It’s the 7th of January and I want to keep the focus on potential, energy, expansion and growth.

Again, I’m writing from a place of ignorance, but I do like doing that!

There seems to be a movement towards spirituality; everyone is doing yoga, meditating, writing about high vibrations and this could apparently be something to do with Neptune (the planet that rules other worldliness and spirituality) being at home in Pisces (ruled by Neptune and creator of all people dreamy, spiritual and with a propensity to become an escapist alcoholic.) Neptune transits take 13-14 years so this is a societal thing.

Now that I’m at astrology school I’m not always talking about your ‘star sign’ people can have a strong Pisces influence in their chart but consider themselves a Leo.  However, Pisces people will often have a weakness for cigarettes and alcohol and enjoy embellishing the stories they tell you!
ANYWAY – we are all as a nation, or as a race becoming more spiritual or being spiritual is that little but more trendy and cool  #blessed #gratitude etc… etc… anyone with Instagram will know that!

I do think there is something in it.

1. Stay with positive people, drains will do nothing for you. They take your energy and don’t even keep it for themselves, they dissipate it.

2. Happiness IS a choice people are either strong and look at what they still HAVE and are grateful for it, or they complain about all that is wrong and try to bring you down to their level.

   • I do want to write a disclaimer here because we all have times of INTENSE grief, pain and suffering and at that time sadness will wash over and drown us. We have to allow for that and understand that happiness isn’t a constant state of joy, the concept is stupid.  Happiness is the ability to have hope and to keep going.  It is the joy of faith and friendship and the strength of family.  It is the ability to know that your spirit will EXPAND again with time and the ability to eventually let go of the pain and be grateful for what was before and what remains.

3. Be brave! Reach out to people. Despite what you may feel or think, everyone needs lifting.  Naturally, some of the people we encounter in life will be in a bad place and try to bring you down, but you don’t know that until you try! Try to stay light as much as you can, it is better for everyone.

Awareness is a great tool because understanding something is a step towards acceptance, which brings us all peace of mind.

Onwards we go on our journey of learning!

I will leave you with something I read years ago when I was studying for a ‘Life After Death’ module at school.  We were reading a book full of extracts from people who had claimed to have near death experiences.  There were reports of people coming out of their bodies during operations and telling nurses about the things they had seen when they were hovering out of their body, for instance a pair of red shoes on top of a cupboard.   The editor of the book said the overarching message that people came back with after having danced was death was that the purpose of life is to love and gain knowledge.

It’s always stuck with me I like it as a theory.

Big love,

Frank x