You are the only person who can prioritize what is most important to you. And prioritization often happens only through saying no to things that are not the priority, including thoughts and beliefs that sabotage your intentions.

No can feel scary because you might be cutting off good opportunities, yet saying yes to things outside of your priorities guarantees you don’t capitalize on the opportunity of what is possible in the area of what is most important.

It isn’t easy to prioritize, or everyone would be great at it. What is it time for you to say no to, especially because it feels hard?

Commitment is not a feeling; it is a choice. Commitment that comes and goes is just a preference based on convenience. Being committed doesn’t mean we don’t make mistakes; it means we practice course correcting with grace as soon as we notice we’ve begun to stray.

Unconditional love is the same. It is a choice. Love that comes and goes is not love; it is liking based on convenience. Love does not mean we can’t feel our entire spectrum of emotions; it means we practice taking responsibility for our judgments, fears, and stories as soon as we notice they’ve begun pulling us off track.

We don’t have to commit or love. Yet, these choices are where our freedom lives because they help us be who we want to be no matter what changes.

What would life be like if you chose instead of waiting to feel it?

Somehow, along the way, we may have been taught that we love ourselves and others through doing more. However, doing more ultimately pulls us away from our priorities, which is an act of punishment toward ourselves and others.

It might just be that love means letting go of and saying no to most things so we can focus on what matters most. What if you could view your “ no” as a way to experience more love in your life, rather than more burden?

By your self. You give and receive this love by being who you want to be and who you wish other people would be.

Fulfillment does not come from wishing everyone else perfect behavior. It comes from coming back to yourself again and again and expanding your capacity to love.

What if you didn’t have to get anyone else to love you, approve of you, or agree with you? What if you could be that for yourself and them instead?

Your mind will always have a list of unmeetable expectations that it says are required for things to be perfect. This belief in perfect often keeps us from taking action out of fear of failing to meet these impossible requirements. Even if we do take action, it keeps us from experiencing the success we are deisgned to experience when we take commited, intentional action.

Our better alternative is to understand that things will always be imperfect according to our minds and instead focus on doing our best and celebrating ourselves for being courageous enough to be in a creative process. The discipline to notice and release when we are being weighed down by “perfect” and tap into the contentment and truth of doing only our best is the ultimate liberation.

How might life change if you surrendered to the fact that it isn’t now and won’t ever be perfect and instead embraced doing your best and releasing the rest?

You simply have to be willing to move toward it.

The problem with better is that it only exists inside of new, and new is uncomfortable because it is unknown. And, if you trust the wisdom of your body, it will lead you towards better if you are willing to get uncomfortable on the way.

Where is good leading you? Are you willing to go?

Do the very focused and disciplined work of listening to the Truth of your Self, taking actions, and making sacrifices from that place every day and every moment. If you are willing to do this work, your life will begin to feel easy because it will be aligned with what you value most.

It will also look easy to others on the outside, yet you will know that you earned it by doing the work that no one else could do- trusting your Self.

Easy can be earned if you are willing to do the correct hard work. The hard work will never end, yet neither will the fulfilling ease that comes as a result. More discord can also be created if you get stuck in the hard work of proving, hustling, and ignoring what you know.

Which type of hard would you rather experience? The kind that connects you to your natural ease, or the type that creates more resistance?

It is up to us, and let’s and choose the former rather than the latter.

We have incredible superpowers to harness; the power of our imagination, our attitude, and the context we choose to live inside of in this moment. The only thing we know for sure is that life will one day be over, and will have treated it like a gift or a burden, and whichever we choose is what we will be left with and what we leave behind.

Our lives are made up of days, and days made up of moments. What would it take to see this moment as a gift? How many moments would you be open to a fresh start to give and receive, through the power of your choice?

Some comfort is worth it. Some isn’t.

The type of comfort that comes from the satisfaction of truly loving someone and being of service to them in a way that serves the truth is what we are made to experience.

The type of comfort that comes from holding back and not ruffling feathers or stirring the pot in an effort to be liked is what drains us of our aliveness over time.

Seek the comfort that comes from genuine connection and service. Run from the comfort that keeps you from living your dream.

Reactivity displaces clarity. The world benefits when you are clear because that is when love can work through you, and the world needs love.

What if the most important way for you to serve was to not let yourself become repurposed by fear and stay connected to love?

The most detrimental word in the English language is should.

Maybe the way to do your part today is to let go of the notion that you or anyone knows exactly how it should be, and to start being curious about what Love would do now.

Who would you get to be without should and shouldn’t? Who would the world get to be?

The things that help us are most important when we need the help.

• Journaling

• Meditation

• Prayer

• Yoga

• Exercise

• Friend-time

• A good playlist

• Deep breaths

• Sunlight

• Sleep

• Breaks

If you need help, help yourself. Please don’t wait until you feel better to do the things that make you feel better.

What if you prioritized your clarity?

If your body is feeling stressed, tense, anxious, or dull, all that means is that a more loving way is possible.

And isn’t that great news? The question is, however, are you willing to experience it?

There are certain things we have mistaken as a luxury for too long that are actually foundational to our success as human beings.

One of these things is Self-respect. We think, later. Later, I will act on the desires of my heart. Later, I will stop mistreating my body and my soul. Later, I will trust myself and value myself enough to give my true yes and my genuine no. Later, I will be generous with the people around me. Later, I will send my life around what makes me feel whole.

The problem is that later is too late. Self-respect is the only path if we want to live lives of love and make a difference for one another and our planet. Only when we are willing to truly listen to our wisdom can our world become wise. A world full of respect will not be created through disrespecting ourselves. And we can’t wait for everyone else to do it. It has to start with each of us.

What if the goal was the way?

The majority of what there is to do every day is the quiet, loving work in the background that nobody sees.

The point of creating a beautiful life is not so others can notice it, it’s so you can feel it. Do your work all the time. Let everyone else do theirs.

Maybe letting others do theirs is the hardest part? That’s part of your work.

Would you be willing to let it be that simple?

It lives and dances inside the breath of letting go.

Letting go of the way others should be, letting go of the way you should be, letting go of what should be in the future, letting go of what should have been in the past. Letting go of needing anyone to understand, letting go of needing to be understood, letting go of being right, letting go of being wrong. Joy lives in loving this breath exactly as it is and as it isn’t.

Any why joy? It gives us our fuel, our clarity, our way to truly serve.

What if you didn’t need to label and judge right now? What if you let yourself do it later if it still felt important? How might you feel in the space of letting go?

Being strong enough to move forward means you must first be strong enough to let go.

What do belief, comfort, or burden do you need to release to ensure you are light enough to go the distance you want to go?

When we say we care about something, it often means we are scared of what may happen in the future. And when we operate out of fear, we lose our clarity of mind and our ability to choose freely.

When we find ourselves caring too much, our job is to shift from fear into love, releasing future outcomes and showing up with our hearts open right now. Right now is the only place we can make our difference anyway, and we won’t make it in a state of fear.

You can’t control the future, so why not practice showing up now with love instead?

What if there was nothing to get to, nothing to get through, nothing to avoid, nothing to fear, nothing to hoard, nothing to escape, and nothing to fix? What if there were just a truth to stay connected to and learn to express, and it only lived in the present moment?

What would you be willing to let go of so you could enjoy the game of life while you get to play?

Many people look successful, yet few people feel successful.

Many people look healthy, yet few people feel healthy.

Many people look wealthy, yet few people feel wealthy.

Many people look _________, yet few people feel _______.

Our work is to focus on feeling these things rather than looking them. To even do this, we must first discover what each of these things means to us.

What do success, health, and wealth mean to you? What do you need to do to feel them in your body?