I wrote this article as a response to a dear friend who is struggling with important life-changing decisions. I advised him to go deep into his soul, and to honor the feelings he knows are true. My desire is that he not cave to pressures from the opinions of others or what might be the obvious survival-mode conclusions. As always this guidance states that spirit is constantly speaking truth, giving the best advise for every decision along your course.

Sometimes all the pieces of our lives are working together quite smoothly, like great teamwork. We feel happy, satisfied, and maybe even like we have everything figured out. We are wearing our Life Is Good shirt with pride.

And then out of nowhere, like a crack in the sidewalk, something comes along to knock us down. When that smooth ride hits the bump, we may land on the cement, in the gutter, or maybe even in the hospital.

So just how bad are these problems that throw us off course, and where do we go for help?

I want to share a few ideas that can make your ride easier, all of which have roots in the idea that to flow with life, we have to be deeply rooted, aligned, with truth—from spirit.

There is an energetic (spiritual) reality to your life, and there is a physical reality to your life. The blueprint of your life is already perfectly created, in the form of spirit (energy.) The things that you love, the things that make you happy, the things that light your fire, already exist as evidence of the real you. All that you love and feel good about is a living form of energy, like a hologram of your spirit. By focusing on what you already love, you honor what you came here to be, feel, and experience. This is why it feels so good to live from spirit–this is the reality of what is most real and true.

If what you are experiencing in the physical reality is different from this peaceful spiritual hologram, you may not living in alignment with truth. When you are out of alignment with truth, you feel dissatisfied with your life, and it can hurt.

I don’t mean to be insulting to anyone who flies off course unexpectedly. It happens to all of us, all the time. Some expect these bumps are the norm, but I see it differently. God said we are here to experience joy, and I take Him at His word. The bumpy, out of control, tripping everywhere stuff shows we are out of alignment with truth.

There is a better way. Life is Good can be the norm. There are tools to correct our bad driving. When we learn to live by the spirit of truth of who we are and what we came here to be, then the bumps may still come along, but they appear more as a joy ride than landing us in the hospital.

To share some powerful enlightenment for creating a smoother, more joyful daily ride through life, I have an assignment for you: I want you to make a list, starting right now.

This may take a little bit of introspection, so give it a few days to percolate and grow in clarity. The question you get to make a list about is this: What do you know is true about your life? What is it you feel great while doing? What recurring messages have come to you that may have a message?

Focus on the categories that mean something to you, like relationships, finances, home, career, social aspects, hobbies. This list is about feelings, not labels. What would it feel like if you actually were experiencing life as you always knew you should/could/would?

As you ponder these questions, keep your focus on what feels really good in your heart.

Your heart is your truth-a-meter. This is the location where all the information about your life and choices already resonates. Your job is to get familiar with those vibrations, to be comfortable there.

To do this, you have to acknowledge what is there, and honor those feelings. This exercise is your way of showing you are willing to finally listen to what your heart has been trying to tell you all along.

Listening to our inner knowing heart is a wonderful gift to self. Though rarely done enough, it is the one experience that always produces feelings of satisfaction. Your heart wants to know it can trust you with its most precious truths, so just be open and honest. Ask, then listen.

As you accept this assignment, I remind you to use no labels of people, places, or things. This exercise is entirely about feelings or impressions–how something feels or appears, according to a spiritual source of such information. As you ask, you will know.

You may have dreams. You may have already had recurring dreams. Don’t get hung up on the details. Just write down your impressions, and the information embedded there will reveal in due time. For now, just write what you remember feeling.

These feelings may manifest as longings and desires, the roots of which exist in a spiritual awareness that you need to become consciously aware of.

Sometimes people tell you things they see in you. If others repeatedly share the same impressions about you, write those down. Messages of truth come from our hearts, as well as from the angels among us.

Once your list is made, full of energetic descriptions of your truest feelings, I would ask you to spend some personal time studying the list. As you notice the energetic patterns or feelings created when pondering your list, your spiritual hologram will appear, as real as anything physical you ever thought of as self.

Your next job is to love this hologram (spirit creation of self) with all your heart. This is your truth. You may talk to this image as if it is alive—it is. You must develop a vital and loving relationship with the truth of who you are—energetically, spiritually.

This act of loving your spirit-self allows that entity to become larger than life. When such becomes a constant reality of who you are, you truly step into that hologram and live from such empowered energetic vibrations—creating a steady stream of beautiful, satisfying results in your day-to-day living. Yes, life is very good when aligned with truth. Why settle for anything less?

These are my six children, who have been with me in spirit since long before my child-bearing years began. This is the manifestation of a lifelong inner awareness of my path. And yes, this celebration of me behind them is from a heart full of gratitude that my spiritual hologram actually manifest into reality–a reality that brings me much joy!