What I did on my Summer Vacation!

 I have made the decision to start my Summer Hiatus a week early, as I need the break.  Not that writing is so tiring, it is not, but life can be challenging, and so I have opted to simply treat myself to an extra week of rest and relaxation.  That being said, this will be my last Blog until my return the first Saturday of September, hence the title to today's blog.  Whereas I have no real idea what I will be doing over the next three months, there are a few things I would like you to ponder, and maybe we can have a discussion about it when I return.  Do we have a deal?

There is zero doubt that many have been tried and tested by fire over the last few years.  Many have succumbed to battles, others have survived, and many have simply scratched their heads wondering what in the world is going on right now. What I'd like you to do over the next few months is paint your story, your canvas,  of what you would like to do, like to be, like to experience.  It is in visioning things, that things come to pass.  We can focus on all the negative, but then negativity is the only thing that awaits you.  On the other side of the coin is seeing life the way life is supposed to be, inserting yourself into what life is supposed to be like.  No matter what might be going on around you, you are the only one who can control how you see something, how you react to things, and ultimately what you do on any given day.

If I had the ability to reach out and grant each of you your heart's desire I would do so.  If I had the ability to flip a switch and immediately the world would be as it was originally designed to be, I would also do that. Too many people are trapped in what they believe they need to be, and not what they were created to be.  The freedom to be you, the freedom to embrace the real you, the freedom to simply be has always been there, yet it has been torn away from most people by virtue of the conditioning of man.  Now I could go on for days talking about man's conditioning, but suffice it to say, man's conditioning has done you no favors.  We have been taught what we can do, what we should do, and most of the time it is contrary to what is in each individuals heart.  What I'd like you to do is look into your heart, listen to your heart, and follow what is in your heart.  Certainly those things in your heart may seem impossible to do, they may even scare you a bit due to the enormity of them, but once you embrace what is in your heart, then and only then will you be positioning yourself in the place you were always intended to be.

I want to go off topic for just a bit and say this: peace and tranquillity need to be accepted.  One can dangle the carrot of peace and tranquility in front of you, but that only leads to a never ending search for it, always reaching but never quite getting there.  It's kind of like that commercial with the fisherman who has the dollar bill on the end of his line and taunting the young lady who is trying to reach for it.  Well peace and tranquillity is nothing that you have to chase, it is something you just have to accept.  Not always the easiest thing to do, but believe it or not it is there for you if you will take it by the hand and walk with it.

So let's get back to the topic at hand, whatever are you going to do for the next few months?  If it were me, and this is just my opinion, but if it were me I would find time to simply relax, rest, and do something fun. Having fun with life seems to have been left on the side of the road some time ago.  We all get wrapped around the axel from time to time, but it seems that once you leave or depart that path of Joy, it becomes increasingly more difficult to get back on it.  Might I suggest you make a bee line for the Joy Path and never look back.  It may seem impossible, or just difficult to do, but is anything really impossible?  Picking up joy, peace, harmony is a choice.  You can either operate in all three or be void of them in your life, in which case my guess is life would pretty much suck.  Do yourself a favor and just think about peace and harmony.  Ask yourself what would life look like if peace, joy, and harmony were all three present at the same time?  One very wise man once said that if you can imagine anything you can create anything.  Well if you can imagine a life dominated by peace, joy, love, happiness, and tons of harmony, then chances are you will be walking in it. 

I love to write, but I equally love my time away from it because each year as I take time away I fill that time with me.  I am able to grow, I am able to dream, I am able to see things in a different light, and often what I see is what is about to come into play in my life.  If one never takes time for themselves and is always doing for others, the time will come when you will have nothing to offer others as you are empty.  Taking time for you is in reality a selfless act.  You cannot help others if you are not filled to the brim with your own peace, your own joy, and your own harmony with the rest of creation.  I'm not sure how we got so off track with the whole I need to work myself to the bone and will only take time for me when I get done.  Truth be told, there will always be those who have need, but if you can't take care of you, there won't be any of you left to help others.  Might I suggest that you take the next three months to fill your tank.  Trust me the world is probably not going to come to an end in three months, and if it does, oh well, we know the ending and how we fair.  

Allow me to end with this, and I hope it brings comfort, understanding, and a tiny bit of peace.  You are a remarkable creation.  You were placed here to do some remarkable things.  If you are not quite familiar with what You have been created to do, then now may be the time to ask the questions of your creator.  In the absence of asking the question, you will never have the answers.  When one begins to grasp the vastness of who they are, then and only then can they celebrate what they are going to be doing.  If one can only see small, then life will become even smaller.  When one sees the truth in who and what they are, then one can begin to walk in those things that were meant for them, and in walking in them, open of the gates of possibility.  

So let me ask you, what will you be doing on your Summer Vacation?  The choice is yours to make, and although it may be clouded by certain outside influences, if you listen to your heart, you will get the right answers.  Have a wonderful three months, and I will see you on the other side.  We have much work to do, and we each have a part, but we can only succeed when you are rested, when you are assured of what you are doing, and only when you buy into the importance of you.  It's a glorious time to be alive, and it is a wonderful time to walk in those things that are meant for you.  Have a blessed day.  I leave you love, light, peace, joy, and happiness.