My dear friends, we love you so very much,
There are times when life feels overwhelming. Perhaps you have too many things to handle, and it seems impossible to juggle them all. Maybe you’re emotionally overloaded from being overstimulated by events in your own life, world events, or the behavior of others. You can even be overwhelmed by things that excite you if you have many desires and don’t know where to begin.
In each case, the feeling of overwhelm doesn’t come from the number of things on your schedule or on your mind, but rather from the inability to focus on one thing at a time. Some people love to juggle full schedules and feel stimulated by the activity. They don’t feel overwhelmed because they focus on one thing at a time. In the present moment, you can always handle one task, one feeling, or one desire. However, when your mind bounces back and forth between tasks, worries, obstacles, and upsets, you never quite settle into your powerful center, where you can easily accomplish the task at hand.
And while it’s true that having less to do or think about would calm the overwhelm, it’s not always possible to eliminate tasks or avoid emotional stimulation. However, it’s always possible to organize your mind, pick a single point of focus, and follow it through to completion. One task, one feeling at a time, you can move mountains. But when you try to do everything or think about everything at once, your scattered focus causes overwhelm.
Think of three things you must do right now—perhaps pay the bills, do the laundry, and complete a work task. Allow your mind to bounce back and forth between them for a moment and notice how you feel. Now, pick one thing. Focus only on that. Imagine the feeling of completion. Where will you begin? Suddenly, your mind becomes like a laser, focusing Divine energy on one thing, and that focus begins to illuminate your path.
Suppose you have a problem to fix but no solution. Your mind bounces between possibilities, and you feel overwhelmed, not knowing where to start. What if instead, you focused on how it would feel to have the problem solved—the relief, satisfaction, and peace of knowing the universe cares enough to help you find the answer? Take a moment and bask in that feeling. Then ask a single question: “What next?” Trust the first thought that comes. If nothing comes, there’s nothing to do right now. Enjoy your day.
In this way, you eliminate overwhelm—one step, one thought at a time.You program yourself for success by aiming your attention at the solution, and when you receive an inspired idea, you act on it with full focus.
When you prepare your lunch, place your entire attention on preparing lunch. Give thanks for your food. Enjoy the tastes, textures, and scents. As you focus on the simplest task, you turn the ordinary into the sacred. A mundane act becomes meditation. A “must-do” becomes a state of being while doing.
Dear ones, your life is about love. Everything you do, when colored with presence and love, brings you into an elevated state of being—where time seems to disappear and you are one with the moment. Washing dishes can become an act of grace. As you feel the water running over your hands and the texture of the sponge, smell the scent of the soap, and enjoy the smooth surface of a plate or mug, you connect with the countless hearts and hands that brought this simple object into your life. In that moment of being alive and aware, overwhelm vanishes. From that sense of peace and wonder, the next moment flows with ease.
In this fashion, your tasks and days begin to flow in a sense of guided grace. Love colors even the smallest motion. You find that elusive state of “flow.” What’s unnecessary will fall away, and what serves your joy and future will present itself more easily.
Be here now. Put love into even the smallest tasks. In this way, dear friends, you slow the spinning clock, drop into the present, and truly live your lives. There’s no sense rushing through life, madly crossing things off the list just to reach the finish line. Would you race through a delicious meal just to check it off your list? Would you rush through a dream vacation just to say you saw every tourist attraction?
Far better to savor life, moment by moment, morsel by morsel. Then, one day, when you leave this Earth and return to Heaven, you’ll arrive feeling satisfied and complete with your earthly journey. For those of you wishing to graduate and move beyond the earth plane, living and loving you life now—moment by moment as best you can—is the key. Finding love in the simplest tasks unlocks the richness of your human life, allows you to flow through time as you intended, and fulfills the desires your soul had before birth.
As you discover the magic in the moments and love in the simplest acts, you will come to know the Divine in all things.
Don’t be underwhelmed by life, dear ones, and don’t let it overwhelm you. Instead, sink into the moment. Be present to the tiny miracles in front of you. Marvel at them. Appreciate them. You are face-to-face with God each day in countless forms. Embrace that simple truth, and suddenly everything is Divine—Creator in creation, looking into its own reflection, marveling at what it can become. In that reality, overwhelm disappears. Life becomes an adventure, and each moment becomes an opportunity to experience greater love.
God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels
