At a workshop I was presenting, a woman placed her handbag on the floor by her chair. A second woman suggested that by placing her purse on the floor, she was giving her money the message that itis'nt important - and this would decrease abundance. I asked if this advice sounded fear or love based? This started a lively discussion that took the workshop to a very different beginning than the one I had intended. It also made it very clear just how much fear we include in even our best intentions.

As parents we desire the best for our children. Weintend to save them from all the things that hurt us as children.We are so devoted to this, on both conscious and unconcious levels, that we introducefear into our loved one's lives without even realizing it. This isn't new. Our parents loved us enough to fill our lives with fear too!

This world that we create together each day is a truely magical place. It responds completely and exactly to our highest choices and desire. Have a lokk around you. That wich surrounds you is a perfect display of what you are committed to. Celebrate that at last it is clear! Now make a higher choice if you are not thrilled with what you see.

Is what you see fear or love based? To me that question always requires and honest answer from myself. If I am stuck in a dead end job, or feel that I am earning less than I deserve, is that love or fear based? Am I afraid of the power figures in my life? Is this fear real? Or is it a childish remnant of being afraid of being punished by a harsh parent? Of being afraid of loosing their love?

Does the situation in your adult life really call for that fear? Are you about to be eaten by a lion? Often simply witnessing the fear is enough to help us realize that it is out place and time and allow us to naturally let it go.

When we focue on the positive or love basedthings in our lives, the things we desire more of, then that is exactly what we crreate.When love is all we see, then that is all that can exist in our part of the world. Fear can't exist in the face of such a powerful force.

I was at a Flower of Life ceremony with many dear friends and one of them began a familiar statement. As he finished I realized that my understanding and ability to focus on love had just been expanded and up levelled. I realized that by stating that all there is, is love and fear, I was focusing on fear at least half as much as love.

What my friend said, that changed my focus and my understanding so much was simply - All there is, is love and gratitude.

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Synchronicity: The Magazine October/November 2003