Most of us have heard the saying: Love your neighbors as you love yourself. If we look around, it is pretty clear with all that is going on in the world, that we don’t love our neighbors. So does that mean we don’t love ourselves? I would say YES. When you get down to what it actually means to love yourself, there can be no reasonable answer other than we don’t love ourselves and it is being mirrored…..
“America the Beautiful – Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.” Land of the Free We know by heart many of the freedoms listed in our Bill of Rights –the freedom of religion, the freedom to bear arms, the freedom of assembly, the freedom of the press, the right to vote for all, and more. We may fight over their meaning or how to always implement them, but we take these freedoms very seriously. However, let’s take…..
Fear only requires one thing – and enemy to focus upon. The man who shot a congressman and others focused his fear on Republicans. The cop who shot a man reaching for his wallet in his car focused his fear upon black men. The man who knifed and killed people in Portland focused his fear upon Muslims. The group of young men who beat and tied to a fence a young gay man focused their fear upon gays. The people who…..
Too often we look outside of ourselves for proof of our value or worth. Do you look to others to offer you the appreciation for a job well done? Do you dissect the words offered or sometimes withheld as evidence to whether you are good enough? Do you constantly look to others to make you feel good about yourself? And are you disappointed or outraged when they do not? You may demand that others recognize your value or…..
WISDOM is only gained through experience, but experience DOES NOT guarantee WISDOM. I have heard many people say, “I will never do such and such again,” or “I will know better next time.” And then, they find themselves right back in the same situation having learned nothing from the previous experience. Wisdom is not automatically bestowed because we are older or have done something many times. Wisdom requires the ability for self-reflection, the capacity for self-awareness, and…..
“Self-Love or the Lack of Self-Love not only determines how we see ourselves but also governs how we experience the world around us. It is the prism through which we see and define all things.” 99 Cents ebook deal – Limited time only! Monday 4/17 thru Saturday 4/22 Available now on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel If you are on the spiritual personal growth…..
Is your SELF-LOVE based on an action such as taking a spa day or eating only organic or buying yourself something you have wanted? Is your SELF-LOVE based on your achievements, or how your friends or workmates view you? Is your SELF-LOVE based on your looks or physical appearance? Is your SELF-LOVE based on how many friends you have in your life or how many likes you have on Facebook? If your self-love relies on outside indicators, you are…..
We all come into this world fully equipped for the journey before us. Within each of us is a part that remembers it is one with the divine universe and has all the knowledge and power of that love. It is our job to wake up and rediscover this divine part of our ourselves, and through the process of becoming self-aware, we can re-experience the love we once had for ourselves before it got buried by life. When we…..
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…..
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…..
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