The season of the light is here. At the darkest time of the year, I think of the quote, “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” It’s been a tumultuous year in the world. Maybe you are experiencing personal challenges too, or perhaps things are going well for you right now. Whatever is happening, we have a choice to turn our minds to the dark view or find and follow what lights us up.
When we light our own candle, we can see better. We feel better too. I have a new affirmation that is fast becoming a belief. “Everything always works out well for me.” Recently, my car broke down in San Francisco. My check engine light was on and an ominous “engine power reduced!” message appeared on my dashboard. I switched off the engine, turned it on again. The car wouldn’t start.
I stared ahead frozen with disbelief and dread. What did this mean? Thousands of dollars in repairs?
I breathed deeply, calmed myself and reached for my phone to call AAA emergency services. “The tow truck will be 60 minutes,” I was told. “Everything always works out well for me,” I murmured weakly after I ended the call. I visualized feeling relief and hearing good news. A huge tow truck suddenly appeared before me in less than five minutes. I was so amazed I thought it must be for someone else but it was for me.
The amount of light we experience in life is largely up to us.
Life can send us challenges, and at any time can pull our comfy rug from under our feet.
Look for how you can light your own candle. We are all made of light. Moby sang, “We Are All Made of Stars.” When you meditate, you can feel the candle in your heart light you up. When you are aligned with your true nature, feeling happy, calm, content, grateful, hopeful, your light glows from within you.
Follow what lights you up. Light is so important, for without light we do have darkness. You light up someone’s life, simply with a smile. You light up your own life when you find something to smile about.
Notice what seeps away your light. Catch when you feel heavy or tense. What are you thinking? Many thoughts reorganize themselves when you question them. Get hungry for the truth.
Listen to what calls you. What does your heart really want?
Your heart is the doorway to your soul and your wisdom. We are here to find our light, to see the light, to share the light, to be the light.
Your desires live in your heart. Give them space. Listen to them, rather than squelch them with your logical, practical mind.
Your life is worth so much more than the beliefs that chain you. Gently reflect on the choices you make with your thoughts. Choices can change the flow of events and weave magic into your life.
Light is love. Love lights you up. Explore ways to find your way back to the light as you follow what lights you up.
Nicola Walker is an Anything is Possible mindset coach, with over 25 years of combined life coaching and hypnotherapy experience. She guides people at a turning point in life, to navigate and fulfill their dreams and deepest desires.
Nicola is the author of the forthcoming book, Joy in the Middle of the Mess: An Evolutionary Adventure on the Quest for Success. One of her greatest joys is to walk and hike in the hills and along the beautiful California beaches, near her home in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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