FEAR seems to be running rampant these days. Whether it is fear of terrorists, “other” religions, immigrants, people whose skin color are different than ours, people who are wealthy, people who are poor, those who don’t speak our language, those from different countries, or those who belong to an opposing political party fear is everywhere. Fear always offers us an endless array of individuals and groups to lay blame at their feet for our fear or pain. But if…..
Self-love means practicing the art of receiving. If you want to feel loved and give from a place of that love, you must be willing to receive love, which means you must learn how to offer love to yourself. Compliment yourself when you do something well. Offer forgiveness to yourself when you feel you have done something wrong or “bad.” Congratulate yourself when you take a risk (no matter how it turned out). Have compassion for yourself when you act out…..
On the road to SELF-LOVE, you must come to the realization that no one is doing anything to you. Whether it is good, bad, or something in-between, you are doing it to yourself. It can be a hard one to own, but it is the truth. You are in charge of your life! You decide what you think and feel moment by moment. You decide if life is joyous or a grind. You decide if you are…..
When we make decisions out of fear, no one wins! When was the last time you let fear dictate your actions? How did it turn out? Did it make your life better? Did it open you up to experiencing or creating more love in your life? Did it make you actually safer? Did it get you what you wanted? Fear is never the energy you want deciding your fate. It will only constrict your ability to see…..
No one can argue that a big fat spotlight has been put on many of our institutions and the people within them. Rather than getting lost in the idea that we have lost our minds what would happen if we saw these times as an opportunity to look honestly at ourselves individually? We all know the dark can’t survive in the light. So perhaps it is time we as individuals look for the pockets of dark that still reside…..
SELF-LOVE is easy when life seems to be going your way. The challenge is to stay in self-love when your life appears to be falling apart. It is only then that you will see the real beauty of your courage to love yourself when there is no outside reason to do so. SELF-LOVE has absolutely nothing to do with what is happening on the outside and everything do with what is happening on the inside. Make this the year…..
The real test of a wise person is what they choose to do in the dark times. It takes a wise person to choose love when fear is all around. It takes a wise person to choose to see goodness when hatred is so visible. It takes a wise person to choose inclusiveness when bigotry is so popular. It takes a wise person to know that if they choose to dance with the darkness they will…..
There’s a little piece of your HEART just waiting for you. While this piece may be small, its light is significant. It believed that this world was full of magic. It saw miracles happening all around it daily. Hope was its natural state believing anything was possible. You have a little piece of your HEART that believed that dreams could come true. The feeling of excitement was its compass. Never worrying about the destination, it knew the fun was in…..
When I have dimmed my light for another, it did not add light to the other. When I have surrendered my light to fear, it did not make me safer. When I have denied my light to fit in, I never felt more alone. Then SELF-LOVE showed me a better way. When I have allowed my light to shine unimpeded, it always touched those that needed it. When…..
When you free yourself from blocked emotions, you allow your emotions to flow freely with no resistance. Which gives you the choice which ones you will stop and drink from. Wise people are comfortable with their emotions knowing that there are no wrong or right emotions. They understand that all emotions are part of their inner guidance system. This wisdom enables them to make any necessary changes within thus allowing them always to move in the…..
