Our world is coming into a fertile time when we realize gender is not binary. Masculine and feminine are two points on a continuum along which we move throughout our day and our activities. We are more in our Yang side when we’re building and implementing, more in our Yin side when being creative and receiving guidance.

Gender is so fluid for some that they live the whole continuum, changing their look with their mood.  Others prefer expressing a gender different from how their body appears, perhaps for a lifetime, perhaps for a time. A dear friend chooses to add the other gender to his sense of self, keeping his beard even as s/he identifies more with his feminine, enjoying nail polish and soft garments.  Others feel so gender neutral that defining themselves by gender makes no sense.

Gender becomes a choice we can make and revise to reflect the qualities of our inner world. What if we cease to have gender be a definition and instead an opportunity to...

Living as if we are love brings the greatest happiness and inner peace. Living as if we know we are love is living the truth. We are created from Universal Love. We are birthed in Spirit from the heart of love, and when we tune in deeply to the light of Divinity at our core, we return to absolute love.

A soul never needs to leave the realm of love, yet our human minds take us into thoughts that separate us from love. Each negative thought, that we give our attention to, exposes us to even more negative thoughts, and before long we spiral down into shame, blame, fear, or guilt. Part of the human condition. We can also catch an updraft by focusing on thoughts that uplift. Of all possible thoughts in a moment, choosing a positive thought each moment can open the door for more positive thoughts to enter.

Every moment offers myriad thoughts. You get to choose which thought you focus on, which thought you entertain and give real estate in your mind. Thoughts are always coming and going,...