I am the "Spice" of Life!

Day 82 Herbs:

When I am empowered and know who I am I can lend my gifts to others to enhance their lives.

I am perfect in and of myself.

Sharing my love does not deplete my strength.

My love is a safe space for others to enhance their own flavor.

I love this reading today for many reasons, one of which it makes me think of my mom. My mom is this amazing woman who is very humble. She has consistently had an extraordinary gift to cook. Yet, I remember her constantly praying that her food would be a blessing to the people who ate it. Today my dad is doing a lot of the cooking as my mother has advanced Alzheimer's. One of the profound life lessons that I learned from my mom is that lending your gifts to others to enhance their lives does not deplete who you are. I learned this lesson through watching my mom help others achieve the goals they wish to achieve in life. Countless times she did this at the expense of not fulfilling her own desires so that others could have what they wanted and needed. My beloved says that he learns lessons from observing other people, therefore having no need to discover it himself.

I would like to say that I learned the lessons above without trial and error. The truth is I learned the lessons in perfect timing. I share with my clients that it is not important how many times we experience something in order to get the lesson. The gift is that we received the lesson. So what if it takes 40 years for me to realize that I am powerful and lovable. The lessons were learned.

I journey through a great deal of my life so frightened that I was not enough that I watered down the brilliance that I bring to the world. Imagine going to the spice drawer to pull out your favorite spice to find out the bottle is filled with water and that has weakened the spiced that you desired. Every day we choose not to see the brilliance of who we are, that is what we do with our lives. We lessen the impact that we make in the world. We minimize the potency of that which we give to the world.

Another one of the greatest life lessons that I have learned during this brilliant process of creating seasons of change is the understanding that giving love away never depletes love. I've shared with you the mantra that we repeat at Amor Spiritual Center around money. In this case however I will utilize the word love." I am a love magnet. Whatever I give out, comes back to me, heaped up and running over." We often share our love with such scarcity that somehow it is about run out. We often live in this fear that there's not enough to go around. Therefore we hold onto the love we have so tightly that it doesn't allow for fluidity. Love is the most fluid emotion that we have, it is the one that we are the least resistant to feeling. Love is like your favorite spice when it's spread around it enhances everything that it touches. When it held tightly in fear no one really benefits because there is no way to return it, as it hasn't been freely given.

Here we stand at the close of yet another season, and for myself a year of living these practices on a daily basis. The transformation that has happened to me is unfathomable. I have grown immensely in my ability to recognize and embody the power, strength, love that I have within. I have shared that love more freely than ever. Yet, with each new day a new lesson our experience helps me to open further to the creative possibilities that are mine. In so doing, I have created space not only for myself to thrive. But, to ensure that anyone who comes into my life is sure to find the space needed to thrive.

Today is the perfect days for you to "season" your life, and the lives of those around you with the brilliance of who you are. Remember, is not necessary for you to water down who you are so that others might feel less intimidated by the intensity of your flavor.

Thank you,

I love you,

Rev Allen