Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov2019 Aspire Magazine | Page 35

You may be too identified with your conditioned self to grasp the powerful light and authentic part of you waiting to be unearthed and fully unleashed in you. If you listen to the invitation of your heart to embark on a path of healing and transformation, you will gradually begin to discover your feminine sacred worth, your soul’s purpose, and more fully grasp the deeper potential encoded within you. The inner invitation to come closer to your divine self may feel like a subtle yearning, or an intuitive felt sense that there is a sacred revelation wanting to be shown to you. Or you may feel like a growling urgency to serve the planet in new ways and accomplish your spiritual destiny. Sometimes, it comes “out of the blue” in the form of unanticipated change, loss, or a feeling as if your life as you know it is falling apart. Nothing feels the same. If you are not careful, your mind can create a negative spin around this change and spiral you into depression and/or pessimism. I remember the first time that this happened to me. After the tragic loss of my brother in a tractor accident at age ten, my family fragmented. A devastating teenage pregnancy five years later guided me to a social worker who changed the direction of my life. Through her expert guidance and unconditional regard for me, I realized I was Even when you rise to the challenge and courageously say yes to aligning with your heart’s intelligence, you are stepping into a new world. This new world is a life of freedom, meaning, purpose and abundance. The human mind must become willing to open to the heart’s wisdom and guidance in order to grasp and embody this higher truth. It can feel like your soul remembering of what your human self forgot. When this remembering happens, it can feel like you are coming home to yourself more and more. meant to go to graduate school for counseling and help others in their time of need. Years later, I saw clearly that the gift of this difficult time held exquisitely by my counselor activated my purpose to be a change agent for others during their moments of crisis and change. The inner invitation can also come as a powerful intuition. Despite your own resistance, there is a strong knowing that something in your life has ended. A new chapter is beginning. Denial, bargaining, terror, panic, and uncertainty can and does often surface. 35