I am not a morning person.  At all.  I thrive & create best in the 7pm-2am time slot.  However, the society we live in is not built to accommodate me.  So I struggle through every morning and get up, drag myself into some clothes and make my way into the world of my day job.  It doesn’t help that I stay up pretty late, since that’s my wide open time.  Luckily, I generally realize after about 10-15 minutes of wakefulness that I’m glad to be awake and alive and move through my day in a better mood.  (Just don’t wake me before I have to be up.)

This morning after my alarm went off, I was grumbling to myself, as usual.  “I should have gone to bed earlier- Why do I have to get up- I hate mornings- blahblahblah”.  The phrase “Rule the world” just popped into my head.  My snarky inner not-a-morning-person snapped “I don’t have to get up- I don't rule the world”.  And then, this wise inner voice said, “Well, you certainly can’t rule the world from bed, so getting up is a good start.”    

I was surprised at this sudden nugget of wisdom from myself, especially so early in the morning.  And then I realized how useful that message is.  So many of us, myself included, have grand dreams of all the things we want to do and the worlds we want to 'rule'.  But our fears and self-imposed limitations keep us in our metaphorical beds.  We don’t rule the world because we don’t get up and start trying.   We stay in our comfort zone, with our heads under the covers, and avoid all the magic and delights that await us once we’re up. 

We all have a grand purpose here, that’s the very reason we’re alive.  We are ALL somebody important, each and every one of us.  But we’ve been told that’s selfish and arrogant and inflated thinking.  So we stay in bed instead, to avoid the pressure and the guilt of not living up to those big dreams.  Or because we get a glimmer of how big our dreams really are and that scares the shit out of us. 

Don’t fear your bigness- Embrace it.

Wake up!  Get out of your comfy bed and Carpe Diem already!

The world needs whatever special brand of magic you're full of, so start sharing it. 

Is your internal alarm clock trying to wake you up so you can rule your life?  What if you get up today and see what’s in store?  As for me, I’m off to see my wizard for more wisdom (that’d be Inner Me, in case you’re wondering)!

One of the comments on my What's the Best? post resonated as a comment that so many women might have made. 

RT said "Reading your blog made me smile.   It really struck deep.   I'm the kind of person to think that their "best case scenario" is the dream that will never come true and their "worst case scenario" is reality.  I'm working on believing that I can have a "best case scenario" reality."

So many of us let ourselves be paralyzed by that fear that the Best Case is just a pipe dream.  We focus so much on what we don't have and it locks us into that place of lack.  We dream of the future and it never comes.  And one of the reasons is that we don't ACT.  We say, "Oprah would never read my book", so we don't even write.  In my post, the whole scenario hinged on Gayle buying my book for Oprah.  But if I never write it, she can't possibly buy it.  Maybe she still won't, but there is ZERO chance of her extracting it from my head. 

_"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe the mere act of writing that book will reveal another dream or path to me.  Maybe I'll discover that I really don't want to publish my book, but that my goal is to share my words in another way- maybe greeting cards or T-shirts.   It may be that I'll never be on Oprah, but I'll have that same feeling of fulfillment and joy that my vision gave me.  It's just a way to feel that feeling and the details are irrelevant.  Without my action and dedication, my best case scenario will stay a mere hope in the distance instead of a bright light on my path, leading me on.  

Don't forget that right now is a gift- that's why it's a present.  (Yes, it's cliche, but it's also true.)   Don't wait to to start living once your someday comes, or you're wasting all the gifts that today provides.  Start to take the steps and do the work that gets you there.  Gayle can't buy my book if it doesn't exist.  You can't shine if you're hiding in a cave waiting for tomorrow.  Your dreams are waiting for you to head in their direction.  

Get up on your path and allow the Universe to shower you with all the Blessings you have in store.    

If you need support in seeing your path and setting your actions, please check out my Work page for more info on how we could work together.  Or email me for a free Fairy Godmother Session to dig into your dreams and see what magics we can find.