Hi friends. Welcome back to Picture Love Podcast if we've never met before. Hi, I am Chris and I'm an encourager. If you've been here before then, you probably know that I love to come with stories and conversations to inspire and uplift and encourage and mirror back. The beauty I and love I see in life in hopes that you'll resonate and find it and, and identify with it in your life as well. And after a very heartfelt conversation with a dear friend of mine today, I wrote something and I'd like to read it to you and just a little context. We are, on a rapid personal growth journey as well. I think that's why we found such safety in each other's presence. And anyway, as I heard myself saying out loud, why can't I have everything I need and everything I want and not feel guilty or selfish for receiving it. Because I know for a lot of especially feminine identifying people, we have a very difficult time receiving. And I think that that's something that has kind of been in inbred in us. And if that doesn't resonate with you, then this is not the episode for you to be listening to. But I'm hoping that my words and my writing today. will offer somebody the pep talk, the support, the encouragement that they need. And if you know somebody who really could use some bolstering, some boosting, some uplifting and encouragement, maybe do keep listening and see if this resonates. But in my journal, I titled The Dream Life. And I'm going to cater it to "we "instead of "me" in hopes that this will strike a chord for the right person who needs to hear it today. Why can't we have everything we need and everything we want and not feel bad or selfish for receiving it? We can. We can have everything we need and everything we want and not feel bad or selfish about receiving it. Today let's give ourselves permission. Our journey requires nobody else's consent. We don't require acceptance or even cooperation from the outside world, but we've been led to believe that we are. We are not needing to look outside of ourselves to have an experience and create the lives that we want to live. We can create the life we need and want and leave space for others to do the same. We can have it all and all other cliches that we were taught can be released. We can release those limiting rules, those programs, those beliefs, those metaphorical boxes that we thought were to keep us safe. We can burn them and thank them for the lessons that we can carry forward. We without the same limitations. We have to be willing to get messy to see what we're unpacking, what we're willing to keep, and what it's time to let go of. We wanna be deeply loved and so we will deeply love ourselves. May that be the kind of people we attract, people who do their own work instead of looking outside of themselves to be satisfied or approved of, or guided or directed by others. There's a place to find that teacher, that mentor, but there's also a time to get out of the classroom and just take ownership of the life that's ours, that is divinely ours and nobody else's. We don't need to control our feelings, but we do get to choose our own. And it's an inside job. Nobody needs to see or understand or approve. But as we do the work on ourselves, others will benefit from our light. And what is this light? You might be thinking, this light is the same in me and you. Everyone has it. And their shadows too. And as we nurture and heal our hearts and our light shines brighter, we support others who wish to do the same just by doing our work. Those who don't want to acknowledge their own shadows, their own pains, they don't have to. As a matter of fact, they may be repelled by your light, by my light. They may be provoked by our simple existence, by the fact we dare to think that we are worthy, but we are, and it's okay. They get to choose their path. They get to choose their thoughts, and therefore they'll choose their emotions. And so do we. So will we. So do we, every moment of every day. Right now, let's choose to energetically construct the lives we wish to live. The emotions we wish to feel, the love of our souls to show because we step into our authentic, truthful selves. I am ready to welcome Soul family. Are you creative collaborations with the universe? Let's plant seeds of beauty, grace, love, and abundance. We are powerful creators because we are extensions of creation. I am part of the I am. I just am. And so are you. We no longer need to act in security, control, expectation, and judgment, or be defined by old ways. We are new again, every moment of every day that we choose to be. We are unlimited, we're unscripted, and our cups run over with love for others that will never require any of our supply to be depleted. Because our cup runs over and nourishes others. We no longer care about owning more, collecting more hoarding, saving more in the spirit of lack. That behavior comes from fear. We plan, we spend, we create with full trust in God and creator in the universe to be our endless supply, because through our growth, we expand those parts of our universe. Our purpose, our mission is rooted in expansion, growth, and that means change./ So they can keep their labels or they can release them. That's their choice, and it is for us too. But if you're like me, we no longer need them for our identity. We no longer belong to anybody but ourselves, our soul, and our purpose. If every soul here was to learn, grow, and do their own work, what beauty would naturally happen with ease and flow? We would know our deep connection to each other and celebrate our differences as variety that makes life beautiful and full of enriching and satisfying experiences. Peace would be more than a concept. It would flourish like a garden. My hope and my prayer today. Is that every soul takes one more step every day in the direction of remembering that they are loved because they are love. I am loved because I am love, and you are loved because you are love. And when we remember, then we become and then we act as love. We see through the eyes of love because that's who we are. I hope that that lifts somebody up today. I hope if there's a piece of that that resonates, that you'll just put that in your pocket or jot it down or repeat it to yourself or pay it forward. And no matter when you're listening to this, please don't be afraid to own who you are and don't be afraid to say. Who am I? And don't be afraid of what the answer will be because there is nobody in this human experience who isn't full of light and shadows. It's what we do with them that matters. So from my heart to yours, I hope that helps you picture love in your day, in your nights. And I hope you wake up more inspired from the momentum of love that can come from these kinds of thoughts. What kind of day are you gonna create? I know I'm ready to make the best one I've ever had, and I'm willing, I'm willing to do it without any guilt or worry of judgment. Because I know that when I'm living fully present in my best self, that I'm gonna be the best version of me for the world too. And anything else is just a near miss or a big miss, and we get to keep trying. That's the beauty of life. It's the process. So let's keep celebrating every step in the direction that we're choosing, and let's also honor the fact that everybody gets their own choice. Even my children, I want the best for them, but they get to decide what the best for them is. It's not always what I think. It's, I hope that helps. Pay it forward please, and I'll see you next time on Picture Love.