Allow

What a week. Two nights ago, I celebrated my birthday with friends. Bringing everyone together and watching them have a wonderful time was the greatest gift. The evening was topped off by a midnight dance to my favorite song, "The way you look tonight." This was the loveliest birthday I can remember.

I also had a great meeting for The Enlightened Studio. We are in the final stage of development and (fingers crossed) will be in production in the next couple of weeks. Times are good and I’m a happy woman.

Speaking of being a woman, I recently began studying a relationship curriculum called, Making Sense of Men (www.understandmen.com). The founder, Alison Armstrong, says the quintessential quality in true partnership is “Receptivity.” I started thinking about me and all my female friends. We tend to be on the independent side so it's probably no surprise that most of us have been single for quite some time. Not that we haven't dated, we've just been a bit unimpressed. No worries though. We've all shared the same mantra: we would wait it out until (or if) the “right” someone should come along, and in the interim, rather die than sell out. Well, as fate would have it, one by one, each of my lovely friends are finding love. True love. As I look back on watching them be swept off their feet, they shared the same thing in common. First they believed it was possible but no attachment to “when.” Second, and most importantly, they ALLOWED their special man to cross the formerly reserved space in their hearts with total access. Now, they love one day at a time, fully aware of the delicate splendor of clicking with their mate and grateful they never stopped believing. Love's divine.

It seems to me that matters of the heart (whether it be a relationship or the career of our dreams) is no different in how we should approach. We have to be open to the possibility that we CAN have our deepest desires. We must BE what we hope to receive and then ALLOW the Universe to deliver. Remember, the Universe only knows one word, YES. Most people know about the fundamental law of the Universe, the law of attraction. What many don't know is that there is another, equally powerful law, the law of allowing. If we don't allow IN what we've been asking (and let’s face it, probably begging for), then the Universe has no access, thus our dreams bypass us.

Ask for what you want. Then allow to be given to...