.

I contend that the worry of standing on the cliff....knowing the immenence of the impending jump....that to stand there fretting is staying in the old....the willingness to jump is about the knowledge in truth that we know that the f.e.a.r. is unnecessary.....for the worry is not in jumping or landing....it is in THE EXPERIENCING OF THE FALL. What wonderment is about us during this free fall stage....and indeed, we are NOT going down, but, rather, UP!


 
 
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I read a poster at my childs school that said....Encourage, Praise, Compassion.  This is in referring to helping a child learn to do the things they need to learn to do.  I thought as I stood there, this lesson, this simple lesson, applies to everyone.  No matter what their age is. 

I have been paying attention of late, to the tone of my voice.  The inflection put upon certain syllables is interesting.  How we hear others is a key element to how we communicate with the world.  Learning how to use the correct tone of voice is actually 50% more important than the words you use to say it.  I never quite thought about it that way before.

I believe that the world has evolved into a place of false connections.  The children growing up today are learning that technology is how we communicate.  There is something missing in that equation, its called Compassion.  There is something amiss when all communication is written in text without the vowels used, or IMing is the wave of dating these days, and you can say and be anything or anyone you want while hiding behind the computer. 

I feel its harder these days to raise children to have compassion in their hearts and souls for the human race.  The adults in charge are missing opportunities to teach wonderful lessons each and every day.  I know I am guilty of it.  And believe me, I am not without responsibility here either.  Altho, I wouldnt trade my internet friends for anything in the world, I still wish I could know them all face to face.  The balance is in being totally honest regardless of the venue.

Compassion begins in the center core of who we are, not in the outside influence of the world.  Meaning, caring for oneself first is the key.  When you have compassion for yourself, it will radiate out to others around you.  Just like happiness, or sorrow, or laughter......its all contagious.

Think about how you say things, how you inflect your words with opinion, or emotion.  When you speak to a child, or anyone for that matter, listen to how you sound.  Realize how important words are, and use them correctly.  I know that is a lesson I am working on myself.  Compassion for me, so that I have more to give others, especially my children.

Have a blessed day, on purpose!