The media loves to push narratives to persuade us to believe something. Marketing brainwashes us into thinking we need to have a lot of money, a tone or chiseled body, lots of material belongings, and live up a fancy life. Dream big, work hard, shoot for the stars, own the world. If you do these things, if you have these things, you are successful. The world’s best are those who are successful. Thus, many people attempt to spend their lives doing so…

GPS devices have made great strides over the years.  Many years ago, a GPS device had maps downloaded to it, and whatever was on that map was the baseline for the directions given to you.  If the roads or buildings changed or closed, and you didn’t manually update the maps, you were easily misled, and then you had to ask for directions or just wing it.  In modern times, if you have used a map app on your smartphone during any recent driving experience to go somewhere, you have probably encountered several luxuries…

I asked my son Jasper if he wanted to contribute to my blogs by picking the title for the next one.  He said, “Sure!  Let’s call it... *pauses for thought* ...’Searching for Souls.’”  I was delighted AND impressed!  I asked what the topic of the blog would be about, and he said “trying to use psychic powers to speak to spirits and locate them.”  I’m thinking that he might become a co-writer in the not so distant future…

You’re going on a canoe trip during a well-deserved vacation.  You’ve parked your car at the canoe livery, rented a canoe, and began heading down.  As you approach the river, you admire the fresh air.  You scope out the starting point in the river, observing how wide the river is, the colors, and then the greenery around caught your eye.  You started to look at the plants, and the trees, and then the sky.  You appreciated the great weather, and the time off from work or responsibilities to be where you were.  Then, you start thinking about how long the canoe trip will be, what you will go eat afterwards, if you will be able to cross a few other items off of your vacation list before the day is over…

I was sitting reflecting on my childhood last week, recalling some defining moments that have helped shape me.  Those points where, looking back with the wisdom I have now, something truly divine was present.  It’s quite interesting to know that even then, I could sense the magnitude...I could feel it...but didn’t necessarily have the presence of mind to know how impactful people, circumstances, and situations would turn out to be…

You come into this life with what seems to be a clean slate.  You know nothing about this place, nor the people you see when you open your eyes for the first time.  You inherently trust that those people who take you home, will take care of you.  They tell you that you are theirs, that they love you so much, and that they’ve been waiting for you.  You’re provided a security blanket in the figurative sense, and often in the literal sense.  It eases the curiosity and confusion that initially comes with your arrival here…

As you have been contemplating this notion that the life you’ve lived to date was misleading, you reflect back on many points in time where you didn’t quite trust your intuition.  You felt certain things, maybe heard or saw certain things, but chose to reject, suppress and/or deny them like they were the square peg that didn’t fit into your round hole…

Contrast generally refers to the observation of differences in an object or subject.  Light versus dark, high versus low, fast versus slow.  In spirituality, contrast is also looked at as that which you do not like or doesn’t feel good…

It didn’t take you very long to see that being your authentic self led to the best life had to offer.  It led to connections that were more than you could have dreamed of, and fulfilling in an unfathomable way.  People who truly cared, who opened up their hearts and met yours.  It also led you to a higher perspective, where you saw that those who fell out of your life weren’t “bad”, but that they are all on their own path as well, trying to find their way...and even though their path doesn’t line up with yours, their authentic selves will lead them in their own right direction…

Transformations are never warm and fuzzy.  They leave us confused, perplexed, feeling lost, unsure of ourselves.  Each year in our youth, we outgrow clothes and have that awkward period where pants become highwaters, shirts magically shrink, and shoes suddenly hurt.  Our bodies begin to shift, our voices change, our hormones get imbalanced.  Then, when we think we are settling into comfort in life, we graduate high school or college, and get thrust into the real world, and once again, we don’t know what we are doing or where we are going…

It is often found that when people are great at something, it is because they have a passion for doing it.  Passion can be a driving force that takes life to new heights, and when it originates from inspiration, it is almost always divine direction.  Passion often takes form in creative works on Earth.  Music, art, writing, philanthropy, volunteering, sports, landscaping, child care, family, romance...these are all areas full of creativity, and just scratch the surface…

You’ve found your stability.  Like a tree and its roots, you’ve taken yourself and firmly dug into the Earth’s soil, proclaiming that you are here with a purpose.  You will withstand the strongest winds of change, and you will reflect beauty to all who take the time to observe.  You will inspire others to find their soil and ground with great intentions…