EASE

On New Year's Day, 2011 I chose a word - just one word - to describe the overall feeling I intended to experience over the course of this year. A theme, if you will. That word is EASE.

I chose it for a lot of reasons - not the least of which is the obvious - hey, who wouldn't enjoy a little more EASE in their life, right?!

It also fits with my philosophy. Manifesting what you desire in life is about allowing and attracting, not chasing your desire uphill and wrestling it to the ground. Allowing happens with EASE.

Trust brings EASE. Ease requires trust. Trust that God and the Universe will bring you exactly what you need, at precisely the right time - Divine timing - because we can’t always see the “big” picture. Trust in a benevolent Universe…the belief that God wants us to be happy and that if we ask, we shall receive. Not beg, not bargain, not work for it. Simply ask, trust, and allow.

EASE makes sense when you understand that pushing doesn’t bring it faster. No amount of effort will summon forth that which you desire, if you are not yet aligned with it…

EASE does not negate desire. It invites desire. When contrast arrives in its wake, reminding us of what we do not want, ease tells us to experience it and let it go.

Ease is about feeling good no matter what and knowing that’s the feeling that will bring you closer to what you desire.

In fact, the ease and feeling good actually IS the desire, if you really stop and think about it. It’s not the successful business, or the house, or the guy, or the vacation…it’s the feeling of EASE and joy and peace that you believe all those things will bring you!

And so, it made perfect sense that EASE should be my word of the year for 2011. Anyone who knows me knows I was overdue for some ease (not to mention joy and peace!). Making EASE my word of the year also served as a challenge – or at least a reminder - to live my beliefs.

But then, how funny is it that I was diagnosed with breast cancer – a dis-EASE - at almost exactly the half way point in the year?? I guess if it was a challenge I wanted, it was a challenge I got! And you know what? It’s teaching me all kinds of new lessons about EASE that I’m not sure I would have learned any other way.

Cancer is a wake-up call. Not the kind that whispers in your ear, or taps you on the shoulder, but a knock you off your horse kind of lightning bolt. Best thing is though, if you really listen right then, you can hear your Inner Self better than ever. Trusting what you hear can give you the inspiration and the courage to step into the life you truly desire.

There were messages from my body and from my Inner Self that I had ignored for years. There were a lot of things I “struggled with” and plenty more that I felt “on the cusp” of having or doing. But there I stood…on the ledge…scared and making excuses…unable to jump, afraid to fall, waiting for permission, looking for approval, sure I wasn’t quite ready, because I didn’t yet know how to fly.

Cancer was my push off the ledge.

But to my surprise, I didn’t fall! I may not be flying with perfect form or grace, but I haven’t hit the ground either. And there’s a weightlessness about it…

I think that’s EASE!

I don’t think I fully understood the feeling of it before. Losing control. Letting go. Allowing. EASE!

And now I’m listening. Following my intuition AND my feel good…like my life depends on it...because you know what? It DOES. And so does yours!

There is no putting off – there is only NOW. Ready is about jumping, not the preparation! Permission is about wanting and feeling worthy and allowing yourself to have what you desire. Approval comes from within – no one else can give it to you. Love is eternal and if it’s real, it’s unconditional. Love is what keeps you aloft – it’s what your wings are made of and it lives inside of you. And the breeze – all those currents made for gliding – that’s God’s invitation.

And I'm inviting you too! Fluff up your wings and join me! It may take some getting used to, but once you try it you’ll never stay poised on the edge again. You won’t be alone - I’ll be happy to hold your hand, help you chart your course, and encourage you all along the way.

You can also check out my coaching practice, Deliberate Sensuality, if you like. My website is up at www.deliberatesensuality.com. Check it out – and if you like it, spread the word! It took cancer to knock me off my horse, but you can choose differently ;).

Love you!
Lisa