Kalyn Raphael

Dawn of a New Day

As I come out to my ramada in my front yard for breakfast, I see that I am not the only one begining a new day. I see that the chickens are looking for breakfast and exploring their world… though their area in the front yard hasn’t changed. I see the plants and trees in the front yard waking up, looking for a drink of water and stretching and opening their leaves.

It is a new day with new opportunities, and yet some of the old baggage from yesterday seeks to follow me. This I do not like. I see that worries from yesterday and unresolved issues accompany me, opening to the new day just like the leaves on my plants. This opening is unwelcome.

Today I want to be the real me. Today I want to connect with my Soul, my true spirit. I want my authentic self to shine her joyful, light-hearted and imaginative self through. She is unlimited and has amazing days, whereas the baggage lady has dull, heavy and difficult days. This is not me, not by any means.

One of the trees we planted two seasons ago calls to my attention. It is a golden honey locust so called because the new growth on this tree is yellow-gold and only turns green when it gets a bit more mature. She is getting full and has golden coloring all around her edges… and I wonder, when will she be fifteen feet high? When will she be a fully mature tree? When will she truly be a successful transplanted tree? And I realize I’m asking when she can be judged as a complete tree. But she has called to me to point out that I am seeing her in an incorrect light. She was an end-of-season sale tree that looked like she might not make it to see the next season. She had few leaves and branches and, at best, she was a three and a half foot tall twig. In establishing herself in the ground she has not grown too much and is only about five foot now, but the ghostly twig of two seasons ago has vanished and in it’s place is a beautiful, shinning little tree.

And she tells me that it is not the destination, but the journey that is what matters, that the now moment is what counts, not what could be in the future. And I see that there is no telling how she will develop tomorrow or next season, nor does it matter. The truth is that when she is golden and reaching for the sky right now then there is no doubt tomorrow she is going to grow taller. That is because today is all that matters and today is a beautiful day to drop off any old baggage and limitations.

Today is a perfect day to be who I truly am: to have a golden glow around me, the ghosts of yesterday’s baggage forgotten. Letting everything that passed yesterday flow, like water flowing down stream. Once that water is gone, it is gone. Why do we, as humans, try to hold on to memories, ideas and other things that have passed? Why do we try to hold on to water? No wonder we only manage to strain our muscles and cuase ourselves stress.

No water holding for me today. Today I will allow yesterday’s bagage to flow downstream and I will focus on the golden glow of today. I will allow life to bring me gifts, joy and for my now moment, leaving the past and the future to the river of life.

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Kalyn B Raphael is a Spiritual Life Coach, Co-founder of the Golden Flow™ System, a published author and channels The Oracle (www.Oracle-Light.com). Kalyn has worked with people for nearly ten years helping them significantly improve their lives in accordance to universal laws. Kalyn works with people one-on-one, in classes, seminars and on journeys. Learn how to flow your energy- an enjoyable and quick process using the Golden Flow System at www.Golden-Flow-System.com