 Welcome, this is Christy with Art of Awakening, and thank you for watching. Today I thought, well, I'm going to revisit this painting that I started a while back and you may remember it from a previous video, and we're going to, like, talk about flow because there's, um, something I've noticed recently. We've got a lot, we've had a lot of snow this winter, this past winter, in Northern Michigan, and it's all starting to melt now. I know it's April, but this is, this is the UP of Michigan, so it's still got a lot of snow out there, and even now, after it's been melting for days, there's some of the snow banks are still pretty, like, feet tall. So what happens when it starts to flow, when it's been frozen for a long time, the reason I'm talking about this is that a lot of times, when we're healing, whatever it was that we're healing from, a lot of times it sort of causes us to freeze up in some way. It's a protective mechanism that we have in order to be able to cope with extreme situations. So whatever your situation was, and I also want to mention that sometimes, like even just everyday life on this planet right now, can be an extreme situation because we are really living in ways that are not natural. So like, there's like, even if you think you're living a normal life, you probably aren't, right? And it's stressful. It's really stressful. Stress is like really hard on us, and sometimes it causes us to shut down in various ways. And when we heal, you know, part of that healing is this process of thawing out, of unfreezing ourselves. And if you've ever had an extremity of finger or toe or something that got really cold or froze, you know that it can hurt sometimes when you start thawing out. So, you know, sometimes this process of healing, it can be painful even though the healing is happening. It's like, you know, gotta get through that experience of, you know, having these things working through these things. So what I've noticed this spring, and every spring actually, but I've been really noticing at this spring just because there's so much snow that's having to melt, is that as the snow melts, as the ice retreats, things surface. So like, all the garbage comes to the surface. Isn't that fun, right? All the dog poop from the whole winter starts coming on the surface. Whoops. That's what you get when you put your brush on your feet bucket. All right. So, yeah. So, and that's what happens when we heal too sometimes. It's like all the crap. Sometimes when we have to be in a situation and have to bear it for a long, long time, we push these things, we push the emotions down. And again, it's a survival thing. It's a way that we can actually cope and get through it. But when we get to the point where things are a little safer, then it's like safe to start having the stuff, you know, start facing the stuff and start dealing with it. So it's just like having the stuff surface after a long, long winter. So if this is happening to you, if you've been, you know, going through this healing process and you just like, and it's beaten you up, just know that there's nothing wrong with you. There's nothing wrong with you. It's part of the healing process. And sometimes we do this even on the behalf of the collective. So if you think, well, you know, there's really, I'm not healing for much or like that, you know, if you were looking at your life and saying, you know, what do I have to heal from? Your whole society is healing. So sometimes we, very sensitive people, we lightworkers are actually doing a lot more work than we think we are. So I guess the message that's coming through for me right now is to really have some compassion, the self-compassion. Because all of us, I think, are dealing with more than than we think we are. It's there's big, big shifts and big changes happening on a universal level. And it's not easy. And just know that whatever you're doing, whatever you're doing to heal yourself or to feel good or to make others feel good, it's having a major impact. It does make a difference. All right, so like back to this melting thing. I had some thoughts about that because there's different things that come up that can happen you know, when when we have stuff like coming up coming up out of the frozen mess. And out here in my yard, I've noticed that there's different types of debris that surface and some of it, and this corresponds to different things that come up for us in healing. Okay, and there's different ways that you have to deal with it. And so when we have stuff that's surfacing like the trash, sometimes we have to take action. Sometimes there's a call to to act. Like for instance, like, you know, if it's a bunch of plastic trash or whatever, we need to actually get out there, you know, with plastic gloves or whatever, and like the bucket or a bag, and actually go and just walk the property and pick it up piece by piece. And then we hand it over, right, to the sanitary people, and they just deal with it. Or you know, maybe you burn it if you're in a rural area or something like that. Okay, so but first we have to see where it's, you know, just be aware of it. Okay, so as things come up to be healed, first of all, you got a spot that it's trash, right? Because sometimes we kind of think that that there's something wrong with us or that was just the way things are. It can be really easy to just get used to stuff and think, well, that's just the way it is. And then you wonder why you're not coping and people may tell you there's something wrong with you that you're at fault, right? But if you really are objective, you may find that there's stuff there that just needs to be cleaned up. And it's not that there's anything at fault. It's just, you know, just kind of seeing what needs to be done. What needs to be taken action on so that this stuff can be just cleaned up good and for all, and that just requires being just real, but real aware, just keeping your eyes open. And then there's other stuff, sometimes the ickiest stuff that comes up is the stuff like the dog poop, right? And it's like you can't pick it up. So sometimes there's stuff that we deal with in the healing process that we just can't, like we just can't handle it. Like how do you cope with certain things? How do you reconcile certain things? How do you, you know, in my case, I had somebody in my past that I just kept trying to figure out how, what actions I could take to make things better. And no matter what I did, there was nothing I could do. I mean, it just got worse and worse and worse. And even after I left that situation, I still was like, you know, what happened here? What, you know, how can this person heal? Or how can I do from even the spiritual level to help this person heal? And I finally got my answer. It's like, there's nothing I can do. There's nothing I can do. All I can do is hand it over to spirit. And that's grace, right? Asking for grace. It's all that I can do. And that person will have to heal my own terms. That's between them and spirit. I can do this for, ask for grace, myself too. And, you know, that's what you do when the dog poop comes up, right? In the yard. You just wait for the rain to fall. The sun will shine on it and disinfect. The rain will fall and wash it away. And that's grace. And the lovely thing about that is like, we don't have to do anything for that to happen. We'll always have to do something. So part of this healing process is, first of all, being willing and aware to see what is there that is, you know, coming up to be healed. And then second, to be discerning and realize, well, where needs to be taken action? And where is something that just needs to be handed over? And even both of them, actually, it all needs to be handed over. We can all give it all over to spirit. But sometimes, you know, the spirit calls for us to take the action first, right? To do our part and picking it up. And at other times, it's just pure, just handed over. Handed over to the angels, handed over to Mother Mary or whoever, and let them take it. Because it's not all for us to shoulder. We're not here to save the world. We're here to make it beautiful. Sometimes that entails a lot of picking up of garbage, right? Sometimes we've got to wade through some ugliness in order to bring beauty to the world. We're not here to save it. The world goes for the earth, too. We don't need to save the planet, but we do need to work in cooperation with the planet to create something beautiful and wonderful. Because Mother Earth is here. Mother Earth loves us tremendously. People kind of think sometimes it's us against the planet, but it's not. A lot of forgiveness out there. A lot of forgiveness waiting to be had. But sometimes it starts with just forgiving ourselves. All right, so I may just continue to play with this a little bit more. But I think that's all for today. So this has been the second in a whole slew of videos I'll be doing in the month of April 2019. I've just been called to share and upload every single day this month. So if you've enjoyed this, go ahead and hit subscribe if you haven't already. You'll get notified of upcoming videos throughout the rest of the month and beyond. And as always, I appreciate your likes, your shares, and I look forward to catching base tomorrow. Have a lovely day. We'll catch you again later.