It reminded me of course, to enjoy where I was at.

It also delighted me that people write things like this.

The whole world occurs to me like a living book, with people creating on its surfaces everywhere.

We are invited to participate all the time.

Sometimes the messages are less appealing- we can still choose to enjoy where we’re at.

I get crabby and impatient often- the other day I was at a food bar waiting to get some food, behind a young man with headphones in his ears, moving microscopically slow as he dished up his food- the food that I wanted to quickly get.

I had urges to push him aside and definitely was NOT enjoying where I was at.

Then I remembered this sign, and refocused on a laughing baby in the store, and realized that it was my choice about what to enjoy- or not.

What are you enjoying choosing?

Here’s my partner John and I, “trail napping” on a hike.

I figured out that I would hike more often if I knew I could rest along the way.

And it’s absolutely true. I have hiked farther, higher & more often than ever before.

And it helps that John loves views and carries our backpack

Of course this is a life metaphor too.

What else might we do if we gave ourselves complete permission to “rest along the way?”

I’m envisioning all the new ways to create and play by resting along the way.

How about you?

My Write it NEW with SARK program is still open until we begin tomorrow, and you are most exquisitely invited to be in creative communion with me and a whole tribe of creatives, AND rest along the way.

I forget this every day and try to “make do” with what seems to be there.

I forget that I can draw, paint, sing, or otherwise CREATE it into BEING.

Thank goodness I can remember this and then share it with others too.

One of my absolute favorite “children’s” books is Harold and the Purple Crayon- because he literally draws his life adventures into physical reality by using his dreams and his vision.

Our dreams and visions are so powerfull!

When our Inner Wise Selves are in action, there is literally nothing we cannot do, be or have.

I like to say & live;

You have enough

You do enough

You are enough

And if any part of you believes that’s not true, that’s an inner critic- or more than one! You and your Inner Wise Self can learn to transform those inner critics ongoingly and forever using the kind of transformative processes I created to help myself and others to be able to do that.

If you’d appreciate being with a tribe of kindred spirits doing these kinds of transformative practices, I’ll be on the phone this Saturday to talk more about just that in my WINS- Writing Your Life NEW program which starts soon.

We’ll be lounging around on the phone together, laughing & learning about DRAWING our desires into BEING.

You’re invited to all or part of this uplifting call, and invite anyone else you think might be inspired.

“See” you then,
SARK (aka Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) 

PS- You can register for the Write Your Life NEW call this Saturday HERE

I’ve now returned from vacation and am jumping for JOY- here’s my partner John, jumping;-) about how many people are watching my free Activating and Empowering Your Personal Power video series, and engaging deeply with their Inner Wise Selves and transforming their inner critics.

These kinds of transformations are truly powerFULL.

The video series is on this week, into early next and I invite you to join us here if you haven’t already- it’s incredibly fun & I’m really enjoying dialoguing with as many people there as I can.

And in the midst of jumping for joy, I’m also crawling through challenges, staggering towards ecstasy, resisting change, and revisiting previous patterns.

While all these things are happening, I’m in continuous connection with my activated and empowered Inner Wise Self, so that I can transform things skillfully and as often as possible- with great love.

Sending you love + transformations in every dimension in your life~

I’m in Mexico on vacation with John and our friend Edward for my birthday.

I hadn’t planned on posting here today, but when I heard about what happened in Boston, I was flooded with the feelings of miracles leaping forward to help. These leaping miracles are everywhere all the time of course, and are brought forward especially in times of challenge.

I believe that our abilities to see and experience these miracles are directly affected by our awareness of what I call our Inner Wise Selves. These Inner Wise Selves are always with us, just waiting to be called upon. Some people don’t call.

I know I didn’t for the many years I engaged in self destructive behavior, or just lack of awareness. I didn’t know that the unconditional love of this aspect of ourselves is limitless and powerfull. With our Inner Wise Selves in action, we have immense transformational abilities to help shift whatever happens in this world- and without physically being there.

We forget or don’t know how much energetic effect we have. We think that our only way to help is to DO something, and don’t realize that to BE connected to our Inner Wise Selves in action, is the best benefit we can offer.

I created a brand new video series all about this. It’s free, and you can sign up for it here.

I’m sending you grace, nourishment from your Inner Wise Self and my love~

I love to pack.

I might love packing more than actually going.

Everything about it delights me- the organization, the planning, the gathering of favorite things.

My mom used to bring little “fun packets” for me on all our long car trips, and give them to me along the way, at the perfect moments.

I reveled in the magazines, puzzles, games & snacks and so appreciated that she packed these for me.

Now, I pack these kind of things for myself, and relish the tradition and the existence of miracles all along my path.

I will be saturated with miracles, I just know it!

And I’ll ask for them to appear- miracles love that kind of thing.

Miraculous people will show up to play too.

And then, I will return home and enjoy UNpacking!!

People Amaze Me

I love that our dreams never stop knocking and desires keep coming.

No matter what happens in our lives, we still dream and desire and want more.

When I mentor people, I have the great privilege of witnessing & facilitating their dreams & desires being made REAL.

My mentoring clients amaze me with their visions and expressions and everything that gets created, produced and released.

In every case, there are fears, doubts, uncertainties and avoidances.

There are also brave moves, ingenious solutions, feelings transformed, grace glowing and hearts leaping.

All of it comes together into the NEW.

People amaze me with what’s inside them.

We are made to allow our desires to flow through and take shapes, to invent new lives, all along this great wild ride called life.

When I attempted suicide at age 35, I of course had no idea what I would have missed if I hadn’t stayed around.

No SARK books, products or programs.

No cat named Jupiter or Magic Cottage in San Francisco, or officiating at my baby brothers wedding, or finding this remarkable partner and man that I live with and love so happily now.

When I called the suicide prevention line to share what I’d done and get some help, the woman on the phone said; “Did you really want to die, or did you just want the pain to end.”

Aha!

I had just wanted the pain to end, and hadn’t known how.

I found out that the HOW was me learning to really love me, with the help of my inner Wise Self, and to express all the dreams and desires I had inside.

And transform the pain.

And so I began…….

And continue.

p.s. It’s such a privilege to mentor those in my Magical Mentoring program. It’s currently fantastically full, but if you are called, please let me know here, and I’ll notify you when there’s an opening.

To put a written message into a bottle, seal it and let the sea deliver it, seems to me to be pure magic.

John and I were taking a beach walk, celebrating our 6 month anniversary, and I found a note inside of a glass bottle, half buried in the sand.

I yelped at the sight.

It said “I love you” in a printed label on the bottle, which seemed kind of commercial to me, but since we didn’t yet know what was inside, we decided to wait and see if there was something more personal in the written message.

We went to a favorite restaurant, and our friend and manager Arthur, extracted the cork. I put my index finger in and carefully pulled out the slightly damp rolled note.

It was written in Spanish, in a ball point pen, saturated with perfume, and a lipstick kiss. And if that wasn’t romantic enough, there were pale pink rose petals inside the bottle.

A woman at a nearby table offered to translate, after we told Arthur that we didn’t speak Spanish.

She said; “It’s basically all about giving thanks to the virgin saints, for your complete love, health and happiness.”

We joked about the virgin part, but the rest sounded about right.

We shared with our translator that we were celebrating our anniversary & love and people at other tables chimed in with their stories and blessings too. We all felt like we were in a love story together.

It reminded me that we are all always living our love stories- with ourselves, and others- and messages are delivered in all sorts of ways.

I want to always be on the lookout for messages and messengers of love and magic, and be open to however they arrive.

And live my life in the stream of energy that results. Especially when I feel scared, or shy or insecure. Or seeking support for my next best path.

I utilize the services of good coaches, guides and mentors at such times, and enjoy mentoring others too.

*In what ways are you living your own love story?

*Where are you coming forward or hiding?

*And/or are you practicing in the “marvelous messy middle?”

*Are you willing to be with all the aspects of yourself and others?

*How are you practicing loving your self?

Let me know.

With love, Susan (aka SARK)

p.s. – If you think you would benefit from being mentored by me, I have 2 openings right now in my Magical Mentoring program- to work 1 to 1 with me. Go here if you’re interested & we’ll see what magic results!

Watching Dan & Lana stand together in a circle of rose petals, I was struck by how much love loves to show up. It was there with us in the forest- visible, audible, and just mystically present.

And of course it doesn’t just show up among the rose petals.

It shows up as an opportunity for us when we’re tired or crabby or feeling overwhelmed. Or when we think we feel “unloved” by others.

The opportunity goes both ways- love showing up for us, and us showing up for love. We can often allow love to show up for us. Showing up for love calls for us to practice. In both cases, our abilities to receive love can be expanded through practice. Practicing means things like asking, exploring, fumbling, resisting, opening, and allowing.

We can ask love to show up especially when we feel fear too. Love can and does melt fear if we let it.

Ways to feel and experience more love:

*Acknowledge and feel your feelings when you’re actually feeling them.

*Do this by saying out loud the name of your feeling or feelings; “_____, ______, I see you, I hear you, I acknowledge you.” This allows your feelings to soften and change shape, and not get stuck inside your head and body.

*Ask for love to show up for you in whatever way it chooses- not the way or ways most known to you. Then be willing to see the love when it appears and let it expand.

*Give yourself the gift of showing up for love even when you don’t know exactly how- follow love’s lead.

*Help others know how to love you even more- by giving descriptions of what feels loving to you. Then, let go of your attachment to them doing it that way, and allow them to give to you in their language, in their way.

Open all your faucets and let love IN.

That’s what I’m doing now as I’m writing this. It felt more like a trickle as I began writing;-) Writing is such a healer & transformer.

Let me know the tiny or large ways that love is showing up for you, or how you’re showing up for love- I’ll love to read them!

I’m showing up for love by:

*Being available to love and be loved, and not hiding or isolating

*Practicing receiving love in new ways that sometimes feel uncomfortable

*Asking for specific kinds of loving support that feel good for my unique self

I’m allowing love to show up for me by:

*Listening to the “language of love” from others, even if it’s not my style

*Trusting that love is always there in all ways, even without “evidence.”

*Telling loving stories about myself and others

The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is fear. And we cannot occupy both feelings at the same time.

When I’m experiencing fear, I look for love to pull me up or out- into a new view. Sometimes I cannot see a new view in the midst of my fear thoughts and feelings.

I can count on fear to narrow my view, contract my experience and provide lots of reasons to fear more. There are truly endless variations of fear. I can find lots of evidence to support fear, and people to join me in sharing their fears too.

I’ve learned to practice looking towards love no matter what the “evidence” is. And I do specific practices to accelerate my process.

I can count on love to widen my view, expand my experience and provide lots of reasons to love more.

Here’s my “recipe” for Great Emotional Health:

• Identify what’s cooking in your emotions by tuning in to your feelings and seeing what they are.

• Express those feelings in some way. In writing or movement or sharing them with someone.

• No measurements of feelings allowed. Feelings don’t have heads!

• Generous applications of ease, allowing and surrender.

Have on hand:

• Acceptance, Grace, Wonder, Mystery and Mastery.

• Assemble ingredients ongoingly, as needed.

• Cook at medium temperatures with fairly close supervision.

• Serves 1, and many more, all of your life.

Test the recipe with your inner Wise Self and empower and activate that part of you to help you to create a feelings care plan for yourself, and use it consistently for a self-loving and self-caring life.

This is the ultimate organic, raw, non gluten, low calorie, high protein diet!

The point is not to NOT feel fear- the point is to expand your experiences of love so that you can tend to all of your fears skillfully and with great love.

Susan (aka SARK)

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