I owe you an apology.  On at least twenty of the videos I’ve been doing for you over the last four years or more, I’ve told you a lie.

In one form or another I said, “No one can MAKE you mad, make you feel bad, or make you upset, but that you CHOOSE to allow yourself to feel that way.”

That’s a lie.  It might be true if you were Jesus.  And that’s not meant to be blasphemous.  Jesus had the power to immediately respond to the world from a place of love, without having to make the shift out of fear first.  It’s not automatic for us.

People CAN make you mad, make you sad and make you feel bad.  People CAN hurt you, not just physically, but emotionally, too, and sometimes that pain is worse.

But here’s something I’ve learned recently.  A MIRACLE is actually a shift in perception from Fear to Love, and we DO have the power to do that. Maybe not right away, not instantly, but we do have the power within us to make that shift, to allow that miracle to take place.

Here’s what that can look like:

The Fear Mentality:  Shit happens.  Life is unfair.  People will disappoint me.

The SHIFT from Fear to Love:  Shit happens because it HAS to happen in order for me to grow, in order for that stuff way down inside of me to be able to surface, to come out and handle the shit.  I didn’t know it was in there and now I do.  It’s powerful.  And now I’m stronger.  Thank you.

We are SO equipped.  We just don’t normally know that until we are faced with having to use that equipment.

I sincerely hope you have a great week, and if you don’t, if shit happens, just know the miracle is on the other side of it, if you allow it.  It doesn’t have to happen right away, it may take a while and a lot of times it does.  Just be open to receiving the miracle, to receiving the shift and it’ll come when you are ready.

I’m pulling for you, and I know you have it in you. We all do.

~Edie