Saying “Yes” and Saying “No”

I’d like to talk about choices; saying “yes” and saying “no”. We make choices everyday. Some practical, some preferential; and perhaps some habitual. Personally, I am noticing patterns to my choices and exploring my motivations. I notice that I’m now willing to practice allowing open space in my day; to say yes to inspiration, reflection, more often than before and to feel a sense of purpose within that. I can see that so much of my choices have been without mindfulness and have come from an obligatory place of focusing on others’ needs while discounting my own.

Now, I feel a redirection internally aligned with love. Love for myself and others. As my focus shifts my perspective away from obligation I also see a habitual fear response to trusting that love will come my way. It is not a conscious choice. I often don’t know it is happening in the moment but recognize it later with reflection. As I remind myself of the present moment, my breath, the earth beneath my feet, and my connection to Spirit, God, Great Mystery, my higher Self; there is more space available for me to “be” in. Looking at my options from that place feels so different! From that spacious place inside myself I feel an endless capacity to love, no limits, no fear, no time constraints – just a fluid network of love.