Transforming Negative Emotions

by Doreen Virtue, PhD -

Worry, anger, resentment and the like are called negative emotions because they drain away time and energy. That is, their negativity refers to their energy direction. Conversely, since feelings such as joy, elation and hope increase your power levels, they’re called positive.

Worry is so commonplace that it is essentially a normal human habit. Yet its effects are undesirable, including stress, tension, aging, addictions, sleeplessness and time consumption. The same is true for all negative emotions.

You can transform these feelings into positive ones by remembering this: 

Usually anxiety is the basis of a negative emotion. It is a fear of losing something or someone or having it withheld from you. It’s an affirmation that some power other than yourself is in control.

What if, instead of succumbing to worry, you stopped and prayed for help instead? The effects of your prayer can rapidly stop the cause of your distress, bring you real and lasting help and transmit positive energy to you.

Thought for Today:

I meet worry with prayer. Instead of imagining the worst that could happen, I ask for help. I expect the best and I visualize success. The moment that I feel down, I reach upward instead.

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Heavenly Support

by Doreen Virtue -

When you ask for heavenly support, your prayers are always answered, usually through Divine guidance which are repetitive thoughts, ideas, feelings, insights and signs guiding us to take specific action. Often the guidance seems to have nothing to do with the prayer. That’s because God and the angels can see the big picture and know which steps are necessary to manifest your intentions.

During your prayers, ask this question of God: “What can I do right now to create my desired life change?” Then notice any thoughts, words, feelings, or visions that occur. To hear Divine guidance, you’ve got to be willing to hear suggestions that may involve making lifestyle changes. So you may be guided to leave an unhealthful situation, eat more healthfully, or become more assertive for example.

These suggested changes are threatening to our ego’s fears. 

That’s why it’s important to continuously ask for angelic support, because heaven will give you the courage and strength to make healthful changes.

I’ve met people who received Divine guidance to make life changes and yet they felt stuck or afraid, so they didn’t take action. They disconnected from heaven after making their initial prayer and hearing their divine guidance. That’s stopping short, though!

Keep asking for help, each step of the way. 

Once you get your Divine assignment, say: “Dear God and angels, please help me to make this change in a harmonious and peaceful way.” They’ll create unexpected doorways which you can then easily walk through.

When I wanted to work in a spiritually based way, I asked God and the angels what to do. I clearly heard that I was to give up my mainstream jobs. Not knowing how to replace the income that these jobs afforded, though, I initially balked. But the guidance persisted, so I asked for heaven’s help. The guidance was clear: walk in faith and quit my jobs and the support would then follow.

It was frightening and one magazine that I worked for even threatened me with a lawsuit for quitting my contract! I continuously asked God for help with every detail and always received unexpected support. The lawsuit threats went away and the magazine hired a wonderful replacement writer easily.

Within a month of quitting my mainstream jobs, The Whole Life Expo hired me as a professional spiritual speaker. That was in 1996 and I’ve been happily employed in spiritually based work ever since.

Yet, if I hadn’t followed my guidance, I’d still be stuck in my unfulfilling jobs, wondering why God was ignoring my prayers. For years, Archangel Michael has guided us to face anything in our lives that isn’t working and to take care of either healing or leaving toxic situations. If you allowed things to fester at home and work, then you’re dealing with the clean-up right now.

This is a time of completion and the solution is to surrender, trust and let-go.

God and the angels love us unconditionally, even if we’ve ignored their guidance in the past. So if you’re dealing with harsh circumstances or frightening life changes right now, you’re not alone. Many people are in similar situations. And God and the angels are right there with you, ensuring that your needs are always met.

No matter what you’re currently enduring, heaven offers solutions and support by giving you inner guidance consisting of ideas, thoughts, intuition and signs from above.

For instance:

• What ideas have come to you lately?
• What reoccurring feelings or thoughts have you had about taking action? (Even seemingly insignificant action)
• What changes are you considering making, or are you currently making?

The answers to these questions form the steps upon the path of your desires, intentions and manifestations. Even positive change can create stress, however. Psychologists call this “eustress,” similar to what we experience during the holiday season. So during this time of great change, be sure to schedule in play time, even if you are super busy.

Play is the angels’ way of bringing heaven to earth.

Although I was swamped this week with pressing book deadlines, I left my office with my son Charles and friend Cheryl to go scuba diving off the Kona coast. My reward? We got to swim for nearly an hour underwater with a pod of playful dolphins! I could feel their healing energy and delighted as we twirled belly to belly in the turquoise sea. When I returned to my office the next day, I was filled with renewed energy and fresh insights.

Each time I teach mediumship class, the primary message delivered to our classes from the other side is clear: 

ENJOY YOUR LIFE. Enjoy each and every moment as life truly is a gift. Don’t postpone your happiness, awaiting things to settle down or change. Enjoy this moment right now as it’s absolutely perfect in its own unique way.

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Balancing Your Life

by Doreen Virtue -

Is there something in your life that you're putting up with? Are you settling for less, because you feel you have no choice? Are you unhappy with something, but you think that this is the best you can do?

Fortunately, this is the ideal time to make healthful life changes and to trust your happiness and intuition to guide the way, with the help of the angels. If you're unhappy with any area of your life, this signals that something's off-balance. Just as your body instinctively reaches for homeostasis balance, so do your emotions and mind.

"Putting up with something" that's undesirable throws your energy out of homeostasis and makes you feel unhappy. This, in turn, reduces the universal flow of abundance coming into your life.

The angels are with you right now to balance your life and lift you back up to happiness. Take a moment to breathe and silently ask your guardian angels: "What changes would you like to see me make in my life?" Breathe and listen to their reply through your feelings and thoughts.

Be honest with yourself about your feelings and share them with God frequently. Tell God about your upsets, your worries, your cares . . . and then ask for help. God's intervention frequently involves sending additional angels to help you.

Let Happiness Guide Your Way 

The bottom line is that God intends for you to be happy. If you're unhappy, something's wrong which needs to be addressed. There is NO area of your life that requires you to be unhappy! If you're unhappy, ask the angels for help in correcting the situation.

They can only help if you'll ask because they respect your free will. Just remember, though, that divine help usually comes in unexpected ways, so do be open-minded. Let God and the angels orchestrate HOW your prayer will be answered.

When you're happy, everyone wins. Your happiness lifts the hearts of everyone around you. And if you're a parent, your happiness and self-care is a healthy model for your children.

The Archangel Michael will give you the courage to make necessary life changes, including those that feel intimidating. He will guide and protect you while you adjust your life so that you're happier. Archangel Michael will watch over you and your loved ones to enact God's ingenious plan of peace for your life.

Here is a helpful prayer for you: 

Dear God, here is how I feel: (tell God everything). Thank you for sending your angels to help me, and for showing me the best path to take for peace, health, and happiness. Please help me to live at my highest potential, and to shine your divine light brightly through my life.

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Signs From Above

by Doreen Virtue -

One of the most amazing and blessed things about having angels around you is that they’ll do almost anything to ensure you’re happy and fulfilled. They also make sure you’re comforted in times of need.

Here are steps you can follow when you’d like your angels to give you guidance:

1. Ask:  

Because of the Law of Free Will, the angels can only help you if you ask for their help. It’s best not to ask for a specific type sign, but to just notice the repetitive patterns that appear after you put in your request. 

2. Have faith: 

Trust that the angels are with you and have faith in the signs that they send. 

3. Trust in Divine timing: 

Every prayer is heard and answered, but sometimes the fulfillment seems delayed as the angels work behind the scenes to orchestrate the details. 

4. Notice the signs:  

If you’ve asked for signs and believe you haven’t received one, it could be that you haven’t noticed or trusted the ones that have been delivered. Not to worry though, as there’s an endless supply! Ask for other signs and request that they help you recognize and understand them. 

5. Take action when guided: 

Signs from above often give you messages about actions you can take to bring about the answer to your prayers.

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Stress Is Optional

Angel's Guide to Healthy Stress Management:

by Doreen Virtue -

One day as I was complaining to the angels about a stressful life event, I heard their collective voice say: "Stress is optional." This startled me so much that I stopped my complaining and asked them to elaborate. "Stress is optional," they said, explaining that there were no outside forces causing my stress.

I was perceiving the situation as frightening and imagining what I might lose or what pain I may experience. The angels gently nudged me to recall other stressful situations from my past. "Always, you’ve learned something valuable and have made healthy life changes in response to that stress," they reminded me.

And it’s the same with you! Every part of our life movie has a happy ending, as we find hidden blessings and lessons within each change that occurs.

Since change is a constant which we can count upon, the angels have suggested these ways to ride the flow in non-stressful ways:

Take a Nap

Give yourself permission to rest when you need it. A well-rested mind and body can find and act upon creative solutions to any problem.

Turn it Over 

Are you stressed because you’re battling something single-handedly? Prayer is a powerful process to bring solutions to light, as you work in concert with the Divine. Let go and let God handle the details, by praying about the situation. Remember: worry never helped anything or anyone, but prayer always helps everything and everyone.

An Apple a Day

Healthful, balanced eating keeps our moods stable, so we’re more apt to see situations as opportunities instead of obstacles. And when you’re energy’s high because you’ve eaten meals with vitamins and minerals, you’re more apt to take positive action steps.

Hit the Road

Sometimes the best solution is to walk – or run – away from a problem by going for a stroll or a jog. The endorphins generated by exercise help you to see the possibilities and opportunities, instead of focusing upon the issue-at-hand.

Squeaky Clean

Chemicals (alcohol, sugar, caffeine, and drugs) make for wavering energy levels and roller coaster mood swings, which isn’t fun for you or the people with whom you live and work. Detox yourself of chemicals, and you’ll be better able to focus, concentrate, and feel the beautiful range of life’s emotions (especially love!).

Phone a Friend

We all need support, especially during life’s darker moments. Book an appointment with a counselor, join a support group, put your name on an Internet prayer request site, call your best friend... and talk with God and the angels about your situation.

Look Over There! 

If you’ve been obsessed with an issue, it’s often a good idea to take a break and think about something else for awhile. Create a healthy distraction that will put your mind upon something else. Then, when you go back to thinking about your situation, you’ll have gained a fresh perspective and new insights.

Unleash Your Inner Picasso

There’s no better outlet for stress than creativity! Do something colorful, fun, and artsy. It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, as long as you enjoy yourself in the process.

Ahh... Fresh Air! 

Nature’s healing properties are profound, immediate, and all-encompassing. Get outside, open your windows, feed some birds, sit at the park, or stroll by a lake. You’ll be interacting with the nature angels, who are famous for clearing away stressful energies from our auras.

Ask, Ask, Ask

Ask for human and angelic help, and then accept it when it’s offered... guilt-free! We’re all in this together, and there’s strength in asking for other people’s help. After all, when you ask someone to help you, you’re giving them the opportunity to be a giver... which is Divine.

Interview the Issue

Ask the situation the following questions, either out loud, silently, or in writing: Why are you in my life? What are you here to teach me? What is the blessing within this situation? Listen to the answers, which will come to you as thoughts, feelings, or visions... because they contain helpful nuggets of healing truth.

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Star Light

Angel Therapy:
by Doreen Virtue PhD - 

You are a bright beacon of shining gorgeous light. 

You call yourself a body, yet we see you as you truly are: a star beaming light. To us, this planet looks just like the night sky with radiating stars looks to you. Yes, there is some darkness upon the planet, but it only serves to contrast with the awe-inspiring beauty of your starlight, and the light of every other person who walks upon this earth.

Some stars are bright, some pulsate light and some are dimmed. Yet all cast a beautiful glow of light which emanates from the same Creator who made all of the stars in the heavens. This light is a prism of Divine Love energy, just as a crystal turns sunlight into rainbows.

The brighter your light, the more you function as a lighthouse for those who have lost their way. Today, allow your starlight to shine with high beams of brightness!! You, like everyone, have the same bright light within you. This light can never dim. It can only appear dim when fear, worry or doubt act like a shade over a lightbulb or a dark film upon a window.

Today, shed any worries, self-doubt or fears which could dim the appearance of your holy light! Others are healed as they feel the warmth of your glowing energy. YOU are healed as you allow yourself to shine and be seen for who you truly are. 

EVERYONE is healed as you radiate your natural divine glow by speaking your truth with love. YOU are a star who brings great joy to this world. You are needed, and you are very, very loved.

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Fears About Love

by Doreen Virtue Ph.D. - 

When we open our heart chakras fully to Love other people notice the glow that naturally emanates from deep within us. Even those with no knowledge of spirituality are drawn to our love and light.

They notice something "different" about our peaceful nature and the glow of Divine love triggers a deep, forgotten memory of God. So, the greatest mission that lightworkers can now embark upon is to lose their fears of love, so that their light can help to awaken our sleeping brothers and sisters.

The heart chakra becomes clogged, shrunken and dirty from fears associated with love. It seems that every person has suffered pain in a relationship, including romantic, family and friend relationships. This pain causes us to fear love. Yet, because love is the essence of life, this fear causes us to lose touch with life's true essence. We become confused and forget what true love feels like.

When we are afraid of love, we are literally afraid of being ourselves. 

The fear of love leads us to become guarded, sarcastic and defensive. We are so frightened of being hurt, manipulated, abused or controlled that we seal our heart away from all experiences of receiving or giving love.

Unfortunately, when we close our hearts to love, we also shut off the awareness of God speaking through our intuition. Ironically, this intuition is the trustworthy guide that reliably leads us to relationships that honor and support us. When we block the awareness of Divine guidance, we are unaware of the angels' warnings about abusive relationships.

POWERFUL HEALING MEDITATION

Here is a powerful healing meditation given to me by the angels, to help us lose our fears about love and cleanse and open our collective heart chakra. You may want to record this meditation with soft background music, so that you can easily listen to it once or twice a day:

With your eyes closed, and in a comfortable position, take two or three very deep cleansing breaths. Visualize a beautiful cloud of emerald green light surrounding you. As you breathe in, you take this healing energy into your lungs, your cells, and into your heart.

Concentrate upon your heart a moment, as you allow the emerald green light to cleanse away any negativity, which may have caused you to feel pain. With a deep breath, allow the light to carry away any fears you may have about love.

Be willing to release the fear of feeling love. You need do nothing else except breathe, and hold the intention to heal yourself of the fear of love. Just be willing to be healed, and God and the angels will do everything else.

Take another deep breath, as you become willing to release the fear of being loved, including the fear that if you are loved, you could be manipulated, tricked, used, abandoned, rejected, persecuted, or in other ways, hurt.

With another deep breath, allow all these fears from any lifetime to be lifted and carried away. Now, allow the light to cleanse you of any fears you may have about giving love. With a deep breath, be willing to release the fear that if you give love, you could be controlled, abused, deceived, betrayed, maimed, or hurt in any way.

Allow these fears to be lifted completely, and feel your heart expanding to its natural loving state. Allow yourself to release any old unforgiveness you may be harboring toward those who seem to have hurt you in a love relationship.

Release Unforgiveness 

Become willing to release unforgiveness toward your mother . . . toward your father . . . toward other parental figures . . . toward your siblings . . . toward your childhood friends . . . toward your adolescent friends . . . toward your first love . . . toward those whom you dated and loved . . . toward anyone with whom you lived or married . . . allow all of your hurts and disappointments associated with love to be cleansed and fully carried away.

You don't want the hurt, you don't need it and with another deep breath, it is lifted to the light where it is transmuted and purified. Only the lessons and the pure essence of love contained within each relationship remains, since that is the only thing that was ever eternal and real within each of your relationships.

Now, with another deep breath, allow the light to cleanse you completely. Be willing to release any unforgiveness you may hold toward yourself connected to love. Be willing to forgive yourself for betraying yourself, for ignoring your intuition or for not looking out for your highest interests.

Give yourself a hug, either in your mind or with your arms. Reassure your inner self that you will never again engage in self-betrayal.

Follow Your Intuition/Discernment 

You now commit to following your intuition and discernment, so that you could never be or stay in any relationship that would hurt you. Fully release the unforgiveness for any mistakes that you think you may have made in any relationship, including your relationship with yourself.

With another very deep cleansing breath, feel yourself healed, whole, and ready to enjoy the love that is the truth about who you really are. As lightworkers, our primary purpose is to heal ourselves, so that we may heal others.

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Healing and Discernment

by Doreen Virtue PhD -

Our Peaceful Nature:

When we open our heart chakras fully to Love, other people notice the glow that naturally emanates from deep within us.

Even those with no knowledge of spirituality are drawn to our love and light.

They notice something "different" about our peaceful nature, and the glow of Divine love triggers a deep, forgotten memory of God. So, the greatest mission that lightworkers can now embark upon is to lose their fears of love, so that their light can help to awaken our sleeping brothers and sisters.

The Heart Chakra

The heart chakra becomes clogged, shrunken and dirty from fears associated with love.

It seems that every person has suffered pain in a relationship, including romantic, family, and friend relationships. 

This pain causes us to fear love. Yet, because love is the essence of life, this fear causes us to lose touch with life's true essence. We become confused and forget what true love feels like.

When we are afraid of love, we are literally afraid of being ourselves. The fear of love leads us to become guarded, sarcastic, and defensive. 

We are so frightened of being hurt, manipulated, abused or controlled that we seal our heart away from all experiences of receiving or giving love. Unfortunately, when we close our hearts to love, we also shut off the awareness of God speaking through our intuition. 

Ironically, this intuition is the trustworthy guide that reliably leads us to relationships that honor and support us.

When we block the awareness of Divine guidance, we are unaware of the angels' warnings about abusive relationships.

Lose Your Fears 

Here is a powerful healing meditation given to me by the angels to help us lose our fears about love and cleanse and open our collective heart chakra.

 You may want to record this meditation with soft background music, so that you can easily listen to it once or twice a day:

Healing Meditation

With your eyes closed and in a comfortable position, take two or three very deep cleansing breaths. Visualize a beautiful cloud of emerald green light surrounding you.

As you breathe in, you take this healing energy into your lungs, your cells, and into your heart.

Concentrate upon your heart a moment, as you allow the emerald green light to cleanse away any negativity, which may have caused you to feel pain. With a deep breath, allow the light to carry away any fears you may have about love.

Be willing to release the fear of feeling love.

You need do nothing else except breathe, and hold the intention to heal yourself of the fear of love. Just be willing to be healed, and God and the angels will do everything else.

Take another deep breath, as you become willing to release the fear of being loved, including the fear that if you are loved, you could be manipulated, tricked, used, abandoned, rejected, persecuted, or in other ways, hurt.

With another deep breath, allow all these fears from any lifetime to be lifted and carried away. Now, allow the light to cleanse you of any fears you may have about giving love.

With a deep breath, be willing to release the fear that if you give love, you could be controlled, abused, deceived, betrayed, maimed, or hurt in any way.

Allow these fears to be lifted completely, and feel your heart expanding to its natural loving state. Allow yourself to release any old unforgiveness you may be harboring toward those who seem to have hurt you in a love relationship.

Release Unforgiveness 

Become willing to release unforgiveness toward your mother . . . toward your father . . . toward other parental figures . . . toward your siblings . . . toward your childhood friends . . . toward your adolescent friends . . . toward your first love . . . toward those whom you dated and loved . . . toward anyone with whom you lived or married . . . allow all of your hurts and disappointments associated with love to be cleansed and fully carried away. 

You don't want the hurt, you don't need it and with another deep breath it is lifted to the light where it is transmuted and purified.

Only the lessons and the pure essence of love contained within each relationship remains, since that is the only thing that was ever eternal and real within each of your relationships.

Now, with another deep breath, allow the light to cleanse you completely. Be willing to release any unforgiveness you may hold toward yourself connected to love.

Be willing to forgive yourself for betraying yourself, for ignoring your intuition, or for not looking out for your highest interests. Give yourself a hug, either in your mind or with your arms. Reassure your inner self that you will never again engage in self-betrayal.

Follow Your Intuition and Discernment 

You now commit to following your intuition and discernment, so that you could never be or stay in any relationship that would hurt you.

Fully release the unforgiveness for any mistakes that you think you may have made in any relationship, including your relationship with yourself.

With another very deep cleansing breath, feel yourself healed, whole and ready to enjoy the love that is the truth about who you really are. As lightworkers, our primary purpose is to heal ourselves, so that we may heal others.

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What's the Best That Could Happen?

by Doreen Virtue, PhD -

Sometimes you struggle and strain so much that you unwittingly block yourself. This is especially true when you want something so badly that you try and try to make it happen.

The universe responds to the fear imprinted into the energy of struggle. This underlying fear is: Maybe it will not happen. This fear is mirrored back to you in the form of blocks, delays, and unsatisfactory manifestations. That is why surrendering and letting go results in immediate manifestations. When you surrender your wish to the universe, you also release the fears which previously blocked you. 

Letting go is a statement that says: 

I know my wish is manifesting in the best possible way, even if I do not know exactly how it will happen. This faith is akin to opening your front door and welcoming your wish into your home.

Take it easy today and allow the universe to do the work in creating your manifestations. 

Your work was done once you made the wish. Surrender the wish to God and enjoy the creative way that your prayers are answered.Sometimes when you think about your desires or the future, you allow your imagination to dwell on the worst case scenario. You allow this fear to stop you from making positive life changes.

The angels would like to offer another perspective. Instead of dwelling on the worst that could happen, put your whole focus upon pondering: What is the best that could happen? Allow your imagination to run free, thinking of the wonderful possibilities. 

Keep your thoughts anchored on positive outcomes and feel your excitement as you consider all of these options. Know that the actual outcome could even exceed everything you are dreaming of.

With each step that you take in the direction of your dream, continuously expect the best. Your positive expectations shine a bright light upon the step that is before you. Your illuminated steps then take on a magical quality, which helps you to attract and manifest the very best possibilities.

Affirmations:

• I keep my mind focused upon the best-case scenarios.
• I am optimistic and positive.
• My faith attracts wonderful new possibilities.
• Today, I take it easy, and surrender all of my desires to the wisdom and love of God.
• The infinite wisdom and love of God is always providing for all of my needs in exactly the right way.
• I breathe easy and open my arms to receive with full faith. 

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The Way Up

by Doreen Virtue, PhD -

The Era of Earth Changes:

The Earth Changes that we all anticipated are upon us. This is why lightworkers such as yourself are on this planet at this time. We are here as role-models of peacefully walking through these changes and staying centered in love instead of fear.

The angels have shown me an energy field that looks like a thick layer hovering over the earth. They said that we have the choice of living below this energy field or above it. You live below it by becoming fearful about the news stories of earth changes. You live above the energy field by taking healthy action and staying centered in love. 

Healthy action steps to take right now, in preparation for continued earth changes include:

ACTION STEPS

• Keep your thoughts and speech positive and uplifted, especially when discussing earth changes. If you are with people who are having fear-based discussions about the earth, it’s part of your life purpose to steer the conversation in uplifting ways. For instance, you can talk about positive action steps to take, such as donating time, money or supplies to places that have endured earth changes; taking eco-friendly measures such as driving less, installing solar heating, recycling, avoiding plastic shopping bags, etc.

• Pray for the earth every day and ask what you can do to help. Then take those action steps without delay.

• Purify your diet, so that you can more easily hear the Divine voice, which is like the Emergency Broadcast System that will guide you safely through the earth changes. Stop eating processed foods now, as they are blocking you from hearing the Divine voice clearly. Simple foods, such as uncooked organic fruits and vegetables that you buy locally or grow yourself, are the way to go.

The Earth is alive and loving and she’s taking action to heal herself. Your angels are watching over you and your loved ones and they are always broadcasting messages that will ensure your well-being and safety, as well as guiding you along the path of your life purpose. As long as we work hand-in-hand with our Divine guidance, we will live through the Era of Earth Changes with much spiritual growth.

Relationships 

The angels say that we put too much pressure upon human relationships, demanding that they live-up to our unconscious memories of heaven’s unconditional love. 

The love that you crave is actually a longing to merge with Divine love, which is all-encompassing and consistent. Human love wobbles and wavers, in contrast, as fear inter-fears with the expression of love within relationships.

Divine love is continuously within and around you. 

God and the angels are your steady companions. Ask them for a sign of this love and they will deliver a comforting validation. 

In your relationships with people, adopt the angels’ practice of overlooking the ego’s fear-based behaviors. 

See the love and light within yourself and others and don’t demand that they live up to the perfect love of Heaven. Know that every person, including yourself is doing the best that they can do.

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