Your Joy Guides are tapping at your mind’s door, hoping to open it and free you from the corner any narrow or presumptuous thinking on your part may be unwittingly backing you into. If you fall into the trap of running on too many assumptions, or operating on unexamined preconceived notions, you quickly eliminate all your options, leading you to a “damned if I do, damned if I don’t” cycle of frustration.

Your Joy Guides playfully remind you to step back and notice where your “stuck” perceptions might be attracting such frustration. They remind you that you’re not stuck—but your thinking may be. Stop your mental movie and take a commercial break. It’s time for a fresh look and a new viewpoint on all things. The best way to achieve this is to treat yourself to a heavy dose of humor, and let it break through to your unbearable dilemma. Your Joy Guides’ counsel is, as always: “The situation may be critical but not serious.” Join them in reviewing the situation, and laugh your way forward.

You are a precious child of the Universe. The Divine Mother is present, urging you to open your heart and drink from her cup of unconditional love. You’re her beloved and treasured child. Feel her endless flow of Divine love streaming toward you. Any self-rejection and self-criticism you may be feeling at this time are wounds inflicted upon you by an unconscious world, and are not a part of your Divine soul.

The Divine Mother is working with your soul to relieve you of these psychic injuries and doubts. Let her restore you to wholeness. Divine Mother’s counsel: Accept what is holy and true about you; you are a lovable and much-loved child of the Universe. The Divine Mother’s love is available to you in all ways. Accept, breathe, relax, and allow her nurturing vibrations to soothe your soul. Ask her to still your doubts and insecurities. The Divine Mother’s message to you: “You are forever my beautiful and beloved child.”

An important part of being human, and something that can’t be avoided, is the pain that comes from simply being vulnerable to the physical world. Your Divine Teachers warn that you’re facing such a time. Sickness may be at hand; and accidents, traumas, sudden loss, and injury are all potentially around you. Whether confronted with something severe, or just the ongoing struggle of getting through the day, your physical body may be challenged, and pain and suffering may follow. This isn’t meant to scare you, but rather to warn you that you’re not as grounded as you should be; in fact, you may be attracting injury or drama to gain some personal space.

Your Divine Teachers advise you to be open to the fact that any pain or upset you attract isn’t without hidden gifts and opportunities. Your broken leg or aching back, for example, may provide the much-needed rest you wouldn’t otherwise take. Your runny nose and cough may give you the privacy you need to regenerate your spirit.

It’s also important to note that any pain or drama you attract isn’t greater than your ability to handle it. The greatest upset you face might actually be in trying too hard to avoid pain, which in the end may cause even more. In other words, the fear that you won’t be able to abide any discomfort is far more disabling than anything you might actually incur. In accepting the upset of the moment with grace, you’ll gain wisdom, compassion, and strength. Your Divine Teachers’ message: “Embrace and be patient with your pain.” It will bring insight and understanding and, in time, peace. You will heal.