Have you ever heard the terms "Dark night of the soul"? "Spiritual Awakening"? These are terms used for very powerful, life altering moments where people tend to literally fall to their knees in desperation and "give up" What I want you to think about is did they give up? or did they finally give in? To fall to your knees and to "give up" may not be your weakest moment but in fact your strongest. Having the strength to let go and surrender requires great trust and a lot of inner power. Don't see asking God or spirit  for help as breaking down but rather connecting with a friend, a best friend, that perhaps you'd lost touch with for a little while. It is not a breakdown, it is a breakthrough! More than ever we must be in alignment with our purpose and our truth. We can choose to fight it but will find ourselves in a tiresome battle, swimming against the current upstream. Be yourself, follow the tide, let go and trust. Are you tired? Unhappy? Burnt out? Uncertain? Now is the time to take your leap of faith. Let Go and stop fighting yourself. As you release the need to hang onto false securities and control, you step out of the dark and into the light and you hear the words "Welcome Home".

This message from the angels makes so much sense given the rapid shifts we are all feeling right now both personally and globally. In order to achieve success and the goals we are striving for we have to be willing to leave the familiar behind. The last couple years have been challenging for a lot of people. There has been a lot of change, some of it welcome, most of it surprising. Change can be scary but it’s also constant and it’s certainly not going anywhere so I’ve always said you might as well shake hands and become friends with it. Perhaps you feel you’ve been praying for some guidance and want to move forward yet you find yourself resisting the very changes the angels are asking you to take. Have you grown roots and find yourself unwilling to move? Or have you become so used to certain chaos or unhappiness in your life you’ve become unaware of how much it’s still affecting you? In order to grow we also need to be willing to let go. One of the most common complaints I've heard from clients over the years is that they’ve been praying for help but haven’t received any. While it’s possible you’ve been missing the intuitive signs spirit’s been sending you, it’s important to be really honest with yourself and ask have you been receiving guidance but in truth you’ve been putting it off or been unwilling to act on it? During these times of drastic change it’s more important than ever to push our ego aside and have faith in our angels. Don’t tell them how to help you just ask them for help. Remain open, one of the biggest setbacks the ego will make us take is focusing on only one outcome, we want it to look like this or that, it has to be this job at this time, you have to let go of your expectations and just trust. Easier said than done, believe me I know. In these times of change people are being propelled in directions they never would have imagined. Ask Archangel Michael for an extra cushion of protection as you move forward and out of your comfort zone. It would certainly be a lot easier if we were given a road map with some clear directions and arrows that point from A-Z but where is the faith in that? Moreover where is the fun in that? We must take one baby step at a time and celebrate each step along the way. You will most likely be shocked at how easy it becomes once you let go of needing control. Often we try too hard to make things happen our way and end up strangling our creations or at the very least shutting doors of open opportunity. Be willing to accept that the answers to your prayers may look completely different than you expect and even seem unrelated to your prayers. As long as you’re listening, trusting and taking the action steps spirit guides you to, you won’t be led astray. Tell your angels your ready to be uncomfortable because here's the thing; if they’re guiding you, how uncomfortable can it truly be?

Thanksgiving; The definition of thanks is to give gratitude. On this Thanksgiving weekend the angels urge us to do just that. Write a list of all that you are thankful for. Don't forget the smaller everyday blessings, something as simple as someone holding a door open for you or someone sharing a smile during a particularly long day. The more we acknowledge all we have to be grateful for the more we increase it! Archangel Gabriel also asks us to make an effort to share our gratitude with others this holiday, share a kind word, whoever you hold gratitude toward, let them know it. She reminds us that very often the angels work through us, we may find ourselves in conversation with a close friend or even a stranger and if the angels need them to hear a certain message, they may choose to use those of us who are willing participants as the vessel for said message. We may not even realize it at the time which is why it's so important to honor our intuition; if you've been thinking of reaching out to someone or making a phone call, now is the time! Today is a particularly special day as it is 10/10/10 on the calendar. Take some quiet time today and be thankful for that which you are manifesting, even if it hasn't shown up yet, give thanks for that which is on it's way to you! Light a candle, visualize you're happiest outcome in anything you may be working on and with gratitude thank the angels for helping you to receive with grace. Here's an affirmation for the upcoming week: I am thankful as I easily receive my many blessings with gratitude and grace.