The Awakening

The Awakening....  

A time comes in your life when you finally get it.......when a midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the VOICE inside your head/Soul/ your heart cries out ENOUGH!

Enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on. Then like a child quieting down from a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes.   

This is YOUR awakening.   

You realize it's time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change. You realize that in the real world there aren't always fairy tale endings, and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with you...and in the process of a sense of new serenity is born of acceptance.  

You awaken to the fact that you are not prefect and not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of what you are or how you think.. Especially your family. And that is OK !  They are entitled to their opinion.  

You learn to love and champion yourself....And in the process a sense of new found confidence is born of self-approval.  You stop blaming and complaining of what others have done to you. And the only thing you can count on is the unexpected. People don't always say what they mean or mean what they say. And not everyone will always be there for you and everything isn't always about you.  

So you learn to stand on your own two feet and take care of yourself.  You stop judging others and pointing fingers and you begin to accept people as the are and overlook their short comings and human frailties and in the process a sense of peace and contentment is born of forgiveness.

You begin to open up to new worlds and different points of view.. You begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you stand for. You learn the difference between wanting and needing and you begin to discard the doctrines and values you've outgrown, or should never have bought to begin with. 

You learn the that principals such as honesty and integrity are not outdated, but the mortar of the foundation that holds us together. You learn that you don't know everything, not your job to save the world, and you can't teach pigs to sing!
The only cross to bear is the one you have choose to carry, and that martyrs get burned at the stake.

Then .....you learn about love...its two sided not one.....you look at relationships as they are, not how you want them to be.  You also stop putting your feelings aside and learn to say NO. How you feel is important. You learn that you get in life what you deserve, and much of life is a truth self-filling prophecy. You learn that anything worth achieving is worth working for and wishing for something to happen is different then working toward making it happen...

More importantly you realize no one can do it alone and asking for help is OK !
You learn the only thing to fear is fear itself. You learn to step right into and through your fears because you know that whatever happens, you can handle it . And to give fear away for the right to live your life and not squander it. You learn life isn't always fair, you don't always get what you want or what you think you deserve and that sometimes bad things happen to good people. And sometimes letting go instead of holding on is freedom of and for yourself and those you love. And you learn not to take it personally. 

You learn that no one is punishing you and everything isn't always someone's fault. Its just life happening. You learn to admit when you are wrong to build bridges instead of breaking them down. You learn that negative feelings such as anger, envy, resentment must be understood and redirected or they will suffocate the life out of you.  You learn to be thankful and to take comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted, that millions around the world can only dream of, food, clean running water, a warm soft bed, a long hot shower, a job.  Then you begin to take responsibility for yourself by yourself and make yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never settle for less then you deserve.  Make it a point to keep smiling, keep trusting and to stay open to every wonderful possibility out there.  Become just a little better and a little stronger each day.  Listen more, be more patient, breath slowly and hang in there.  All is well. 

Dr. Wayne Dyer