Completion
While September traditionally marks the start of a new season (and for those of us in the southern hemisphere the start of spring!) for me, it’s been a month full of lessons about endings rather than beginnings. The Universe has seen fit to challenge me about my understanding of the concept of ‘completion’ and the deeper meaning to the simple truth: For every ending there is a new beginning.
After months of happily floating along, suddenly September had a real sense of urgency, of a need to get things done and dusted. Now! Maybe it had something to do with the fact that October is my birthday month and it was the Universe’s way of telling me to move my butt, and get ready for a new year. One thing’s for sure, the message was loud and clear: Get on with it!
And so in my normal fashion, I decided the best approach was to take the pruning shears to my life. I literally spent the next few days cleaning, culling, shredding, filing and sorting through all my stuff, busily trying to tick off all my ‘to do’ lists. By the end of it I was exhausted. Exhausted by all the doing.
Feeling organised wasn’t the same as feeling complete. Why? Because in that moment I realised completion is more about undoing than doing.
For me completion seems more akin to a process of metamorphosis than it is to any final fixed state. It is merely a point of transition in the continuum of our lives, where little by little, we can let go of any attachment we have placed upon a person, idea, or thing. It takes time. It’s not just one step.
In the days that followed, I looked at my life in a completely different way. I looked at all of those tasks that hadn’t been finished; at all those ideas that hadn’t reached fruition; at the relationships and at all those old parts of me I’d long since outgrown. And I made a decision to keep what I knew in my heart was important to me and to simply let go of the rest. Suddenly my list was done and I was free. I was lighter than I’d been in weeks.
I believe it’s only when we can truly be, that we can know who we truly are.
And that’s complete.
It’s Time For A Change
It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since the terrible tragedy of the 9/11 attacks on the US. I can distinctly remember where I was that day. I was running late for work and as I rushed to eat my breakfast I caught the news headlines. Suddenly, making the train became utterly irrelevant. I spent the rest of the day in front of the TV, unable to comprehend the unfolding of these terrible life changing events. The world would never be the same.
But sadly, ten years on the world is still so much the same. My country, like so many, is still at war; ‘we’ are still fighting our so called enemies in the name of peace; there is still hatred and prejudice amongst opposing religions; there is still the fight for power and control by crazed dictators; there is still the untold suffering of innocent victims; and still the struggle for life’s simple freedoms. Famine, poverty, disease, violence, conflict, unemployment, racism, religious persecution and sexual intolerance. The same old problems. Ten years on. They’re all still here.
So I ask myself, What have you done Louise Laffey, over these past ten years to change the world? What have you done to make this world a happier, more loving and more peaceful place?
Well, believe it or not quite a lot. I decided to dedicate my life to living with conscious awareness. Every day I choose to see life as my mirror, reflecting back to me everything I need to learn. I know and believe that this one act is the most important thing I can do to effect real change in the world. And why? Because when you take full ownership of your own life and everything that is (or isn’t) in it, you understand that you, and only you can change your world and that you and only you, have the power within you to create and live your happiest, most empowering life.
If every single one of us chose to live with conscious awareness, we would stop blaming others for our problems and hardships; we would learn to manage and let go of our anger; we would become more tolerant, more understanding and more patient; we would become more accepting and most importantly more loving. We would, as Ghandhi said, Be the change we wish to see in the world.
Imagine how different our worlds will be when enough of us decide to change our minds for peace, for love, for kindness, for harmony, for good, for all, forever.
It’s time for a change.
Louise
The Sea of Love
In the past two weeks I have had many people comment that August has felt like an unusual month. For some it was a time to relax and unwind, and to ponder the ‘dilemma’ of having nothing to do! For some it was time to brave ferocious storms and flooding rains; for some a time to hit rock bottom facing financial and emotional crisis; and even for some a time to break a leg (that was Sted!) So if August was meant to be the month of flow, then how come things seemed anything but flowing?
You might remember a few weeks ago I wrote about my experience in learning to go with the flow. What that white water adventure taught me, was I needed to appreciate there are many different parts to a river, and each one would challenge and teach me in its own unique way.
Like the river, life has its fair share of rapids and rocks that pose us great threat; its fast flowing sections that propel us forward; its moments of calm meanderings; of its painfully slow trickles; and of course its spectacular waterfalls, being our life’s greatest achievements . It’s how we choose to deal with each part of our lives that will determine not only our life lessons but also their outcomes.
Learning to go with the flow is about being able to work collaboratively with whatever energy is in this moment in your life, rather than trying to resist or fight or control it. It is about learning to let go and trust in a Higher Power, and I mean really let go, no matter the circumstances you’re facing.
With practise, being in the flow becomes easier and easier. Eventually we come to a place where we can truly accept ‘that’ which we cannot change.
And that’s called the sea of love.
Heart to Heart
For the past ten days, I have been in the most beautiful of spaces. Words can’t describe it. I guess that’s the magic of truly being in the heart. You get to experience a love beyond words or thoughts. You made me feel like that. When you wished to live from your heart on 08.08, you created that Love.
My inbox has been flooded with the most uplifting messages from Global Wish ~ so many beautiful souls from all over the world sharing their stories of love and kindness on Global Wish day. There were touching moments of openness and vulnerability with friends and strangers alike; of tears and laughter; and most importantly, of powerful shifts in awareness, from the head to the heart.
That journey from the head to the heart can often take us a very long time. And yet on the 08.08 so many of us remembered we could take the short cut to get there! All it took was a clear intention and a willingness to connect.
With one simple wish, we suddenly remembered that we were always in our hearts. We had never left.
For one full day we reconnected to our Truth. We reconnected to Love. Imagine if we could live life like this every day. Imagine what we could do, imagine who we could be.
Thank you everyone for embracing the message of Global Wish with us and for making the event such a success. You made a huge ripple!
In love and gratitude
Louise
Living from the heart
I want to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has jumped on board to support the initiation of Global Wish scheduled to take place on 08.08 from 12 noon to 2pm (local times). When Maria and I were given our ‘instructions’ to run this event, we knew it was important and that the energy of our message would attract the attention of kindred spirits across the globe.
I am delighted to be able to share that our small, but obviously very powerful, community has managed (in a matter of weeks) to organise for Wish games to be played in 18 countries including New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, India, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, England, Ireland, the US, Canada, Mexico, Peru and Brasil! Just imagine all those ripples of Love energy spreading out across the world.
If you would like to be involved in Global Wish, it’s not too late to join a game or host your own. Details of our game hosts and locations are listed on our Facebook and website events pages. It’s so easy to play Global Wish ~ you play like a normal Wish game and the only difference is that everyone plays for the same wish: “I wish to live from the heart.”
I am asking everyone who joins us for a Global Wish game to send in photos of your event so we can post the images on Facebook and the website and share this beautiful energy with others. Remember, people will be able to connect into this higher awareness simply by seeing you.
When we consciously choose to live from the heart, we are empowered to embrace life through a win-win perspective. All of our daily interactions become life lessons that expand us.
We begin to truly understand what it means to Live to Love and Love to Live as we experience the transcended states of acceptance… bliss… compassion… detachment… eternality… flow… forgiveness… grace… gratitude… humility… impeccability… joy… patience… quiescence… surrender… tolerance… trust… truth… unconditional love… unity… wisdom.
When you live from the heart you need for nothing in life. You are full of love. You live to give. Love becomes a well within us that feeds our soul. There is no end to it. It is the essence of the Universe.
Living in love means you can see life from a centred perspective, without judgment or emotion. You let go of choice and step out of the limits of thinking. You hand over to a higher consciousness, to a greater reality. You ascend from duality to oneness and a new way of living.
Enjoy connecting into the energy of 08.08!
I look forward to sharing your Global Wish stories.
Louise
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