Dear Subscribers

Dear Subscribers and Followers,

I laugh as I write this post to my single subscriber and my single follower on this date 1/26/2020.  You might ask what is so funny but since you are me, you know that you(I) are(am) the only subscriber to your(my) own blog.  I want to tell you that I am proud of you for staying in the practice, for holding the space for you and for others, for being here for you in this moment.  The more you are here for you, the more you value you actually have to share.

I figured out how to research how many subscribers I have but have yet to find out exactly who they are.  I think that will become more clear once I have a subscriber other than myself.  I don't know why I find this humorous but I do.

I am speaking to myself as if I am outside of me.  It is one of the techniques I use to save the space for myself.  All of the other people that I am writing to (that are not me), are also deep in the experience of their own lives.  Because I am holding this space, remembering for you that you are incredibly valuable in this particular existence, whether you know it or not, or whether or not you know that I am holding this space, I am brought back to these exercises again and again.  As I grow, so grow you, even without your awareness of that fact.  As I love you, you love you better now too.  As I love me better, I love you better.

I am incredibly aware of you as you change and grow and become the you that you are becoming.

As your(my) thoughts become reality, I(you) reap the rewards or the "punishment" of them.  The thought must exist before it can become reality.  Therefore the time that is allotted to the thought is important.  The attitude surrounding the thought is crucial to the eventual experience.  You (I) have been doing an exceptional job of shifting your (my) perception in a way that allows your (my) growth.

Sincerely, Carmen

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