I want you to know that I love you, that it's okay to be happy and enjoy life. Sorrow is not part of my plan for you. Connect with me and I will connect with you, show you true joy that never fades.

You do not have to be in pain to love me. I do not ask for a life of sorrow. I gave you life and all its beauty for you to enjoy. Please don't think I want to see you sad. Your happiness is my happiness.

Go after your dreams; I gave them to you for a reason. Why would I give them only to take them away? It won't be easy, but everything is possible. Do what you are able to do and leave the rest to me. Believe, loved one!

Open your heart and mind to your beautiful life that is unfolding before you. Squeeze every drop of love out of the day. And give love. Never stop giving. The more you give, the more you will be filled. Become an empty vessel so that I may fill you with joy overflowing.

You are worth so much to me. Believe in yourself, as I believe in you.

I love you.

Something I hear about a lot in the entrepreneurial/ creating the dream life world is the fear that the wrong decision will be made and thus, cause utter failure. Been there, done that. This fear that we won’t choose the right blog name or website design or hosting company or business idea (and the list goes on) keeps us stuck and not making a decision at all.

We fear that we’ll make a decision that we’ll be stuck with forever, but nothing is permanent. Everything can be changed. If you decide you hate your website design, you can change it. If you decide your initial business idea isn’t for you anymore, you can change it. And guess what?  It won’t kill you, your life won’t come crumbling down, and your tribe won’t all of a sudden hate your guts.

I was reluctant to change my blog name in fear that I’d end up disliking the new one and that it would somehow confuse everyone and no one would visit anymore. I feel so much better now that I've changed it! It feels like a better fit, and if in the future I need to change it again, I will know it’s perfectly okay to do so.

Same goes with starting a business. We all have so many passions and ideas and we’re running in circles trying to figure out the “perfect” one. It won’t ever be perfect and the one you start off with might not be the one that lights up your soul later on. I started Gypsy Love Warrior with the intent of focusing on self-love, but it’s grown into something more and the focus is getting clearer. The lesson is, movement creates clarity.

Don’t get stuck in the fear.

Move towards what feels right in this moment. Most likely, it will evolve into something else, and that’s okay.

The more you move into your ideas, the clearer the picture becomes.

KEEP WALKING!

It really is the best advice I’ve ever been given (thank you, Great Spirit!). As soon as you stop in the quicksand of fear and doubt, you’re sure to sink. Keep walking, keep changing. It will be okay.

Gypsy Love Warrior felt right when I first began it a year ago, but it has grown out of that name and into something new. The Sacred Middle. In the next few days you'll be able to find GLW at www.thesacredmiddle.com

There will be some changes to the website too. A little here, a little there. The pieces will fall into place as I grow and stretch my wings. I hope to offer all of you dear readers a lot more in the coming months. All of these changes and offerings will be focused on the sacred middle, the in between time, the journey from here to there. There will be deep soul diving, tools for transitioning, and lots of love and support to help you "in the meantime." 

I believe the "meantime" is a sacred place that we're all too in a hurry to get out of. The juicy middle is where we polish our spirits, where we learn, where we find clarity. Be still or keep walking - it's all part of the sacred middle.

It’s hard coming back to “the daily grind” after spending a week in tropical paradise. Last week I was in Chacala, Mexico with my boyfriend at a Nia retreat. Life was so easy there; I lived barefoot and in a bathing suit, spent afternoons in a hammock, read books by the pool, splashed ocean water on my face every day, ate homemade meals. Every morning was spent drinking coffee by the sea and dancing, every evening watching the sunset dip beneath the waves.

It was hard coming back to grocery shopping, dish washing, and wearing shoes! This morning on my drive to work I made a conscious effort to think positively about going back to the job. It’s not where I want to spend my days and the work isn’t invigorating, but this job, any job can be thought of as a vessel that gets us to the next island – the one we want to live, work, and play on. A journey requires a mode of transportation; my journey is to do the work I feel is my life’s purpose and be able to sustain myself without a day job. Maybe that’s your dream too, and maybe you feel stuck like there’s no getting to that place of freedom, but it’s there and it’s within reach. So let’s sail this vessel we call our day job to that beautiful island of dreams.

It won’t be long now :)

Poetry is everywhere: in the milk & honey flame of a candle, in the coffee with the heart-shaped foam, in the way the ceiling fan hums and hisses as it spins on a summer day. Poetry can be captured in words, photos, paint, dance, or simply in the palm of your hand. Your life is poetry in motion. 

How will you become the poem? How will your days drip with delight? 

Notice the small things. 

Do one thing you love every day. 

Acknowledge that you are sacred, and when you are afraid, draw from that sacred power inside you. 

Collect fossils from dried up creek beds. 

Hug a tree. Do you hear its heart beat? 

Connect with your inner artist, your inner child, your inner forgotten thing. 

Write poetry, live poetry, love all the invisible words swirling through your hair.