You know, for years, decades, I desperately wanted my dad to tell me that he loved me.

And he didn’t say it.

And he doesn’t say it often.

I think up to my age, almost 50, I heard him say it maybe two times, three times.

In my forties, I went to a Tony Robbins event.

A lot of people laugh about Tony Robbins like he’s trivial or  just showy, but he’s a gateway for people, for learning.

He did a big five-day thing on relationships, starting with your relationship with yourself, then going into your relationships with others, your rules, your beliefs, and how all that plays into how you operate.

And we went into a meditation of sorts.

It was in there that I saw that in almost every one of the major experiences that I went back and remembered, my dad had a hand in setting that up for me.

I never realized it.

Like all the camping, the sports, the play, and the experiences in life, my dad had a big hand in being a conduit for putting me in the place for me to explore that, and yet he didn’t say he loved me.

So I always wondered.

I mean, I would say, “Of course, my dad loves me!”, but I didn’t internally know it.

When I went to that training, it became so clear to me how much he loved me, even in the discipline.

I told him that one day.

I told him about what I learned, and that he never had to tell me he loved me again because I knew it.

I just knew and could feel it.

Today’s coaching is about you really opening yourself up to see and hear.

We all have different ways that are easy for us to see and hear, and then we have ways that are more subtle.

What aren’t you paying attention to?

Inherently, what do you know down deep without the societally acceptable methods for hearing?

Whether it’s your creativity, your intuition, your hunch, your whimsy, or your joy, where do you hear what’s true?

And why do you wait for it to be said to you?

If you do, why does it have to be spoken?

A lot of the hunches I’m talking about from yesterday’s coaching and today’s just show up.

We have a complex inner being that’s picking up signals from all over.

Spirit connects with us in all different ways.

So really open your senses so you can hear what’s there.

It’s never too late to hear it.

Once I learned what I newly understood about my father, that rewrote my history with him.

When I look back into my past now, I just see love.

I used to see discipline, punitive discipline, and now I just see love, and I appreciate it.

I feel so blessed, connected, and loved.

Have a beautiful day.