As our hearts are broken and our beloved’s cries for help touch us, we remember our True Nature. Our Loving Nature. We have only “learned” to be otherwise.
Through crisis, we come to realize what is really important at the end of the day. It is LOVE in relationship and connection.
We do not have to wait for a crisis or the death of a loved one to remember what is real and lasting. We can do it NOW!
Some years back, a tool for doing just this came to me. It’s a powerful tool for getting clear on what really matters to you and then how to align with it. I call it the Value/Integrity Tool.
It is impossible to line up your thoughts, emotions, and actions—your Creative Power—with what is most important to you if you don’t know what that is. Once you do know, if your thoughts, emotions, and actions are not in integrity with it, you will not be happy. You will feel conflicted… at war with yourself. You will not feel fulfilled.
As we get older and wiser, what we value shifts. How we want to feel becomes more important than material possessions.
As we become older and wiser, what the ego craves gives way to the intangible desires of the heart.
I wonder what would happen if, instead of the classic New Year’s Resolution, we resolved to live in alignment with our Heart’s Desire?
Here is the Value/Integrity Tool for getting clear on what is truly important to you… your Heart’s Desire:
- Find a peaceful space. Get still and quiet as you would to begin any meditation. Imagine yourself at the end of your life, looking back. What was most important to you? What made you feel the way you want to feel?
- Name 3 or more. Here are a few of mine. You may find some of yours are similar from this perspective:
- Connection to God in everything and everyone.
- Loving and harmonious relationships
- Health and well-being
If what you are thinking AND feeling is not lining up with what you say is important to you, change the thought.
Only ACT from thoughts that align with how YOU WANT TO FEEL.
The power of our thought is our creative gift. The ones you choose will determine how you feel mentally, emotionally, and physically in the very moment you choose them.
You do not have to wait another day to start living what is truly important to you. Resolve to live it NOW!