{"id":4773,"date":"2014-10-16T03:40:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T03:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2014-10-17T06:49:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T06:49:37","slug":"day-24-mels-love-land-next100-there-is-nothing-to-prove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/10\/day-24-mels-love-land-next100-there-is-nothing-to-prove.html","title":{"rendered":"DAY 24 MEL\u2019S LOVE LAND #NEXT100 | THERE IS NOTHING TO PROVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;No more questions please. \u00a0No more tests. \u00a0Come&#8217;s the day you say what for, please, no more.&#8221; \u00a0Love works in every situation. End of Story. \u00a0You do not need to\u00a0prove it, to\u00a0test it or anyone, you do not need to question it you merely need to take loving action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Near the end of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Into_the_Woods\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Sondheim&#8217;s Into the Woods<\/a>, about to be a major motion picture, is a\u00a0song sung by The Baker in answer and discovery of what it means to go into the woods on a quest to find yourself, arriving at the end of your patience, remembering the end of the hero&#8217;s journey is the return home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;No more questions please. \u00a0No more tests. \u00a0Come&#8217;s the day you say what for, please, no more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">There is nothing to prove. \u00a0There is nothing to overcome. You are where you are. \u00a0You get to be with exactly what is, enjoying your life in love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We all have our demons to work through. We all have the inner spinner that brings the same story spinning around and around. \u00a0We are all working through and seeing and experiencing what we need to when we need to. \u00a0Allow\u00a0the support of your loving healing expressive energetic to reveal\/heal\/expand loving opportunities in your life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;On April 10, 1994, I wrote these words, which I keep on my desk: &#8220;Never again will I do anything for anyone that I do not feel directly from my heart. I will not attend a meeting, make a phone call, write a letter, sponsor or participate in any activity in which every fiber of my being does not resound yes. I will act with the intent to be true to myself.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>When I accepted that I was a decent, kind and giving person \u2014 whether I said yes or no\u2014I no longer had anything to prove. I was once afraid of people saying, &#8220;Who does she think she is?&#8221; Now I have the courage to stand and say, &#8220;This is who I am.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212; Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, What I Know For Sure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May you remember there is nothing to prove, there is no one to prove anything to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You are powerful beyond measure. \u00a0You are a loving presence on the planet. You are here to shine your light and nothing is required of you but Love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May you feel connected, comforted and full of peace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Today. \u00a0Now. \u00a0Always.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May you be Oprah-esque in knowing the truth. \u00a0In her words today, we are remembering we are here to honor the gifts we have been given that are meant to share. \u00a0We are who we are and there is nothing that gives us anything more than we are.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">May so much easy supported expansion flow into all of our plans and dreams and loves and lives.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May you learn to care for every bush, every tree in to bring to light the natural beauty of things in themselves and for ourselves as it is, this will return us home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You are an abundant, amazing, awesome person,\u00a0deepening and opening to ever increasing celebrations of your heart\u2019s expression fully supported expanding into healing vibrations that sing with harmony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Life is meant to be experienced with gentle, tender, nurturing, kind, and loving ease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Enjoy yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">With Infinite Love and Gratitude<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wholelottaloveland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/your-sacred-space-is-where-you-can.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1347\" src=\"https:\/\/wholelottaloveland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/your-sacred-space-is-where-you-can.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Your-sacred-space-is-where-you-can\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Take Mel\u2019s Love Land pledge. \u00a0For the #Next100 Days I am going to consider the possibility there is another way\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won&#8217;t test anyone or anything trying to prove a point. \u00a0I will have acceptance and forgiveness for who I am, right now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t hide in the shadows. I will ignite my light!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t shy away from commitment, I will practice showing up for myself<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t\u00a0focus on the negative, I will accentuate the positive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t worry about what might happen, I will celebrate what does<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will have a miracle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t talk about war, I will feel peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t talk about what isn\u2019t working.\u00a0I will experience what is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t complain about what people don\u2019t do.\u00a0I will appreciate what they do.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Cura Et Labore \u201cwith care and work\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">I am going to allow myself to be uplifted.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">And be willing to see change. In a new light.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">In what\u2019s remembered.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">With Love<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Today is DAY 24 MEL\u2019S LOVE LAND #NEXT100 THERE IS NOTHING TO PROVE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more information check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanielutz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.melanielutz.com<\/a>\u00a0all systems love<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Into The Woods part 17 - No More\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMwIBI3TrcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No more questions please. \u00a0No more tests. \u00a0Come&#8217;s the day you say what for, please, no more.&#8221; \u00a0Love works in every situation. 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