You've heard the saying, today is the first day of the rest of your life, well put a star next to this one...because, if you are ready, this day really is.

If you are not ready, today will pass more or less unnoticed. But if you've done what you have needed to do in your personal life, for your soul, if you have followed the urgings of spirit, today you take your first steps in a new world, a world that you have created.

Look around, you'll see, even the light will be  different for you. Uncanny things will occur.

When I moved away from the area where I had spent all of my life last June one of my dearest friends sent me a card that said, never is life so exciting as at the beginning of a journey.

Carpe diem! Carpe Annum! Carpe the whole rest of your beautiful life.

For those of you who may not be at that jumping off point, just notice, and take hope, it can be just perfect, keep at it. Don't give up.

And remember, life is never so fulfilling as when experiencing a conscious journey.

Don't hide your light under a bushel! (It's biblical.)

Today is a day when you can really shine, when you can allow the gifts that spirit has given you to glow.

If your tendency is to be shy or self-deprecating, use the energy of the day to push past that and step out into the limelight.

in short, and to put a twist on the biblical reference that would probably have the authors turning over in their graves, flaunt it if you've got it.

The spirit may be willing but the flesh probably can't support too high of a climb, so go easy on yourself today.

Not that you need to nap, but just don't get into a give-it-your-all mode, because you don't have 'all' at your disposal today and you'll find that attempting it will make you cranky at best and may actually end up physically compromising you.

Got it?

Good!

I have a fragment of a song that is running through my head that sums up the energy of the day but I'm not even sure I have the words right. I have the tune, but it's so hard to hum in writing. Here's the essence of it: dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

It might be from Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

And then there's another song fragment to fill out the concept: I get by with a little help from my friends, I get high with a little help from my friends.

For those of you who can't sing along, this is a good day for dreams coming true with a little help from the outside. Also a day for making some new dreams if the old ones don't serve you. Spirit and soul are singing in concert and you'll be a fortunate person if you can just lie back and enjoy the show.

You know how it is, there you are, minding your own business, happy as a clam, (Really? They don't look all that happy...oh well.), when you are called upon to step outside the realm  of minding-your-own-business and into the realm of lending a hand when you really would rather be doing what you were doing before you looked like somebody else's idea of someone who could be useful.

Offering your services is a risky business. Are you doing it because help is really needed or because you really need to help? The phrase, no good deed goes unpunished, exists for a reason. When your motives are less than pure, results are often less than pure as well.

Responding to a call for assistance, though, is much more clear. Not that you don't have to weigh things, certainly you do. Does the person really need help? Are you the best person to help? Are you capable of doing what needs to be done? You have a chance of being objective when you answer these questions. 

Today, if you are needed, if you are called upon for assistance, you can know that this is coming from some higher level of connection. If you feel conflicted, or disinclined, get yourself over it and get down to business regardless of the inconvenience. This story has already been written.

Patience. Patience.

Oh, I know you get sick of hearing that when it comes up but I promise you, if you can use your mental prowess to bring you back to the moment and back to the moment and back to the moment again, it wouldn't come up at all. Because when you are paying close attention to whatever it is that is going on with you, time flies and that which is coming seems to arrive almost unexpectedly.

So pay attention and enjoy the scenery on the drive because it will be lovely.

Spirit whispers today, inklings of beauty, wonder, love to come...listen and enjoy and let not ambition or restlessness or impatience trick you into resentful feelings that what will come is not yet here.

What will come, will come and it will be lovely. Know that and be content.

Well, what can I say? Here in the US, it's a holiday and that means family gatherings and the resurfacing of ancient memories and the coming together of people who don't normally come together, sooooooo it can be a little challenging.

Today, you'll be pleased to know, will be no exception. On the bright side, it should be a milder version of that scenario.

Latch on to the good memories and the wonder of life, be kind and non-judgmental and if you can't be with the ones you love, be forgiving to the ones you're with.

I confess that I often wonder what this whole families getting together to make each other crazy at holidays thing is all about but the fact is that not all families do make each other crazy and even for the ones who do, it doesn't happen all the time. The potential for love is present everywhere, all the time. Perhaps we have these occasions to give ourselves the chance to real-ize that potential, to open to the possibility of a love so large that we can embrace all of us.

Enjoy!

             

Ready to move on? Good. Because the universe is behind you, supporting you.

The sands of time have shifted. Your past now feels like your past. Your spirit is itchin' for some change. (Yes, that's what that indescribable something is that you've been feeling.)

Let your mind run wild. Unleash the prospects you've consigned to never-never land. Throw everything out there on the table and assess your options in a very practical way.

Don't make any decisions yet...not today. The ground beneath your feet is not steady enough to support that kind of commitment. But it will be, so dream on!