After many years in strategic leadership roles across global institutions—spanning project management, management sciences, and complex systems—I chose early retirement from corporate life to follow a more soul-guided path. I now walk the path of my highest purpose. I am also a mother of two daughters, a widow, and a friendly presence to everyone I meet. I bring my whole self into everything I do. My writing is spiritually inspired, shaped by a lifelong devotion to purposeful service and a journey of conscious, lived experience.
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It’s beneficial to us when we say to another that we are sorry if our action toward them was not of our highest form as it would not have produced the results that was in alignment with our highest aspirations. Saying that we are sorry gives us a second chance to achieve that optimal results. Remember, we are all a work in progress.
There are certain things in life that are meant for each of us to help with our growth but we don’t always know how to get it. When we go about life with anger, greed, lack of integrity, lack of compassion, fear, low self esteem, worrying about what people will say etc. instead of being our authentic self, we delay the time these things come to us. When we follow the guidance of our hearts or intuition/gut feelings which is the guidance from our soul, we go about getting what is meant for us the quickest. In other words, making ourselves ready for when the Universe brings that opportunity to us so we can be in the right “state of being” to act on it as opposed to missing it because we are unprepared.
On Spiritual Maturity:- When we can readily assess our emotions and move pass the limiting ones to be in a state of love rather than succumbing to them.
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Your emotional pain is caused when “your perception of what’s in front of you” seems worse than what you expected.
If there is nothing you can do to get justice or fairness then you can choose to learn from the experience by seeing what benefits you the most rather than succumbing to your feelings of emotional pain. Whatever it is has already happened and succumbing to the “emotional pain” will only harm you. So, choose to not create that “emotional wound”.
See “obstacles and challenges” in the best light, as an opportunity to grow.
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Stop for a few seconds to acknowledge and be grateful for who you are and where you are on your journey. Make the choice to move forward in the healthy state of joy and happiness. We may not always be in control of the circumstances in our lives nor our instinctive reactions to those circumstances. But we are in control of how we react beyond our instinctive reactions. Always make the choice that would put you in your purest and highest standing. Ask the question, “What would I, in my purest form, do?”. Then take that action even if it means pushing through your immediate fears. If you take full responsibility for your actions, then you would be inspired to make the choice that would place you in your highest position.
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Turn away from the edge and see it from a broader perspective
Sometimes we are put in a situation we’re totally unprepared for and we cannot see how it can benefit us. So we project from a space of lack and start playing an illusionary, disastrous outcome over and over in our mind until we’re stuck in emotional pain. Try to stop fighting the situation and instead surrender to it. This will help to calm those negative thoughts and allow in a sense of peace that you need to make good decisions. Then try to see the situation without your fears and then choose the best steps to empower yourself.
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Stand out instead of fading into the background.
There may be things that can be seen as “obstacles” in your path. Address them, if necessary, in your purest and highest form to always move forward in your optimal way. One of the biggest obstacles may be the limitation that you set as the solution for a specific desire or aspiration of yours. This could be because of your fears of standing out so you create a solution that makes you fade into the background. Making ourselves small will rob us and the world of benefitting from our unique talents and we will miss out on our highest fulfillment.
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Don’t force anything or anyone to fit your schedule. They too have to go at their pace. If it is necessary then negotiate with love and understanding of your and their situation. We don’t have to be “right”. We just have to do what’s best for us to move smoothly along our journey and sometimes it means compromising to get a good relationship with others which will make us happy or provide some means of fulfillment. If you feel the need to be “right” in any sort of negotiations instead of trying to reach the best solution for all parties involved (which includes you), then turn your love on yourself and take time to reflect on what needs to be addressed.
From my eBook: Self-Mastery/True Self-Empowerment by Joycelyn Marshall
Where there is a fear of the “dark”, create “light” in every sense. Let in natural light where possible, turn on the electrical light where needed, seek information to understand, trust and illuminate with your love. For what’s in the “dark” is exactly the same as when we turn on the “light”. The difference is that we cannot see in the “dark” and so we develop a fear of what we cannot see, the unknown. So create “light” to remove the fear of the “dark”, the unknown.
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