The Value of the Gift of Life

We simply never know when, where or how our soul will choose to leave the physical form that houses it. In any given moment you might just stop breathing. This is not to create fear in you; it is to awaken awareness in you. It is important to realize delaying dreams for one reason or another; are truly put off because you have not yet realized the full value of the gift of your life. You hesitate because you fear the unknown or don’t truly believe you deserve any better.

When you fear the unknown you spend far too much time demanding a guaranteed outcome before you will make any commitment to go anywhere or do anything that exceeds the boundaries of your comfort zone. You hesitate, despite believing you love and adore you; because deep within you really don’t believe you are worthy of experiencing anything better or more than what you have already.

When you delay your dreams regardless of which underlying culprit is ruling your life; be it the fear of the unknown or the belief of unworthiness; you are not valuing the gift of your life. You will end up only experiencing a dull existence rather than fully enjoying a vibrant, jubilant life! Despite all your rational, you are doing nothing more than risking never realizing any of your dreams at all.
The value of the gift of life is the freedom to be you in any given moment.

It is the responsibility of each of us to be willing to live life to the fullest by permitting the freedom of self-expression. Permitting yourself the freedom to express the truth of you supports the preciousness of who you truly are while honoring your life with the value it deserves.
Far too often we simply only survive, hiding our fears of self-loving expression behind rationalization. Our logic is most often filled with the “later” rather than the now. We convince ourselves we have plenty of time thinking we will get to it eventually.

Continuously telling ourselves when we have more time, more money, and/or more companionship is when we will do it; whatever it is. We only survive rather than thrive because we believe something or someone that needs to come first before we proceed.

You were given the gift of free will and free choice to have multiple experiences in your own unique way. Too often we recklessly toss the preciousness of our lives aside, in pursuit of some perceived obligation. When we “shelf the self” we dishonor the divinity we are. We add insult to injury and continue to wound and damage our blessed divinity and oppress our magnificence. When we choose strife over life, engaging in the what ifs ands, butts or should; we are simply succumbing to fear. This compromise of self continuously applied results in the loss of the sensation of our soul filled spirit and you end up just existing, similar to the walking dead.

Once the soul filled spirit is silenced, you lose connection to your Source and move into a self-imposed mental and emotional prison of betrayal and abandonment that only continues to perpetrate fear. You are terrified of moving into the next moment, for no other reasons than fearing the unknown or believing we are less than deserving. You choose misery over and over again simply because it is known and although painful; it is also perceived as comfortable.
Then you are stuck in a hell where we can only focus on survival rather where you mentally and emotionally torture yourself by reviewing your past in fearful trepidation of recreating it, or projecting into the future, which does not yet exist.

We have all heard the stories about the guy or gal who waited all of their lives to take the vacation and passed of a heart attack days or weeks following their retirement. Or those that would not spend an extra dime throughout their lives and either don’t live long enough to enjoy it or has to spend it on some illness.

There are also many who wait on another before they are brave enough to move forward. How many times have you heard someone including yourself complain they can’t honestly be themselves until the perfect time or person arrives? This is nothing more than holding someone else accountable; as to whether you live fully or not. We all use excuses like; “they are not ready to hear it”, or I might hurt their feelings. It is never about them; it is about whether you are courageous enough to say or do it.

Holding back while you wait for better or more perfect conditions is likened to putting the cart before the horse. In doing so, you will never get anywhere, because the horse simply cannot get around the cart and the cart is not budging without the horse to lead it. You may even entertain fears of dying if you proceed to follow your dreams using this as your rational to do or experience nothing more than what you are doing now.

You are engaged in the fearful behavior of making excuses for what you are afraid of. You engage in this unhealthy stagnating behavior because you truly fear some personal loss will occur as a result of your choices.

You continue to live in fear because you have not yet realized the value of the gift of your life. What you need to ask yourself is this. Would you rather live a long miserable life, imprisoned by your fear or would you rather live even for only a few more moments in total love and peace of mind expressing what brings you joy? Why not live rather than just survive, no matter how long or short it may be.

The value of the gift of life is not just believing, but knowing you are love, loving, lovable and loved. This knowingness frees you to live your life to the fullest. Realizing, accepting and implementing the value of the gift of life allows you to be courageous enough to speak the truth aloud and then follow that heartfelt truth with right action, despite and in light of any perceived losses.
This is the only loving and honorable way to value the gift of life; that is far more precious than any house, car, job or relationship outside of self.

There is no more worthwhile journey you can ever embark upon. When you permit yourself to value the gift of life, you then by example give license to all others to do the same; not that they do not require your permission, nor do you need theirs. Others will simply find their courage in observing your successful change and be willing to do the same.

When you value your life you move boldly forward directed by your heart, joyfully experiencing every step along your journey with the understanding it is about the adventure, not a guaranteed outcome. You know there is no danger of unpleasant confrontation or accountability from another because you are honoring, respecting and loving yourself; eliminating the necessity for the external messenger to come along to uncomfortably reflect back your lack of integrity.
To live the value of the gift of life by being in integrity with the Truth of self, is to walk easily, breathing freely through life; because within us resides a brave heart that is pulsing with vitality in its excitement as each moment unfolds.

The heart that sings a song of confidently knowing you will be able to trust yourself to deal with whatever you encounter. A brave heart that playfully bounces through life without insult, injury or harm to others because it will not inflict insult, injury or harm by ignoring or denying itself. A heart propelled forward with the velocity of joy, not fearful of others expectations and knows the only true responsibility is “unto thy own self be true”.

You can soar on the wings of freedom expressing your undeniable lust for the preciousness of the gift of life no matter what the outcome! Right here and now you have the opportunity to be who you really are…this is the value of the gift of life.

Eloryia RA Copyright 2010