Honour Your Integrity

Calm, sweet, sacred water of a cenote, Mexico.

During the two events in which I participated this last weekend, people have told me that the biggest issue they are dealing with at the moment is stress and anxiety.

In my experience - and I have suffered from anxiety for most of my life - the biggest spikes in these debilitating feelings occur when who we are inside is not congruent with who we try to be... either to please others, to fit in with people, situations or work that don't have the right vibe for us, or when we go for ideas and plans that lure us with their "quick fix" or immediate material and physical comfort.  Our Soul knows better, and signals our body to shake out of it with the various symptoms of anxiety.

When we shut down our true selves and ignore our intuition, we invite chaos and drama into our lives.  The red flags, symptoms and unease will continue to increase and haunt you until you understand that you are out of alignment, until you see that there is an other way - one that is congruent with your Truth - and until you accept to surrender to your highest good and divine will.

Oh the road isn't easy, and ego sure has its ways to keep us in bondage through fear and via seemingly very logical and sensible arguments...  Yet your purpose in life is to shine your light, not live in your shadow.  You have been given free will as a divine gift, and if your choice is to remain in your shadowland and suffer the consequences, then so be it.  Know, however, that you are more than your shadow.  You are more than your fears.  You are a beautiful living expression of the divine here on Earth.

Are you afraid to honestly look at your reflection because you feel unworthy of the beauty and divinity you will see?  Are you afraid of the power of Love that is at your disposal?  Are you afraid of the responsibilities this knowing might entail?  If yes, you are not alone.  Don't be shamed.  Remain still long enough for the silt to return to the bottom of the looking pool, then look at yourself again in the clear water.

Look at yourself as God sees you: perfectly loveable, perfectly capable, perfectly beautiful -- just the way you are right now in this moment.