Just Be Cause...

Unique Perspectives: Just Be Cause...

By Kim Stevens

Just Be Cause…

Be the cause of your experience, not at the effect of it. I love that.

Last week, I wrote about the difference between our reactive minds and our creative souls. I said that what we’re really creating is ourselves—our experience of life. If I truly believe that I was given the ability to create by my Creator, then the question becomes: What in God’s name am I creating? It’s a powerful question, isn’t it?

When I first embarked on this path of awakening, I had a lot of healing to do. My perspective was cluttered with beliefs and ideas that didn’t serve me. I went through a process of discovery—healing, unlearning, and changing my mind about a lot of things. Much of it centered around what I thought was “right” and “wrong,” perspectives I’d absorbed from others. But when I started to search my own soul for my truth, I realized it wasn’t so much about right and wrong; it was about what serves me and what does not, given what I am trying to be in this life.

I learned something pivotal: I wasn’t running my life—my life was running me. I was reactive, swept up by the winds of circumstance. I wasn’t truly a conscious participant. Yes, I was participating, but unconsciously—and oftentimes, fearfully.

Then I learned that joy is my birthright. I learned to trust it, to follow it. I discovered that by honoring myself, I was honoring everyone else, too. I realized that the answers I sought weren’t out there—they were already inside me. I learned to trust that still, small voice within... and not the loud, scared one.

As I started moving in this new direction, incredible things began happening for me. It wasn’t just about doing anymore—it became about Being. I thought I wanted to change my life, but what I really wanted was to change myself. I wanted to change the way I felt, the way I engaged with the world, the way I moved through life. I wanted to shift how I saw the world, how I aligned with it, how I played with it, how I harnessed the power of it—and ultimately, how I loved it.

And here’s the magical part: once I started making those internal shifts, the external world began to change—sometimes in subtle ways, and sometimes in the most spectacular ways. I was demonstrating a new way of being, and the Universe responded in kind. It seems the Universe loves it when we show up as the joyful, kind, loving, wise, and generous souls that we truly are. Why? Just because.