time to blossom

This has been something that I have been wanting to reflect on and share with you all for a while now; it is time for us to come out of our head and move back into reconnecting with our heart…

To be honest, I have found it a little difficult to find the right combination of words that are needed to make this reflection as clear and insightful and motivating as I possible. I thought about simply writing,

“MOVE OUT OF THOSE THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD, RECONNECT WITH THOSE TRUE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART; TRUST THAT EVERTHING WILL BE OKAY.”

… but surely I can delve into this thought a little more deeply… ;-)

I have always believed that it is so very important for our well-being to follow our heart’s true desires, rather than the rationalisation of thoughts and ideas that we manifest in our minds; however, how can we do this when we are so regularly and easily influenced by the thoughts and ideas that society wants us to embed within our make-up. We tend to stay in jobs, in relationships, in the city, in our hometown, in our house, in our life that we know because the idea of doing something different (something that is seeded as a desire somewhere within us) is quickly swept away by this rational way of thinking, which takes us back to comfortable, known square one.

I guess the idea to share this thought with you all came about not-so-long ago when I was blessed to reconnect with a beautiful childhood friend of mine. Speaking with her, I could feel her love and compassion radiate from her with such an inspiring glow. However, I could also feel a sadness, which I learned was because she was faced with a situation where she had to choose between following her heart or following those thoughts – that can so easily be rationalised – in her mind. If I were to put these thoughts simply (which can I add, no thoughts are ever so simple…), they travelled along the pattern of,

I know what it is in my heart that I need to do for myself; this is what I am longing for so deeply. However, I don’t want to hurt anyone, which is inevitably what will happen if I follow my heart…

At this point, let me share with you all a beautiful, beautiful quote that I shared with this very special friend at this time: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nim

Once again, I feel as though I am stuck for words because I simply want to shout, “MOVE OUT OF THOSE THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD, RECONNECT WITH THOSE TRUE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART; TRUST THAT EVERTHING WILL BE OKAY.”

Everything and everyone will be okay, including that beautiful self of yours. Take the risk, because I can promise that if you follow your heart’s true desires your life’s journey will pave itself so beautifully for you at your feet – it has no other choice if you are connecting and listening to your true self…

Break down those barriers, strip yourself bare, and embrace that state of vulnerability; the universe with shower you with its gifts of love, light, joy, and excitement.

~ for e. ~

nurture yourself.

Aaah (deep breath out)... The time has finally, finally, finally come to reconnect with all of your beautiful selves once more; and it feels good.

In a nice handful of my most recent Posts, I delved into the idea that there are some big, big shifts going on in the world just now, and I am sure that a lot of you are still experiencing these shifts just now. It may be that you have made some big changes in your life with work, or home, or travel, or relationships, or it may be that you're simply at the stage of sitting comfortably with a change that you know you need to make in order to follow that beautiful, big heart of yours (the rest will follow in time, I promise), or it may even be that you're feeling a little overwhelmed or a little more tired than usual, which it absolutely perfect; sit in this space, and give yourself some time to connect into your heart's true desires and treat yourself to some well-deserved joy (even if it is that short, afternoon nap that you've been holding out for for a while now). 


It is in these times that we really need to acknowledge the importance of nurturing our selves, and this is something that can so easily slip by the wayside and be quickly buried by that life that society has made us to believe is essential in order to survive; work, study, time, or lack thereof, money, commitments... 


There is a place for these aspects of  'life', but we need to start finding a balance between them and the life in which we experience joy, love, light, laughter, happiness, and a space in which we can nurture those beautiful ideas and thoughts within and encourage them to grow and manifest into inspiration; inspiring relationships, inspiring journeys, inspiring situations, and eventually the acknowledgement of inspiration each and every day; it is there right before us, we just need to connect to that part of ourselves that allows us to see through such lenses... ;-) 


And so I reconnect back to the main message of this Post; what is it that you can do to nurture that beautiful self of yours? 


I was blessed to be able to share this last weekend with amazing, inspiring women from all over Australia at a nurturing Nia retreat, which gave us all the opportunity to connect and reconnect with inspirations of exploring joy and encouraging love to flow into our lives; meditation, yoga, dance, massage, connecting with nature, connecting with similar-minded people who radiate positivity and light, and also believing that - for example - you deserve a weekend away participating in a retreat that encourages that beautiful, warm, nurturing love of self. 

So I hope that I have planted a seed for you all just now. And I hope that this seed will give you the inspiration to begin 'seeing' and 'feeling' and 'acknowledging' what it is out there that truly brings joy into your life. And once you have seen and felt and acknowledged this, that you then allow yourself the well-deserved time that is needed to fully immerse in this joy. 

Feel that love and light pour back into your life once more, and let it sit there with you to then share with those around you. Love, love, love, and light xx