[Barbara's Light Message] All as One

In your day to day living
How are you with yourself?
All as one?
Or together as pieces?
Working your attention around each piece
Stick the pieces back together to see the wondrous picture of us emerge!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Light Message] Love Leads

When life is good we feel love and share love
When we're learning in life we often feel unloved and stop sharing love
But when we're learning, changing and being challenged
This is the time to love ourselves, to feel love, to share love
And believe and know that whatever our situation
Love will guide us to a better life and experience.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Making Decisions

Do you find making decisions stressful?
If you are making a decision, on what basis are you making it?
On the basis of your own needs?
Other people's needs, what you want, what they want?
Making decisions will be very stressful if your basis is unclear
Your own decisions need to be on the basis of what you need or want (not others!)
If the decision effects others then include their needs and wants in the decision
If the decision is on behalf of others then focus on their needs and wants
Remember you can't make a decision for yourself based on other people's needs or wants, it needs to be made on the basis of your own needs and wants!!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Putting Yourself First

While putting yourself first can feel selfish
If you want to keep going you need to look after yourself
But even if you are looking after yourself are you still putting everyone else first?
This can cause significant stress and anxiety if you spend your life
Looking after everyone else's needs and only just looking after enough of your own
Without really making the commitment to yourself
The world needs each of us angels to be in our best health
Make the decision to value yourself equally in your work, home, life decisions
And take back control of your life.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Grounded

If you are ever feeling stressed

Take your time, slow yourself down

Siphon off the build up of "over active" energy

By grounding yourself and lowering your energy

Tai chi, qi gong and yoga are good ways to ground yourself

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Forgotten?

We know that we should pace ourselves

We know that we should keep perspective on what happens around us

We know that life is for living, enjoying the moment and keeping an eye on the future

But day to day it can kind of get lost in the sea of minutiae

And we forget our path, detour via the rocky, challenging path

So we need touch points to remind us to get on the path

These can be new year resolutions, affirmations, regular get togethers with like minded people

Or even calendar reminders

Find and set up multiple touch points in your daily life to help yourself find your path when you go on a detour!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Now

We can be so focused on progressing through our journey to our destination
Growing, learning and moving onto the next challenge
That we forget to enjoy it!
We are here to enjoy ourselves as well as develop
Remember to enjoy your now, now!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Inside Vs Outside

Is there a battle going on in your life?
Inside versus outside?
Got what you want on the outside but inside everything is lousy?
Got what you want on the inside but everything on the outside is lousy?
Our goal of having inner peace and outer happiness can actually result in a contradiction and can set us up for this battle
Inner peace is about be reasonable with ourselves and aligning our internal thoughts around the ideas for inner peace
Outer happiness is about the actions and activities we take on a daily, weekly, monthly basis that bring happiness to us
Our assumption is that the two things are the same, so having one will bring about the other.
This just isn't true.
They are interdependent, having inner peace will help us towards happiness but peace is not happiness!
Having happiness will help us towards inner peace but happiness is not peace!
If inner peace and outer happiness are your goal
Plan and work on improvements in both rather than just one...

Barbara x
P.S. If you feel you've got neither inner peace or outer happiness work on one of these areas first and then the other.

[Barbara's Daily Message] What is freedom? Part 3

Mental freedom
The freedom to choose our thoughts
The freedom to change our thoughts and ideas at will
The freedom to accept or reject our own ideas, our inner conversations and our fears
Requires self acceptance at every level of our being
Accepting ourselves as a patchwork quilt of experiences, perspectives, ideas and opinions
Great bits, crappy bits, bits you'd like to rework
Except each one of us unique, each one of us with a role, each one of us with value
And together makes a patchwork quilt of light angels for our earth
Freedom for us, freedom for her too!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] What is freedom? Part 2

If the freedom of our minds is always here

Why do we build a mental jail for ourselves

Telling ourselves what we can and can't do, what we can and can't achieve

May be even being aggressive to ourselves mentally

How is this freedom?

Break yourself free from this mental jail

Treat yourself and your mind with kindness, compassion, truth, love and respect!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] What is freedom? Part 1

We know freedom as the right to make our choices a reality

Whether that is to go out when we feel like it

Or to vote or protest or campaign

To have a voice, to take action, to have public recognition of our rights

But that is the freedom of our bodies and the expression of our minds

If this freedom is taken away

What are we left with?

The freedom of our minds, discover it!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] "Difficulties"

Living with "difficulties" is normal life
An easy life without challenges, u-turns or rough patches
Is a waste of "experience"
And doesn't result in us growing nor learning
We enjoy quiet breaks
But everyday?
Choose to grow, love life!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Being Detached

We all experience busy lives
With lots of things to competing for our attention
It's easy to end up distracted, busy and trying to stay on top of things
But our assumption that we need to "stay on top"
Can lead us to being overcommitted to our activities
Without thought to the impact on ourselves or our family
Giving yourself a detached perspective on your day to day activities
Will help to you keep yourself in balance and supporting yourself.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Who is leading?

Are you going where you want to go in life?
If the answer is yes, you have, at some point in time, decided to take control of aligning what you want with the actions you take
If the answer is no, you either know to do this but haven't got round to it
Or you don't know this is what you are here to do
Your dreams and desires are clues to your purpose
Taking the lead in your life is about living your journey and purpose
And creating that with each step, action or interaction you have
Start small and grow these everyday
Start now and going forward
Every step you take you will be taking the lead in your life!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Value Yourself

Love yourself as you would expect others to love
Enjoy life as you would expect others to enjoy it
Live life, have life, be life as you would expect others to live it

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Focus

Do you believe in what is possible?
Or do you not believe?
Do you value what you have and think about what you want to work towards next?
Or do you focus on what you don't have and feel insufficient in some way?
Seeing the possible while staying grounded in the present
Means you feel more satisfied with life
While thinking about and working towards your goals
Focus on the negative and the absence of achievement means significant dissatisfaction with life
And frustration at one's own performance
Which would rather have?
Check-in with yourself, does your day to day attitude and approach to life support your answer?

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Peace

We can all sign up to living our lives in peace
But what does it really mean?
Are we quieter, or calmer, or do we live without conflict?
Both inner and outer peace are part of the framework for our lives
Peace is actually about acceptance of ourselves, others and different opinions
Being prepared to discuss openly the differences
And finding ways for us to live, work and just be together.
Increase your peace through an open mind, acceptance of others and good listening skills!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Time

How do you spend your time?
Experiencing life in balance at variables speeds depending what is needed?
Or are you out of balance: one speed fits all or everything done yesterday or tomorrow?!
Getting the best out of life is not about using all your time, all of the time or vice versa
It's about choosing what you spend your time doing across your interests, work, family, friends
And especially, keeping yourself well looked after and in balance.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Doubt

Do you believe in yourself?
Do you believe in being here as a loving, valuable person?
Do you believe you are a light angel?
If not, why not?
Doubting yourself does not serve your best interests
Why waste all that mental, physical and emotional energy
On dragging yourself down
We all have imperfections, so what!
Stop thinking that to fit in this world requires you to be less than you are
If you catch yourself "self-bullying" tell yourself:
"I bring what is needed, I am perfect for today!"

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Being an Angel

There are all sorts of angels
Tall ones, short ones, chatty ones, quiet ones
But they all have one thing In common...
Sharing love, peace, truth, compassion and harmony
Among our fellow humans
Keep sharing!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] For Better, For Worse

Life has its ups and downs
When life is great, when we feel happy and rested
It feels easy to change our world
To kick some bad habits, to change our life
But when life is tough, when we feel challenged and tired
When getting out of bed and taking the next step feels like an achievement
What then?
We tend to plan change and self improvement when we feel our best
But in order for it to stick we need to look at how we will manage when life feels rough
Then when we stick to our plans in the tough times
We can be confident we can make the changes that we want to.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Recovery I

When life feels pointless remember the moments in your life when it didn't
Pull together photos, cards, souvenirs of these times, whether in a physical album or electronic
So you have them ready to help you out of the tough times
Our brains are not our soul or our spirit
While our brains can be dragged down by our thoughts
So it is true that our brains can be dragged back up to joy by our thoughts
Have your positive value and experience reminders ready to help yourself climb out of hole!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Valued and loved

Negative feelings of frustration, anger or apathy
Show we are being challenged and our human "plan" isn't being followed
But this doesn't mean our place in the world isn't valued
In fact, because each of us is important and loved we are given what we need
It's just what we need vs what we want aren't always the same thing!
Remember the light loves you and your unique contribution to the world.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Joy

[Barbara's Daily Message] Joy

Do you like the unexpected?

Or does it "stress" you out?

Familiarity brings us comfort, routine and knowing what is next

The unexpected brings us challenge, new perspectives, opportunities and learnings

Does your joy come from knowing or from surprises?

Does your joy come from learning and overcoming challenges or from repetition?

Choose and embrace the experiences that bring you more joy in your life!!

Barbara x

See Daily Message Archive: www.lightguidedailymessage.blogspot.com

[Barbara's Daily Message] Believing in Yourself

Do you worry about how other people see you?
Is what someone else thinks more important than your own opinion?
Would you prefer someone else to make the decisions for you?
Each of us are on a journey to develop self appreciation, genuine self confidence and self acceptance
Valuing ourselves, our thoughts and opinions and making our own choices
Is an important step on our journeys
When we start to stand for what we believe, think, feel we can also start to appreciate what others stand for
And instead of arguing with others, really listen to what they have to say
Secure in the knowledge that each and everyone of us is OK!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Being Lighthearted

Are you keeping your sense of humour intact?
Throughout your daily life?
Do you laugh and learn when it goes wrong
Or do you stress and cry?
Being serious all the time makes life more challenging
And gives the impression you are a drama queen
If we have the basics covered and the errors or mistakes aren't disastrous
It's going cause a bit of hassle
But learning to see our mistakes in perspective
Allows us to be lighthearted
Have you got a lighthearted balanced perspective in life?

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Loving Enjoyment

How do we think of enjoyment these days?
Being passively entertained by electronic devices or prerecorded situations and stories?
Venturing out into the wide world to see, touch, feel what is around us?
Or by escaping into our imagination through books and day dreaming?
The latter two options we choose to engage in activities of our choice
Electronic devices, tv, cinema can fill time and give us a passive escape
But does this build our emotional bank account?
Rarely, it tends to deplete it through our inability to switch off
Active effort, active escapism, contact with real stories connects with us, makes us part of the world rather than divorcing us from it
Controlling and minimising the impact of technology on our emotional bank accounts is important to live in a sane and loving world...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Inspiration

Are you feeling the daily grind?
Wanting or feeling the need for change but not sure what?
We often assume how our life is is how it's meant to be
And we don't challenge our assumptions or expectations in life
When we want help with a problem our solution is often predetermined by the way we ask the question!
Firstly, Ask the light for inspiration on making the problem clear
Then ask the light for inspiration on getting the best outcome or solution to the problem

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Feeling Overwhelmed?

When we have lots to do and we get overwhelmed
We can feel like our heads start spinning
Which is our list of things to do whirring around our heads
If we are overwhelmed we can get stuck not knowing what to do next
We can overcome feeling overwhelmed by a change of perspective
Ask yourself "what is most important to me and will this matter an hour or a week from now
Getting perspective allows us to distance ourselves
And see the wood for the trees
Enabling us to sort through our lists and take the best next step!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Limitations

When we are facing our limits in our day to day experiences
We can feel stretched, stressed, vulnerable, even useless
But how can we learn if we never venture near our limits
How can we change and challenge our limits if we don't push up against them
If someone wants an "easy" life, they may think to live life within their limits
But this results in their limits shrinking and creating more stress and frustration
Our limits move with us and our experiences
Embrace the unknown, learn, and stretch your own limitations!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Generosity of Spirit

We all make assumptions about life
Other people's expectations generally defines our external behaviours
So our internal behaviours are generally defined by our self expectations
And if you believe that as a light angel you should have a generosity of spirit towards others
Do you apply that to yourself?
Or have you assumed that to be a "good" human you should be tougher on yourself and have higher standards and expectations?
Reality is that being tough and overly critical is self-sabotage
And developing Generosity of Spirit needs to start at home with yourself!
If you haven't started already, start today, bin those unreasonable expectations...
And bring generosity of spirit home!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Ups and Downs

Life has its ups and downs
When we're on an up we enjoy life, have a positive outlook and plan for the future
When we're on a down we forget the ups, our outlook shifts and we can find life tough
The truth about tough periods is they are learning periods
And we will come out the other side
Maintaining this perspectives helps us manage the emotional turmoil
Love, laugh, hope and see the truth...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Tiredness?

Are you looking after yourself?
Are you giving yourself enough rest time?
Or are you burning your candle at both ends?
Stating the obvious, tiredness is an indicator of when you've done too much
Prolonged periods of tiredness could indicate a persistent lack of rest or over work
Are you spending most of your time over doing things, over working and not resting?
As human beings we need rest and recuperation
If you are overtired, don't ignore it
Give yourself time and space to relax and rest and help yourself to overcome tiredness!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Acceptance

We walk our paths sharing our experiences with others, learning as we go
Many of us have felt different as light angels and felt "outside" of the everyday interactions of people
Some of us crave acceptance by others
But how many of us fully accept ourselves as the person we are
We are human we are not perfect-man, to err is human
If you want people to accept you, accept yourself
If you don't care what others think, accept yourself anyway
If on your light angel journey you want to grow as an angel, accept yourself unconditionally then accept everyone else unconditionally and watch what happens!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Hope

The path of light brings us challenges
How do we embrace and live the values of the light?
Joy, peace, love, compassion, truth
And as we go about our daily lives striving to live these values
We also bring hope to ourselves and others
That we can change our attitudes, perspectives and our behaviour
And so can everyone else
Given "the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step" (Lao Tzu)
So does the transformation of our hearts begin with a demonstration of our values in action
Bringing hope to others that they too can follow and grow on their journeys...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Dreams

The reality of life can catch up with our dreams
And make our dreams feel unachievable
But we can feed our dreams in small doses
Take a step here, do something to support ourselves there
We all know that Rome wasn't built in a day
Neither is reaching our dreams
Dream everyday, reach a little bit closer everyday
Keep your dreams alive and kicking with care and attention.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Steer Your Life

Are you doing what you want with your life?
Are you living your life the way you want to?
Or are you living the life someone else (often parents) thought you should have?
We are influenced, even cajoled into doing things or making choices in life
While we can't go back and change the previous decisions
We can start listening to what we want and steer our lives from today and onwards

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Live Life Simply

How do you spend your days?
Working and getting stuff done?
Are you trying to squeeze more into your day?
Are you cutting back on sleep to get more done or finish things off?
Living life simply is about giving yourself what you need when you need it
Having enough sleep, enough time and space for yourself and others
Then working and being busy fit in...
Decide what your "big rocks" of life are, put them in first
And then decide what else you're going to put in!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Attaining Peaceful Energy

Peaceful energy, a contradiction?
If we are energetic, we're full of life, action and buzzing!
If we are peaceful, we're at ease with ourselves and life and take life at a stroll
How can we be both?
If we were able to achieve both we could focus our energies on doing and achieving what is most important to us
while at the same time enjoying life, staying connected into the world and being calm
Peaceful and energetic aren't really a contradiction because they exist on different layers
Peaceful is an inner layer about how we are with ourselves and what is going on around us
Energetic is about sharing and directing our internal energy externally in a controlled manner
Instead of letting our energy run wild through us
Harnessing our energy and channeling it as needed balances ourselves and enables our peaceful side to shine through.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Your Route?

What route are you taking in life?
Are you listening to what is important to you?
Are you living your values?
Are you being true to your beliefs?
We can choose the easy route, following others, not causing offence and staying quiet
Or we can choose to walk our talk
Behave in agreement with ourselves
Living the easier route, deferring to others and standing back brings inner conflict
Living the route of congruency and honesty brings inner peace
We all get to choose: which easy route will you live the inner one or outer one?

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Bring your Peace to you!

Ever felt stressed or caught up in a fast paced environment
And all you wanted is to be was calm and peaceful?
All it takes is a bit of thought and imagination!
If we are feeling our pace is too high and we want to slow down
We can take a break or relax for a time
But what to we do when we can't get away?
By bringing one of our favourite, peaceful environments to ourselves!
Think of elements of your favourite relaxing environments:
The sunshine, bird song, relaxing music, the wind blowing through your hair etc...
What ever it is/they are, bring them to you when you need help to calm yourself down
This isn't about wishing we were some else but about finding ways to bring what we need to support ourselves through what feels like a challenging experience!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Truth Within?

In our search for meaning and purpose in our lives
We look for inspiration outside of ourselves
We look at our experiences and what we enjoy
Infrequently do we look inside ourselves
And trust we know ourselves already
That we have the seeds of everything we need for our path
All we need is some reflection time and some patience
To let our path emerge
Ask and your path will appear!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Power of the Voice

Do you know how powerful the voice can be?
Does your voice feel integrated and your own?
Or does it feel quiet and withdrawn?
Or perhaps chatty and scattergun?
How we use our voices everyday is a analogue to how we share or don't our energy with others
Balancing our voices within ourselves can balance our energies
So we make best use of our energy and our voices in different situations
Spending time meditating on the use of our voices
Balancing our chakras
And listening to instrumental music which feels tuned in with our voices
Can lead to having and sharing a more attuned voice
And a more balanced energy within.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Friday Frazzle

When life is moving at a hundred miles an hour inside your head
Take some time to slow yourself down
Breathe, slowly
Consciously, move slowly, breathe slowly
And when you've managed that
Move slower and breathe slower
Take the time to reconnect with yourself
And when you are feeling calmer
Step slowly into your weekend with a clear and open mind

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Perserverance

While we know life is about learning
Sometimes we can wish to hide from all the commitments and responsibilities we have
But life is what we make of it
Learning to value the ups and downs is part of our journey
As is learning from our own experiences
When things don't go well, being patient and giving ourselves permission to recover is important
But so too is picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves down so we can try again
Perserverance in face of adversity is a hard battle to win but the growth and value from these experiences is enormous
And on reflection become well worth the effort!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Feelings Unreasonable? Part 2

Do you ever feel jealous of someone else?
What they have, how they look, what they've achieved?
Do you think someone has everything you want?
Remember that's your external experience of their situation
Their experience on the inside may be completely different
Feeling jealous of others can expose gaps/frustrations in your own life
Take the experience of feeling jealousy to be an opportunity to review
What you want in life, what you want to be doing or trying out
And believe that you can go out there and follow your own dreams

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Feelings Unreasonable? Part 1

Do you ever feel taken advantaged of
It's easy to look at someone else, their situation or their behaviour
And react, have feelings that are probably unreasonable
Feeling like someone always taking...?
But are they giving back in other ways?
Or is part of your angel role to support them through their experiences?
It's easy for thoughts in our heads to spiral out of control
So check them out externally:
Either by writing them down or talking them through with someone
Make sure your feelings are reasonable and in perspective before you take any action!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Feeling Frazzled?

Are you feeling frazzled?
Just moving through your day, your energy reserves feeling low?
Avoiding people and situations requiring more energy than you have?
Just want lie down away from others?
Feeling more emotional, reactive or sensitive than usual?
Feeling frazzled is a sign of being energetically exhausted
This isn't just a sign that you need a rest/holiday/break
But also that your energies need a boost and a refresh
Qi gong and yoga are great ways to give yourself a boost
Practised regularly they help you maintain your energetic "strength"!
Enjoy!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Patience

Do you get frustrated easily?
Do you complain about your lot in life expecting others to sort it out?
Do you wish you would handle situations differently after the event?
Do you want more patience to help you?
There are different reasons we become impatient
We can be frustrated about an area in our lives that effects everything else
Are you?
We can be over tired, stressed or not looking after ourselves so we are creating background stress
Are you?
And/or we can have the wrong assumptions/expectations about how life/other people treat us so we can feel let down or frustrated about how things or life is going
Do you?
Spend some time thinking about the statements above and see if they apply to you
If so, think about solutions to help yourself
To live and share our light values with meaning us demonstrating them brings them to life for others
Becoming more patient will help us live and share them.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Life

[Barbara's Daily Message] Life

Living day by day

Experiencing your life and creating experiences

Let's you grow and develop

Ask the light for what you want in life

And they will help you grow and develop towards it

As well as grow and develop on your own light journey

Selflessness is not a light angel requirement, we can ask for what we want

We all need to know life and it's challenges to be able share the light with everyone else!

Barbara x

See Daily Message Archive: www.lightguidedailymessage.blogspot.com

[Barbara's Daily Message] Got that busy feeling?

[Barbara's Daily Message] Got that busy feeling?

Have you got that busy feeling inside?

Caught up with the pace of life, getting carried away?

It only takes a moment to check in and see how you are doing

And respond

By siphoning off that excess energy by rooting yourself to the earth

Or calming yourself down by taking a few deep breaths and centering yourself

Or even to take a walk outside and enjoy the fresh air

All these strategies can stop ourselves escalating our energies to "busy"

So we are more fun to hang around with!

Barbara x

See Daily Message Archive: www.lightguidedailymessage.blogspot.com

[Barbara's Daily Message] Know Your Own Mind

In our empathic, energy filled world of ours
We can feel pulled from pillar to post
We can be overly sensitive to people's comments
We can find difficult people very difficult to deal with
So how do we find a way through the "storm"?
By working out what are our thoughts and feelings
By knowing what is important to us
And by knowing our values
This way when it feels like the storm is arriving from all directions
Knowing our own mind is the rock the storm washes over and leaves behind in the bright sunshine!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Harmony

Light angels,

Spend your time in this world in harmony
Being out of harmony will cause you discomfort
By harmony we mean, internal and external interactions
If you are dissatisfied with life and without a plan to resolve it you will feel significantly out of balance
If you are not looking after yourself the energy conduit you are connected to can make you feel overwhelmed
For those not sleeping well (and not on night duty) this will make you more susceptible to emotional distress and low moods
Focus on bringing yourself into harmony physically, spiritually, mentally
Review your routine and create space in it for balance
Review your attitude to the world and love even in the face of adversity
Accept this world with all it's faults as a petulant teenager, it has it's heart in the right place but it's hormones (read energies) are out of balance
Our job is to help the world through its teenage angst by balancing out those energies
So we can all enjoy peace, love and joy...

The Light xx

[Barbara's Daily Message] Acting on your Ideas

There are two parts to every activity
It's conception and it's action
If your actions are not matching what you want to happen
Check in on your ideas of what needs to happen
Tell yourself what outcome you want
"I want a relaxing day" or "I want to finish this report"
And let the actions you want follow...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Good Enough?

Do you ever feel you are trying to catch up with stuff (work, home, friends etc.)?
Or even just feeling constantly behind?
Or you just aren't good enough?
These are all internal perceptions of ourselves that are unrealistic and unreasonable
We are all good enough
Did you get that?!
We are all good enough
And everything external to us we just need to change our relationship with it
And stop letting life run us
We can choose how we relate to life and live our pace true to ourselves.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Fast or Slow Lane?

Are you living in the fast lane or the slow lane?
Does it matter which you are in?!
What is the fast lane?
The fast lane is actually us getting caught up in the importance of what we are doing to the detriment of others and even ourselves from our attention
Resulting in us trying to mentally move faster than our own pace or the world around us
We don't have to live at a sloooow pace
We just have to be at the pace we are at
And develop a bit of discipline to spot when we are accelerating beyond our own pace
And ground ourselves back to our own pace.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Own vs Be

Are you tripping over stuff in your home?
Are you buying more stuff everyday?
Are you using the quick fix of ownership to paper over the cracks of your unhappiness?
Life is for living i.e. experiencing life
Rather than doing life or even shopping life!
Try changing your focus from owning material possessions to having joyful experiences
And become happier!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Taking Action

How often do you feel helpless about a situation?
Want to be able to do something to help but feel not able to
As light angels we have more actions available to us than we realise
Usually there will always be practical action we can take
But not always, maybe we hear about something afterwards or the event is far away
But with our light angel perspective we can send love, light and healing
We can ask for the best outcome from the light
We can focus our energies on support and transitions to help others deal with their experiences
And bring peace, calm and light to what is around us.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Support Yourself

Is life fun or a grind?
Or does that depend how we are feeling?
Often we can feel blown about by the winds of interaction
Happy with positives, sad or drained with negatives
Remember we cut our own path
Let us give ourselves some of what we need and love everyday
Just 5-10 mins a day to do something we each love, for ourselves
Can put a smile on our faces and joy in our hearts...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Reflection

Our journeys are full of ups and downs
We cope, we stretch ourselves, we get on with life
But do we ever reflect on our journeys?
Where we are, where we have come from and where we are going?
Not often
Too often and you can't see the wood for the trees
Too infrequently and we risk missing our wrong turns
Reflecting once a year gives us the opportunity to check in
Check our direction and our inner truth
So we can feel confident in our choices and efforts and realign if needed
If it has been more than a year since you "checked in"
Why not take some time this week to do so...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Your Own Space of Tranquility

In the spaces of swirling energy
Finding your own space of tranquility is key
Lighten your mood and energy with happy and positive thoughts
Root your energy down into the earth
Pull up the earths calming energy into your own
And focus on peace and harmony in your heart
Stay in your zone of peace and harmony while you go about life
If you lose focus, just follow the same steps to return
Practice and building your experience will make returning easier.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Dealing with Spiky Energy

For those of us who are sensitive to energy or other people's moods
How do we handle the ups and downs of events and those around us
Some people will talk about centering themselves
Some will think about protecting themselves with a "cloak" or a wall of light
Others will work on helping the person/event energy improve
These are all options available to us
But there is an another option,
Typically, energy sensitive people vibrate on different levels to the average person
And we can temporarily move ourselves between levels
And this is what happens when an energy spike turns up
It can catch us unaware and drag us to lower levels causing us discomfort and we feel out of sorts/off balance
When the energy is on a different level we can choose to be transparent to it so it passes through our own energy cloud rather than catch on it
We can still choose to take the energy in and transform it into positive energy out into the world
But it doesn't need to knock us off balance
This gives us another tool in our toolbox of coping strategies
Pick and choose which approach to use when you need...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Path to Inner Peace

If achieving inner peace was easy
We'd all be there all of the time
But life often tries us
And developing strong core values and principles
And learning to live to them
Comes with being challenged and overcoming our challenges
In times of chaos and confrontation
Remember you are growing, developing and polishing off your skills
So you are able maintain your peace across more of your life.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Take another Step on the Path to Inner Peace

Do you know where you are going in life?
What your divine purpose is in life?
Once you are able to gain clarity about your purpose here on earth
It acts as a North Star in your life
You can see it wherever you are and you can adjust your course to suit
If you are still working out your purpose
Try meditating and holding this question in mind "What is my purpose?" as you go into your meditative state
This way you can share the question with our universal consciousness
And then wait patiently for inspiration to show you.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Another Step on the Path to Inner Peace

Inner peace is an internal experience
As an experience, it is something we gain rather than hold on to
There are a number of ideas, skills and perspectives that together help us bring ourselves to Inner Peace
For those wishing to take this journey
Learning to take the steps, activities and actions in your day
At a calm speed rather than a panic speed
Creates space in your interactions with yourself
To develop the additional skills to bring about inner peace
Try living at a calm speed!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] A Step on the Path to Inner Peace

We are on a journey
From birth to death
We can fill that journey anyway we choose
As we grow and develop over our lifetime
We face changing constraints or influences from our family, our peers, our ideas, our experiences and our environments
But our minds are only limited by what we can conceive of and what we choose
If a path is not working, if dissatisfaction is a frequent companion in someway
We can use our minds to see and explore new ways and options
When we find a better path, let us understand why it is better and why it might not be
And when we are are ready, we can ask the light for help to guide us to our next path.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Inner Tree

[Barbara's Daily Message] Inner Tree

When you feel the winds of change and challenge coming at you

Swirling and raising your energy

Until you feel fit to burst

Tap into your inner tree

Let your roots be in the earth to ground and lower your energy

Let your branches and leaves move and flex in the wind

To bring your energy back into harmony

Barbara x

See Daily Message Archive: www.lightguidedailymessage.blogspot.com

[Barbara's Daily Message] Resilience

How well do we cope with adversity?
Our resistance to adversity and stress is termed resilience
We can develop resilience through learning from our experiences
Rather than letting our fears rule us, fearing the worst and hiding from our opportunities to grow
Gaining a perspective that our experiences are part of our growth journey
And realising that we can recover, take stock, learn and grow when tough times happen
Means our resilience grows with us
And we grow to handle it!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Listening

As light angels we can spend a lot of our time listening
Listening to others, listening to our guides, listening to the ebb and flow of energy
But how much time do we spend listening to ourselves?
Do we know what we feel and why?
Do we acknowledge our moods and feelings and how linked they are to our thoughts?
Do we listen to and understand our reactions to what is going on?
Remember, in our development journey as light angels, we are still human
And listening to ourselves is part of taking care of ourselves.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Being Selfish?

Are you being selfish?
Not selfish enough to give yourself some of your own time and space
But selfish because only your opinion counts
Your world really is self-centric, revolving only around you
If others get something wrong you think you could have done a better job
If someone doesn't get something right for you you bristle with anger or irritation about it
Rather do something yourself because your way is the only way
Have you ever considered the other person
What they are dealing with at the time, even the cause is just a genuine mistake or the outcome is fine really just different
Life is a lot more enjoyable and less volatile if you can accommodate others into your world view
And accept suitable alternative solutions, styles, approaches that others present
Next time "your right way" kicks in, take a deep breath in and ask yourself does it really matter?!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Commitment

Are you committed to your decisions and actions?
Ever attended a class, gone through the motions but not really made an effort?
Agreed to go somewhere with someone but been distracted about something else?
Thought to go on a diet but ran out of steam after a few days
Turning up is only part one of the commitment picture, if you don't turn up you'll never start something!
But making a full commitment is both turning up and giving your focus, attention and energy
Since this can be a big deal pick and choose your commitments wisely so you can be truly committed!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Reward

How do you spend your time?
Working hard, looking after others, clearing lost souls?
Time cannot be saved or stored
Today, now is the time we have, so using time wisely makes sense
Taking time for yourself, having a treat, resting are all rewards for can give ourselves for our efforts
Remember to balance effort with reward to keep ourselves motivated and fresh.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Mother Nature

We often spend time in nature to help us recharge
We spend most of our time and energy as light angels focusing on people
But we often forget about Mother Nature, she occasionally needs a helping hand
Love her as much as she loves us
We can help her in our own ways
Such as loving our gardens, environment, her animals, supporting conservation etc
It's easy to get caught in the day to day roller coaster of our lives
And forget to give Mother Nature a hug when we go by!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Spiritual Clutter

We all know about material clutter
Too much stuff, too little space
So what is spiritual clutter?
Spiritual clutter comes from our thoughts and ideas
Assumptions and conclusions we've made about the world and spirit
That trip us up on our light angel path
If we are aware that we have these self created trip hazards strewn about our path
We can at least look out for them and question whether it is a cause of a hiccup when they happen
If you want to be proactive
You can spend time writing down your thoughts and ideas about spiritual matters and/or discuss them with others who are also open minded
And keep the ideas that work for you!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Feeling Agitated?

Got that agitated feeling?
Can't concentrate, flitter from one thing to the next, things going round and round in the mind?
When we start to get emotional but we can't resolve it we can often end up agitated
Being agitated is tiring, ineffective and not a nice place to be
Learning to move ourselves from that agitated feeling to a calm space is a skill we can develop
First step identify why, not only the topic or interaction but also the emotional response such as, feeling let down or ignored
Then ask if it really matters, if no, we're done!
If yes, understand why and what you can do to help yourself with it
Sometimes just looking after oneself, practising acceptance or reevaluating our assumptions about a situation will help, etc, other times it's more than one action.
Either way we're trying to shift our perspective from an emotional, child like response to a pragmatic, adult response so we can resolve the issue as much as possible
And calm down!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Jumping to Conclusions

Ever watched someone do something thinking "I can't believe you are doing that"?
Someone crossing the road expecting traffic to stop for them rather than use the crossing close by
Someone making a fuss over pennies of incorrect change
Someone driving dangerously close to the car in front
It's easy to spot when we disagree with others actions and jump to conclusions
But is it obvious to them?
Have they had the same experiences as you to tune them in to the obvious?
Is their situation so different that they know but it's not important to them
So next time you see someone doing something unbelievable
Avoid jumping to conclusions and think about their point of view.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Genuine Trust

What is trust for light angels?
Trust is that firm belief in the reliability, truth and ability of the light
So what is genuine trust?
It is an authentic trust
Not a half trust waiting for you to be proved right
It is belief in the light helping us
And acceptance that help will come in the best way and at the best time (not necessarily in our time!)

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Procrastination

Light Angels, are you procrastinating?

Not doing something when you planned to?

Avoiding activities/tasks you don't want to do?

Making excuses for missing deadlines/changing timings for plans?

We all have good days and bad days

But how much is caused by the procrastination habit? Avoidance, dislike, apathy...

Procrastination often kicks in when we consider how we look after ourselves

We think we are fine, but we are avoiding the diet, disliking committing to exercise or apathetic when it comes to supporting ourselves

If you recognise any of these traits, pick one you'd like to improve and start understanding the reasons why you procrastinate and when

Then come up with some alternatives approaches/strategies to try to beat it

Unlocking these areas will reduce your stress and give you more time in your day

Good luck!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Joy

Living with love is a joy

Living without is miserable

Loving ourselves immediately brings joy into our lives

Loving ourselves attracts more love and joy into our lives

Sharing unconditional love with others brings joy into theirs

Live, love and bring joy.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Gratitude - In the moment

Are you a bit prickly?

When someone suggests something you don't like or don't want to hear

Do you react and say what you think?

Or do you value the person's thoughts even when they don't match your own?

We can be grateful for our "lot" in life

But not express it in our interactions

If someone takes the time to tell you their thoughts

Value the input and listen

Reply based on valuing the input

We don't have to agree but we can be open and reasonable about it!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Forgiveness

As we grow in our light angel roles
We adjust to a different perspective of life
We learn and develop our skills and values
Forgiveness is one of these values
We start through forgiving specific people and situations
We can then transition to a more forgiving outlook
Recognising people are human and make mistakes
So we become tolerant of people's humanity
We can also continue our progression through making forgiveness one of our underlying values of being so it becomes a continual state of mind rather than a repeated act
Life becomes more real and true when we value forgiveness with humanity.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Self Acceptance

As light angels we understand the need to accept others
But do we accept ourselves with the same openness and fairness?
Acceptance means we accept all of ourselves
We believe in ourselves and in our value and worth in this world
With this belief in ourselves brings an attitude of acceptance of the world and those in it
Acceptance is about what is already here and now
Not an sweeping statement of fatalism and inevitability going forward
Believe in yourself and transform your attitude and approach to the world!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Love Others

What does sharing love with others mean?
Being nice to them?
Helping them when they ask for it or perhaps in anticipation?
Projecting love towards them?
All of these have some truth in them but don't quite get to the heart of the matter
We can't love everyone as the special person(s) in our lives
So how do we love others?
Loving others suggests outward acts of love but love is about how we perceive people in our hearts
And with our light role of helping others with their journey
Together this brings the idea of love as "wanting for the other person the best of what they want for themselves"
This unlocks our compassion, truth and support for others in a way that the outward acts of love don't quite reach
Try it for a few days and see how it goes
And enjoy more love in your life!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Connections

Does the phone ring when you think of someone?
Ever "heard" a conversation about yourself when you were else where?
We are all connected into the spiritual ("light") network across the world
Tuning in can be triggered by yourself thinking of someone or someone thinking of you
We can use this network to make connections and be connected with those who are important to us which can then trigger these experiences
We can choose to tune in and tune out when we want
And we can use it to share love, support and energy to those in need
If you are in need just tune in to the network and ask for help
If you are feeling bouncy and bonny you can tune in and share your joy with others.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Quieten the Mind

In this busy world
We can get caught up in the pace of things
We can take just a few minutes when we need to to quieten our minds
Just take a seat, take slow, deep breaths and with each out breath drain the busy energy out
Releasing it into the world as happiness
When your mind feels clear, mentally take a short walk, somewhere you find relaxing, such as a wood, by a river/canal or the beach etc... for a minute or two to replenish yourself
And then open your eyes and take your internal peace and quiet with you...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Back to Basics

When we are working hard, trying to be the best we can be
Sometimes we have to remember the basics
And do these as well as we can
Our basics: love, light, compassion, truth, peace
The rest will follow...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Flexibility

How do you expect life to turn out?
Exactly as you would expect?
Or roughly in the manner you would expect?
Or never to your expectations?
The more flexible our outlook, the less attached we are to our expectations
The less frustration we will experience in life
And we open the door to more happiness in our lives...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Simplify

Are you getting what you want out of life?
Are you expending your energy to get what you want out of life?
It's easy to get caught up in doing lots of stuff often for other people
But if you are collapsing in a heap at the end of the day/week
It could be time to consider simplifying your commitments
And focus more of your time and energy on doing what you want to or resting!
Remember looking after yourself first underpins everything else...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Rhythm

Your rhythm and
The rhythm of life
Are you in tune?
Or have you overridden your natural rhythm?
While we have our own energy and desires
We still are in the rhythm of our world, not divorced off from it
We would all benefit from a regular tuning in to the rhythm of life
To keep our personal rhythm grounded
Ground yourself through contact with nature regularly.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Gratitude

As light angels we know about being grateful for our things and experiences in life
We can keep a daily gratitude diary to help us express and reflect on our gratitude
But how do we progress from gratitude on reflection to gratitude as we go about life?
To recognise a challenging situation for us may still have benefits,
To recognise value or joy in a boring or frustrating situation
This needs us to bring our gratitude to a whole new level
As well as gratitude for what happens to us
To develop gratitude for our place in this world, the miracle of life and the honour of having our light journey
And that we are truly blessed to be here and have this
Once we recognise this blessing in our heart and soul this will transform our view of the world and our place within it
To get to know this deep within ourselves is part of the honour of our journey
And brings a profound sense of peace.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Believe

Light Angels, spirits, light path, goody too shoes
It's rubbish isn't it, just a bunch a strange friends off with the fairies?
When you are wondering whether this light angel/spirit stuff really is real?
It's easy to know real when it's directly in front of your face, you can see it, touch it and so can everyone else!
But how do you know that something is real when you can't see or touch it in the same way.
We all have a sixth sense, it's just has different degrees of development in everybody
Some people can sense people's moods, energy, spirits, angels etc. and some people need time to tune in, develop and practice this sense
We can all sense but in times when you can't you just need to know that the light is here
Helping you with your path, supporting you with your experiences and learning
And if you need help just ask, believe it will come, just perhaps when you least expect it!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Love

There is more love in this world than hate
Love is shared between people day by day
Most interactions are based on love and kindness
Few are based on hate and conflict
It's just hate and conflict are easier to see because they can scale up into major disagreements
But love is here, everywhere you look there is a snippet or ten!
Because it is the basis of our lives
Keep sharing, keep loving, keep being love

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Joy Time

Do you know how to enjoy and relax yourself?
I don't mean go and do something else to distract yourself from day to day stuff
I mean even in the presence of day to day stuff can you switch all that off
And really relax and enjoy yourself in something?
If you aren't sure, here is the difference:
If it's just distraction, when the distraction over, do you feel a degree of "pending doom" afterwards that immediately starts you feeling stressed or anxious?
Or have you disconnected from that "action mindset" and moved into a "relaxed mindset"?
The rejuvenating effects of joy time come when we are able to disconnect from action...
If you want better joy time, try starting it with meditation, qi gong, tai chi, yoga or just simply a walk in nature.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Foundation

It's easy to start the year with renewed energy after a break
But what usually happens a couple of weeks later when we start to find we don't have enough energy to keep up the good intentions?
And we can get upset/frustrated at falling off the bandwagon
What if we focused on giving ourselves a strong foundation on which to build our plans
And we started with maintaining our balance, our health and our energy.
Giving ourselves enough sleep and exercise and balancing work and play, rest and action
Give ourselves a continuous good start with a strong foundation!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] What are you?

We are so used to the question "who are you?"
A soul searching question designed to find your inner self
Today, this is about how you have labelled yourself
And once we are aware of our labels, how we can change them
What do you see yourself as?
Lazy bum, hardworking but time starved mum, executive, healer, light angel etc.
You can have more than one label - pull them all out, work them out, even the negative ones
And in the cold light of day, really look at each of them, interrogate them and ask yourself
"Is this really me?" "Is this really what I want to be?" If the answers are "yes!" Fab.
If they aren't, time to change labels and pick a new one, one you want!
Write it down and put it somewhere, e.g. on your bath room mirror, where you'll see it everyday
And say it to yourself daily what you are, believe it and you'll become it.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Living Choices

Living is about making choices, big or small, hard or easy
When making choices that are difficult it is because we have no bigger picture to make it within
When we procrastinate we see many sides of the picture
But not how the picture relates to ourselves
Living our choices is to make our own big picture real to us
And to put a goal or desired outcome in it to give us a handle
Unlocking our choices and our comfort with them.

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Make Lemonade

When life has handed you lemons
Did you know, make lemonade!
Lemons are experiences/outcomes that you didn't want
Ask yourself what would turn this "lemon" into lemonade?
What could you do to turn an unpleasant experience or outcome into a pleasant one?

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Optimism

Are you feeling optimistic about the coming year?
If you aren't, what is holding your optimism back?
Too tired, life's too hard, my life is a mess, lost your mojo?
We can become drained if we take on too much,
Feel overwhelmed if we don't face our personal challenges
Or even depressed if we just continue struggling in the vain hope all will improve
Focus on one area alone, one you can do something about,
Work out what one action you can take that will make a difference to you
While optimism can come from an attitude it also comes from being proactive and making a difference to life
Take action, no matter how small, to get yourself going, keep taking action and build your optimism
Good luck!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Worry

Do you spend your time and energy worrying?
Even though you know it doesn't help
But you can't turn it off?
We worry when we are unable to see or think through something to a satisfactory end
And we often exacerbate the situation with our imagination and "what if?" thinking
At these times, take heart in reality rather than in your mind
Write down what is going on, see it for real in black and white
And then look at the different "what if?" scenarios and assess what is likely
And when you know that, work out what you are able to do about each reasonable scenario
If you need help and support to do this, ask someone you trust to help
And, as always, the light is here if you need it, just ask!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Love and Forgiveness

How do you want to spend your life?
Avoiding people you've fallen out with
Feeling "right", rejected or angry?
Holding onto negative feelings doesn't bring peace but more negative feelings
Leading to a downward spiral of internal negativity
There is only one solution: Let go of the pain and bring love and forgiveness
Both to yourself and the other parties
Then continue to live the path of love and forgiveness

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Interpretation

It's funny, some people just have a cheery disposition
Others have a frequent moan about the wrongs of their world
And pretty often they are having similar experiences happening to them
So what is the difference?
The way they view their world and what happens in it!
Some people think the world is out to get them
Some people think the world is here to help them
Some people feel powerless, some powerful
This means it is our personal interpretation of the world that is making the difference
The good news is...
If it is our interpretation causing the problem, we can change it!
Start looking today at the assumptions driving your attitude and outlook
And change the ones you don't like!!

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] Adapt

At the cold, stormy times of year
We can choose to fight and do what we always do
Or we can respond to the conditions presented to us
And adapt our plans
When we fight it costs us in all forms of energy
Sometimes a short fight will be what is needed
Most times we should consider changing our plans, looking for the low energy solutions
When you see cold, stormy conditions consider your options...

Barbara x

[Barbara's Daily Message] The Jewel of the New Year

New year brings us a present
An opportunity to reflect on our past year
And look forward on our new year
But there's a jewel to be found a bit deeper if we are prepared to go hunting
Are our lives summed up by just 2 years?
If we achieve all of our goals in 2014 would we end up further along in the right direction?
The jewel of knowing where you headed over the next few years requires a lot of panning and polishing
But it's beauty and peace are infinite when you've found it!
If you haven't found your jewel yet, enjoy the search...

Barbara x