Your spiritual journey begins with this first step:  Opening your heart to a sincere desire to renew the spiritual vitality of your life.  Since it is truly a responsive universe, if you are sincere and open to your heart’s intuition, you will begin to see signs that point you toward your next step.  You will begin to notice where you are investing your spirit—where you are being drained and where you are receiving a return on your investment.

The spiritual journey is also one of knowing that you have inside you what you are looking for.  It is not about earning or acquiring something you don’t already have or about finding another person to complete you.  It is about awakening to the spirit within you.

Three simple keys will help you to weave your spiritual journey into your daily life:

• Live your life wholeheartedly with as much conscious, loving presence as you can. Hold the intent that you can contribute to your own balance and bring a greater harmony to your own and others’ lives. Pay attention to where you are investing your energy and stop the “leaks” that cost you your spirit.
• Understand that spiritual practice is a path of deep relationships within your life. Begin your day by recognizing how you are connected to your spiritual principles, your friends, your family, and so on.  Our relationships provide a mirror to us of ourselves.
• Have gratitude for the moments of “grace” that you experience daily. Don’t live your life waiting for something to happen so that you can start really living.  Live your life fully right now in this moment and every moment.  It will take conscious thought to do this.  It will require that you respond rather than react to the events in your life and in your relationships.  But, yes, it can be done.

Taken to heart, these simple steps can transform your life and allow you to “awaken your spirit within.”