Be Open To Messages

I was driving out to the gym this morning, I had a six o'clock appointment. And I was on autopilot on autopilot so much that I nearly missed my exit. Because I was taking away that was different than what I was normally used to. I almost missed it. Because my mind was elsewhere, you know where it was in the future was something that might happen. So basically, I was thinking about something that isn't true. If we are focused on the past or on the future, we are focused on things that either have already happened, or that may or may not happen, instead of what is happening right now. Right now, in this moment right now, where is your mind? Are you doing 10 things at once?

It doesn't work, your mind will constantly be switching trying to give its attention to one thing. That is how things go in your brain. And when we're constantly focused on what happened in the past, or what might happen in the future, how many times Okay, I am not the only one. I know this, who goes through an entire conversation in my head of how things are going to go except that we've never even taken the first step into that conversation because it's something that may or may not ever happen in the first place. But we have everybody's responses. And this is what they'll say and this is what I'll say. And then they'll say this and I'll say this and then they'll say this, and I'll say this, and we go back and forth and back and forth. And sometimes that conversation never even happens.

And most of the time, it is nothing like what we thought it was going to be. We're living in an untruth. When we are projecting in some future time, and when we're missing today, I nearly missed my exit because I was so focused on something that was going to happen later, maybe. Maybe we do this all the time. If we stay focused in the present, we are open to the messages that come to us.

Sometimes those messages come by way of the words we hear someone say maybe in a podcast or on a live that we watch or an event that we attend. Sometimes those messages will come in a book we read, or in a thought that flitz across our brain when we're truly present in the moment. Sometimes those messages will come in a dream that has happened to me a few times, but I get the messages when I am truly present in my life, I am guessing, I am assuming and I am going to put to the test that I would receive more of those messages. If I was truly present. In my day today, truly present. Most of us live somewhere other than the right now, there's power in the right now. Recently, I was thinking about my mom, my dad, my grandmother, my brother, really missing them. Really, really missing them. And many of you know my story that my my tagline Life is short, choose wisely, came to me from my brother in a dream. Soon after he died. I was open to that message because I was openly openly asking God for direction in my life. And I dreamed about my brother. And that was the message Life is short little sister. Choose wisely. If you want to hear more of that story, Episode One of coffee and tea with Carrie V is is all of that story.

So I was really thinking about my dad, my mom, my grandmother, my brother and and I had a dream. This is just going back maybe two weeks. And in this dream, I remember I was in our in my childhood home. The green carpeting It was my mom and dad's house, everything about it the pictures that were on the wall in my dream, it was very clear that I was in my childhood home but I was an adult. And I kept thinking about my brother who who went through two full rounds of chemo and radiation. And in my dream I remember thinking,

Oh my gosh, I with with everything with COVID with the with the Delta variant and all this stuff on the rise. I just I just need to I just need to make sure he's okay. I need to make sure everyone's okay. And I was frantic in my dream. And I ran upstairs and when you went up in my childhood home, you went upstairs and then there was a small landing and you turned and you went up two more stairs. And on the right was the bathroom. straight back was my brother Billy's room next to that was my mom and dad's room. And then you kind of turned a little bit and you went into what was my bedroom. And so I ran up the steps. And I remember turning and like holding on to the wall because I was running so fast. And I made that turn and I went up to the to one of the two steps crossed over the bathroom. Oh, and there was a door leading up to the attic. And I stood there. And I went to knock on the door and I realized you know, I knew this was my brother's room Billy and Timmy were in that room because it was the same stickers that they had on there. Everything was the same this big, thick wooden door. And I knocked on the door. And Billy inside said, Hey, come on in and I went in he said Hey sis, and he was watching TV with a friend. I don't know who the friend was. But he was watching TV with a friend. And I said oh my gosh, Billy so much is going on with COVID right now and with your chemo, I just need to make sure you're okay. And he came over to me and he hugged me and he said, I'm okay says we are all okay. You need to stop worrying about us and live the life you were created to live until you take your final breath. I woke up with such a start just gasping you know when you have a dream and you wake up like that.

That's what I woke up like, the message was so clear to me. Because I was open to receiving it. I don't remember most of my dreams. Most people don't. From what I understand. I don't even pretend to be an expert on dreams. And I know that if I wasn't open to the message I would have not remembered that message the same as I wouldn't have remembered Life is short little sister choose wisely. But remember those dreams vividly. those messages were meant for me And in order to receive them, I needed to be present in the moment to receive them. This message was clear, we're fine. We are fine. Now get out there and do what you're supposed to be doing and stop worrying about us. Stop worrying about the things you wish you had said, Stop worrying about the things that you feel guilty about.

Let it go, we're fine. Move on, and live your life. Do what you were created to do, sister, life is short. Choose wisely.

And I knew I needed to bring this message to you be present in today, you will have messages come at you. I am in a mastermind retreat right now attending virtually. And I've had so many aha moments with some journaling that I've done. Things that I am really struggling with. And it's because I am so focused in the past and things that are so hard for me to let go of that it is affecting my today. And by affecting my today I am closing myself off to messages that will put me where I want to be in the future. Let me say that again. And put you in the driver's seat. By focusing on the past things you might regret things you wish you'd said things you wish you'd done. You are missing the messages that are coming at you today. That will put you in place for where you want to head tomorrow. Let go of the past, stop living in tomorrow and be open to today. There are messages everywhere.

Everywhere, just for you.

Something someone will say that wakes you up. Something you will read something you will hear a morning routine. That is is what wakes you up to life.

But we How often do we sacrifice our morning routine for something that happened yesterday or worrying about something that may or may not happen tomorrow? Tomorrow is going to have enough stuff of its own you don't need to bring it into today. And the past is over and you can't fix that. So you may as well let it go and live today. Be open to the messages and to be open to those messages you've got to let go of tomorrow or let go of the past and stop living in tomorrow. Be open to your messages. Your journal prompt today is this. I am fully present today. And the message or messages I received is or are this or these I am fully present in today in the message I am receiving is this. That's your journal prompt. I love you. I am your biggest fan. I can't wait to hear what you are learning and what you are hearing in the messages you are receiving for your own life.

We're not in this alone. We have each other so let's lean on each other. I can't wait to talk with you again.

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