Rejuvenation is important, but people don’t always recognize the importance of stopping and refueling. People are worried about achieving too much and they don’t stop and take the time to rejuvenate and rest. We’re too busy trying to get somewhere, trying to do something, trying to please somebody, trying to achieve something. But we forget that the vehicle we are in is a physical body that requires care and concern and sometimes it’s only when it’s too late, when the body begins to shut down, that we start to say, “oh wait, I value my body and I’ll do anything to make it ok”. However, it’s the wrong way around. We take it for granted. Only when there’s a problem does the person stop and take note and then recognize the importance of the physical body. It’s like you take for granted your ability to smell until you can’t smell, the ability to walk until you can’t walk.

I would like to send a message to the people that now is the time for them to pay more attention to the beauty and the privilege it is to have a body instead of abusing it unnecessarily. Once you can figure out the importance of treating your own body with respect, then you can learn to treat the planet with respect and then you can learn to treat others – people, animals and nature – with respect. But when you can’t treat your own body with respect then how can you give or receive love and respect?

I get frustrated at people sometimes because they don’t listen. They’re given warnings, yet they don’t get it. I want everybody to be happy and be what they can be. On the other hand, I understand because I technically do the same thing. I can see it from both sides. I can be in a space where I don’t listen to my body but then I can remove myself from that space and see the harm.

It’s really important to love the self and respect the self because without the love and respect, nothing is important. As a consequence, you get what you see in society; people hurting each other, people hurting things. You see people not having any respect or care for themselves so they don’t care if they get harmed in the process of whatever they are doing. It’s people lashing out, people who have become angry and resentful because they don’t feel respected, appreciated or loved. However, you can’t get respect, appreciation or love from anyone until you begin with yourself.

When you put many beings together who hold love, the power of the energy can easily outweigh the negativity but we don’t always choose to stand there. People are more comfortable standing in negativity than they are in positivity and love because they feel undeserving of love. They feel deserving of punishment because that originates from religion dictating rules and the concept that you are punished when you are not good. It goes right back to the concept of “original sin” in some religions. As newborns, we never had a chance. Consequently, we automatically assume we’re all not good. The concept of religion dictating right and wrong and threatening people with punishment conditions people to internalize these beliefs. It’s easier for people to stand in the belief that they’re no good because then nobody has expectations of them to be good. Now there is no responsibility if there are no expectations of being good.

Humans are condemned for things that happened years ago, but that’s not you, that’s not where you are now as a society. You do that to yourselves, condemning yourselves for past things that were beyond your control. You may have been present in a past life but you can’t control that now. You can only control what you have in front of you in this moment so why should you be condemned or punished for events that are hundreds or thousands of years old?

We’re coming into a new way of viewing things and breaking free of these old ways; the old world control and system of punishment. Now people are starting to realize that they have more independence, more choice, and more self worth. However, it’s happening too slow. In order for there to be a big enough shift in the planet, more people have to get on this bandwagon a lot faster. The first step is to take care of the physical body and love the self. That’s where it starts.

Freedom is the key. Freedom in the self, to allow the self to feel for the self. As long as we love ourselves and others, aiming not to do any harm, that’s all we should be focusing on. No harm to the self. No harm to others. But it has to start with no harm to the self. When you help someone else but you harm yourself, then you’re actually saying “I don’t respect myself, I don’t love myself”. In effect, what you’re giving out is false. It’s not real.

I end this post with a mantra: “I love myself”.