The Mystery of Liminal Space

You’ve come to realize what you’re currently doing is no longer working.

You’re tired.

You don’t see any changes happening with your dog and you continue feeling frustrated.

Simultaneously, you know things can be different.

You are feeling the push to make some changes and also feeling the pull to go back to where you were even though it was no longer working.

The liminal space you’re in is uncomfortable and it leaves you feeling uneasy.

You want something different, but crave familiarity.

You want your dog to change, so you can feel more at peace.

You also realize that if you want your dog to do something different, you too have to show up and do different too.

You resist.

You deny that anything you do needs to be different.

You retreat to what you know.

When you do, you also feel uncomfortable there too.

This limbo is part of your growth and it is a marker for change.

It’s ok to feel overwhelmed and uncertain. Growing and learning something new is unpredictable.

It has to be. To do something new and looking to make a change means you will becoming an explorer in your life.

You are charting your next steps in a direction that is more aligned for you.

Be kind to yourself. Be easy on yourself as you move and show up differently.

At the very least, have a good sense of humor and don’t take yourself or your dog so seriously.

You can choose how you experience learning something new and when you can see the joy emanating from your dog in learning together, feel your heart burst open allow the light to shine in.

You deserve it!

The Edges of Your Heart

Learning anything new requires you to change.

You evolve into a new way of being.

Learning isn’t always about acquiring knowledge from books, but learning about yourself and seeing what changes you need inside of yourself to align to the real you.

When you’re willing to let go of living a life based on how others see you or how you “think” you should be, you will feel fear and uncertainty, but this is the doorway to your own growth.

You can make a choice of continuing to play small or you can be brave and take the next tiniest step to the person you know who are, but have been too afraid to embody.

When those moments or hours or days show up that suck the wind out of you, be with your dog.

Allow yourself to feel the love your companion has for you and allow yourself to surrender into that moment that you are ok.

You will learn you can learn to love yourself as much as you companion animal loves you.

Don’t let fear stop you. Let it be your guide to open your heart.

Power of Choice

As I mentioned last week, life is already hard enough.

Why make it harder than it needs to be for yourself, others and even your companion animals.

While our own suffering in the wake of becoming more aware of what is important to us doesn’t need to be compounded any additional pain.

Other’s pain doesn’t need to become our pain and this is also the same for our dogs.

When you are ravaged by your thoughts and feeling pangs of resentments and in the midst of judging others and even yourself, please know these thoughts and beliefs are not you.

They are the conditioning that created how you perceive yourself, but they aren’t you.

When you lift this veil of how you perceive yourself and yourself in the world, you can end your suffering.

The veil is only perceived and created in your mind.

This keeps you from living with kindness and love.

Making the choice to live from your heart is totally within your control.

Find it in your heart to be compassionate to yourself, others and your companion animals.