For a long time, it seemed like distraction was looked at negatively: it’s the thing to avoid aggressively, because it will tank your productivity and your vision for how you want your life to look like. But now it seems like more of us look to distraction in a positive light: it’s the thing that keeps us from having to deal with the difficulties life throws our way. It numbs our emotional state and makes us not feel the weight of pain, anxiety, grief, and other stressors.
Read MoreNo matter who you ask, you will find that the majority of society would say that they have at one point or another made mistakes, hurt others, or committed wrong acts that negatively affected another person in such a way that caused hurt, pain, suffering, trauma, a feeling of injustice or degradation. Because this is such a pervasive reality that occurs with human relationships on a macro and micro level; it is up to each and everyone of us to determine how we respond to such hurt when it happens to us.
Read MoreIt’s no surprise that many of us find inspiration and even wonder into the newness that a new year brings. The potential for greater things, for healing, for promotion, for wholeness, and for whatever else the heart desires… [but] there’s not necessarily a handbook on how to maximize the new year.
Read MoreSometimes life will spring forth something new, something exciting, something that makes our heart flutter with joy bursting forth.
These are positive moments that originate due to factors such as hard work, determination, a pinch of luck and a big dose of divine intervention (if you believe in such, I personally do).
Opportunity is a moment when we decide whether to pursue something new or to keep doing what we are doing. All opportunities do not need to be pursued but all opportunities should be considered.
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