todays energy is for today

we get pretty much unlimited energy to spend in one day. it seems to flow unendingly from somewhere.... and I believe we are supposed to use all of it each day. we do, however, quite often choose to ignore it and become idle for a few hours .... probably in order to catch our breath before we launch into the next phase of being and doing ....

and we invest it in the future in the form of worrying about things that may never come to pass, and awaiting test results that will come, whether we worry about them or not. we humans are funny.

and then, we invest some of it in the past.

we mourn things that are gone. we stress about what we said, how we looked, what foolish things we did, and we also invest heaps more in misery about who said what to us, who did what to us, how we were abused, hurt, gossiped about. we wonder if we will ever be as happy as we were when .... (fill in blank) we invest todays energy in what we could have, should have, would have done ...if only ....

there is a different way to view the past. one that frees up more of todays energy so that we can use it today! now.

all that we are today is based on all the pieces that came together to form the picture, it is as if we are a jigsaw  puzzle of many pieces.

some from today.

some blank ones which we will paint when the time comes.

some from our past.

however, those pieces from the past that are still emotionally charged, the ones which still hurt us, or push our buttons, or still bring tears and heartache - it is as if we have decorated those pieces with embellishments, like the ones you can buy in craft shops. studded. pierced. shiny. glittery. with bells and whistles.

those are the pieces that often stop us from moving forward. those are the pieces that we focus on so much, to the detriment of our future pieces. it is as if some of our blank pieces are already coloured with what has gone before.

take some time to get those sadness-infused pieces to be more like the others. let go of the extras that decorate them and make them show up so brightly that the now and the future is masked.

those added features are no longer necessary - the decorations were there to alert us to the fact that 'this is important - there are lessons for you to learn here, gifts to uncover'  ...... and it is now a great time to get those pieces to lose their importance, their glitz and glamour that distracts  - the bling....

find the way for you to view all the past pieces with equality...... once upon a time I had a little dog called Scooter. once upon a time I had a teacher called Miss Smith. once upon a time I had a granny who baked lovely cakes. once upon a time I was raped. once upon a time, I won a bar of chocolate in a raffle.

when you can look back at all the pieces of the past, and they are no longer a distraction from today, that is when you know that all of todays energy can be invested in you and what makes your heart sing, today.

not investing that energy in the past. not investing the energy in the future. using it all for now ...because now is all we really have. it is a phrase that seems to be constantly repeated ...and it is because it is true. now is all we have.

have a look at the jigsaw puzzle that is you. how many sparkly shiny things are on the ones from your past? if they are distracting you from being fully present in this moment, in now, then change the picture.

it is said that it is never too late to have a happy childhood

so many people are willing and able to help you with the work you may need to do, to ensure that the pieces you are painting today are as bright and happy as you would like them to be. and that the blank ones of your future are just that, blank .... a canvas ready for the artist to appear .....

take back your energy and power into this moment. where it truly belongs. so that you can dance and sing and play and bounce and pray and love and live and share and soar and fly