“When we expand our thinking and our beliefs, our love flows freely. When we contract, we shut ourselves off.” Louise L. Hay from The Power is Within You

I am currently living in Bali and this is what I feel like I am doing, expanding my thinking and beliefs. My fiancé and I brought about 50 books with us and bought another 15! :) We are committed to opening our minds and growing!!

I know when I am not being open, not living from that Higher Self. I don’t feel free to choose, I feel trapped and constricted. It is so beautiful to actually feel myself shutting off. II go inside to hide, to protect, to contract. And, it doesn’t feel very good.

I have this thing with conflict and being too nice and wanting to please people. And, then I often times don’t please people and then feel guilty because I didn’t do it good enough, when really my Higher Self isn’t interested in pleasing other people. It is interested in me being fully expressed, fully alive and fully me.

And, for me this looks like expanding to a place where I am willing to piss people off! That isn’t of course my intention but the reality is everyone isn’t going to like me, agree with me, or think I am a cool chick! And, to be ok with that, and still move forward on my journey with full expression, passion, and fire is when I feel the love flowing from me freely. I feel alive. There is no constriction. It is a place of God, Truth and Beauty! :)

What about you do you notice a time when you feel alive and expanding and experiencing the love flowing freely? And what about times when you feel stressed, contracted and restricted? We all can be more mindful of our thoughts and emotions and choose love over fear in any moment. My intention is to choose love and growth! :)