There is no one nor will there ever be another you. You are a one-shot deal and a big deal. Your biology collided with your life experience and here you are. It’s awe-inspiring to think about how every detail of your life, every thought in your head and how every cell in your body has the potential to harmonize in unison when you examine, accept and let go. When there’s disharmony within you, that’s ok too. It’s your true self telling you to look inside and figure out what’s making that wretched noise, understand why it’s happening and wake you up. Disharmony is uncomfortable, sometimes downright painful and powerful. It’s the thing that will eat you alive if you let it or the thing that will teach you some of your greatest lessons about life and yourself. Your search for harmony is a big deal because it gives birth to wisdom and amazing which will always lead you back to who you are and why you are here. Examine your life when in harmony and examine your life when in disharmony. How else do you become the best version of you? Embrace all of the wonder and all of the struggle and perform your most amazing song. Your purpose and why you are here is intrinsically tied to this melody. Try to listen closely to the song inside you and practice to be sure you’re getting it right. You’ll frequently need to examine the sound you make and be sure it’s in alignment with the music you want to write.

Heaven is a place of indescribable beauty and harmony. It’s why people who’ve had near-death experiences don’t want to come back to here. But while you wait, try your best to ask yourself every day, “What is my intention?” Unexamined pain and fear lead to a painful, awful noise. And when it’s not dealt with, that vibration will hurt others. Examine that noise and go back to embracing all of you and the sound you are making. Do you want to create the noise of hate or the noise of love? Will you allow the tide of negativity to pull you out to that dark sea or will you swim against that current to a more peaceful shore? There are many others on that shore waiting for you to join the collective chorus of love who will hear you and support your song. You may get sucked into becoming what you don’t want to be. It happens when you’re tired, overexposed to media, disheartened by what you see, in fear and negligent in the area of self-care. But when you’re in that place where the sound hurts your ears, stop, look and listen. Examine your intention, where you are and what you are thinking. Wake up and decide to work towards creating a better sound and not become the sound you disdain. Our true purpose here is aligned with creating a piece of heaven not hate and our job is to do so until it’s time to check out of the earth hotel. Intend to leave behind a beautiful song.

Loss can inspire us to look at our intentions too. Think about a person who despite all their struggles, still left a trail of love behind upon their passing. There may have been a ton of people collected to honor that person or a few. It doesn’t matter. What matters is what they left behind in their space that inspired you to examine your thinking, your choices and change your life for the better. This person left you with no other option then to lead with love. It’s not always easy to lead with love. You’re not a jerk because you don’t want to sometimes, but there’s a cost. You’re not in alignment with your true self or in alignment with the Divine’s plan for your life when you intend to bring about more disharmony. Intend to lead with love for your sake, and for your loved one’s sake because joining in with the people that make an awful sound will ultimately hurt you and everyone around you. Learn from your loss, your wounds and the wisdom of those who have made this world a better place. Be in training to live your best life by looking inward and outward. When your intention is peace, go inside and look at your choices to get there and align them with your gifts. Look outward and learn from the wisdom of other love trail blazers too. Some of those choices you come up with may be freakin’ hard to employ. Just breathe, pray and think about what you want to leave behind when those in your life gather to honor your journey someday. Heaven awarded you a box of love before you arrived here. Intend to share it so your box always stays full and you have the energy to play your most beautiful, harmonious song. Miraculously, you’ll find that the more you share, the more you get back. When in community with others making a harmonious sound, it will be enough to drown out out those who create disharmony and discord. There are pockets of harmony here on earth if you intend to look for them and take them in. If you’re struggling to find them in this world, do what you can to make your own. Then you’ll know you did the best you could at the most important job we have as humans – to embrace all of who we are meant to be and to leave the best parts of us behind. Intend to leave a trail of love behind you in whatever fashion it takes. One breadcrumb of love makes a big difference too. There will be people that will follow your trail, gobble up what you leave behind and inspire them to join the Divine’s orchestra of heaven here on earth. Examine, practice and train while you are here. It will prepare you to sing in perfect harmony with all the angels who went before you. Your intention of love and practice will become perfected when you arrive home, so share it. We could all use some beautiful music now.

Questions/activities to ponder or good journal prompts!

1. What does it feel like to be in harmony with all that is? What does that state inspire you to do or think about?
2. Disharmony may be a gift too. Do you see it that way? Why/why not?
3. Think of a time when you got sucked into a state that is not you. How did it change your view of the world? How did it affect your thinking and your body?
4. Who that has passed has inspired you to embrace the beauty of all of you? How have they changed how you present to the world?
5. Think of big ways and little ways you may leave a trail of love behind you.