A Victim No More: How to Break Free from Self-Judgement-Lori Rekowski

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Happy Valentines Day

It’s fuel up time. The whole world seems to focus on love every February 14th. Why not tap into that energy and take advantage of this gift. Love comes in many forms, and now more than ever, we need to be fueling up with —and working on self-love. The energy of LOVE not only fuels our soul, but offers us a sense of hope in challenging times. Most of us all know that the more self-love that we envelope ourselves in —and fill up with—the more that we have to give others!

When we are able to give love to others, we are being of service, for the highest good of all. And, that action produces a "feel good, pick-me-up" feeling. There are many, many other rewards bestowed upon us when we share our gifts and love with others! So fill up and share true, never-ending, and terrifically fulfilling LOVE on this happy occasion.

Now, step out of the romantic connotation of the Valentines Holiday for a moment... and look at this energy also as an opportunity to be a special "love bringer" to this planet. We only get disappointed when we feel we aren't getting expectations met...and so instead of expecting so much OUT OF THE HOLIDAY...focus on what YOU CAN GIVE to someone else! It really is rewarding, you’ll see.

Feeding Your Soul once again

Learning is finding out what you already know.
Doing is demonstrating that you already know it.
Teaching is reminding others
that they know just as well as you.
You are all learners, doers, teachers.
--Richard Bach

In A Victim No More, I teach the importance of feeding the soul. And, one of the ways that I feed my soul is reading books that have messages that encourage me to focus on self-love. And, one of the ways that I express self-love to my self is 1.) By attracting positive energies into my life and 2.) By keeping a joyful and abundant mindset.

When I read materials from other light workers that are here to serve others, I absorb the love and peace that they are offering through their "reminders" in the form of words and hands-on exercises.

Simple and Quick Exercises

In my online course, I speak about the Spiral of Life. I have my students jot down any successes that they have had in their lives, on a moving spiral which appears on the screen. Many students are absolutely surprised at how quick they can fill the spiral up when they include the little successes as I recommend that they do by giving examples! Remember, everything counts.

*Important note: Yes, life is like a spiral. You will pass through every stage over and over again, experiencing life from a higher and higher perspective. Just because you are dealing with the same or similar challenge...doesn't mean that you haven't "gotten the lesson." It simply means that you are working on being a master of that particular lesson or challenge. Each time that you pass through the scene or scenario…you have the opportunity to take what you’ve learned and glide through in a more effortless manner. And, possibly in time, the lesson made fade away all together. (Let’s keep up that hope, when it’s the tougher more tedious challenges.)

And so, next time you find yourself in familiar territory with a challenge that you'd like to be done with, don't judge it negatively...simply thank it for all the gifts that it has to offer and work on uncovering that gift. Remember, once you’ve healed an issue, you never go back to where you were before!

Fear is generally the culprit of unease and unhappiness in these situations. One way to release your fear is to look at the situation and ask yourself: "What is the worst thing that can happen to me in this situation?" Write it down. Next, take each answer and again ask "What's the worst thing that can happen?" Keep going…As Sanaya Roman said about applying this exercise in her book "Creating Money"..."Eventually you'll come to your deepest fear. As you recognize it you can release it." And, we all know that there is a whole lot of personal power in awareness! Which, by the way, is another title to Sanaya's books: Personal Power Through Awareness. You can check out her work at www.orindaben.com.

Until next time…

I'd like to end with another suggestion: Keep love (and hope) alive and focus on positive news. Turn off all of that negative media news from your life, even if for only a few days, and you will see a huge shift in your energy. It’ll begin to get lighter and brighter. Remember, "garbage in, garbage out." Choose to take a few days off from all of the misery that the news is projecting out at you and believe me, you will feel your energy rising to new and pleasant heights!

It doesn't have to cost you anything either. You see, you can take the time instead, to listen to an inspiring piece of music, look up some great art on the internet, sign up for a free mini course, or immerse yourself in a book that you already have on your shelf, or one borrowed from a friend. Or, simply go out for a walk or a short meditation break. Enjoy, and breathe in the beautiful energy of love on your in breath and breathe it out ….blissfully into the world. You'll be adding love and light to this planet. And, it's needed now more than ever, my friend!

Blessings and peace,
Lori Rekowski