Self Help: Opening Your Heart

Opening Your Heart

Written by Sonia Choquette

A day hardly goes by in which I don't have a client or student call me despairing over repparttar

inability to create her or his heart's desires. "I'm visualizing. I'm letting go. I'm making right choices. I'm trying so hard! What is wrong? What is keeping me from my dream?" they cry. Usually when I hear such despairing words, my suspicions go directly to their application of Principle #2 of Your Heart's Desire: Believe in Your Dream.

You see, most people have no difficult envisioning their dreams, and will do anything to achieve them. But Principle #2 is not about doing. It is about accepting what repparttar 128840 Universe will do for you. It is about having enough self-love to believe that what you dream of, dreams of you as well, and that repparttar 128841 universe wants you to have such experiences.

If you are stuck in creating your heart's desire in spite of your efforts, then focus your attention on Principle #2, and ask yourself if you honestly believe in your dream. Can your heart open enough to allow repparttar 128842 Universe to bring you your desires? Can you believe that what you want is not only possible but it is your spiritual birthright - whether is love, work, health, or friendship?

Sadly enough, many people do not believe this. Instead, through childhood upsets and early life training, they believe they don't deserve anything at all. It is what they've been told. It is what they've learned. And it is what holds them back. One may not be conscious of these sabotaging feelings. These beliefs may be so loathsome and painful that they are carefully hidden behind all that "doing" and go unrecognized.

TEENAGE SEPARATION

Written by Terri Amos

"Why are you here on this planet?"

That is repparttar question I asked my daughter Mackenzie when she was seven years old. I was shocked by her deep immediate response. She said, "So people can watch me and learn."

I asked, "Do you mean to be a teacher?"

"No," was her reply.

"Do you mean to be an example?"

"Yes," she said. "I am here to be an example. I am here so people can watch me and learn."

Those were probably repparttar 128838 most profound words Mackenzie has ever spoken. Like I mentioned so many times in my book, "Message Sent," she is a great teacher for me. By her example, I see and learn more about myself each and every day.

Mackenzie is almost twelve now and is separating from her dad and me. My spirit says this is normal, but my ego says, "Wait! Hold on! I miss you. You can't grow up quite so fast. I love you and don"t want to let you go."

If you have ever had children, you know how painful this separation process can be. You feel as if a part of your heart is ripping out. That's why you want to control it. But because I know that everything is a reflection to me, I have to go within and see what Mackenzie's spirit is showing me.

I imagine myself as a girl Mackenzie's age and ask her what is this sadness she is feeling. I am surprised by repparttar 128839 answer. Terri, repparttar 128840 pre-teen within me says, "I miss repparttar 128841 little girl that I was. I am so torn. I just want to be hugged. But I can't. I have to grow up and be strong."

As I hear those words I mourn for that young girl inside of me. She had such pain separating. There was a part of her that wanted to be a cuddly little kid and then there was a side of her that felt she had to grow up. As a result, she separated from repparttar 128842 little inner child in every aspect of her life. She pushed repparttar 128843 little girl she had been down so deep that she forgot her. She no longer loved and acknowledged repparttar 128844 little kid inside of her.

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