Navigating a season of big feelings

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

Celebrate, dear ones! You are all entering a season of deep feeling. And whether you label your feelings positive or negative, they all have great value. They are messages from your Divine Navigation System, letting you know when you are seeing and feeling through the eyes of your soul and vibrating on the frequencies of love, or whether you are getting drawn into a less pleasant human view and blocking the steady stream of love that wants to flow into your life.

You are not wrong if you are feeling down. You are not bad. You are not failing. You are simply having a human experience that will motivate you to have one more Divine. And your feelings tell you this. There’s no need to push them away. There’s no benefit to creating a “fake positive focus” or pretending you don’t feel as you do. Instead, make friends with your feelings. Accept them and bless them. They are your indicators of being on the path with awareness, or being on the path while unknowingly resisting the light.

Only from a place of embracing how you feel now, without judgment, can you truly shift your focus to better. As you’ve heard many times, “What you resist, persists.” And we would add, “What you embrace, you can replace.”

Consider the idea of holiday gifting. Some of you adore the tradition of exchanging presents, while others find it tedious, superficial, or burdensome. And both viewpoints are correct—for the individuals who feel them. Your feelings tell you whether or not you are in alignment with your own unique and precious spirit.

For example, those of you who love gifting often think you’ve “gone overboard” by spending or giving too much. In truth, you love it! You find joy in every aspect of the process: planning, shopping, discovering, wrapping, and giving. You take great delight in seeing the happiness of the receiver when your gift inspires them to feel acknowledged and loved. You seem to have a sixth sense for what is meaningful and useful to those with whom you share. No matter what you spend, your joy is an indicator that you are in alignment with your spirit—the Divine within you who knows your abundance and supports your every authentic expression of love.

Suppose, however, you don’t enjoy gifting. You’d rather save your money and spend it on more meaningful experiences. You find shopping burdensome, wrapping unenjoyable, and sometimes feel unappreciated. Your unpleasant feelings aren’t telling you that your spirit wants you to gift! Instead, they’re likely telling you that you are trying to force yourself to do something that has little meaning to you.  In this case, when you take yourself “off the hook” and decide not to give material gifts, you are likely to feel instant relief. As you surrender to a more authentic version of yourself, you may decide you want to share experiences with friends and family, give to a charity, or even escape holiday gatherings altogether. As you stop trying to conform to tradition and do what feels authentic and meaningful to you, the relief you feel is an indication of your alignment with your own spirit.

These examples illustrate that there is rarely an absolute “right” or “wrong” on any given topic. Both individuals are right for themselves.Both feel good when aligned with their inner truth. Both will feel bad when at odds with their authentic self. The first individual would feel horribly deprived if they limited their gifting. The second would feel horribly pressured if forced into it.

And so you see, what makes you feel good or bad isn’t the topic, but whether or not your perspective on the topic aligns with your soul. No two of you are identical. None of you are meant to deny your truth to please others or restrict what you love out of obligation. Instead, your angels and the Divine urge you to be you—whatever that means, however that looks, and whatever that entails.

The gifter may be frugal all year, yet in their joy of giving, they find abundance. The non-gifter may have a generous heart and share through experiences, service, creativity, or charitable giving. Perhaps they choose self-love and skip the holiday pressures entirely by going on a little vacation. In each case, the soul is being true to themselves, and that is what makes you feel good.

So rather than asking, “Should I?” or “Shouldn’t I?” ask yourself, “What feels loving to me?” “What feels right to me?”Honor that. You are as unique as snowflakes!

The holidays intensify feelings. For some, it is the most wonderful time of the year. For others, grief appears to be deeper and more difficult. For many, joy blends with overwhelm. Slow down for a minute every now and then. Place your hands on your heart, and simply tune in to what you feel. Don’t judge your feelings. Don’t pretend you don’t feel. If you feel good, enjoy it. If you feel down, give yourself a hug—literally. Ask yourself, “What might feel better?” “What feels most loving to me right now?”

While we always encourage moving towards a positive focus, we want to refine that discussion by encouraging you to love yourself towards a more positive focus. Be gentle with yourself. Your good feelings show alignment; your unpleasant ones indicate your soul has a kinder perspective for you.

For example, in the depths of grief, your spirit beckons you to a broader perspective. While you feel separation, your soul sees your dear ones right beside you—alive and vibrant in their eternal form. Your spirit knows the depth of the love and connection between the two of you.  Beneath your own pain, your spirit sees your longing to feel that connection. And while you can’t simply erase grief, you can shut your eyes, breathe, surrender, and ask your dear one in spirit to hold you in their loving embrace. In the very instant of surrendering to their love and acknowledging what your soul knows to be true, you will begin to feel relief. In that space of perceiving as your soul does, you may even feel the presence of your dear one’s love.

For those of you who feel overwhelmed, the unpleasant feeling is a sign that your soul sees the situation differently. You may see a shortage of time or energy, while your spirit sees shortcuts, ways to be more efficient and accomplish more with less, and small acts of self-care that can soothe and uplift. Sometimes, a few simple minutes of breathing and letting go can reconnect you with your wise inner self and give you the guidance that can help you navigate your days in grace.

Dear friends, no feelings are wrong. They exist to guide you. They show whether you are vibrationally open to receiving what you’ve asked for, or momentarily blocking it. They tell you whether or not your perspective and your soul’s are aligned. There’s no benefit to ignoring them or pushing them aside. Instead, love and accept yourself as you are in a given moment, and then in the very next, you can improve your vibration ever so slightly. And then again.

So during the holiday season, when so many emotions are at a peak, enjoy the lovely ones, and embrace the not-so-lovely ones, too.  Ask yourself, “Dear Presence of the Divine within me, how do you see this situation that is currently triggering my unpleasant feelings? Please show me your loving perspective.” In the moment of that choice to love your unique, precious, and beautiful Self, you can kindly and gently return to alignment where peace, joy, and the love of the season will be yours.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels