Fly FREE
You can Fly Free when your happiness is not dependent on anything or anyone else.
Freedom To Fly
I like to think that my freedom comes when I’m being myself without feeling limited by my natural desires, or my self-imposed limitations .... that I have the power within myself to create the life I choose. I can also be free when I don’t attach my happiness, or my success in this life, to anyone or anything. Letting go of all my inhibitions, that haven’t served me well, gives me the freedom I need to move above all that holds me back.
A question we all need to ask ourselves is, “What is limiting or stopping me from being FREE and having the life I desire? “ Wouldn’t you like to let it all go and be you? Break free, and fly!
I envisioned this painting, “Fly Free” one morning as I lie in bed just letting random thoughts run through my mind. I love to think and ponder on my day ahead, spiritually creating in my mind the things I want to have happen that day. It’s usually a very peaceful, lovely experience that I want to prolong as long as possible.
This experience surprised me when a fleeting thought came into my mind that was, like most fleeting thoughts, negative and distressing. As quickly as it entered my mind, something jumped in, and quickly snipped it off, putting an everlasting end to any wounding it could have caused.
Then a beautiful image of two innocent and pure little girls replaced that harmful thought. These young girls were full of light and laughter as they literally ran with joy along their path of life. No inhibitions, no fear, free of pain and sorrow. They were experiencing life from a divine perspective. They were FREE to fly.
(To learn to be FREE to fly read an earlier Blog, titled, ‘Lifting Higher’, written one enlightened moment after a chemotherapy treatment had brought me down to a place where I wasn’t sure I could pull through. I opened my heart and was taught by the Spirit to know how to rise above my pain and soar like an eagle. To see this Blog written 4/18/2018, click on this link; https://brushedbyawhisper.weebly.com/whisperings-blog/lifting-higher).
If you begin to feel very light, clear, and deeply at peace, that is your unmistakable sign that you have truly surrendered your limitations and are now FREE. This is where you rise, you heal, you overcome. Like these energetic, young, and vivacious girls, you too, have always had wings...you just need to embrace your faith and courage to let go and fly!
This month is July, we are celebrating Freedom, Liberty, and Independence. I am grateful that we are free in this country from the restrictions and control of another entity or authority. Our Constitution gives each of us the agency to choose to live our lives in a way that we see best. With this blessing comes the responsibility for our actions.
I like how Peter Marshall views our freedom, with this statement; “The agency given to us by our Heavenly Father can help us to elevate our way of life...if we think of freedom not as the right to choose for ourselves, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” Our use of agency can help us to become FREE to Fly!!
Your Transformation
When we understand our freedom and our agency, we can choose to elevate our life to be above the oppression, we can know that we don’t have to allow ourselves to be a victim, endure pain or feel rejection because we now recognize the power within us to overcome all that brings us down, to become full of light and laughter and like the little girls, literally run with joy along your path of life, and FLY FREE! Enjoy and embrace your transformation, your change to a new you.
Do you worry about transforming or making a change in your life? Does it seem like it is too overwhelming or time-consuming? The amazing thing about transformation isn’t about adding more to your life; it’s about shifting your perspective so life becomes more fun, magical, and joyful. There is a secret to your transformation, or stepping up and setting yourself free to fly...it’s referred to as MINDSET. It’s all about mindset, from when you arise in the morning to when you rest your head at night. Everything is up to you! (There is more to this secret that I’ll share next month :) )
My husband and I were intrigued by this scientific information that we came across several years ago, it explains the metamorphosis process of transformation that a Caterpillar goes through to become a Butterfly. I created this version for a presentation that I made at a training seminar we were giving at that time. I thought it would be enlightening and appropriate to insert it here for your information:
‘Your Only Limitation Is Your Own Imagination’
I want to share an incredible finding with you! We came across this information a few months ago and have been excited with the applications that it has for us.
Our finding began with this quote, from Richard Bach, it says; “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.”
The message in this quote is very simple, it expresses the complex cycle of all existence, that everything living.... willingly destroys itself in order to renew itself.
Let’s look at the journey a caterpillar takes to become a butterfly. As we know, the life of the caterpillar is relatively short-lived. He spends his days indulging and binging. Eating everything in sight...until it’s time for him to form his chrysalis. If one were to see inside, they would see a temporary state of chaos as the caterpillar turns into goo.
At this point, an internal conflict begins. Hidden within the caterpillar are cells that have been termed ‘imaginal’ Researchers have no idea where these cells come from, or why they appear. They are termed ‘imaginals’ because scientists can only hypothesize that their purpose is to ‘imagine’ something so incredible that it is going to happen. They have the vision of the butterfly at their core.
Imaginal cells are virtually invisible to everyone.... except the caterpillar’s immune system. Within the chrysalis, a ‘crisis moment’ or battle begins to rage as the immune system tries to eliminate these imaginal cells. At this point, the cells are few in number and can be destroyed as they are sparsely scattered here and there. But these imaginals are determined and keep coming back and attaching to one another until eventually, they form clusters of cells to strengthen their domain. These clusters form bonds with one another and begin to pass genetic type information to one another and slowly begin turning into an antennae, leg, wing, etc. Because the imaginal cells are resonating at a higher frequency than the goo, the physical make-up of the caterpillar changes until his destiny is altered and he becomes a butterfly.
For us.....it is frightening to leave the safe ground where the caterpillar dwells and to enter a cocoon of unknowingness. But the reward, the sweet reward....is to discover our capability to fly.
Instead of viewing the current circumstance of crisis in life as disastrous, what if you chose to view it as the call to greater happiness, freedom, and a more meaningful way of living? What if we were to embrace our crisis moments ... because it’s in that moment that the butterfly emerges and takes flight!
That is the moment when the imagination breaks through and soars.
That is when the amazing sprouts wings!
It is also in that moment when creativity blooms and your life now has purpose!
You are an imaginal...Imagine your life so incredible that you will fight for it to happen!
How do we harness the power of imagination to improve our lives?
Your emotions, your thoughts, your perception, your reactions, your attitude, and your effort. Every moment is yours to decide what you will create your life to become, so why not set yourself free? Fly FREE!!
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Your Life Is As Good As Your Mindset
Buddha was right when he said, “What you think, you become.
What you feel, you attract, what you imagine you create.”
Imagine what would happen if we would focus on what’s right with the world we are in, instead of being afraid of what is wrong, painful, or scary. What mindset could you embrace that will help you to get excited about what could go right .... and then invest your imagination to create it?
Will it lift you and set you free like the butterfly or will it keep you captive, in the body of a caterpillar, stuck in a world that is short-lived, tedious, and uninspiring?
Think about this .... change is inevitable, but transformation comes by your conscious choice.
Just like the morning that I was pondering, an inner choice instantly stopped the dark from entering into my mindset and something so invigorating and uplifting emerged. You can do this same thing as you choose to eliminate all negative thoughts and emotions and mindfully transform into a life that would be more fortifying, strengthening, healthy, restorative, and even electrifying!
You are the greatest project you will ever work on. Transformation is a continual process. Every next level will demand a different you, a better, stronger, happier version of yourself. So take the steps to move up a level at a time. Set yourself free, fly, soar, and rise above all that threatens to destroy you. You are bigger than anything your fears can use to imprison you or try to keep you captive.
Freedom begins the moment you choose to have the mindset that you can do the impossible through Jesus Christ. Feel the peace in your heart and let your mind tell you that you are in control of all your life experiences. If it doesn’t nourish your soul and bring you peace, light, and freedom ..... let it go .... Fly FREE!
Be Exactly Who You Want To Be
Be that someone who knows who they want to become. Be proud of yourself ... be proud to be who you really are inside, Be strong, be vulnerable, be fun and free ... chains and fear can never hold you when you hold on to the One who saves, redeems, and empowers.
Let today be the start of something new, a transformation from doubt and worry to a vision of light and determination, where you will begin to see yourself as part of a thousand tiny miracles. Notice them, embrace them, this is your life in the process of change, or transformation. This is YOU allowing GOD to prevail in your life so that you can see it from a whole, new perspective. Now is a good time to put your doubts behind you and open yourself up to see WHAT CAN BE!
From My Heart to Yours
I just want to share what I know, what’s in my heart. When you choose to Fly FREE ... to do all the things you dream of doing, you will overcome and endure with gratitude the challenges of this life. You will become the sweet, pure innocent YOU that truly wants or desires to fulfill the plan that God created ... even designed for you. Have faith in that plan, have faith in yourself. You are the only one that can change your destiny when you trust in God to help you along that path.
It takes courage to become someone who will always trust in the person who you really are inside ... but when you do, your entire world will shift. Suddenly tiny miracles will appear, and many things become possible, simply because you truly believe in your own strength. The once impossible task now becomes possible, and the possible becomes inevitable.
Unfair things will come up in this life, embrace them. Unfortunate things may await you, but you are always free to choose how you will respond. One of the most incredible things you can do in your life is to wholeheartedly and relentlessly believe in yourself and make the change .... transform into that beautiful butterfly.
Our struggles in life tend to push us to places we never thought we would or could go to. The miracle of it is that they reveal the brave person we never knew we could become.
My challenge for you this month is to remember that letting go of all that keeps us confined or limited is what will give us FREEDOM. Your hard-fought freedom is the only circumstance in which happiness, peace, and joy can exist. I challenge you to take the step to choose to change, become the butterfly and live life differently. This month of Liberty, Independence, and Freedom is a good reminder for you to use your God-given agency, and blessed freedom to be YOU!
My prayer for you is that you will discover your capability to fly as you use your agency to choose freedom. Set yourself FREE, know your Heavenly Father is there to strengthen and help you to lift your life above the storms of life, and Fly FREE!
Remember .... Your life is as good as your mindset!
Love to all, Jeannie
