RAY'S REPORTS

We can all use some love right now. Not love from another person or a place or a thing. Self love. Honor yourself. Honor your talents and gifts. Honor your ability to affect the lives of those around you in a particular and personal and inspirational way. Honor your ability to make things happen. Honor your ability to rest.

Honor your mistakes/lessons. Honor your full range of emotions. Honor your human-ness. Honor your time. Honor your gratitude. Honor your solid states. Honor your flow states.

It’s ok, be ok. Just as the planet is sorting out what it no longer needs, so are our bodies and our minds and our relationships and our behaviors and more.

Make no mistake, we are changed. We have no choice but to ride along with it. So far the road has been bumpy and we are finding out that most of us have brought way too much unnecessary luggage. That’s ok. Sort it out and keep it moving. Then rest. Rest a lot.

We’re not trying to ignore the bad stuff or sweep it under the rug. We are trying to make peace with it so we can move forward. No more crying over spilt milk, just clean it up and keep it moving.

Swim in the oceans and rivers, play in the mountains and trees. Nature is calling. Enjoy.

Everything happens in cycles, you know this. And we are having a bunch of ups and downs these days. But if you are really keeping score and tracking where we’re at, you will see that there are more ups than downs. We are in the ups.

When we are in the ups is a good time to share and spread the ups and be grateful and not worry so much about the inevitable next part of the cycle.

“When?” or “How?” The brain asks questions.

“Right now.” The heart makes moves.

We are going through an unprecedented time which will require unprecedented action as well as unprecedented levels of peace, love, and understanding.

Today is the day. Today is the day to create. Not to fight, because we will lose. We cannot win a fight with reality, we can only create a new one.

Sometimes we gotta listen to our bodies and sometimes we gotta listen to our hearts too. Our brains may have a lot of opinions, but sometimes opinions won’t get the job done.

In NBA basketball commentators will describe a player as having the “ultimate green light”. This means he is so good that the coach, the team mates, the fans, etc will not question anything he does on the court. He could totally screw up and there is no need for forgiveness because there was no accusation of wrong doing in the first place.

In life, we are often waiting for our green light. We are waiting for a perfect combination of luck and sequences of events to happen before we give ourselves permission to live how we want to live.

We don’t need permission and we don’t need to wait till later. The ultimate green light has been turned on for us earlier today. This is not about right and wrong because you already know those things, this is about flow of the game. Today is your day. Tonight is your night. You got the sauce.

Not sure where you are and how you are. On my end there are friends and family who have jobs, careers, businesses, relationships, health statuses, living situations, and more that have changed permanently and dramatically and won’t be able to recover back to how it was before quarantine.

If we can, we have to be there for them. Be there for yourself first, then go to where you are needed. Activate. Then blaze a new trail to freedom and safety for everyone.

Many things you are releasing and many things you are receiving. Go easy on yourself as it has been a weird and wild road with many more miles ahead. Everything is changing not only on the individual level but as a society and culture as well. Relax into the process, relax into the flow. Rest when you need to. Rest a lot. Have patience. Let creativity emerge.

Someone once said that every photo you shoot is a self portrait. I like that and I agree.