You Write ” Mess” Before “Message”
Welcome to this week’s offering.
You may have noticed I have been a little quiet of late. That is because I am practising my number one rule I share with anyone in my life or that I work with - apply your own Self-care mask first! So I haven’t emailed you, not because I don’t care, but because I do care and don’t just send an email for the sake of it. Each writing is from my heart, in the hope that it will support, nurture and help you in your own navigation of this beautiful (though at times tricky) thing called life.
I am grateful to say that I received many emails thanking me for the gentle yet truthful reflections relating to my newsletter with the topic of guilt from a few weeks ago. Especially from Grandmother's. It is funny how guilt shows up in the most incredible places.
My newsletters are here to open discussions within yourself and your life, ones that will open honest dialogue to create a more harmonious way of daily living.
My topic for this week’s newsletter wasn’t my planned one. I felt compelled today to write something which is reflective and where my life is personally sitting right now (funny choice of words there which will make more sense in a moment). Not to create panic or concern but in the hope that it will help you to see paths out of any of your own challenges you may face.
In my life there have been many challenges whether health, emotional, loss, heartache, like many we all have our stories. For me, the last two years have seen a deep dive into the dark night of the soul to find another level of resilience, strength and empowerment. After 2 years of dealing with a TBI from a fall in February 2021, December 2022 saw me the strongest, clearest and ready to tackle 2023 with gusto and purpose. Well that is what I thought.
Jump forward to January 2023 as I write this newsletter to you laying on my back, literally 80% of what I had planned for January/February 2023 will not be happening. I found myself literally put down hard on my backside after yet another unexpected fall. I now find myself with a physical injury which will see me literally paused, still to recover. Universe fault? No, no way. I believe we all have a purpose, in sanskrit we call it Dharma, our unique signature/gifts we bring to this existence. We can take many detours in life which may take us on the scenic route, still in the direction to our Dharma, but a far longer ride. I think it’s time I took the direct route, that is what I believe this fall has been all about. Not to procrastinate any longer on my inner dreams.
I am a great believer that the way we live our daily life is our dharma, that in every situation we find direction after the initial dust has settled. In this one, I have found probably the clearest direction I have ever felt. In the original mess of the fall I now hear and find the clear message. Simplicity on yet another deeper, more authentic level.
Can you relate?
When you look at your life, have you found that in the deepest challenges come the greatest transformational empowerments? I share this with you today in the hope it may help you to reflect on just how incredible you are. That you have the resilience, that you have the ability and that you have great purpose. Pause for a moment, think, feel, celebrate what you have grown through in your life. Sometimes we forget to pause and remember just how far we have come.
I look forward to where 2023 will flow and go for us all. I have a saying that “when we are in the flow, we glow.” That’s what the world needs, more glow, more light, more Divine beings choosing to live the life they were born to live, from their hearts.
May you let your heart inspire your life.
Until next week, Shine Bright,
Alli
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