The saying on my calendar for this month is, "It's never too late to be who you are." When I look at it each morning I'm reminded of one of my favorite lines from a Michael Franti song.

"Be who you are, nothing more nothing less.."

I like this line because it is common for us as humans to compare ourselves to others, leading to feelings of inferiority or superiority.

It takes every one of us to complete the puzzle of humanity. It doesn't matter the shape or design on your piece, we are all the same size and have the same value.

Are you taking your rightful place in the puzzle of humanity?

What do you think would happen if you forgave everyone for everything?

Sometimes it's confusing to be human. We feel that if we say "No" to someone that we are being unkind or unforgiving. What I've discovered is that impeccable self care is the only way to feel secure enough to truly forgive and accept everyone for who they are.

Seeing the essential equality and beauty in everyone while discerning what human behavior we will and will not tolerate leads to inner freedom.

Spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health is a natural byproduct of undoing energy patterns that block or distort life from naturally flowing through us.

Take for example, addictive consumption. When we eat, drink, shop or even work compulsively, we reinforce a pattern that does not serve the natural, inside-out flow of life.

These patterns are erased each time we override the unconscious behavior with deliberate behavior.

I'm noticing that when I need to plug in to my own source of spiritual energy, I begin to crave adventure. (When I'm plugged in, even the littlest moments feel adventurous). This feedback system is brilliant - rather than creating some kind of external adventure or drama to feed me, I get still and feed myself from within.

Undoing patterns takes a little time, but mostly it takes awareness and a connection to one's breath. Each time we override these unconscious impulses we become more conscious and therefore more alive!

I received a fortune cookie today that said "keep seeing the beauty in simple things..." The "beauty" of that message is that recently I have been working on suspending judgment as I look at the world around me.

My experience has been that the absence of assumptions or attributions creates a blank canvas in my mind for truth and beauty to emerge from whatever I'm observing. Tonight it was a man walking his two dogs, a beautiful sunset, and the twinkle in a dear friend's eyes. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

There are so many layers to penetrate in order to get to the truth: socialization, upbringing, personality, biology, and the most subtle of all, life.

We receive different messages from each of these layers. Knowing which to trust is difficult.

Being a spiritual warrior, I follow life. Even when it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, or my upbringing.

In my marriage, life asked me to leave. In my practice, it directed me away from counseling, and the predictable business that came from insurance, and toward energy coaching.

The voice of life always leads us and those around us to our highest potential. I've met people who ask themselves, "What would Jesus do?" I believe he would go within and do what life says - and in his case he was killed for doing just that.