Life has been busy for me… much is changing, right along with the season.

I dedicate this entry to the topic of change… and the power we all have to embrace change, and navigate our way to better and better choices along the way.

I wrote a private journal entry the other day that contained the phrase “Compass of Joy”.

For those of you familiar with Abraham-Hicks emotional scale, it is like that - except, for me, it helps to not think of it as a top down list. For me, that can stir up judgments… and what a waste that can be. So it helps me to see it as a continuous circle — and I can choose which direction I want to go in by simply looking at which way the arrow points.

In this analogy, the arrow is the way you feel.

It means having enough awareness and honesty with oneself to simply say “I am bored”, or “I feel enraged”… with no judgment. No “shoulds” attached.

That is the look down at the compass. From there, I can say with ease - oh - I am heading towards boredom right now, or I am heading towards anger. Let’s adjust course.

From there - you either know already, or have to ask yourself - where do I want to go? Where do I want to be headed?

My resounding answer - at this stage in my life - is simple, sweet and 100% spirit guided: JOY.

Ok… so let’s see where I am at… right now, I am heading for boredom… to get to Joy, I need to turn towards Contentment. Nice and easy now…. here we go… bored? Who’s bored. This is the sweet life. I am right where I need to be… all is well. Deep breath. Yes. This is good.

Whoa… what’s that? Feel that change? Feels good. The shift. Turning my attention. Intentionally. Almost makes me feel…. hmmmm, what’s this new feeling? Hopeful! Yes. This makes me feel rather hopeful. Oh - I am still new at this navigation thing, let me look at my compass… don’t want to get lost again. Wow - what do you know! I headed towards Contentment and just like that, I swung towards Hopefulness! Cool.

See how that works?

Nice and easy.

It is fun, not work. You can think of it as play. You are captain of your ship.

What kind of ship are you running, anyways??? Who’s your crew? What’s your destination?

Mine is Joy.

I travel there as often as I can these days.