As we are winding down the end of the 2022 solar year and preparing to enter a new solar year ion March 20, there is a definite feeling of endings in the air. Are you feeling it? This equinox is particularly important because it is followed by a very rare Alpha Omega Portal in Aries that has only happened 3 times in the last 1000 years. If you are chomping at the bit for some fresh energy, a fresh start, and new beginnings that are really new, you’re in luck because we are having a clear out right now as we get ready for a spectacular new year. This week is the final week of our 2022 solar year and it is also a time when many people do a spring clean in time for the first day of spring March 20. We can do an energetic spring clean too, as our energetic focus and fulfillment are pointing us in different directions now. The old ways of self sacrifice and doing for others is being replaced by self awareness, self service, and joy. This is going to have a big impact on how we interact with others, especially the people we try to help and who take advantage of our good intentions. If you’re feathers are ruffled by the people who are not treating you respectfully, it is time for a showdown and a reconsideration of who you are allowing into your life and what you do for others. It’s a good thing though, as we take our stand at the this is not OK corral.
Everyone seems to be getting lessons in dealing with people who seem to not only disregard their needs but who do the exact opposite. What do you do with someone who appears to deliberately oppose your wishes, stand in your way and block your efforts?
Their behavior is not OK and they force you into a corner. Do you come out fighting or walk away? And how do you decide what is not OK and what to do after that? Any time we are faced with a situation where someone is not giving us what we want the answer to all of our questions lies within us. That person has so much wonderful, enlightening information for us that we can understand once we move away from the ‘this is not OK’ position.
Sure, their behavior may be wrong but why did we choose that experience with them and what do we have to learn from it? I have found, in many years of giving spiritual counseling, that our lessons in power are always presented in ways that make us feel powerless. What we do in that moment determines whether our next step is reconnecting to our power or holding our ground and demanding that the other person do what we want them to do.
While we would like to have a more moderate outcome, where we get out needs met and the other person sees the value in that, it isn’t always possible. And the longer we stay in that situation the more challenging it is for us. Our showdown then becomes a standoff, then we are standing still, further entrenched in our demands and blind to any other outcome. While we may think that the other person is just being stubborn, they are giving us valuable information and the first question we can ask is why we are making that particular demand of them.
And there is part of our answer because we generally choose the person who will not or cannot give us what we want (remember the lessons in power).
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