Your Voice Matters!!!!!

We live in a critical and oftentimes violent world. People are afraid to talk about what they feel, think, or believe. They withhold energy for fear of being ridiculed, punished, or excluded. They hide their deepest dreams and desires away and cover them up with doubt, insecurity, old experiences, and fears. I know about this because it has taken me decades to step into my power and find my own voice.

When many people think of the word “voice,” they think about sound produced in a person’s larynx, uttered through the mouth in speech. Others describe it as pitch or tone produced through singing. Whatever way you describe it, the voice is about expression, communication, or a proclamation. There is no set way for a voice to be revealed. It is all about a person daring to look at life through the lens of possibility and to live fully expressed.

The voice can be personal, brought to life in community or through organizations. It can facilitate goals, establish authority, and define rules, objectives, and policies. The voice can share discontent, needs, and desires, which can create great change.

Creativity plays a central role in bringing your voice forward. Here, the forms are endless. Although you may not be conscious of it, in addition to your speaking voice, your authentic voice can also be creatively expressed through music, dance, writing, poetry, clothing, design, art (in all its forms), games, traditional media, social media, marketing, and branding. 

I am living proof that anyone can move out of discord, create a powerful life, and find his or her authentic voice. Growing up I thought I was the only one that didn’t have a voice. I felt completely alone. I learned quickly that speaking up and speaking out caused pain.

This month, my new book, “Does My Voice Matter” debuts. I am so proud of it. It is filled with my personal stories and revelations. Today I know that the more I can express, stand in my power, and bring my voice forward the better my life becomes.  My intention here is to share some tools I have used and perhaps support you in revealing your authentic voice and embracing the truth that you matter.

You Have a Calling

I believe our humanitarian call is to create the invitation and wherewithal for people to heal the hurts and tear down the fences of separation. It can start as a seed within a child and blossom into the manifestation of a fulfilled life. That seed can become something powerful and amazing. The only thing required to nurture it is a fierce determination to shift the current reality and create new ways of being.

You have a calling. You are an original imprint. There is no one like you on the planet, and there is something inside of you that wants to emerge. Some call it a dream or deep desire. Whatever you call it, something wants to come through you and take form. It doesn’t have to be a huge thing. Not everyone is Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, or Martin Luther King Jr. But we are all here for a reason. The work becomes listening to that inner call, trusting it, and moving into action.

• Take a moment and recall moments when you were compelled to move or make a decision that made no sense.

• Now recall how something magical or mystical emerged or opened a doorway into possibility.

• What is calling you today? Even if you don’t know how to get there, I encourage you to speak it or write it down.

Your Dreams Matter

We all have dreams. Children often share their dreams as they tell us who they want to be when they grow up. Some that are encouraged even turn out to be their dreams manifested.

Dreams are portals of creativity. They allow us to imagine a life that is bigger than the one we are living and open doorways of manifestation. 

I always dreamed big. I wanted out of a current reality that was challenging, violent and constrictive. I was told to get my head out of the clouds but something in me knew that my dreams could become real.  

Your dreams are connected to a passion that lives within you. Take some time to access your current dreams. You don’t have to know how to get there. Answer these questions: 

1. What vision keeps coming to mind that could create a huge shift in your life?

2. How does connecting to this vision/dream make you feel?

3. What would my life look like if I didn’t hold back and dreamed big?

Consistency and non-attachment

Every year I choose one or two words that become my focus for the year. This year my words are consistency and non-attachment. I have put my attention daily on doing something to support my dreams, visions, and goals. Sometimes it is a large amount of time and other times it is 5-10 minutes. The idea is to be in action and put my attention on what I desire to create. 

My next step is to bless the work, ask for the highest vision to be revealed and then let it go. I turn it over to the universe trusting that what will manifest will be in perfect order and arrive at the perfect time.  

This allows me to release worry and stress about the how and puts me in a space of peaceful resignation.  

This takes practice. We have been taught to struggle, worry and be anxious about outcomes. Whew! What a waste of time. I say, set an intention, move into action and then trust the journey.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

1. Look at how often you have a vision or a dream and feel a calling to manifest it. You may even start the project. Then, something happens, and you get distracted, feel like you don’t have enough time, to commit, feel a need to put someone’s needs before yours, or begin to doubt your abilities. This is a time to pause and reflect. Especially, if this is a pattern.
2. Unwavering practice that is non-negotiable is essential. Create something that works for you and cannot be derailed.
3. Let go of any need to control an outcome. What if you were clear that the universe had your back and is better equipped to take you to the next level than you are?
4. Be a frequency of goodness, light, love, peace, and harmony. That energy becomes a magnet and attracts good.
5. Open to possibilities beyond your current knowing. You have hit a wall. You feel stuck. The way out is “being you.” Bringing your authentic voice to all situations, relationships, and circumstances. Become curious and be open to new ways of being.
6. What you are seeking is seeking you. Synchronicity is a real thing.
7. Awaken your consciousness to be in alignment with the divine. Renewal and re-igniting your “true” identity. The core of your being is light, beauty, peace, joy and freedom. Claim it.

So, yes, your voice matters. Your presence on this planet matters. Your dreams and desires matter.

I want you to know that I stand with you as you claim your voice and bring your full expression to this world. You are a gift.

Love and Light,

Cynthia