We all know people who worry about every little thing. While it isn’t contagious, if you spend too much time around them, they can infect you with doubt! The best cure-all is to stop and think about ‘every little thing’ that you can be grateful for. It usually doesn’t take more than five minutes of national news to see that no matter what is going on in our country – and there is a lot to have concern about, but wait for the world news when it gets really ugly, in more ways than you ever want to know about. So, be grateful for what you do have instead of worrying about what you don’t have, and not worry about something that has not yet happened. Yes, we could all ‘play what if’ to waste a lot time and emotions. You can face the unknown without fear, by simply acknowledging that it is the unknown.

Yes, you plan for a storm, or prepare for a hurricane or tornado to do the best with what you’ve got. You may have more clarity or choices about what you no longer wish to experience, rather than what the future actually looks like. Pay attention, have awareness and continue to put one foot in front of the other looking in both directions. Life can be logical when you practice being truly inspired by the mundane every day tasks that occupy most of your time. It is not what you do, but how you do it – the older I get the more I do pay attention. Just as it is not what you say, but how you say it – every night I say “Thank you” for my day, no matter if it did hold problems. It is not what you think, but how you think it – I keep it positive or get rid of it. It is not what you feel, but how you relate to that feeling – it could have been worse.

When you infuse everything – and I do mean EVERYTHING with love, compassion and light, it’s just not as bad as it first seemed. By telling myself that I’m going to learn something from this experience, I am trying to make it into a positive Spiritual experience. Maybe not at this moment, but eventually that elevates it into a higher center of lesson-learned. Remember that inspiration and looking for love dissolves fear, and creativity dissolves inertia. Movement – even sideways or backwards – of any kind dissipates stagnation. Deep breathe, and be in gratitude for your life, your talents – whatever they are or how you use them, your personal health – even if it’s not perfect, your support – no matter where it comes from, your creativity of a working, though not perfect brain and your community – if they’re not shooting at you, it’s good. Unburden yourself of unimportant responsibility on each day – one day at a time, and strive to be in a place of peace, full of energy and light and life!

Be grateful for even the smallest, most mundane things in your life that you so take for granted. Contemplate the new, more expanded-self that you want, and are working on to embody to present to those in your world. For this vision – and it is important to visualize here – base it on the present as what you sense your potentials could be from the quantum being you truly are becoming. Release and let go of what you did before, or who you thought you were before – make this vision a truly brand new You! Get ready to spread your wings without hesitation, knowing Spirit is right by your side and lifting you up as much as you need. Being alive isn’t the same as feeling alive, you have moved from existing to a conscious-interconnectedness. You are healing or re-establishing balance, even if you are a person in an imbalanced world. You will never want to go back to the person you used to be. The person you are becoming in this moment, is exactly as you’re meant to be, as you continue to change and grow positively.

Do not be afraid to be yourself, just as you are, and understand that being yourself is most definitely, absolutely enough. You never know how living your life honestly helps others. And, most importantly, Don’t worry about Today, just shine the light inside you. Soon you will notice how your every need is taken care of. And say thank you, as you share your new, learned philosophy with others. That’s real Empowerment.