Are You Shining Your Light?

Glorious morning!

Today’s quote we will talk about the light.

“ If you want to give light to others, you have to glow yourself “

That quote reminds me of another one , “ you can't give away what you don’t have”

Here is the bottom line. We ARE light, but that light can get dimmed and covered up by the darkness. To understand the light, we must know it’s opposite, and that's darkness. We all have a little sinner and a little saint. We get to choose. The biggest thing that gets in the way of shining our light is our EGO. ( Edging, God, Out ). If we want to be the light of the world like Christ taught us, then we need to tame the EGO.

When we take a victim stance, we automatically start edging God out. We can acknowledge something negative or hurtful but if we stay in the stance of “ poor victim me “ then we just keep focusing on the offense instead of the solution. How we respond to a negative situation will either be from a victim mindset or Christ mindset. Take something as simple as someone cutting us off in traffic. We can either curse and get angry at the person and assume the driver was a careless and reckless person that needs to stay off the roads OR we can take the high road and be grateful that the close call didn't hurt anyone and assume the driver simply did not see us from the blind spot in their car.

One reaction says that should not have happened and that person needs punishment of some sort. Another reaction can be, I'm sure the person didn't see me and lord knows I have cut someone off before and I definitely didn't do it to piss the other driver off, it was an accident. If we want to spread light we have to glow ourselves so cursing and getting angry is kind of a dark way of glowing right? To glow or not to glow, that is the question.

How we feel inside about ourselves and how healed we are and our connection to the divine will determine how we shine to others. When we want to lash out and deliver punishment in any form, we are acting from our smaller self, the EGO. When we are patient and solution orientated , we are acting from our higher self, our light. I know of someone right now who is in full activation of victim mindset and has a case of the “ poor me blues” ( I have been there many times myself ) for months she has been complaining about people she claims to love and is spreading negativity that she is creating from that victim mindset and causing all kinds of darkness instead of light. She is separating people instead of uniting. This tends to happen when we can't get out of the victim mindset. The light says “ all things are possible with God” the darkness will say “ if I don't get my way, I will show you a thing or two and you will be sorry ! We can't be negative and grateful at the same time, it's just not possible so we are either choosing the light or the dark constantly.

As I started to overcome my own darkness I have realized that life happens for us, not “ to “ us. So now when I am experiencing unpleasant things in my life, I go straight to the divine, I ask for help and I try to deliver myself as calm and as loving and or neutral as possible. I also look in the mirror to hold myself accountable because I know that every single situation in my life is to bless me with a beautiful gift that is either wrapped in bright beautiful smiles and nice packaging or the gift is being disguised in ugliness from others and showing me my limitations so I can figure out and adjust myself to be more like Christ. Both packages will help me grow and accumulate more light in the long run. The more light I reveal in myself the more light I get to give away. Do you or someone you know have trouble shaking the victim mindset? Backpack therapy can target your triggers of victimhood. Make a free discovery call today. Peace be with you, Dawn

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