The early bird catches the sunrise!

Based on all of the messages I’ve received since the New Year, I thought that I would write about something that seems to be on the minds of quite a few people.

There seems to be quite a few of us that know we have “gifts’, in fact we probably have known that we have had these gifts since we were little ones.   But because we either didn’t have parents who were open to it, or we were just too afraid to talk about it, we took our experiences (seeing spirits, hearing spirits, having prophetic dreams, knowing things about family or friends that we had no way of knowing) and did our very best to forget them, hide them never to be seen or heard from again.  But luckily for many of us, our Creator doesn’t want that to be the case because the truth is we are all better people for having realized our gifts and used them to help ourselves and others.

So what to do about the “fear”…. First I want to say that you are not alone in this feeling.

There comes a point in our life’s, in our experience that we realize that our gifts are special and are no longer meant to be feared.  But with that there also comes confusion ~ where to start, who to talk to, what books to read, what modalities to consider, what gifts do we nurture vs. what gifts we shut out. 

Some people who have been blessed with gifts (such as clairvoyance, prophetic dreams, empathic ability, communication with spirit, etc.) are actually told early on or later in life what they are supposed to do with their gifts, or even what their path is and how they should go about following their “life’s journey” ~ They hear “a voice” telling them what to do, there is an unmistakable knowing.  But there are more of us then not that are supposed to find it out on our own, because that is part of our lesson, our journey. 

I can give you a “starting point”, as it has been given to me by spirit, but I can’t tell you exactly what you should do or what decision to make as that is up to you.  Most people have more than one “gift”, and I want to ask everyone, that if you know healing to be one of those gifts, that it should be one of the modalities that we should all consider adding to genre of modalities that we are capable of doing. Why? You ask, because what a wonderful place our earth will be if everyone who had some type of healing ability could nurture it and use it to help heal others and the world…well you get the picture, what a beautiful world this would be! 

OK ~ so let’s start ~ the beginning is always the best place to begin, it is incredibly helpful for you to write down a list of all the things, gifts, you have the ability to hold in your heart. So if healing is one of them start there – write it down. Can you speak to spirit? Can you see auras?  Next, what type of healing are you interested in? Do you feel a calling to any one thing in particular? Reiki Therapy, Light Energy Healing, Aura Reading, etc….  what other types of modalities are you interested in? Mediumship, Psychic Healing, Intuitive Counseling? I hope I’m making sense here.  There is so much power in writing it down. Then when you are done making a list of those abilities, write down a list of what types of healing or modalities you may be interested in learning about.  There are over 1500 holistic modalities in the world, so I would write down maybe the top ten to twenty that you have interest in, and then start narrowing down that by what ignites your passion.  What is it that makes you feel warm and fuzzy?  Once you have the top 5 or 6 things, start looking into them, look for classes or books that interest you which can give you tips or information about where to start learning about that “gift”. 

I have to admit, when I realized that sharing my gifts and using them to help others besides just myself,  was what made me feel “warm and fuzzy”,  I must have read over 50 books in two weeks.  That wasn’t my goal, I was just being “called” to read them. There was so much clarity in the information I was receiving.  I know that I was being guided, intuitively to read certain books and to watch certain videos, take certain classes, etc.  There are ways to do this so that you are not being charged an arm and a leg too; the best place to begin is the internet.  Amazon.com is a great resource, I found hundreds of books that were used and were in great condition, some as low as $1.00.  If you have ITunes, they have some great podcasts that are free to download and fun to listen to.  Hay House Publishing, www.hayhouse.com is probably the greatest resource for alternative therapies….they have books, videos, on demand workshops, they are the best, but they charge for most of their materials.  Prices range from FREE to a couple hundred dollars, they have cruises and trips that focus on groups interested in similar subjects, with authors and speakers who are absolutely fantastic!  There is also audible.com, this is a great place to go if you like listening to books while driving or cleaning house, they have a decent selection of audio books to listen to, but there are many books that will probably take years before they are out on audio. 

One of the common situations that people keep discussing with me also, is that they were in fear of their gifts and when they were little, they asked God to “take it all away”.  Some of it is pretty scary when you’re a small child, and it doesn’t help when your parents tell you that it’s just your imagination.  My advice ~ ask God, our Creator to help you learn how to “get back” your gifts and to help you desolve your fears around them. 

The place that I started was meditation, I feel it is the best place to begin. Meditation isn’t always about sitting in silence. It’s a place I use to communicate with spirit, my spirit guides, my angels and Creator. 

We have all been blessed with at least one spirit guide, some people have many.  Set your intention in meditation to meet your guides or your angels, talk with them, ask them to help guide you and what you should do, they will answer you! It takes commitment and you have to show up! You have to trust and listen.  The voice you hear first, as the messages from spirit and the angelic realm come quickly, is the voice you should trust.  Anything after that, let go of, because chances are that it is our ego stepping in trying to control the situation.  The more you trust in your gifts and abilities and the more you trust in the relationships that await you with your guides and angels the faster things will happen for you.  I know this sounds too easy, Right? Well, it is that easy! I swear!

I know it sounds silly, but when I finally decided to “Trust”, things happened so quickly for me and it felt so awesome! It felt like I got to open a beautifully wrapped present every day, whenever my finances began to stress me out, I would pull my head out of it and re-align my heart and head again to trusting…I’m not kidding when I say this either, but if I needed $100 for my kids for school, I would ask my angels for help and the next day there would be a check in the mailbox for $100…a refund from a doctor’s office saying I overpaid…I don’t remember ever paying them a dime….This is just an example, but what I am trying to say is that magical things happen everyday for me because of my desire and my trust in them and myself. 

I’m not saying that there aren’t days where I am in a bad mood or something crappy happens, but I am honestly at a place in my life now where if I say “Ok, I know that what is happening is for a reason, but it is not because bad things happen to me, it is because things just happen, it is part of life.”  I can turn it around.

In fact, I don’t look at things anymore as being “a bad thing”, it is the choice that we make to say “ok this thing just happened, I will figure out a way to overcome it or fix it and with that I will find a positive thing or beautiful lesson in it….”   It is how we choose to feel about things that creates our good or bad circumstances, how we look back on our lives, and how we choose to move forward.  There are folks out there that choose to not move at all and choose to stay stagnant in their lives. The Creator doesn’t do that to us, the Creator wants to co-create with us!!! There is movement and flow to that, co-creating is not stagnant!!!   

One other thing, I feel that this is actually really important ~ be sure that before you begin working on clients (or even helping out your friends), make sure that your “house” is in order, that you are aware of your “issues”.  I’m not saying your life needs to be perfect, or that all of your life’s lesson have to be positive and full of bright pretty lights, but be sure that if you have something in your life that is affecting you that you make a conscious effort to not let is transfer to your client (or friend) or affect your client (or friend) in any way!  If your issue is “transferring” energy to your client (or friend), chances are it is going to create an atmosphere of confusion in addition to what your client (or friend) is all ready dealing with.  It’s not fair to you or your client (or your friend).

Bright Blessings to all!