Reaction and response

It's not what you've got, but what you do with what you've got that will get you what you want.

We are all born into this world with the same stuff within us. We are the most magnificent beings we can be and everything we need for a spectacular life is within. You only need to look at a new born child to know the truth of this.

So what happens then? If we all start out with the same stuff, why do some people have a charmed life and others seem to suffer endlessly?

When I ran my printing company, took holidays a couple of times a year and had a great looking life people would often say how lucky I was. My answer was always the same: "You know it's just amazing, the harder I work, the luckier I get." That was at the very beginning of my spiritual journey when I believed that I had to work hard to get what I wanted in life and that luck played a big part in my fortune.
Now I know that I make my luck and hard work is entirely subjective and not particularly necessary.

These days instead of hard work I apply regular practice, its way more fun. I regularly practice my spiritual exercises to help me expand my spiritual intelligence. Like IQ (intelligence quotient) and EQ (emotional intelligence), SQ (spiritual intelligence) is something that can be honed and expanded through regular practice, such as meditation, visualisation, prayer, gratitude, spiritual giving and love.
Through these practices I become more anchored in the truth of my being, I stay focussed and centred in the face of other peoples drama and I remain consistent in my emanation of unconditional love. It is from this place that I cause my life to get better and better because I am at choice as to how I react when life happens to me.

Let me introduce you to a different Juliet, one before the spirit guided my life. I would turn to alcohol if life was happening in a way I didn't like, or I would turn to food if a lover left me, as well as that I would moan and tell everyone that would listen how hard done by I was and what a bunch of crap life was. I'm sure there are parts of this that resonate. Life still happens in the same way, bosses complain, lovers leave, people die. The difference now is that I remain harmonious with life, I do not get bent out of shape because of other peoples behaviour and words. I empathise if that's what is called for, I grieve if sorrow is in me, but I allow these things to pass through me and I remain anchored in my centred place within the universal intelligence that guides me.

This was not some miraculous transformation, this is the result of a lifetimes journey and around 18 years of growing awareness and practice. So no matter where you are on your spiritual journey and no matter which path you are taking, you will get better at allowing life to be life and remaining steadfast in your harmony with the world. I invite you take take a breath when something gets in your face that would usually draw out some fast reaction. Breathe and ask yourself, "how do I want to be in relation to this?" You may be surprised by the answer you get.

Today I practice my practice and live in gratitude and love knowing that I am at choice on how I react to the world as it happens around me.  I am safe, all is well.

In Love. J x