We Thrive No Matter What: Remember the Things That Bring You Joy

You are so lovingly acknowledged. Whether it takes fortitude, love, something as simple as giving yourself the freedom to rest when you are burned out or at the end of one rope, know that there is always another rope to come into service and in aid to you. As monkeys so gracefully fly through the jungle canopy, there’s always another vine, another tree, another place for them to swing to, land upon, and rest at. And you so lovingly can give yourself permission to have time to play or rest as you need to. 

Part of what has been a frustrating shift for many people was the awareness of, or the coming acceptance of, knowing that the current global health situation with Covid is not going to be completely resolved anytime soon. And so there was a certain amount of energy and patience that many had for it during the first few months that wore out or had to reach another phase of processing. 

Many of us had the thinking that if we could do everything right: We can wear our masks, and social distance, and wash our hands, and clean the surfaces, and take care of those who are sick, and bring groceries to those who are vulnerable, and we increase our own self care in ways that we haven’t in years, and we take care of the collective — even for those of us in the helping fields — taking care of the collective in a whole other way, on a scale that we had never done before; and feeling like if we do all these things right, this virus will run its natural course relatively quickly. 

And so many have had the wish to return life to “normal” but we of course know, logically, that that’s not going to happen as we previously knew it. 

Now and moving forward, it’s really a matter of what shifts do we need to make internally where we fully know and we believe with everything in us, “We Thrive No Matter What.” 

This is all serving our growth. This is all the larger picture of the evolution of humanity. 

There were multiple timeline scenarios for how this evolution could have happened. And this was the fastest, which is why we, as in our Higher Souls, chose it collectively. 

As we grow through this time and support each other, our Guides lovingly remind us, 

“Remember your joy. Remember the things that make you happy.” 

And some of them are things that you can do know. Sometimes we forget that, because we feel like there are so many restrictions that have been put on us, but there are so many things that we love to do that we can still do. We just have to be conscientious about remembering them.

We also lovingly received a journaling suggestion from our Guides, of something you can each do for yourselves. 

“Things That Bring Me Joy.” Write that at the top of a page and just write down the things that come to mind. It’s a totally open list. They can be things you can do now, while we’re in quarantine. Or they can be things that you can’t do right now but have brought you joy in the past, and are things that you’re looking forward to doing again.

For me, the first thing that came to mind was Yosemite National Park. That’s my favorite National Park. I’ve been to most of our states and have traveled the world extensively. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is just a 3-hour drive to Yosemite and started going there when I was 12 years old. 

I was actually just there with friends in February 2020, so I was in Yosemite a few weeks before quarantine started. And I’m so grateful that I got to be there, not knowing this was all right about to happen. I’m grateful that the memory imprint is fresh for me. 

When things really open up again, I’ve been saying one of the things I really want to do is be in Yosemite, even though I was just there a few months ago. That’s the top of my list of “Things That Bring Me Joy.” 

Chocolate and ice cream are also on my list! If eating a slice of strawberry shortcake dessert would bring you joy, write it down on your list. 

Everything is energy. Everything is frequency. Part of the invitation to think about the things that bring you joy and to physically write them down is because as you’re thinking about them, those memories in your brain are going to be rewiring you up. And then by physically writing it down, it’s going to bring that beautiful joy frequency through your body.

So you’re recalibrating your mind and recalibrating your body, just by thinking about those things that bring you joy. 

This sounds like an exercise we could give to a class of 1st or 2nd graders, little kids who have just learned how to write or they could even draw pictures. For the younger children, it could be an exercise of them drawing pictures if they can’t write yet. 

The interesting thing about this exercise being presented to adults is that it’s looking at the core of what our needs are. And so many of the core needs that we think of as applying to children, apply perfectly to us.

And the invitation is that if you want to draw some of those things on your joy list, absolutely do it! We all used to draw as children and then by older childhood or teenage years, drawing starts phasing out of our activities, as adults. Even for those of us who are visual artists — I used to draw a lot as a child, and paint, and the Guides actually keep reminding me to do that again. And it’s valid. 

Drawing and visual art are such a beautiful form of expression that we recognized how important it was for children to draw out their feelings, their dreams, everything that was important to them. But as adults, how often do we give ourselves the time and space to do that? 

Give yourself the gift of reflecting on your joy.

You have it now. 

~ Leah Lau is an energy healer and channel, a Master Akashic Records Reader & Healer, and a Reiki Master Teacher, from San Francisco, who is currently based in Los Angeles. She has had a multi-decade career as an Editor and Photographer, and worked in local, national, and international philanthropy, corporations, government, and nonprofits, including at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., the Charles Schwab Foundation, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development in San Francisco through the U.S. Department of Commerce, for General Motors Advanced Technology Vehicles for the prototype electric vehicle program, and as the Director of Communications for a nonprofit in Los Angeles. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago. www.leahlau.com

This article originally appeared on Medium:

https://medium.com/@cosmicleah777/we-thrive-no-matter-what-remember-the-things-that-bring-you-joy-5461986308c7?sk=11a0465ce5c23f8b434f1fc8ebb471e5

You Are the Infinite Love and Goodness: Our Growth Is Only Forward

This is what it’s like to be a human bridge with the pure energy Spirit world: The human part of me was frustrated with the extended Shelter in Place situation. I didn’t have any proper chocolate at home, so I went to the grocery store. Let’s consider that this trip was essential, given my state of mind. 

About 6 different kinds of chocolate, plus 2 kinds of cashew milk ice cream later, I asked the 200+ Guides who I work with to please help me and to illuminate my way out of the frustration over this time. They assured me they would bring through a message.

When I was asleep at home, later that night, they woke me up at 3:30 a.m. and brought in a lengthy channeled message until after 5 a.m., in multiple parts, with guidance for me, some messages for specified friends, and this message for humanity. They oftentimes do this, and say they choose this timeframe because it is when my building is finally quiet.

I put their message in quotes so there’s context around why it will shift from “our / we / you” because they will speak as “we,” etc. Sometimes my own Higher Soul is speaking as a bridge with my human Incarnated Soul, as in this intro below. You’ll notice the perspective shifting in and out. 

Sometimes I can edit channeled messages in a way that will read directly from the human perspective. But in this case, it really is a message directly from our Guides. I love you all.

“Our growth is only forward. We know what role we each have. We will always bring forth the highest good, the highest love, the highest Service to Others. Our Higher Souls have such love for each other, for the universe, for this world, and all worlds. They are the memory repositories for all of our lifetimes; for all of our lessons and experiences. 

You have the choice in every moment to move forward.

You have the choice in every moment to appreciate the sanctity, the glory of this life, of your own beating heart.

You have the choice to marvel at the baby birds that are chirping throughout this springtime.

You have the choice to claim your inviolable rights as a sovereign human, a sovereign being, a sovereign soul.

You have the choice to question.

You have the choice to rejoice.

You have the choice to celebrate everything within you, for all that you truly are was never taken away.

This time was given to you to fully understand who you are and what matters. 

You understand all that is extraneous — that was unnecessary — has been stripped away. 

Nothing remains that is not meant to remain. 

We are always nurturing you. Your fear is an illusion. 

This pandemic frees you from your shackles. One must unbind the old systems to make way for the new. And you understand you have freedom now in a way you didn’t before. 

Though you think that freedom has been taken away because of your physical restriction, the truth is you now have true and complete freedom, for you are fully in the space of your mind. 

You do not have the noise of the outside world. Any noise is of your choosing but it is not the invitation. 

In the face of any challenge, in the face of any obstacle, we will not stand down. Destruction is necessary for growth and expansion. 

We have watched the destruction many times over. It must never weigh on us. We must see it all as temporary. We must see it all as cyclical. 

One cannot be bogged down by an individual loss, perceived loss of life or of any form of matter, for it is all energy and matter in motion. There is no real loss. There is only transmutation from form to form. 

We must not mourn perceived losses for they are still One with all that we are. What a blink this existence is. The smallest of dots in the ripples of time. All of the fiery shifting of the cosmos. We have nothing to fear.  

We need to have patience: This is a vast period of growth that is happening in a very compacted time. It will be over sooner than you realize. 

Growth will continue to accelerate. 

The burning, the purging, the ameliorating away of all that was before that was not needed. 

How far so many had become from their highest virtues; how far many had become blinded by greed; so far from the values of virtue and love; concern and caring for others. 

You do have now these many competing forces. For any souls that know the Love and Light of the One Creator, the darkness has no effect. 

What a fallacy it is for the individual humans to feel so small when truly they are the vastness of the entire cosmos at all times. What a trick of other forces it is for you to think you are small; when you are the vastness of all that is and ever was. 

We remember the vectors of the light. We have long understood the way out of the darkness.

The light is a prism casting away dark matter.

We remember the great love and wisdom. 

The wisdom of eternity.

The wisdom and love of our saints and ancestors. 

All of our allies. 

Everyone who is always with us. 

We are always fully supported.

Always full loved. 

Always fully held. 

You are the infinite Creator. 

You are the infinite Love and Goodness.” 

~ Leah Lau is an energy healer and channel, a Master Akashic Records Reader & Healer, and a Reiki Master Teacher, from San Francisco, who is currently based in Los Angeles. She has had a multi-decade career as an Editor and Photographer, and worked in local, national, and international philanthropy, corporations, government, and nonprofits, including at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., the Charles Schwab Foundation, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development in San Francisco through the U.S. Department of Commerce, for General Motors Advanced Technology Vehicles for the prototype electric vehicle program, and as the Director of Communications for a nonprofit in Los Angeles. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago. www.leahlau.com

This article originally appeared on Medium:

https://medium.com/@cosmicleah777/you-are-the-infinite-love-and-goodness-our-growth-is-only-forward-ed9d69111d1f?sk=f3552befd0d6358074603c4892753848

Emerging From Quarantine With Better Relationships

We are in this evolving time where all of our actions and relationships look different than they did before. Previous to quarantine, we had a natural flow, a natural grace, and a natural ease that we didn’t have to think about. We had a natural rhythm for our own lives, and we had our rhythms with the people we saw regularly. 

Some of those rhythms were really beautiful. 

And some of those rhythms needed to get disrupted so we could have time to really rethink them and to assess the way that the relationships were going. 

This pertains to all relationships — not just romantic ones, but also work relationships, relationships with friends, and relationships with families. 

In my spiritual communion, on a daily basis, I work with more than 200 saints from many world religions, ancestors, and highly evolved beings. 

Our Guides lovingly ask us to look at the relationships of those closest to you; who you used to have interaction with in person all of the time. 

This is a really good time to assess for yourself:

“How healthy were those interactions for me? And whose happiness was I serving in those interactions?” 

In your life before quarantine, there were the people you specifically chose to see; and there were the people in your extended community that you saw because you were working together or you were in a community together; like a friend group, church, temple, or any other ongoing community gathering where you’d regularly be seeing certain people. 

Whether we’re quarantining with other people or not, we’re spending so much more time on our own, that there’s the inward reflection of who we are. Hopefully, who you are feels really solid to you. And because you so solidly know who you are, you can look at how you interact with others. 

Keeping your cup full

In the ideal state, you and every other person on this entire planet are operating with a full cup. These are your feelings of self love, self care, abundance, feeling safe, feeling protected, and feeling whole, so you can be overflowing with your own unique frequency of love. 

Though we wish everyone were operating from this place 100% of the time, we know this isn’t always the case. At times, you’re interacting with others whose cups are running low, or they’re needing help, or for their own reasons, they’re reaching into your cup to replenish theirs. 

A loving reminder

You are the only one who manages your cup. 

You are the only one who manages your energy. 

You are the only one who manages your time and how you spend it. 

You manage your thoughts. 

Though we are all sharing in all of these fields together, you, in your sovereignty, are ultimately the one who makes those decisions for your life. 

A relationship building exercise

As you think of your relationships, an exercise you could do is to write down 5 of those close relationships with people you saw frequently before quarantine started and who you anticipate seeing again once it eases. Your 5 people could be family members, friends, coworkers, or extended community. 

In particular, pick relationships where there’s something you want to improve. It could be a big improvement or a small improvement. 

You can think of those relationships in 3 main phases, Past, Present, Future:

Past: no longer exists

The 1st Phase is What Was but know that dynamic no longer exists. Considering how much quarantine has changed everyone, that previous dynamic is literally in the past and it’s done. 

Present: assessment 

The 2nd Phase is Assessment. Though you might still be interacting with some of those people, in the present, you have the opportunity to assess: 

“How is the energy balance between you and that other person? Were you giving too much?”

So many of us really loving beings are over-giving a lot of the time. And we’re the only ones who control that. We can’t fault other people if we choose to over-give.

A lot of the times, the reason you thought of those 5 people on your list is because you were over-giving or they were over-taking, or there was something that didn’t feel good. And that’s why they’re on your list right now. 

Future: envisioning best case scenario

The 3rd Phase is steps for how to manifest the best case scenario for the future. 

Before quarantine even fully lifts and you see them in person again, you have this beautiful opportunity now to already reset the new phase of that relationship. And you have the psychological space to do so from such a beautiful place now of love, compassion, and highest intentions. 

You can write down each of those names on a piece of paper. Next to each of them, write down: 

“What is best case scenario for how we both show up?” 

We can always look at everything in our lives through the lens of:

“What’s the highest vibration decision I can make?” 

Ask yourself in this two-way street:

“What can you do to improve your relationship? And what can the other person do to improve it?” 

Though you know you only have control over yourself, when you set the intention and you communicate with people in your life fairly, openly, and honestly, from a total place of love, trust and highest intentions, other people feel it. They will be ready to respond in different ways in their own time but this is one of the cases where if you have reflected on things, and you have seen these beautiful ways in which things can improve, you have the option to “Go First.” 

You could even start the communications now, while we’re in this quiet time of quarantine and while they also have this time. It could be as simple as reaching out and saying that you’ve been thinking about them and you’re looking forward to seeing them in person when the time is right and that you want to keep growing and improving your relationship. 

You can word it however feels right to you and is appropriate for that relationship. When you see them again, you want it to be mutually good; mutually beneficial and you’ll customize that message based on the nature of the relationship. 

You can set that intention now and plant those seeds while we have the time. 

Quarantine will be lifting soon and though no one wants it to last a minute longer than it is, there are so many gifts from this time, and this is one of them. So take it as an opportunity to improve your relationships even before you’re in person with people again. This time actually gives us the space to improve those relationships because if we hadn’t had this quantum pause, a lot of those relationships would have been Same Old, Same Old. And that’s not always a good thing. 

A calmer way of being

Even as our Guides were downloading these ideas to me, I felt such a calm in my front heart chakra. The whole field around my heart feels more calm and peaceful because of this loving intention. 

Beyond the 5 people that you think about — and it can certainly be more or less, depending on who comes to mind for you — or whether you don’t write anything down and are thinking about the intention of improving your relationships, setting that intention alone is enough because it’s a shift in your way of being. And only you choose that. 

Emerging from our caves

Our Guides showed a rather humorous and exaggerated, though not totally incorrect, image of a dark cave and humans emerging from it, with the sunlight blinding us. It’s an extreme analogy but it has its truth. Even for those of you who have been in your essential jobs still going to work in the same physical location, your interactions with the rest of your family and friends have been limited so you’re still feeling it. 

As quarantine is lifting in phases, we’ll be coming out of our dark caves, blinded by the sunshine, and we have a choice how we show up once we’re back out there. We can choose to show up in a more loving compassionate, peaceful, whole way. 

There are a lot of running jokes / memes about what it’s going to be like interacting with each other in person again. Sometimes people make fun of themselves about their physical state, by saying that they’ve gained weight, or that they’re nervous about what they’re going to wear in the outside world again. Some lament that they haven’t been exercising enough during quarantine or that their diet wasn’t as healthy as it could have been. Some people have been mildly poking fun at themselves; and others are having real anxiety about it. 

Those considerations about what people are wearing, and weight gain, are all the material realm — and it’s what we were all supposed to take a break from. 

What’s really going to matter is how people show up with their hearts: how we treat each other. 

That 5 or 10 pounds that some people are concerned about — when they’re walking around more, those will naturally shed. Your outfit can change in a few seconds, now as anytime. 

What matters when we come out of these caves and step out into the blinding sun again is that the radiance of our hearts match the blinding brilliance of the sun. 

~ Leah Lau is an energy healer and channel, a Master Akashic Records Reader & Healer, and a Reiki Master Teacher, from San Francisco, who is currently based in Los Angeles. She has had a multi-decade career as an Editor and Photographer, and worked in local, national, and international philanthropy, corporations, government, and nonprofits, including at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., the Charles Schwab Foundation, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development in San Francisco through the U.S. Department of Commerce, for General Motors Advanced Technology Vehicles for the prototype electric vehicle program, and as the Director of Communications for a nonprofit in Los Angeles. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago. www.leahlau.com

This article originally appeared in Medium

https://medium.com/@cosmicleah777/emerging-from-quarantine-with-better-relationships-d8944988f38?sk=a9f3d58976506b594e4d1d8572b91197