Between the Weeds

Inspiring thoughts about life seen between the weeds by creative business owner, Laurie Rohner.

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This morning I asked and listened.

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It is rare for me to get a crystal clear message from the divine self yet on an occasion or two I have been so unbelievably fortunate to be inspired with a message with clarity no one could ignore. We all have growth spurts when we are young. This morning I had a spiritual growth spurt. I woke up with the understand about where I was heading and the message was received with amazing clarity, I could have no doubt.

I wrestle with the question what is my purpose all the time. Age is not a prerequisite for that question. Today it flashes over everything. Find your purpose. Are you on the right path? Do you do what you love? in your job? in your life? The questions is exhausting and confusing.

Struggling and finding your own way is life. Doing it the way you are meant to is confusing, things change and your feelings change. How do you figure it all out?

Listening. It is the only way to have any growth any awareness and any awakening in life. Today, it has been a very long time since I have really listened, I heard an answer. The answer to my question was… oops that was my answer you are going to have to listen for your own.

Nature Art Watercolor by Laurie Rohner

That is exactly my point, no matter how many people tell you what they think is the answer you and you alone have to hear a response for your own question. For as many different people in this world, no two alike, is the response to your purpose in your life and each life purpose is as different. Money friends family jobs community religion business status awards mean absolutely not a thing so stop putting them into your equation. They are the outcome from a life lived correctly.

One clue I can give you is stop asking is this _________. (fill in the blank) Accept the road you are on and keep heading down it. You can always change direction take another path. Your life is lived from the core of your being, the divine spark inside. It is from that spark of light the answer will be heard, so listen and keep listening until you hear an amazing life altering answer. Could be huge and epic or small and beautiful. Keep listening I assure you it is worth it.

 

 


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The other secret real artists know.

“This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.”

Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That’s why we feel so much Resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there’d be no Resistance.”

“Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.”

I have to admit I live with fear everyday. I do have self doubt and I know to the core of my being what I am doing is absolutely right for me, not you or my neighbor or co-worker or family member but for moi. Decades of living and learning through some painful and terrifying experiences I have learned stop thinking the path before you is not the right one. It is your path not the collective sum of all others but unique to your life. Stop resisting and learn to answer the tug in your gut telling you to follow that scary road.

Learning the difference between fear due to danger and fear due to the unknown takes experience and time. Understanding the subtle signs and gut reactions also takes finesse and understanding all which comes with living your life.

Custom watercolor by Laurie Rohner

Custom watercolor by Laurie Rohner

Today I started another watercolor and realized I have conformed, feelings of doubt and resistance to even create was work. When I am working I find out the most amazing qualities about myself through the process of creating. Maybe it is because when I am truly present, what it is I am here to do (not being to full of myself) creating art, I hear whispers. Soulful nature divine spiritual whispers from a little voice we all hear to many times but never pay attention to what it is telling us. I need to pay attention and I need to create everyday.

I am busy doing so much to get to a place that when I get there I may not be any better off than I am right now. Sometimes we keep ourselves moving doing and thinking, we are not feeling the fear and our doing becomes more, the resistance becomes overwhelming. An important person in my life used to use the word insurmountable when things ratcheted up a notch and I knew it was her way of avoiding the fear. The word would make me cringe. We together had some tough experiences and the word did fit but the fear never went away and never did the resistance become less. Funny thing now this dear soul passed and when I hear the word I know it is time to buckle down face the fear and move forward.

Fear is a part of life and I have found it can be friendly. Fear reminds me of the old cranky person who comes across as mean, no one likes the person and the children stay clear. The cranky person does not mind because this is the purpose of its life and has never known another way of living. We know, I know there is.

When you face the fear in your life and allow for the creative nature inside to emerge, life is worth it. I am an artist. I can understand the quote for when I create I face the biggest fear I have which is am I good enough.

What is it you need to face about you or your life?


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Life is about not knowing.

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.” 

Ayers Rock

From http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/awe-inspiring-landmarks-around-the-world/

Life is like a rainbow showing up after a storm has passed and when we least expect it but when it does ah what a show. Life is having faith your very own rainbow will show up.


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Are you ready?

The dawn of a new world.

Are you ready? The start of a new world is coming and many are already intuitively feeling the pull. Instinctively we are adding signs of awakened spirituality with more blogs of inspiring words on the internet, whole networks dedicated to Spirit on TV, with inspiring books and art. The soulful being inside, your intuition is very aware of a new dawn and I am absolute in my belief it is not to fear. If you want to become more in tuned I offer these simple tips.

Here are a few tips on how you can get ready, embrace it and ride the wave into a new era of your life:

1. Release the old things that no longer serve you. This can be from people to the clutter in your home. If it is people, bless them and release them. If it is old ideas and fears, dissolve them.

2. Make sure you are crystal clear on what you want your new life to be.

3. Embrace change. It’s a journey, not a destination. And when you take control of the change you ride it like a seasoned surfer, rather than get caught in it like a helpless victim of circumstances. Radical change can feel like a giant elephant just walked into the room—completely overwhelming. I like to say, “How do you eat an elephant? One tiny bite at a time.” Carve it up, and take one tiny little bite or step at a time through change, even radical change.

4. Have a daily spiritual practice. It does not matter what you do, what is important is that you do it daily. It allows you to release your blocks and fears and focus on the new things coming to you.

5. Embrace your power. You have the power to change your life. This new age is all about empowerment and consciousness. You are not a victim anymore.

 


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“Worldly riches have been feared, despised, condemned, and even hated by spiritual aspirants, because of ignorance of how to be in them and yet not of them, how to possess them and not be possess by them. Doubtless this attitude of repudiating and ignoring wealth is less deceiving than the other error; greed and the worship of money and the fear of losing riches. But the really wise avoid both attitude through knowing worldly wealth to be but a reflection of the real, the spiritual riches that must be sought first, last and always. Having found the riches of heaven, you cannot escape the riches of earth unless your purposefully repudiate them.”

- Annie Rix Militz from her book “Both Riches and Honor”.


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Be gracious especially when your computer crashes.

Lions Portrait

Painted Cottage Box Lion Stare

For the past week things around the house have been crazy. There are times when energies build up and all of a sudden everything seems to go wrong. But do they go wrong or is our perception gone askew. When it happens all at once you may feel the universe is conspiring against you. Maybe you believe you are experiencing a run of bad luck. In the past I would have agreed until I realized just recently nothing ever happens to you that you can not make into a positive. This is not about faith and religion; it is about knowing. I know there are fairies among us just as there are angels, spirits and guides both animal and ancestral. They assist you when you need help and show you the truth when you ask. It is a subject most people ignore because they are afraid of being labeled crazy or a new age fanatic. So why do I know these things are real. Simply because I have seen them myself. After this past week I now do not question the positive lessons in everything that has gone right, not wrong.

It started with my computer crashing, a fatal crash. It was acting up again and just as I was attempting to restore the system I lost power just for a minute but at a crucial point. I tried to get the system back up but it was beyond my capabilities. So I found someone close by and took the computer there to hopefully be fixed. It turned out to be a neighbor. He did what he could, added some things, saved my files and gave me some great advise. I am grateful my guides helped me find him. Just before calling him I had spent an hour or so looking for any info or discs that would have come with the computer to help my dilemma and had torn apart the house only to not find anything for this computer, old one yes. I finally gave up  my search and stopped. I sat down quietly surrounded in the chaos and asked for help. It was Spirit or maybe the fairies or guides that guided me to get the help from a neighbor. No longer seeing the situation as a problem and found the blessing in this experience, I met a wonderful person and my computer is working better than ever with all my files saved. The next day I received an order covering my cost and more. This is happening all the time not getting money but answers and I know it is because I have changed my perception. Yes I tore apart my house but now I am reorganizing it and the energy in the house is flowing.

Years and not an easy ones brings me to this realization. You can read all the books and watch all the videos and attend all the seminars but until the switch is turned on you are only a believer. When things start making sense is when you know it is so. Words are not enough but you know the feeling when you arrive. Gratitude joy happiness even when your computer crashes.

 

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