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A conversation with Inner Light.

By on November 18, 2013
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This is a great conversation to have with your highest self when you are not feeling so enlightened … when you are a little off on a journey side road … when you are questioning your purpose and whether it will ever work. It’s a stream of words that comes from the wisdom in all of us, and it is a great focus changer to get you out of your mind and back to your center. ~Natalie.

 

I do want something more for my life than this place I am now. I can feel something under my current circumstance that feels like my intended life. It feels like hope and happiness and freedom and setting other people free. It feels like being of service and being authentic. It feels like a wave of abundance and contentment, just getting ready to crest.

I tap into that feeling now. I let it talk to me, and tell me that I can step forward into whatever courage would have me do. What would courage have me do? While I’m waiting for something big to present itself, I’m going to have to work on small things.

Like being courageous enough each day to choose my health,

…being courageous enough to take a little step each day toward my passions,

…being courageous enough to draw boundaries around the time I need to spend on my real life,

…being courageous enough to have conversations with people that scare me a little but that I’m fully equipped to handle.

I need to prepare myself for this life that’s bubbling inside. I need to act on its behalf. I need to align with it, understand it, explore it and respect it. I need to be still and listen to it sing to me. I need to get comfortable with life without the safety net of familiarity. I need to dream of my career path, the one that takes all of me and uses it for the best possible outcome, the one that titles me as a leader, a communicator, and a healer.

Because this is who I am. I’ve known it for a long time. When I wasn’t ready, it scared me. I felt ill-equipped and lost on what to do first. It loomed darkly above me instead of bubbling up lightly. But now, you see, now I am beginning to understand happiness. I am beginning to see that what feels right for me IS right. What feels true for me IS true. And nothing takes that away when I know it in every cell. The happy path is the right path. Every time.

I tell the truth. I feel. I express. I guide. I teach. I have empathy. I am willing to be raw. I am willing to dig under down into the rubble for me and for those who have no shovel.

I have value. I am real. I am a candle, a beacon, a sunrise.

The way I feel when I am “on purpose” is that I have strong direction and that all of the things I’m good at are put to use. I want to pursue work that connects into this feeling, and leave behind work that drains me or asks too much of me… where my output does not reflect back equal input. I want work that gives me back tenfold, so that I have even more to give.

I will find that work.

I will absolutely know it when I find it.

I will walk into it without looking back and continue creating a life where I make a difference by being authentic to my happiness. What better achievement is there than that?

 

 

The purpose of freedom is to give it to others. So I’m going to set myself free.natalie aug2011headshot

And you’re next.

 

Yours in spirit and health and happiness,

Natalie

 

Natalie Hughes, editor, writer, performer and songwriter, is a gifted interpreter of the human experience, expressing passion, humor, heartbreak, healing and freedom to a depth that few writers reach. Natalie is also the Musical Director for Crystal Andrus Productions, providing music for short films, international speaking engagements, and powerful meditations. Hear her in music and conversation weekly as the co-host on Empowerment Class and The Crystal Andrus Show. Natalie lives along the picturesque waterways of Peterborough, Canada with her husband – photographer Michael Hurcomb – and her two children. For more, visit nataliehughes.com and find Natalie on iTunes, Twitter and Facebook.

 

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