{"id":5053,"date":"2015-04-09T07:57:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2015-04-09T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T08:19:16","slug":"love-is-the-word-i-n-s-p-i-r-a-t-i-o-n-and-advice-for-doing-great-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2015\/04\/love-is-the-word-i-n-s-p-i-r-a-t-i-o-n-and-advice-for-doing-great-things.html","title":{"rendered":"LOVE is the WORD: I-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N and ADVICE FOR DOING GREAT THINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advice is sometimes not worth the letters that hold it together. \u00a0It is often requested and often ignored. \u00a0All of us have our own perfectly perfect inner guidance planner\/system. \u00a0We are always getting the answers that are designed for our highest good and the good of all. \u00a0 You have the answer for your souls calling. \u00a0Never forget to check into your own intuition and sit with your self in silence embracing the answers designed for you.<\/p>\n<p>Advice can be\u00a0a celebration of your authentic self as it is a reflection of your dreams in full support of your deepening knowledge of your path and expression in life. \u00a0\u202aKeep in mind &#8211; in giving advice over the years (I don&#8217;t place a judgement on what has worked or hasn&#8217;t worked as every experience is supremely valuable.) There is no right or wrong. You keep asking for what you want and need and eventually you arrive at a completed project.<\/p>\n<p>The following is offered in service of deeper and deeper love of your heart song.<\/p>\n<p>FOCUS<\/p>\n<p>Focus on being your most authentic heat warming self, share your passions, follow what thrills your soul, know what you love and what you don&#8217;t. Get experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2015\/04\/openhouseforbutterflies5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-5059 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2015\/04\/openhouseforbutterflies5-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"openhouseforbutterflies5\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DISCIPLINE<\/p>\n<p>Develop a deep discipline of listening to your intuition. Whatever works for you to disconnect from the voices of the crowds and connect to your own source and purpose for being here, for telling a story, for producing a project.<\/p>\n<p>LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WHAT IS IMPORTANT<\/p>\n<p>Simplify, clarify and then amplify your project communications.<\/p>\n<p>BE PATIENT<\/p>\n<p>Practice patience.<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FAUCET<\/p>\n<p>Let the creative process work through you.<\/p>\n<p>DO IT. JUST DO IT. (I MEAN IT JUST TAKE THAT NEXT ACTION) DO IT.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get discouraged (be down, be whatever you need to be) take the next small step forward and keep moving.<\/p>\n<p>DON&#8217;T BE ATTACHED TO ANYTHING<\/p>\n<p>Backward or forward doesn&#8217;t matter. Stay present to doing what is asked of you and follow up on your word.<\/p>\n<p>KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT<\/p>\n<p>All the promises we make and break we do to ourselves. If you make a commitment keep it. End of story.<\/p>\n<p>BE RESPECTFUL TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT<\/p>\n<p>Leave whatever work space you enter better than you found it, better for your loving presence.<\/p>\n<p>CELEBRATE YOUR GIFTS<\/p>\n<p>Share the gifts you have been given, don&#8217;t hold back, in sharing what you have come here to share you will find there is an unending expanding energy that never runs out.<\/p>\n<p>ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to ask for help into the heart of that powerful giving and receiving exchange. Where each party is better for having come together to co-create giving what each has to give.<\/p>\n<p>BALANCE YOUR BUSINESS WITH TOTAL TIME TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR MONEY<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you know how to handle your finances.<\/p>\n<p>DREAM ALL THE TIME<\/p>\n<p>Always return to what feels most peaceful and meets your dreams. My thing has always been the Disney thing enjoy the experience of \u00a0&#8216;dreams are wishes your heart makes.&#8217; \u00a0And DREAM BIG!<\/p>\n<p>HEART CENTERED IS THE ONLY WAY<\/p>\n<p>Let you heart lead the way.<\/p>\n<p>ENJOY YOUR PASSION.<\/p>\n<p>Every great expression, award, experience returns to this one connected truth of our human experience.\u00a0 The truth shared through one heart in love with itself and the world connecting us and inspiring us by its naked grace.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has their own path to sharing their creative expression and working in the entertainment business and what that means is different to each of us. It takes a village is not just for raising children it is also the way the entertainment business works.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aOpening into the questions as to your why, will give your heart support in delivering you where you need to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aGeneral advice is just that. However, keep reaching out and being curious &#8211; allow\u00a0doors to open whether it is with the person you are reaching out to or someone else who has heard your request or the universe delivering the perfect person.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aWhen you make requests the universe always answers in one way or another and as a writer remaining awake to the other spaces of the subtler energies gives you a facility to being open to change and holding the intent of your purpose (telling the truth of the human condition in projected story) without getting stuck anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Each of us has an intuition that creates the web of our destiny. We have all the answers as to what is next for us\u00a0bit by bit you give all of yourself to what is in front of you planting seeds for what is next and you put it together.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aWhatever advice feels peaceful and thrills your soul &#8212; follow that. Whatever work expands your heart and opens to a deepening sense of who you truly are, share those and keep creating. \u00a0Stay in the space of the note you came here to play and play it. Whatever movesyou follow through, have the experience, trust it will all lead you somewhere. There is no right or wrong only openings into the present moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aMy path has involved so many things and experiences and productions and self discovery and a never ending force to share the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aWhat does your heart and soul cry out to do that can not be denied!? \u00a0What loving action can you take right now to nourish your soul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Lutz is a writer living in Los Angeles, California. \u00a0For more information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanielutz.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.melanielutz.com<\/a>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mels-Love-Land-Consider-Possibility-ebook\/dp\/B00PX8QUVC\" target=\"_blank\">Mels Love Land available on AMAZON Kindle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5057\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2015\/04\/Amazon-Kindle-Mels-Love-Land-Top-Holiday-Gift-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon Kindle Mel's Love Land Top Holiday Gift\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advice is sometimes not worth the letters that hold it together. \u00a0It is often requested and often ignored. \u00a0All of us have our own perfectly perfect inner guidance planner\/system. \u00a0We are always getting the answers that are designed for our highest good and the good of all. \u00a0 You have the answer for your souls&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,212,6,44,7,4,276,9],"tags":[92,325,14,41,33,38,61,32,31,53],"class_list":["post-5053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-100-days-of-love-and-inspiration","category-all-systems-love","category-announcements","category-i-am","category-inspiration","category-love-you","category-next100","category-soul-centered","tag-acim","tag-all-systems-love","tag-faith","tag-flight-of-the-soul","tag-joy","tag-love-you-for-life","tag-miracles","tag-peace","tag-possibility","tag-self-reliance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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