Have you ever looked into the eyes of a baby newly born? A newborn’s inner divinity shines forth as naturally as the sun rises in the east. Those eyes are filled with love; they are replete with wonder, and open to new experience. And the deep and obvious wisdom in that baby’s eyes will calm all who see it in return. That baby is obviously awake.

Like that newborn, you were also born awake.

But what often happens as we live and have more and more of those experiences that as newborn’s we crave? We tend to fall deeper into the illusion of ourselves as less than divine, as less than soul inspired wisdom. We tend to shrink from the truth of our own mastery and live as if we are small beings.

Well, hear this; you are as much and more than you were when you pushed from your mother’s womb. The full self that opened its eyes to the wonders of this world for the first time has learned more, done more, become more. You were big then, and you are bigger now. The delusion of consciousness that hides much of your light under a barrel of ‘less than’ is a lie you tell yourself to help mediate the fearful circumstances you perceive to exist all around you.

The thing is, throwing off that delusion of ‘less than’ and flowing back to the natural state of you, born into this world as a fully conscious and awake individual, is as natural a process as breathing. There is little you need do but re-engage with the natural world and remember the truth of who you are. You are a sliver of the divine energy of creation made manifest on this Earth. You are part of the divine weave of nature that lives around you.

Stand up now, let go of your fear, and be awake again!

Have you ever watched a child play when they didn’t know you were watching?

When left alone, most children will assume some affect that doesn’t reflect reality, as you know it. They will pretend to be someone different, or have a larger experience of things or people around them than you can see. If you’ve noticed this, does it make you question their sanity? Probably not, because this type of play is how children learn about themselves and grow.

So then, why stifle this same behavior in yourself? Truthfully, in your most quiet and private moments, don’t you sometimes see more, feel more, be more, imagine more? Isn’t this how you become more?

Be like a child again! Have fun and find that more of yourself echoed in your play!

As humans, we have a compulsion to manipulate our environment. It’s built into the fabric of our being. Even the naturalist, who sheds cloths and spurns dwellings, will pile leaves or straw to lay upon in sleep. Why fight it? If you feel compelled to exert dominion over the world around you, why not do that with gusto and live as big as you want?

Allowing for the respect of co-creation and co-habitation, the Creator would not have given you the desire to suit your world to your liking if she didn’t want you to do just that!

We give ourselves bounteous gifts when we turn an eye to wonder! We form new paths of understanding and joy when we allow our gaze to be moved by curiosity. When a mind wants to know and greets that desire with youthful adulation, the world stands at attention and opens her gates to the glory that is our universe.

Be light in your pursuits, be soft in your attentions, be kind with your curiosities and all of creation will place its secrets at your feet.

We tend to believe that the shortest distance to a place – be it a location in space, or the solution to a quandary – is the fastest to travel. This is especially true if, when we look down our path, we see the glorious end point of our desire looming fully colored in our vision.

What we can miss, sometimes, is the mirage of the straight line. Straight lines do not exist in the natural world. Even laser beams can be bent by the forces of electricity and magnetism toward and around where they flow.

When we start down a path toward a visioned end that seems joyously beckoning right in front of us, the universe has a tendency to interpolate our steps. Like fallen logs upon our path, providence adds diversions and energies that veer us this way or that, until we may find at some unexpected bend that our visioned end point seems to all but disappear!

So walk your road with your vision in place held firmly in your heart, but don’t fuss if it’s not readily viewable on the horizon: in other words, don’t concern yourself with whether or not you can see HOW you will reach that vision. Just hold the vision and walk where your feet lead.

Because what seems like the longest road as you travel, may indeed be the shortest distance to the goal!

If Today were just another day, then you could turn your attention from it: it would have no inherent worth.

But Today is not just another day – it is the very soil of your life. It is the divine repository of every hope, dream, and desire you cherish. Plant your seeds of attention in the soil of Today and Tomorrow will be a Today of Great Wealth. When every Today is blessed with your valuable attention, then every Tomorrow is a Today of Great Wealth.