Appreciate The Process Of The Journey

Today's Daily Angel Card Message for Wednesday, December 12, 2018

The Fairy Tarot by Radleigh Valentine (Doreen Virtue, PhD)

Before you entered this situation, you knew that it would require grit to get things accomplished. The Nine of Spring (Wands) suggests you're not willing to give up and that you're not out of ideas about how to make things better. You're completely committed to this project or plan no matter how challenging things become. You're not quite as prepared as you'd wish, but as caretaker of this idea, there's no one more qualified to choose the next course of actions. You built this for a reason. Focus on your vision. Leave any painful details behind you. This is an opportunity to open up your heart and trust something higher than yourself. There is a spiritual purpose driving this agenda. It's important that you complete it. You can feel this particularly strong at this time. There are some choices you hadn't planned on considering, but circumstances has made them relevant now. It seems like something has interrupted your plans unexpectedly and may create unwanted compromises, if you are afraid to handle them. Don't stand down, because you're unsure of the direction your actions might influence. These are not calculations you can fully predict, especially for the long-term. Right now, it's imperative that you do what's best for the present. You can be as clear in your handling for whatever may or may not happen in the future.

This is not to say that you should ignore anything that comes to mind about the future outcome. However, you do need to weigh the matter based on your priorities for the present moment. If you can foresee a future impact that's not going to serve the greater good, freedom, and purpose, then you must keep searching your heart for a better solution. However, I don't foresee it being that complicated of a decision. Although, it is the conditioning of the human mind to worry, it's usually unnecessary once everything has been said and done. Usually, you discover that the mind makes things appear more difficult than they actually were. There's usually regret over allowing the mind to have so much influence, which usurps all the pleasure and joy from your experiences. This is something to try to regain by being mindful of the lessons of the past. Everyone arrives at the conclusion of any endeavor only to realize they could have done it easier. Yet, there is something that forces us to make the same choices, as if there was no way to see it coming, all the extra stress and hardship we place on ourselves, because of the mirages of the mind and its fears.

Maybe, the first thing we need to accept is that we can't fix everything, and that perhaps some imperfections are useful to our development and free will. It's like the distraction of trying to rid your garden of every insect or pest (perhaps a term of the ego's criticism and annoyance). Is it insane to believe that you will get rid of everyone of them and that this will make you happy or less anxious? The contrast of the universe will continue the cosmic dance of balance and free will. There are solutions to help you manage a problem, but a fix, as in permanent, isn't realistic to obsess over. You can enjoy some peace of mind from the management of the situation, in which the solution helps maintain a healthy balance of cooperative and uncooperative parties. You're not sweeping something under the rug, but you are aware that you have to keep looking for better options while applying the best solution for now. At some point down the road, there might be a far more advanced opportunity to deal with the changes you foresee occurring. As a result, your concerns might become obsolete. You may strongly foresee irreplaceable outcomes based on what is available now, but someone may have innovated something that changes the entire outcome you predicted. This leaves the future secure in an unforeseeable way.

Don't let annoyances turn into debilitating frustrations. They will exhaust your reserve of enthusiasm and optimism, so that when the time comes you can't appreciate or experience what you've worked so hard to cultivate and accomplish. You need to think about what's important and let some things go. Surrender to the higher good. Think about the value of your goals. What is it that you most wanted to share, that it was so important for you to take on this responsibility? What did you envision when you first started this project? Then consider, what is possibly compromising this dream. Are they distractions to this and has it been worth it? Finally, ask yourself, what would make everything you did truly worth it? Without delay, put those ideas and solutions into action. Forget about the what ifs. They're not totally eliminated from the realm of possibilities. Right now, they make it impossible for you to leave the driveway. Those questions and doubts are you driving with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake. This is a bad driving habit you learn early on not to do. Keep your foot on the gas the pedal, and move forward. You'll learn to read the signs once you get on the road and they'll give you some sense of direction, that you're nearing your destination. You can't trust or appreciate the process of the journey until you are actually driving on the roads taking you somewhere. If you need to suddenly come to stop or need to pull over, you'll have the brake and other tools available for use under the right circumstances. Now, stop worrying and go! May the Source be with you always!

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