Choose Peace Over Being Right: Reclaiming Your Power and Happiness

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Are you ready? Let's go. Hello, hello, my beautiful friend, welcome back as always. I'm so happy that you're here. And today I want to share something Simple but powerful something you can do right now today to raise your vibration Shift your energy and feel more at peace not just more at peace but more in control of your life and your happiness because Let's be real happiness is really important and in times like these It's easy to [00:01:00] forget that we actually have control over our happiness and control Over our energy and our thoughts so today I just want to offer you a shift a different way of moving through the world and one that Put you back in control back in your power.

So let me start by saying that in case you didn't know, my husband and I, we split our time between Belize and California. And if you've never been there, Belize has this very slow paced, ultra chill. Simple vibe. Our home there is on over five acres of beautiful jungle property where there's like monkeys and toucans.

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And let's be honest, the energy here in the US is completely the opposite of that, right? It's very intense right now. If you know me, you know that I'm really sensitive to energy. I always say it's my first language. I can understand energy more than I do your words. But you don't have to be sensitive like me to feel this right now, right?

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It's just the same energy but vibrating at different frequencies Now this might sound woo woo, but it's actually science. It's not woo woo at all So what happens is when we're in this collective charged energy? It can be really easy to get swept up into it and to give away our power You might remember this with COVID because a really similar thing happened.

It was almost like a tsunami or a tornado of fear and powerlessness and trauma and angst just washed over the world. And it really disconnected us from our power, from our knowing and from our innate wisdom. And that's really what I see happening right now. And here's the thing right now, especially in the States.

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Would you rather be happy or would you rather be right? Now, this is a phrase that I learned from A Course in Miracles, and I really try to live by this. I'm certain that my husband, Andy, might argue this point. He might say that I like being right, but that's a whole other story. Because when I read this question for the first time, like, 30 years ago when I first picked up a course in miracles, it just turned on a light for me.

It changed my perspective because I was so used to always wanting to be right and I would argue my political views and I would want people to understand the weight where I was coming from. I would argue my beliefs and I just don't do that anymore because I know how much power I give away when I do that.

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And I'm seeing this across the board. Even friends who normally don't talk about politics, they will insert these like political kind of comments or phrases into our conversations. And I find it fascinating, like so fascinating. I don't know about you, but I would much rather be at peace than prove a point.

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Chaos, are you feeding the frustration and this collective angst that's going on when I teach manifestation? I always talk about micro moments Because here's the truth. Life is happening right now. It's always right in this instant. Like there goes another moment and another one and another one, right? We can ruminate about the past.

We can obsess or fear over the future. But the truth is that our power, our happiness, it only exists in this moment. And right now in this micro moment, in this little slice of time, you have a choice. You can choose to be right, or you can choose to be free. You can choose to be happy. And here's the thing.

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This is not about pretending the world doesn't have challenges. It's about choosing not to abandon yourself in the process. Because when you spiral into frustration and division and anger, Who does that actually help when you're exhausted and you're overwhelmed and you're drained and you're frazzled?

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And man, it is worlds away between making noise and making a difference. And I know because I spent many, many years making noise. And let me tell you, it feels so good to actually make a difference than it does to make noise. So for me, what I choose. It's instead of just making noise, instead of arguing, instead of fighting about things, I choose to see the power in people.

I choose to focus on what I can create, not on what I can't control, and I choose to hold a vibration that invites others in.

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In fact, the only peace you will ever have is inside of you. One of my favorite meditation teachers, Thich Nhat Hanh, said something very profound and I'm going to paraphrase it here. I might get a little, a little wrong, but in one of his books, he talked about being in war. And he said that if I can't find peace.

When I'm in war, then the kind of peace I would find in other moments of life would be insignificant because peace is something that happens inside of us. It doesn't require anything external for us to have peace inside of us. So here's my challenge for you, friend. I want you to choose one micro moment to shift your focus to joy and peace.

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Like nothing can interrupt that. Okay, friends, so I hope this wasn't a little too preachy, but if today's episode spoke with you, I hope that you will share it with a friend. Friend, like subscribe and you can always head over to my website for free content. You can get my, you can download some free meditations and some free manifestation trainings.

Alright, friend. Until next time, stay in your power and keep manifesting an epic fucking life. Okay.