I Am Blessed to Have All That I Need
Source: Collective Evolution
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” ~Norman Cousins
Have you ever been there?
When someone you love suddenly disappears. When life, within a few seconds, turns upside down. When your biggest problems suddenly seem like nothing but drops in the ocean.
I know I have.
It was December 15, 2013. That was the day when everything changed, when her life came to an end, and many other lives were changed forever.
When they first told me she was gone, I couldnât fully grasp reality. For a …
âIt’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready.” ~Hugh Laurie
Throughout our childhood and early adult years, weâre conditioned to think we need to be âreadyâ to take the next big step in life.
Our teachers wonât let us get too far ahead of where they think we should be in terms of knowledge.
Our parents try to protect us from ideas and truths they think weâre not ready to learn about.
We, ourselves, hold back when faced with major decisions that we donât believe weâre ready to make.
Weâre constantly told weâll understand certain …
âThere is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.â ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Life seems complicated these days.
Weâre all busy pursuing happiness, yet how many of us ever reach that goal?
Success, money, and busyness are top of our priority list, yet deep in our hearts weâd prefer time, love, and security.
Itâs the age of making a living, but perhaps at the cost of making a life.
What really makes us happy, and how do we find it?
I spent many years trying to fit in, to be someone else, to pursue the dream of success, in …
âTrue happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.â ~Sharon Salzberg
You are exhausted. Every force in the universe seems to be conspiring against you.
You pick yourself up just to be knocked down again by more bad news.
Itâs not fair!
You want to crawl in bed and wait for the week to be over.
But you know you canât hide.
Sometimes our lives get tough. It happens to all of us. You know things will eventually get better, but itâs hard to get through a ruthless week in one piece.
When you are having a …
âWhen I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.â ~Winston Churchill
I often play a little game with myself when Iâm feeling bad. The game is a simple one, and maybe one that some people might find slightly morbid, but it cuts to the heart of the matter.
I ask myself if this thing that is making me feel bad will matter to me when Iâm on my deathbed. Ninety-nine …
âYour body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.â ~Astrid Alauda
Have you ever guiltily reached for second helpings of a tempting dish or dessert while justifying it with something along the lines of, âItâs okay, Iâm going on a diet/detox after thisâ?
Or, do you ever find yourself eating really healthy one week, then the minute you cave in and eat something unhealthy, your eating habits suddenly take a turn for the worst?
Are you really hard on yourself when you donât feel comfortable in clothes you want to wear and suddenly regret all …
âFear is the opposite of everything you are, and so has an effect of opposition to your mental and physical health.â ~Neale Donald Walsch
My initial foray into health and fitness started from a deep place of fear.
I feared my weight and my appearance, always wondering what new trend Iâd encounter in a magazine or on social media that would point out the latest way I was inadequate.
I feared the big health scares that weâre told could kill us at any moment if we arenât careful. Diabetes. High blood pressure. Cancer.
Many of us have all been on …