Message from your guardian angels (guest post by AngelBaby)

We are with you your entire life. We are assigned to you at birth by God because he loves you so much. You will always have two of us at your side. We guide you with love and compassion, never forcing you to do anything you don't want to do. We always want what is best for you. Your desires, your needs, your happiness and joy are what we try to help you receive.

If you are sad and lonely we hold you in our arms to comfort you. If you are happy and joyful we are dancing and singing with you. We are your gift from God because he loves you so much and so do we. You are perfect, good and whole in our eyes. There is no imperfection in you. No matter what you do or say we see you as you really are, pure love. If you knew how beautiful you are in Gods eyes and our eyes you would be amazed. We know you better than anyone else. We even know you better than you know yourself.

When you were little you could see us and often called us your friend. Your parents called us your imaginary friend. We would play for hours laughing and having a wonderful time. Do you remember? You even named us. We still watch over you and love you just the same as when you were a small child. Oh, we did have fun!

If you see a light that flickers off and on; or feel a hand that just touched you; or feel a breeze in a room with all the windows and doors shut, it's just us; we are trying to let you know that we are here for you. We are always here for you and your prayers will always be answered. Just think of God and how you need his help and it will be done. Remember Love is all there is.

Love and Blessings,

AngelBaby

http://www.yourcaringangels.com

Morgan & Lynch: 4 Ways to highlight your major milestones

Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch are former marines who encourage people to learn lessons from their marine experiences and apply them in civilian life.  Their Lead Star consulting emerged to raise awareness and to bolster confidence development in women. 

Regardless of your gender, you can draw from their principles to shape your standards of behavior.  If you can dream a vision, you can realize it.  Learn to identify and build on major steps forward in your life and tap into hidden potential in areas you overlooked. 

Learn how life experience gives opportunities to build confidence and esteen that are useful in the home, at work and in community.  These women remind us innate and developed qualities in one area of our lives will carry over to affect others. What are your milestones?  Consider these 4 ways to reconnect with how you build confidence:

1) Pinpoint instances which took you great courage.

2) Remind yourself of life choices that required your incredible initiative.

3) Get nostalgic about when your instinct was to quit, but you chose to persevere.

4) Identify occasions where you were tempted to compromise integrity, but didn't.

Learn the value of saying no

To clarify your view of success, choose to rethink what you say. Words are power. As you think before you act, and realize limits you do or don't set, you will learn to accept responsibility for your life.  Success isn't about what you do or whom you impress, its about defining your milestones. Trust and contentment begin inside not outside yourself.

Whenever you stop taking responsibility, you succomb to temptation and wallow in excuses.  Identify your underlying motivation.  Learn to see through your own procrastination.  Find courage to face fear.  Decide you will overcome challenges.  All you have to do is look within to assess your weaknessess.  You'll discern what works. 

Recognize that saying yes is not always in your interest.  Appeasing everyone is unrealistic.  Some opportunities that present themselves will only encourage you to deviate from your path.  Do you sense it? Every choice isn't right for you.  Just because some people seem superhuman or would find a choice you face appealing, doesn't mean you follow suit.  You can't progress until you take responsibility.  

As you make the conscious decision to be accountable for what hasn't worked in your life, for what does and doesn't work now, for perceived mistakes and failure, you learn what it means to be loyal to yourself.  Rediscover who you are again, as if for the first time.

Relieve yourself

Analysis of the week on dream submitted by Elsie of Melbourne, Australia.

Dream - I walked through a narrow corridor narrow between spacious bedrooms. It was like a wardrobe with white walls of cupboards. I saw a person standing in each room amidst sheets that hung down from the ceiling like curtains. They saw me but not each other. As I walked into an adjoining bathroom, water flowed upwards from the blue tile floor. I didn't feel wet or uncomfortable but rather, refreshed. The drain was in the corner of a slanted dip in the floor. I was confused about the origin of water. I sat on a toilet in the wardrobe between the rooms. I was visible to people in each room. I asked them to move. They saw me, and chose to stay put. I was fine with that.

Predominant Emotions - apprehensive, inquisitive, uncertain, self-acceptance

Interpretation - You recognize you conceal things from yourself. Yet, you are encouraged to be truer to your essential nature. You move toward significant life transitions which require you to reveal some buried truth. Learn to act without trying to be moral or just. Stop placing limits on yourself. Morality represents standards of right and wrong that have been imposed and you try to follow. Relieve yourself from unnecessary constraints. Let go of misconceptions. Trace them back to conditioning.

Overflowing water reveals you desire to fully express emotions that are not yet unveiled. Listen to creative and uplifting perspectives. Your life will no longer seem draining. In fact, a change of heart will definitely boost your energy and your spirits. Remind yourself there's no such thing as "a wasted effort."

Recognize a slanted floor confirms that you have likely deviated from your original plans. Its time to get back on track. Consider this a wake-up call to believe in where you are. 

10 Tips to get in touch with "the real you"

To get in touch with the real-you, it pays to to approach your life with understanding and discipline.  But, how do you do it?  How do you convince yourself of a vision in your head?

We are all conditioned to put limits on ourselves, to assume we are how people see us.  We may even evolve into someone else's vision.   How do you keep fears in check? You find courage to explore yourself. This teaches you to bring calm to chaos.  Figuring out who you are requires you learn to understand that how your behavior affects your life. 

To take charge of the situations you find yourself in, you really need to learn how and why you think.  You can grow to know yourself much better than you already do. Would you like to see yourself differently? Would you like to know what you need to do to know the life you were born to live? You can move your life in more meaningful directions.

1) Move beyond how other people label you.  Meet and exceed standards you expect.  Behavior and attitude tell you a lot about yourself. Notice how you react to others with emotion or indifference.  Distance yourself from what is said.  Re-revaluate.

2) Listen to your intuition.  To take note of a little voice inside will enable you to trust yourself and make more timely decisons.  Your impulses are valid and very meaningful.

3) Assume responsibility.  Rather than blame others for feeling bad or not knowing what you like, take steps to explore your interests.  Figure things out accurately for yourself.

4) Devote yourself to service. Your authentic self becomes more visible as you focus on altruism and helping others. Your choices reveal facits of your passions.

5) Reflect before you react.  Some people are quick to assume something is or isn't right for them without really thinking things through.  Examine reasons for assumptions. 

6)  Decide to be more aware. Become an astute observer of yourself and what’s around you. Learn to step back from life and impartially assess how you react and think and feel.

7) Nurture courage.  Realize what is yours also characterizes you. This can't be taken away from you.  You only give away your power to self-discover with your consent.

8) Recognize the influence of your beliefs.  If you didn't believe in something, it won't matter to you.  Whether you think you're talented or not, your right. What of potential?

9) Bring pain & fear to the surface.  You make make choices based on dysfunction, past hurt or anticipated judgment.  Fear of external approval or disapproval may cloud reality.

10) Prepare to take some risks.  The desire to feel safe and less vulnerable holds people back from exploring their self. The journey will show you who you are is nothing to fear.