BELIEVE IT TO SEE IT

You know that saying 'you gotta see it to believe it'?  I think the more accurate saying would be 'you gotta believe it to see it'!  Believing in the so called 'impossible' and keeping my faith in my dreams against all logic, has resulted in the realization of some of my dreams and desires on my journey so far.  

In my younger years, growing up in a small town in Northern Ontario, I would dream of swimming with dolphins.  Where was the logic in that?  From where I sat at the time, it seemed like an impossibility, but I never lost faith. I always KNEW I would swim with my dolphin brother and sisters one day, and I did.  It happened organically many moons later when I was in my early thirties.  I didn't TRY to make it happen.  I just kept the vision my whole life and trusted it would happen, and it did. 

Swimming with dolphins was one of many visions I had for myself in this life.  The one I felt to share with you today as an example of needing to believe in something in order to see it.  There are many, many more I could share with you, but that would be a book not a blog!  Some are small in comparison to others and some have fallen away as they aren't aligned anymore with the person I've become.  

An important part of the visioning process is that we don't listen to the people who call us crazy and tell us that the vision we may have is 'unrealistic'.  They may say 'that'll never happen', or 'who do you think you are?', or they may even tell you 'that's impossible!'. Or maybe it's our own voice saying those things to ourselves. My advice is not to listen to them, or the voices in your head that may be whispering (or screaming) those very same things to yourself.  It's best to surround ourselves with people who lift us up, not pull us down.  Remember those people are in our lives reflect our own doubts back to us.  It's a projection of their own fears about living their dreams.  Maybe they're afraid to live their dreams?  Or maybe they're afraid that if you live yours, they will lose you?  We humans really are a funny bunch, and the reasons aren't that important.  What's important is that we find a way to do what we love, to be who we are with no excuses or pretences, to believe in the so called 'impossible', and to keep the faith where our hearts desires are concerned.

If you are happy playing and making music, then do that.  Put your heart and soul and energy into it, and the universe will support you by opening doors of opportunity to swing open to get your music out there to bring joy and healing to whoever is meant to hear.  You may be a rock star one day, or maybe not, but you WILL touch the people you're meant to touch doing the thing you love to do.  In the end, it's not about becoming a rock star anyway, it's about what you believed could happen. It's about what was created from your heart and freely given with the spirit to lift someone else up. Oprah's vision was not to be rich and famous, but rather to use her life.  By following her heart and listening to her soul, the universe kept opening doors for her and giving her the platform she needed to do what she came here to do.  Being rich and famous was simply a result of her using her life in service. 

I like to draw and write.  It feeds my soul and has me feeling fulfilled.  I put it away for many years as I lived life according to others, doing what I thought I was 'supposed' to do next.  However, putting that part of myself away was like packing my heart away in a box and putting it in storage while I followed the sheep.  There was this emptiness inside that could not be filled with anything or by anyone, despite my constant attempts at reaching outside myself to find fulfillment.

It's great to remember that everything in this life moves in cycles.  So just because things are not transpiring as fast or in the way that we 'want', it doesn't mean it will never happen.  Everything has it's 'time' and will transpire if it's for our highest good and the highest good for all.  I keep a saying by Colette Baron-Reid constantly in my mind....."what is FOR you, cannot go past you", and one from Spirit came through loud and clear one morning that has stuck with me, it was simply "what's the hurry?".  

The cool thing is there is not ONE person exactly like us on this entire planet.  We've all come here with our own unique sense of being.  We have our own gifts, dreams and desires, and not one person's bucket list would be exactly the same as anyone else's.  I think the greatest gift we can give ourselves and others is a version of our true selves.  It takes the ability of self awareness first and asking ourselves the hard questions like 'who am I'? and 'what do I truly desire'?  We are the only ones who can answer those questions.  

It's been an interesting journey so far, the one to find my true self.  Sometimes accompanied by struggle and sometimes experiencing joy and elation at levels I'd never reached previously.  Sharing one's soul with others can feel like a vulnerable road to travel at times, I'll admit that.  One thing I've learned hands down is that if we wait to see it before we believe it, we may never see it....but if we BELIEVE it, we have a much better chance of seeing it.  


WARNING: buckets full of faith, patience and the ability to hold the desire while letting go of how it transpires, will be required.



Peace, Love and Believe to See It

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