BE: Awake

April 27, 2020

We cannot really be present, we cannot really be awake, unless we recognize that Life is a Whole, a circle, an infinite cycle. This means that we can’t ignore the things we don’t want to deal with, sweep things we’re afraid of under the rug, avoid the tough stuff, distract ourselves from the challenges. We can’t because they will inevitably cycle back around and surface back up.

BUT we also can’t beat ourselves up when we fail. After all, as my favorite aunt used to quip, “We haven’t ascended yet!”

So to BE awake is to be, in each moment, as awake as we can be. To keep waking up. To notice when we are drifting off more quickly. And when we have fallen asleep, to wake ourselves up with kindness and compassion and then keep waking up.

BE: Honest

April 26, 2020

Today’s heart-centered practice is honesty.

Hello. My name is Victoria. I am a workaholic.

Those were the words with which I began this blog five years ago.

Today I am no longer a miserable workaholic. I find joy in my work. Joy in my walks. Joy in my life.

But I am still a workaholic. And now it’s time for the compulsion and denial to end.

It’s time for every part of my work and my life to become a holistic heart-centered practice. That’s why next month’s practice is going to be Wholeness. The recognition that it’s all one big tapestry — and living that way.

And it starts today.

BE: Chill

April 18, 2020

Today, if you feel antsy or worried or anxious about how this is all rolling out, try this practice with me. Allow yourself to STOP whatever you’re doing and take a nap, take a walk without talking to anyone, curl up and read a book, meditate, work in your garden — and BE: Chill. See what surfaces! It could hold the key to what comes next — for you, your community and the planet. Because when we chill, we hook into LOVE! And Love does hold the key to what comes next. We just need to lean in and listen. And BE: Chill.

BE: Brave

April 17, 2020

Right now, every day, each and every one of us is having to face down our fears.

Each of us harbor different fears — and each of us experience fear differently. But none of us can avoid looking at them right now. And though we may wish we weren’t having to do this — in fact, this is vital, necessary, lifesaving work for us all. In this way, we are all essential workers. Because the work of facing down fear opens the door to the healing Power of Love that so many of us have forgotten actually exists. And the Power of Love is the only thing that can turn our planet around!

BE: Real

April 10, 2020

LET’S BE REAL: WE KNOW WE ARE BETTER THAN WHAT HISTORY SHOWS WE HAVE DONE.

So let’s be real: It’s time to show up as our better selves.

Let’s be real: Reconnecting with those better selves IS how we help other.

And let’s be real: We’d all better get cracking.

Because let’s be real: This world and our fellow human beings need us all to BE OUR BETTER SELVES ASAP.

So let’s be real together: Let’s love this world whole by living Love.

Because Love IS the only Reality.

Loving is the only way we can BE real.

And Love. Heals.

Let’s BE Real together. Let’s #LoveViral

BE: Easy

April 9, 2020

Be Easy. Easy like Sunday morning. Another simple stealth way of living Love. A heart-centered practice that can shift things for you and others. Try being easy. Easy like Sunday morning. Even now. Especially now. #LoveViral

BE: Patient

April 6, 2020

We live in an instant gratification two-day delivery world. We want it, we get it. Even if we have to go into debt to do it. Even if what we want isn’t good for us. And certainly with precious little thought about whether what we want is or isn’t good for someone else our planet.

This is what we all need to learn how to change!

When we are patient, we learn to wait without complaint. To do this is a game changer.

BE: True

April 5, 2020

When I was a little girl, the idea of Truth was so comforting to me. It was logical. If something was true, I could relax. No need to try to be right or argue for my point. Truth was truth. And that was that. What a relief to a kid trying to “become someone” in a world that didn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.

Growing up watching news reports of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, reading about pollution and how people hurt animals and other people, sometimes I struggled to understand how to find peace with it all, let alone understand where I fit in.

But when I remembered that there was something Greater than everything that seemed to be going on on the television and in the newspapers, it was as if my whole being breathed a giant sigh of relief. When I remembered the Truth that Love was Everything, then everything felt okay again.

BE: Gentle

April 3, 2020

BE: Gentle.

Be gentle with others who are having challenging days.

Be gentle with yourself if you do not show up to your day, to another person, to an encounter, to your spiritual practice, to anything as you hoped you would.

Be gentle with your goals and expectations today.

Be gentle with your children, your animals, your family, your friends.

Be gentle with the world however you experience it.