So, I have been talking about transformation and change; shifts within, and great new ways of thinking and being.  There is indeed a feeling in the air great change and shifts, and oh how wonderful it is to be here riding this wave of evolutionary rising in vibration!
Pictures of butterflies and rainbows scatter the pages of facebook and appear more and more in nature. We see them and smile, as their colors and magic of being touch us. They are symbols of transformation and hope.
And yet, people ask me, " Why am I struggling?"   " Why does this keep happening?"  " why can I not move forward?"
Others say, " oh, life is hard."  " I can't stand it. It used to be easier."

Well, not trying to be trite, but remember that before the butterfly is a butterfly, it is in a cocoon- blinded to the world , and in a state of sleep.

Remember, that the beautiful rainbow comes after a storm, or through the rain.

Life has always been this way. When our ancestors spent each day surviving against all odds, they may have awakened on a particular day and said
" This really sucks."  but then they would brave through their days because that is what was, and now,  we wonder less about how they were feeling - were they depressed? did they have anxiety?-
and we ponder more about the facts of their existence.  And so it will be someday with future generations looking back to these times. { Wow how did those people do it? Had to be something more than all the meds they were taking....}

And there is. We are waking up. We awaken to the storms that we have not paid attention to. We open our intuitive and compassionate eyes to the inside of our cocoon, and we begin to fear.  Who am I , What am I?
And we think we see the end of the storm, the opening of the cocoon, but then we just can not seem to break free. The sun doesn't quite stay out; the rainbow fades.
Tasks at hand seem insurmountable. Problems seem to multiply, or move into deeper levels.
Haven't we faced our shadow selves enough?
Apparently not.

So what to do, how to go on in this phase before we spread our butterfly wings? Before the storm gives way to sunshine and rainbows?

Do not be afraid.
Fear not.
For we are walking the red road, as we have done for all time. we come around and around the medicine wheel of life, and each time, we move into deeper and more expansive ways of being and thinking.
Yes, yes, times are tough. But we are ready. And ready or not , here we come, butterfly wings out / Shining high vibrations and all.

Close your eyes and breathe and be grateful. For any little thing. Even when the crap is hitting the fan.
Reach out to one another. We are ALLL going through the same stuff! I know this because I talk to alot alot alot of people from all over the country, and there is not one person who is not moving through some kind of transformation, whether they know it or not.
I know- I am saying the same stuff I always do- breathe, be grateful, reach out, take small steps, focus on one triumph at a time, help each other,
immerse yourself in doing the things to be the person you wish to be.

Stop worrying.

Worrying sends out a major boomerang out into the universe , and all your best laid plans can be skewed.

Get out of your own head. We are  often walking around like ticker tapes on parade. Busy doing and thinking and thinking and doing.
TAKe TIME. MAKE TIME. for meditation[ not medication} yoga, walking, exercise, enjoyment.

Get out of your own way. Do something kind for someone else. Even a kind word or a smile. It's not all about you. We think it is, but really it's not. Oh good. Whew.

Ah breathe in a sigh. Whew. It's all about Whew.

New Meditation:
Breathe in  ,  and then breathe out  " Whewww"
Do this until you feel a sense of
                                                    " Phewww"
And then open your eyes and awaken to a renewed you and then, from this place of peaceful power, go and do, or dew, amidst the storms, inside the unraveling cocoon.
and know that you are not alone.

Honoring the divine light in you, and you in me, and we are one.
Namaste