YOU HAVE A CHOICE: WHAT WILL YOUR DAY BE LIKE TODAY?

You have a CHOICE! What will YOUR day be like today?

It’s a beautiful morning and I am feeling incredibly blessed. As the sun is shining outside, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude, I wonder how we can actively allow the love in our hearts to permeate our every day experience and enhance the overall quality our lives. Love truly is the ultimate healing force and the energy from which we are made of.

From personal experience I have learned that waking up and making a daily, conscious choice to acknowledge and appreciate my sense of inner peace, my radiant health, my beautiful home, my thriving relationships, and my soul’s growth, awakening, and success is necessary for me to actively engage the spark of light within me and within everyone I encounter throughout my day. When I approach every interaction with empathy, compassion, and the intention of finding commonality and equality between myself and whomever I’m with, I experience a feeling of unity and connection. Conversely, when I judge an individual or a situation, I feel a sense of anxiety and separation that doesn’t resonate well with my heart and my spirit.

All of our experiences have one primary purpose, and that is to expand our awareness. When we choose to view the spiritual symbolism and meaning behind every challenge or experience, we begin to understand the miraculous nature of life. Practicing self acceptance, forgiveness and non-separation from others can truly transform our lives. It is an art that stems from the soul. Consciously opening our hearts in each moment nurtures the magnetic, vibrant spark within us that nurtures our spirit and awakens us to our true purpose in life. It brings clarity and illumination to any narrow minded beliefs and conditions of our experience. The light and love within us will not refuse to shine when called upon. We must simply invoke that eternal spark within us that is always available and awaiting recognition.

The beauty of soul expansion and heightened awareness is revealed in the gifts of knowledge. When actively applied, that knowledge becomes wisdom. That wisdom serves as a daily reminder to see the truth behind the mirrors of our relationships, connections, and experiences. Our love (or lack of love) for others always stems from and is reflective of the love that we have (or lack) for ourselves. For us to be in an open energetic space to receive the unconditional love that we long for, we must take responsibility for giving it to ourselves first. What we see in others and our experience is a direct result of what we believe and expect. Until we can look deep within ourselves with full honesty and openness — seeing our own beliefs reflected there – we will unconsciously use others as mirrors to show us what we believe about ourselves. In other words, if we don’t feel deserving of love, we will attract others into our experience that withhold love from us. If we love and accept ourselves, we will attract others who will also love us and see the beauty within us.

Love is the only response that will naturally and effortlessly eliminate fear from our experience. I encourage you to try it! When we love any person or situation that invokes a sense of fear within us, the fear will disappear. Love is the antidote to fear because fear is simply the absence of love. It cannot exist where love is present and alive. When we choose love, we find bliss. When we choose resistance, we find suffering. Every miracle is simply a demonstration of the fact that love is undoubtedly stronger than fear. Living with an open heart stems from an emotional and spiritual willingness to look beyond our preconceptions and move beyond the limits that we place on ourselves.

Every situation in our lives offers us the opportunity for greater intimacy and spiritual freedom and liberation through the conscious decision to fully embrace ourselves and others with love. This may not happen overnight. But, with practice, it becomes easier and the rewards are priceless. I know this. Even as an inspirational and spiritual author who has the knowledge at my mental fingertips, I (like everyone else) am continually challenged to make conscious choices that will enhance the quality of my experiences. I am offered a choice each and every day to either embrace and allow the love to flow in my life or to resist my experiences and experience separation and pain. It is up to me to acknowledge that choice. Enlightenment is an ongoing process of conscious decision making, compassion for ourselves and others, and purpose-FULL living.

May we all strive for awareness in each moment, knowing that we determine the quality of our experience. May we all choose to awaken to love and experience the bliss that we are intended to feel, share and know.

Wishing you all peace, harmony and perfect awareness.
From my heart to yours,
Cari Murphy

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