I have a favorite mountain peak that I have hiked probably 25-30 times over my lifetime. It’s a steep, rocky trail. There are three meadows along the path that offer respite in the form of flat ground and easy footing, and tall grass and wildflowers under an open sky. 

Each of these meadows has a different representation for me as I enter them. The first meadow is a milestone that is cause for celebration, and exclamation of “We made it!” 

It’s a moment to rest after a grueling couple of miles. A refreshing new view and openness after being forever in the shadow of pines. After a sip of water and maybe a snack, we are off again.

The second meadow is halfway up the trail, so we have a good idea of how much farther we have to go. It was a favorite camping spot, when I was a teenager, to await the arrival of others who would join our hiking party later. Together we would head towards the top, with renewed vigor and now, the additional companionship of friends.

The third meadow is probably least memorable. The third meadow is just half a mile from the lake. When we break out into the open air of the third meadow, it is a signal that we are almost there! Our pace quickens and the third meadow barely gets a moment of notice. And yet, today, I realized what a significant step it represents toward the summit. 

The third meadow is the point of no return. There is no question that our goal is just over the next hill. We can see it so clearly that even taking a moment to rest is a distraction from what inevitably lies ahead.

Another clearing that is necessary as we move closer and closer to our desired destination is the clearing of rigid and useless beliefs and ideas about our ability to finish. When we clear these old thoughts, we immediately create space to see possibilities.

The clearings and meadows in our journey are welcome moments of peace and ease, but they are no comparison to the summit. The mountain top provides open expansive space and a view that is unobstructed. A meadow is nice, the journey is thrilling, completion is freedom!

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Love Where I Am

• My journey is mine
• I focus on my journey and allow others to focus on theirs
• I invite friends to join me for as long as they choose
• I am grateful for easy peace
• I enjoy the hike and I relish the respite
• I am thrilled with every new discovery along my path
• I am fully engaged in my adventure
• I am excited to see what is over the next hill
• I notice the opposition of highs and lows and appreciate each as they both take me closer to my goal
• I easily envision the view from the top and I appreciate every step

*Tip – Listen through to the end for more thoughts on ‘clearing’ and for a beautiful meditation the will inspire your next steps and to create and easy, peaceful path from this point forward.

C

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One of the things I have noticed about consistency within people is the assumptions that are made by others about the way they will show up.

For instance, I was a few minutes late on our Gratitude Call this morning and when I arrived I found 6 participants who were on time, happily chatting away, just waiting for me to arrive. No one was questioning whether I was going to show up or not. I am consistently on the call, so the expectation is that I will be there.

By the same token, I have a friend who is a recovering heroin addict. He has been clean for about 8 months, but if he ever says a word out of the ordinary, or is a little more social than normal, his parents question him about his addiction. Their assumption is that it is normal for him to be on drugs, and that being clean is out of the ordinary.

Even if our inconsistency is related to making a change for the better (because we all take some time to get consistent with a new way of being), we may feel judgment from others. Just know that it is going to happen, and be ok with it! We all do it. We assume things about people because of their past consistency. 

When you are trying to change for the better, and there is a glitch in your new consistency, keep your focus on being as consistent as possible, until finally, people begin seeing your new way of being as the norm. 

Mary, on our call this morning stated “consistency takes us to completion.” We may eventually get there acting inconsistently. But the road is so more predictable and efficient with consistency.

One of our live callers, Dawnann, said there is magic in the mess. Every new creation starts with chaos. Don’t judge the chaos, or yourself for being inconsistent in the beginning. Babies fall down more often than not when they are learning to walk. We could judge them as being clumsy and say they will never learn. But we know that babies are the best at consistency. They religiously try until they are successful!

Thankfully, God and Christ are consistent. Their version of consistent is being the same yesterday, today and forever. They are the absolute best examples for us to follow. The planets are consistent in their rotation. Nature is consistent. Everything in our world points to consistency. We, as a creation of God, have that same capacity.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Celebrate My Consistency

• I am consistent
• I see the evidence of my consistency
• God and Christ are my example
• I consistently work towards completion
• I am consistent with my effort
• I create consistent actions that produce the desired result
• I am celebrating the outcome that my consistency is creating
• I feel the change within me as I consistently follow my new path

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Last night, as my family and I ate dinner and then played a game at the dining room table, we had the sliding glass door open to let the cool breeze in. The sliding door is only about 5 feet from the table, so we could hear bugs bouncing off the screen, being drawn to the light inside the house.

Because of the screen, we were able to relax and enjoy our family time without being bugged by bugs! We knew they were there because we could hear them bumping against the screen. But we were not affected by them.

Coleen, on our call told a thrilling tale of partaking of the sacrament yesterday at church, when a spider crawled out of the tray and onto her hand. The back story is that Coleen is an avid gardener. She has spiders crawl on her all the time. And says she even picks up spiders inside her house bare-handed and takes them outside rather than killing them like most people.

Coleen was extremely grateful (as I am sure the rest of her congregation was) that the spider crawled on her hand and not someone else’s. I don’t know what she did with the spider, but it didn’t upset her sacrament experience.

I was struck by the parallel of having a ‘spider’ crawl into our lives unexpectedly. Some people are able to screen those experiences, either tune them out, or even allow the experience to be welcomed in as a learning experience. While other people have no filter, they see every new thing as an upset.

For Coleen, who recently had a misunderstanding with a step-daughter, the spider experience was a beautiful physical anchor, a tender mercy that helped her see solid evidence that she is not upset by a perceived toxic experience, even if it originates from something as positive as a family member or the sacrament!

Just as we screen our calls or screen spam on our computers, we can discern through the Holy Spirit and screen what we allow to remain with us.

Sometimes screens get holes in them and they need to be repaired or replaced. Stronger decisions of personal respect, confidence and worthiness fortify our screens so that only those things or people that align with who we are at the divine core, are allowed in.

Blind spots and limiting beliefs might be screening things out that need to be allowed into the conscious mind. Limiting thoughts that are not true need to be logically examined for flaws.

And as always, know that you are at choice. There are always options. It is ok to question one thought or path to see if another would serve you better. You are never stuck. You are never hopelessly lost. It’s ok to screen what is currently in your life and choose something different.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Sift Out the Excess

• I create easily with the end result in mind
• I see the end result clearly
• I sift through all the options and find the one that most closely aligns with my vision
• There is a place for everything. Some things belong in my vision and some belong to the visions of

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I am grateful for my knowledge of Christ as my sure foundation. He is always there, I can always depend on Him.

I know He is a Living God and I know that this is true because I feel the truth of Him in my heart. But even if I didn’t know it for certainty, it would serve me to believe there is a sure foundation in a God who was willing to give His life for me, a God who has a perfect love for me, a God who supports me whenever I ask.

God gives us all our basic needs, a sure foundation. We have the Light of Christ, knowledge as it resonates in our hearts, and even our basic physical needs are all available within nature if we know how to look for and utilize what God has given us. As we notice, acknowledge and trust the sure foundation, it becomes more solid, tangible, real beneath our feet.

Other things we hold onto can crumble or disappoint, but He is the Rock. We need to do the work, but He is our inspiration and our strength in doing the work.

“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.” -Psalm 18:2

His paths are straight, and therefore, simple and easy.

Truth is a sure foundation. We have solid ground to stand on when we are building on truth.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Trust My Sure Foundation

• God has control
• I rely on the true Source
• I feel relief and peace knowing God is at the helm
• I am confident in God’s leadership
• I ask and I trust God’s answer
• I move forward feeling a sure foundation beneath me as I progress

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As I consciously looked at my chaotic thoughts this morning on our Daily Gratitude Call, two questions came to mine:

• What suits my desired destination?
• Does this add, or does it detract?

The next thought that occurred to me was:

• Who can I ask?

Of course, if I asked anyone on earth what suited my desired destination, it would only be an opinion. God only knows. And I have access to Him.

In my new book, The Seven Gateways – Your Map to Integrity in Life and Business the final gateway is The Gateway of Equity. Equity is the difference that Christ makes up after all we can do. That is the desired destination for all of us. But what is my part? What is all I can do?

Luckily…The Seven Gateways book, along with the North Star Navigator course asks the right questions and gives you the exact tools you need to discover that!

The beauty of having chaotic thoughts is knowing that if things are in chaos, it means something else is obviously at its completion. Thanks to Felicia on our call this morning for adding that piece of wisdom.

In the Bible’s description of the creation of the earth, after each stage of development, God looked at it and said “It is good.” Then he went on to bring order to more unorganized matter to create the next stage.

In each stage, it serves to love, honor and feel gratitude for what has been…pronounce it ‘GOOD’, and then move on to the next stage of development.

Our Gratitude Call is a layer upon later learning. (We learned on Monday about grieving what was and then moving on. And we learned yesterday about sun breaking through clouds, seeing the new light after a time of darkness.) In life, our learning takes place the same way, layer upon layer, and then, after a bit of chaos, comes the quantum leap!

Just as the children of Israel in Exodus, could have followed Moses directly into the Promised Land if they had been willing accept it early on, we don’t have to wander in a wilderness for 40 years. If we see our chaotic thoughts as evidence that it is time to leave our present state of bondage, in favor of a new level of freedom, we can intentionally and deliberately take our quantum leap into a new world of possibilities!

God can do wonderful things with a willing heart and a determined spirit.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Align with My Desired Destination

• I examine each are of my life, and compare it to my desired destination
• I am willing and able
• I choose alignment
• I am divine and God knows me
• I am courageous and stepping confidently into a state of happiness, joy and fulfillment
• I am liberated!
• I am free to be me!
• I am content with and fully engaged in perfecting what is
• I am perfect in Christ after all I can do
• I

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