I recently had the opportunity to meet a group of people that are likely to become extended family. I was a little nervous about first impressions, of course. But I have a lot of experience meeting new people and I know that energy field is the most important factor in any connection. I prepared for this meeting by thinking of what I wanted to embody: Love, kindness, grace, welcoming.

What I was not prepared for was a significant language barrier. Even though we spent many hours together over several days, we exchanged very few words. This magnified my focus on energy quality. Once, for example, five of us were crammed in my car. The total silence felt uncomfortable, so I filled the space with puffy red balloons of Love. It felt like deep meditation, but I was fully functioning in my daily life (actually driving a car).

I ended up spending the entire weekend in a consciously expanded positive state. It was Pure Joy. I could tell that lots of other people felt it too. The barista at the coffee shop, the check out person at the grocery store––they would look up, meet my gaze, and break into a broad grin. So beautiful!

Embodying Love filled me up. I was able to give it because I was also receiving it, it was flowing through me. I feel it while I’m typing this. And now that I’m home, I feel a responsibility to be moving this kind of energy on a daily basis. There is so much fear and angst and hostility in our collective energy field right now––we are experiencing a cultural crisis of compassion.

Stop. Right now. Stop……Take a deep breath. Move your energy from your head into your torso, to your belly, your pelvis. Expand that energy to include your body and the space around it. Open to the Love of the Universe, let it fill you and that space.

Smile.