Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Dec/Jan 2018 Aspire Mag Full Issue: Taking Time fo | Page 49

• T his life is a purposeful journey nothing happens for no reason and everything is leading somewhere • I need to awaken to new parts of myself . There needs to be partnership within the many different parts of myself, including but not limited to my higher self, my inner child, my intuition, my ego etc. • T here is a choice to be made. I constantly have the power to react or to create with what life is bringing me One of the most important awakenings is to my heart’s wisdom. Truly connecting to my deeper understanding and wisdom of my intuition and then learning to trust it more and more and have the courage to follow its guidance. REMEMBERING Neale Donald Walsch beautifully stated, “We are not here in this life to learn, rather we are here to remember.” It’s critical to remember that we are a spark of the divine. We are to remember that we are love. We hunger for love! Every action, every word and and every desire drives us to be unconditionally loved and accepted and to be loved by others. I’ve discovered this may be true for the beautifully simple reason that we are LOVE. To become this love that we are – we also need to remember the parts that we were taught, that are not in alignment with our true nature and therefore holding us back from our wholeness. INTEGRATION As we awaken to all that we are and remember all aspects that is truly us and also the beliefs that has blocked that from our reality – We then have to integrate that within our system. This means that I want to integrate that in a daily practice of who I show up as, everyday lives and who we show up as. “We are not here in this life to learn, rather we are here to remember.” – NEALE DONALD SURRENDER This has to be my favorite step within ARISE although all of them are so critical and amazing. I’ve tried for a long time to live in control. I wanted to life to show up a certain way, I wanted people to treat me a certain way, I wanted to behave in a certain way. It never worked out and control never led me to nothing except exhaustion, frustration and disappointment. When I gave up control and truly embraced surrender in my life – the magic and flow of life that I had been searching for my whole life – unlocked. 49 I’VE SEEN THAT MY AWAKENINGS HAVE LED ME TO THESE THREE UNDERSTANDINGS: