Always looking outside yourself for advice? Try this instead
Building faith in yourself is the first step
Are you currently depending on the planets, your astrologer, psychic or even your oracle cards and crystals to tell you what’s going on in your life?
I remember in my twenties, I spent a lot of time and money on working with a bunch of people in North America and abroad who could “tell” me what was going on.
Why was I feeling the way I did? How could I fix it?
What was going to happen?
When was everything going to work out?
Were we in some kind of retrograde and that’s why everything felt so bad?
Was I going to meet my husband or not already?
Oh for all the astrological reports I read over the years while dating…If I could only get my time back! ;)
Looking outside myself for advice or answers almost became an addiction - I turned to others before myself constantly.
It wasn’t until I made a promise to myself to completely stop following anyone and everyone associated with telling me what the energy of the world was, what the planets were doing and what was going to happen that I actually began getting to know myself.
I worked on connecting with myself and my connection with God and the universe that I realized that all of that time, I was really grasping for something to give me answers that were outside of me.
I just wanted someone to tell me somehow everything was going to be ok.
Now, I do totally think that these different modalities can be helpful, of course. I also think it is important to check your own energy around why you’re reaching out and looking for someone to help you in the first place.
Are you reaching out of fear, anxiousness and needing reassurance? Or, saying I am simply curious and love to play with crystals and colorful cards, so let’s just check in.
If you find yourself constantly checking and rechecking what the stars have to say or what someone else in general has to say instead of doing the work to find stillness within yourself, then take a break to focus within and focus with God.
These tools are meant to complement your connection and your faith, not to supplement or replace it.
You have to do the groundwork first because, let’s be honest, when it was clear that I knew I was meant to be with my husband, it was actually the first time in my life that I never asked anyone to double-check the numbers or stars. I trusted my instincts and I stepped forward with him with an open heart.