Human beings need love to thrive in life. In fact, studies of people who live to be over 100 years of age show that having loving and connected relationships is a main factor in longevity. These individuals have family and friends who make them feel not only loved but needed as well. Feeling needed plays …
Let’s face it, life is messy. It’s fine to have a messy life. In fact, you are brave to choose this messy life, to live it each day. It can be challenging to endure the messiness of your thoughts, emotions, sensations, spirituality, and physical body. Our thoughts are messy, especially when they are scattered, random, …
Sometimes in life we prefer to remain hidden instead of exposing ourselves to the public. We hide behind a type of curtain protecting ourselves from the negative energies that could potentially be directed at us. An example of hiding behind the curtain is somebody who has drafted an article or a book and has not …
There are plenty of stories about loved ones who have passed on and come back in energetic form to watch over their surviving family members. A bewildering situation played out when my own mother had passed away several years ago. Right before the funeral director was going to close her casket, I and my oldest …
Certain situations can cause us to want to check out of life. We lose our motivation to strive for a better life. Our will to do almost anything dwindles to near nothingness. Sometimes we raise our hands to life and proclaim defeat. We no longer want to play the game of life. There seems to …
Energy can be transferred but not broken nor eradicated. There are many ways to redirect energy. When an electrician comes into a home and wires energy to go to a light source, that is a form of redirecting energy. A person whose cellphone has lost power, and they go plug it into the wall to …
Looking in the rearview mirror allows us to see what we’ve experienced in the past. Feeling the grip of the steering wheel and feeling our weight on the seat grounds us in the present moment as to where we are now, and looking out the window to the road ahead gives us a glimpse as …
Many people avoid conflict at all costs. Others enjoy stirring things up to the point of initiating conflict. The term conflict has various meanings to people. Some envision a brewing argument, others think of a clash of wills, and many think of it as incompatible vantage points which leads to disagreement. Regardless, conflict is normally …
As we age beyond our childhood, we discover that a victim mentality never serves us any good. It’s such an easy thing to point a figure at others and claim that they’ve done us wrong. This could be regarding family members, work colleagues, business partners, or any number of other situations. The problem with victim …
Sometimes we lose ourselves to others. We may give ourselves up to our job for example. Sacrificing our sleep, eating, and health to do a good job and prove ourselves in our career. Some even sacrifice their relationships and family time for their career. They allow work to consume them and their time. We spend …