when success feels empty

our society has an inverted path to success

To love, to impact, to feel valuable is to give. A mothers love is the strongest love there is. A woman's body leaks milk like a bursting pipe because it wants to give and to nurture. A woman's womb provides all of the essential nutrients to give to the baby out of love - the result being "success." A successful pregnancy. Mother nature replicates this dance in every corner. The constant give creates abundance and expansion. When we give, our heart expands and heals everyone it touches. Intentions are contagious - if you intend to connect, others are receptive to it just as if your intentions are to divide and hate - so it will be.

Through our own reflection in other people is where we create a dynamic self-image. It isn't formed without interfacing with reality because we are not isolated beings - we are all connected. It is in our giving that we create tethers in reality that then allow for the flow of energy through them; similar to a boomerang. If we want to only receive and not give, the flame will go out because that is not how universal laws operate. This knowing is encoded in your cells and this is why we don't feel fulfilled without making an impact on others.

One mode is expansive and life-giving and one is contracting and life-sucking. This is why wordly possessions will never be enough, for anyone. They are elusive, unstable, and unfulfilling. Should they be a result of a strong, loving foundation, they wouldn't cause a diversion in someones journey. Non-attachment to these outcomes can create a space to receive them in a non-harmful way. Having wordly "success" is not bad - but when that is the focus it becomes this toxic, sludgy, aura that casts a dark cloud of confusion over someones deeper, existential needs.

You can make huge impacts in very simple ways and when we can make this a way of life, it shifts our energy field. All of a sudden, we are able to hold more energy and light. Our nervous systems are more resilient, our heart center field is wider, we are telling the universe I can safely hold more. This is a precursor to receiving more abundance because you are trusted and you have the capacity.

This allows us to move through life with our heart and our intuition rather than logistics and trying to scrape up our share wherever we can. We have the entire universe in our perception at all times - the connection, the Oneness, the expansive love and gratitude. When we feel the emotion of gratitude, we are establishing a connection to where our energy flow is coming from and saying, with our bodies, I recognize this blessing and I am ready for more.

The power of gratitude cannot be underestimated. Everyday, write down 5 things you are grateful for over the course of 60 days and see how it changes your brain. We start seeking out blessings and recognize them more than before. What we seek, we find. The blessings will grow in abundance. Focus on the love, the grace, connection, and deep understanding with your environment and other people and you will feel the most success you've ever felt.

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