When someone says to you something you do not like, you may become disappointed, angry, or upset. Your happiness and actions depend on them, right? Wrong. When you value other peoples’ opinions more than you value your own thoughts and estimations of yourself, you allow them to influence your happiness. Through detachment, you may listen to what they say, but as if they are saying it about someone else. If they are right, you can benefit from what they say. If they are wrong, you go on with your life as if nothing was said.
Detachment is when you are not disturbed or agitated by your or other people’s emotions and thoughts. When you stay calm and in control of yourself and your moods in every situation, you show how your inner peace, inner strength, and courage. Instead of getting nervous, angry, or unhappy when things go wrong, you stay composed and try again, experiencing your feelings without allowing them to control you.
It is not about indifference; indifferent people do not care, are not active, and do not display initiative. On the other hand, a detached person can be very active and caring, but if he cannot do or change something, it does not disturb his peace of mind. If whatever he does doesn’t work, he stays peaceful and will either try again or forget the matter.
If you are detached, you allow people the freedom to be themselves while holding yourself back from the need to rescue, save, or fix them; giving them the space to be him or herself while accepting that you cannot change or control them. You have to establish emotional boundaries in order that you might be able to develop your own sense of autonomy. You are free to feel your own feelings and when you see another person falter and fail, you are not led by guilt to feel responsible for them. It means that you can maintain an emotional bond of love, concern, and caring without being controlling. All things in life must be put into a healthy, rational perspective… you need to back away from the uncontrollable and unchangeable.
To become a fully healthy and coping individual, you must let go of the people who control you. Although you may still have feelings for those from which you have become detached, you will have given them the freedom to become what they will be by their own merit… it’s their own personal responsibility, not yours. They need to find themselves to be a unique, self-sufficient being.
Letting go does not mean that you stop caring by cutting yourself off. It’s not to take care for, but to care about… not to fix but to be supportive. It is not to judge or criticize or regulate anyone, but to allow another to be fallible. It’s not about being protective; it’s permitting another to face reality. It is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to realize your own personal shortcomings and correct them. It is not about denial and regretting the past, but accepting it and growing and living for the future.
Accept that there is only one thing you can change in life and that is you; all other things are unchangeable. Change your expectations that things will be better than what they really are. Continue to give no person the power to affect or impact your feelings about yourself; you have to accept your feelings as your responsibility and not blame others for the way you feel.
You can always maintain an inner state of detachment and make plans, work, and live an active life. You can love but still be emotionally and mentally unaffected by circumstances out of your control. Don’t think that being detached is to be bitter and aloof. You can't be that way when you love and care for a person; it sounds so distant and unreachable. It’s not the end all be all… nothing is ever final.
Love,
Kacki
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
What is Compassion?
Compassion highlights the experience of suffering for those who suffer (which is all of us), inflicting pain to those who, tough or not, courageous or not, smart or not, have been granted the ill-fated gift of looking at the world and seeing it for what it really is. True compassion is not a mask that distorts notions of social responsibility (for example, when you see a homeless person and give them something because of guilt.) It is when you see someone in misery and you feel their hurt as if it was your own, and you strive to remove or reduce their anguish. By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we alleviate ourselves.
Sharing, eagerness to console, and to show sympathy and concern and caring are all demonstrations of compassion. Care and love towards others has its genesis in care and love for themselves. It is lack of love for yourself that inhibits compassion. You can only begin to understand others when we fully understand yourself. You will know what’s best for others when you know what’s best for yourself. You can feel for others when you feel for yourself.
It takes courage and honesty, for in order to help other people, you must observe their suffering while simultaneously feeling their sorrow. You have to let that distress pervade your spirit while at the same time not allowing yourself to become distraught or disheartened. You need to accept the sorrow in the world to acknowledge and understand the human condition.
It is far more complex to feel sympathy for people we find unpleasant or don’t know than for our friends and family. Have compassion for all people, wealthy and deprived alike, for each has their suffering. Some too much, others too little. You need to increase the span of your compassion until it embraces all living beings without exception.
Any ordinary favor you do for someone or any reaching out may seem to go nowhere at first, but you may be planting a seed that will sprout and grow and blossom that you just can't see right now. Sometimes we all need to just do the best we can and then trust in this miraculous unfolding plan that is our life.
Love,
KackiWednesday, October 8, 2008
What is Patience?
Patience is a revealer of paths, a healer of time, and a clearer of obstacles. It is the letting go of the attachment to gratification. It is the freedom you give yourself when you completely turn over your wishes, intentions, desires, and expectations, regardless of whether or not you attain that pursuit immediately or are left unsatisfied. It opens opportunities and your receptiveness to new heights beyond any limit that your fears would impose.
This persistence challenges your level of faith when faced with difficulties, for they happen to teach and test your trust (especially in yourself). You can use this experience to test yourself by staying strong and becoming closer to your Higher Self, or you can run the risk of always being dissatisfied, upset, and angry at yourself for your lack of change. Being patient means steadfastly affirming to yourself that there are benefits behind every misfortune and that calm is ahead, allowing you to sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension, or frustration. It means displaying tolerance, compassion, understanding, and acceptance toward those who are slower than you in developing maturity, wisdom, or coping skills.
Patience is about supporting a relationship when trouble arises that may take some time to resolve, allowing you to understand and believe in the concepts of permanence and commitment The lack of it sacrifices friendships and relationships prematurely because the other person is not changing as quickly or as thoroughly as you desire, ignoring all of the positive gains you and others have made on the road to recovery and growth, and only concentrating on what has not yet been accomplished.. It is about learning how to accept that there is no need to rush yourself or others while facing the challenges of emotional development, and realizing that overnight reformations are rarely long lasting… gradual change and growth have a much greater resilience in the end.
By displaying impatience, you easily lose control of yourself. You have outbursts of anger, grief, and blame on those who are slow to change and grow. You waste energy worrying about how slow things are changing, instead of channeling that energy toward the changes you desire. Impatience is greedy and snide; urging you to go against your word because you do not see an immediate pay off for your efforts. It pushes people away, turning off the others in your life who want to support you… those you offend by accusing them (when change is slow) of not helping you enough. You burn yourself out in the pursuit of your goals and lose hope and motivation when you become overwhelmed by the large tasks ahead of you.
When you are in such a hurry that you neglect to count your blessings and see how far you have come, you lose the ability to find any level of success or attainment, discouraging your pursuit of growth.
Ultimately, learn to be tolerant with all things, especially with yourself, and come to know that patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Love,
Kacki
This persistence challenges your level of faith when faced with difficulties, for they happen to teach and test your trust (especially in yourself). You can use this experience to test yourself by staying strong and becoming closer to your Higher Self, or you can run the risk of always being dissatisfied, upset, and angry at yourself for your lack of change. Being patient means steadfastly affirming to yourself that there are benefits behind every misfortune and that calm is ahead, allowing you to sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension, or frustration. It means displaying tolerance, compassion, understanding, and acceptance toward those who are slower than you in developing maturity, wisdom, or coping skills.
Patience is about supporting a relationship when trouble arises that may take some time to resolve, allowing you to understand and believe in the concepts of permanence and commitment The lack of it sacrifices friendships and relationships prematurely because the other person is not changing as quickly or as thoroughly as you desire, ignoring all of the positive gains you and others have made on the road to recovery and growth, and only concentrating on what has not yet been accomplished.. It is about learning how to accept that there is no need to rush yourself or others while facing the challenges of emotional development, and realizing that overnight reformations are rarely long lasting… gradual change and growth have a much greater resilience in the end.
By displaying impatience, you easily lose control of yourself. You have outbursts of anger, grief, and blame on those who are slow to change and grow. You waste energy worrying about how slow things are changing, instead of channeling that energy toward the changes you desire. Impatience is greedy and snide; urging you to go against your word because you do not see an immediate pay off for your efforts. It pushes people away, turning off the others in your life who want to support you… those you offend by accusing them (when change is slow) of not helping you enough. You burn yourself out in the pursuit of your goals and lose hope and motivation when you become overwhelmed by the large tasks ahead of you.
When you are in such a hurry that you neglect to count your blessings and see how far you have come, you lose the ability to find any level of success or attainment, discouraging your pursuit of growth.
Ultimately, learn to be tolerant with all things, especially with yourself, and come to know that patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Love,
Kacki
What is Beauty?
People often say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. I say that the most invigorating thing about beauty is coming to realize that YOU are the beholder. Use this to empower you and inspire you to find beauty in places where others have not dared or chose to look, including inside of yourself. There is no venerable beauty in something when it is not unique and lost in itself.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard to find variety that comes from within. The type that encompasses strength, courage, self-respect, and decorum. In the grand scheme of things, physical beauty is meaningless and transient. It is irrational to wish for such beauty, and wise people neither desire it for themselves nor care about it in others. If the mind is well cultivated, and the heart honorably inclined, not one should care about the exterior.
Whatever is in any way truly beautiful has a foundation of magnificence and is fully complete in itself… admiration forms no part of it. When it is real, an individual is neither worse nor better for being praised, because they know who they are inside and other people cannot sway their belief in themselves. Everyone has their own individual beauty, but not everyone can see it.
When you find all virtuous good as good, there is recognition of evil. When you know true beauty as beauty, you recognize ugliness. What a bizarre delusion it is to suppose that physical beauty is goodness. Beauty as I feel it is something incommunicable; what it is or what it means can never be fully described. Such beauty, in its pure form, motivates the observant soul to contemplate. What you believe to be beautiful and true, you will never destroy. The ability to see this is a part of your collective self-awareness.
A fantastic thing in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing complexity, beauty, and joy as time increases. This inner evolution of Love between two is a most marvelous thing; found by seeking passionately, not by fervently desiring for it. This beauty is no Divine accident.
We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. As individuals, we must approach and find beauty through our own mistakes and accumulated experience. Love and pain and beauty… it's a chaotic and confusing thing. Just think of all the beauty around you… Nature and such Order of the Universe… and be happy.
Love,
Kacki
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard to find variety that comes from within. The type that encompasses strength, courage, self-respect, and decorum. In the grand scheme of things, physical beauty is meaningless and transient. It is irrational to wish for such beauty, and wise people neither desire it for themselves nor care about it in others. If the mind is well cultivated, and the heart honorably inclined, not one should care about the exterior.
Whatever is in any way truly beautiful has a foundation of magnificence and is fully complete in itself… admiration forms no part of it. When it is real, an individual is neither worse nor better for being praised, because they know who they are inside and other people cannot sway their belief in themselves. Everyone has their own individual beauty, but not everyone can see it.
When you find all virtuous good as good, there is recognition of evil. When you know true beauty as beauty, you recognize ugliness. What a bizarre delusion it is to suppose that physical beauty is goodness. Beauty as I feel it is something incommunicable; what it is or what it means can never be fully described. Such beauty, in its pure form, motivates the observant soul to contemplate. What you believe to be beautiful and true, you will never destroy. The ability to see this is a part of your collective self-awareness.
A fantastic thing in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing complexity, beauty, and joy as time increases. This inner evolution of Love between two is a most marvelous thing; found by seeking passionately, not by fervently desiring for it. This beauty is no Divine accident.
We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. As individuals, we must approach and find beauty through our own mistakes and accumulated experience. Love and pain and beauty… it's a chaotic and confusing thing. Just think of all the beauty around you… Nature and such Order of the Universe… and be happy.
Love,
Kacki
What is Time?
Time is an ever-changing, living, indefinable thing. It is a wise counselor. It cools and soothes a broken heart, clarifies problems that have no real answer, and shows that one mood cannot be maintained unchanged through the course of hours.
“Time” is something that we as humans have assigned to our universal subconscious to make sense of the world and how we perceive it. The past, present, and future are all arbitrary… for time is not a linear vector. You can be in time, out of time, on time (and although these are disambiguations, I say this to show dimension and how much impact that the concept of time has on our lives). Hence, time can be viewed as circular (cyclical if you so desire) or even as perpetual tesseraction (simply a word for the act of traveling through wormholes). It flows unconnectedly, passing as a blur, until you try to slow it down and see clearly each and every freeze-frame that is life, where each second is significant and is etched in your mind.
It's a bizarre thing, that when you are dreading something and would give anything to slow down time, it has a discourteous habit of speeding up. Or when you desire and long for something so much, yet the world around you still keeps its pace. Time is one of the most indefinable and illogical of things; the past is gone, the future is not attainable, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and BAM it exists and no more.
And when you are in pain and you begin to fall hard into a state of a false reality, Time shakes you like wind through the trees. When your heart is broken and you begin to shut down all of your emotions, you fall into Time, and it stops for you. It keeps you suspended between two necessary evils... Do I want to let time continue and press on to see what further pain I may feel? Or do I want to stay stuck in a place where I know that if I let time stop for me, I will never be able to break out of the pain I'm already in? Time gives you these choices... only you can make the decision.
Love vanquishes time. Real Love is one of the closest things you experience on earth like eternity, for it wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear for an end. A moment can be eternity, while eternity can be the tick of a clock.
In an Earth-based interpretation, events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but they become significant to us when they find their own order as a continuous thread of revelation. A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is, and it often makes us to reluctant to learn from the past. We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Love,
Kacki
“Time” is something that we as humans have assigned to our universal subconscious to make sense of the world and how we perceive it. The past, present, and future are all arbitrary… for time is not a linear vector. You can be in time, out of time, on time (and although these are disambiguations, I say this to show dimension and how much impact that the concept of time has on our lives). Hence, time can be viewed as circular (cyclical if you so desire) or even as perpetual tesseraction (simply a word for the act of traveling through wormholes). It flows unconnectedly, passing as a blur, until you try to slow it down and see clearly each and every freeze-frame that is life, where each second is significant and is etched in your mind.
It's a bizarre thing, that when you are dreading something and would give anything to slow down time, it has a discourteous habit of speeding up. Or when you desire and long for something so much, yet the world around you still keeps its pace. Time is one of the most indefinable and illogical of things; the past is gone, the future is not attainable, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and BAM it exists and no more.
And when you are in pain and you begin to fall hard into a state of a false reality, Time shakes you like wind through the trees. When your heart is broken and you begin to shut down all of your emotions, you fall into Time, and it stops for you. It keeps you suspended between two necessary evils... Do I want to let time continue and press on to see what further pain I may feel? Or do I want to stay stuck in a place where I know that if I let time stop for me, I will never be able to break out of the pain I'm already in? Time gives you these choices... only you can make the decision.
Love vanquishes time. Real Love is one of the closest things you experience on earth like eternity, for it wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear for an end. A moment can be eternity, while eternity can be the tick of a clock.
In an Earth-based interpretation, events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but they become significant to us when they find their own order as a continuous thread of revelation. A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is, and it often makes us to reluctant to learn from the past. We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Love,
Kacki
What is Fear?
Fear is many things; shame, fright, timidity. Like impatience, it generates discouragement, hate, anxiety and failure. It is the only real prison; it lurks behind perfectionism and humor (a psychological shield for fear). The purpose of life is to live it to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer lessons just waiting to be learned. Confronting your uncertainties and allowing yourself to be human and imperfect makes you a far happier and more dynamic person. To conquer this is the foundation of wisdom.
What is needed is understanding. I mean that you must watch it, learn from it, and come directly into contact with it, not run from it. You must recognize more so that you may fear less, exposing yourself to your deepest fear… after that; it no longer has reign over you. The truth is that so many people never understand this until it is too late, because the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer. People have a hard time letting go of their misery, but with a fear of the unknown future, they prefer pain that they are at least familiar with.
Let fear pass over you and through you. And when it is gone, you can turn your inner eye to see the path it has left. When you bare your soul and share it with someone else and show that you are fallible, walls crumble. What power you will find when you hold someone else's fear in your hand and show it to them!
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you stop to look fear in the face, and you know that you must do that which you think you cannot. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this mayhem. I can take the next change that comes along. I’m not afraid.” When people restrain themselves because of fear, their lives are bound, because only through freely chosen self-discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the limits of reason (or just sanity).
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to do new things. The saddest type of a life questions three things: could have, might have, and should have. If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.
Learn the art of patience so that you can apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Let intuition guide you… follow that direction sincerely and fearlessly.
There is no fear in love because true love casts it out. If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty. If you love nothing, what joy is there in life?
A true friend knows your weaknesses but confirms your strengths; feels your fears yet fortifies your trust; sees your anxieties then frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities to emphasize your possibilities. If you look deeply within, you will find this perfect balance. If you stand in the present moment, you are eternal.
Love,
Kacki
What is needed is understanding. I mean that you must watch it, learn from it, and come directly into contact with it, not run from it. You must recognize more so that you may fear less, exposing yourself to your deepest fear… after that; it no longer has reign over you. The truth is that so many people never understand this until it is too late, because the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer. People have a hard time letting go of their misery, but with a fear of the unknown future, they prefer pain that they are at least familiar with.
Let fear pass over you and through you. And when it is gone, you can turn your inner eye to see the path it has left. When you bare your soul and share it with someone else and show that you are fallible, walls crumble. What power you will find when you hold someone else's fear in your hand and show it to them!
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you stop to look fear in the face, and you know that you must do that which you think you cannot. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this mayhem. I can take the next change that comes along. I’m not afraid.” When people restrain themselves because of fear, their lives are bound, because only through freely chosen self-discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the limits of reason (or just sanity).
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to do new things. The saddest type of a life questions three things: could have, might have, and should have. If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.
Learn the art of patience so that you can apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Let intuition guide you… follow that direction sincerely and fearlessly.
There is no fear in love because true love casts it out. If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty. If you love nothing, what joy is there in life?
A true friend knows your weaknesses but confirms your strengths; feels your fears yet fortifies your trust; sees your anxieties then frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities to emphasize your possibilities. If you look deeply within, you will find this perfect balance. If you stand in the present moment, you are eternal.
Love,
Kacki
What is Change?
All of our human experience has it's inconveniences. We feel those of the present, but neither see, feel, or predict those of the future, nor rarely do we bring up the past to learn from it. Change is something that pushes us out of our comfort zone while strengthening us. It is hustled along by Destiny and Fate, and grown by the heart, built by faith, and sustained by our mind. Change is selfish and not a respecter of people, but it always occurs for our betterment. Neither change or truth adjusts itself for anyone for the purpose of their "contentment".
Change has a period of adjustment which varies based on the individual. It is uncomfortable, because changing from one state to the next upsets our control over outcomes, sometimes flipping us upside down, breaking us out of a cocoon of apathy which many find to be upsetting. Spiritual growth is stunted by blankets of apathy, and most people are simple and don't care. Change has a ripping effect on those who won’t let it take its course.
Change is awkward at first. Change is a muscle that develops... flexing and pointing to encourage and enjoy the dynamics of the life set before us. A roller coaster ride is fun if you know when to lean and create new balance within the ups and downs. Flexibility is the key in the midst of dichotomy. Change pushes you to do your personal best, drawing out those who need to find new way. Whether we accept change or not, we learn from it.
Change changes the speed of time and distorts our perception of what we once knew as true. Time is so slow for the reluctant and unknowing, and yet it is so fast for those who embrace it without qualms. Change always seeks a better place at the end, and it is complete when YOU realize you are different and have been taught something.
Change is needed when all the masks and props and falsities and practices of the past no longer work nor invoke learning lessons. We don’t grow in retreat, but through endurance. Change isn’t fixed by crying or worrying or being apathetic or fearful. Change is won by victors... not victims. We get to choose who we are.
Change is measured by its impact on all who are connected to it. Change arrives when it decides that you are dissatisfied with where you are or need to be, either consciously or subconsciously. Change happens in the heart before it is proclaimed by our actions. If you can change yourself before something changes you, there will be less pain. Change uses the power invested in our self, the unseen, to reinvent what is tangible in our surroundings.
Change is like driving in the rain... its dangerous and scary and sometimes you hydroplane and you can't see very far in the horizon, but you know that you can make the entire trip that way.
Love, Kacki
Change has a period of adjustment which varies based on the individual. It is uncomfortable, because changing from one state to the next upsets our control over outcomes, sometimes flipping us upside down, breaking us out of a cocoon of apathy which many find to be upsetting. Spiritual growth is stunted by blankets of apathy, and most people are simple and don't care. Change has a ripping effect on those who won’t let it take its course.
Change is awkward at first. Change is a muscle that develops... flexing and pointing to encourage and enjoy the dynamics of the life set before us. A roller coaster ride is fun if you know when to lean and create new balance within the ups and downs. Flexibility is the key in the midst of dichotomy. Change pushes you to do your personal best, drawing out those who need to find new way. Whether we accept change or not, we learn from it.
Change changes the speed of time and distorts our perception of what we once knew as true. Time is so slow for the reluctant and unknowing, and yet it is so fast for those who embrace it without qualms. Change always seeks a better place at the end, and it is complete when YOU realize you are different and have been taught something.
Change is needed when all the masks and props and falsities and practices of the past no longer work nor invoke learning lessons. We don’t grow in retreat, but through endurance. Change isn’t fixed by crying or worrying or being apathetic or fearful. Change is won by victors... not victims. We get to choose who we are.
Change is measured by its impact on all who are connected to it. Change arrives when it decides that you are dissatisfied with where you are or need to be, either consciously or subconsciously. Change happens in the heart before it is proclaimed by our actions. If you can change yourself before something changes you, there will be less pain. Change uses the power invested in our self, the unseen, to reinvent what is tangible in our surroundings.
Change is like driving in the rain... its dangerous and scary and sometimes you hydroplane and you can't see very far in the horizon, but you know that you can make the entire trip that way.
Love, Kacki
What is Suffering?
Suffering is simply the experiences that teach us. It spurs endurance, which in turn breeds character. We come to Earth to learn and grow. Without pain, how would we do this? The only lesson you learn during a period of peace and happiness is that you have to live those rare moments like they are your last. Moments that show you that life is beautiful and the greatest gift that the Universe blesses us with. Living your life with the pure intent to love other people is never found in those who harbor anger, fear, hate, or malice.
Our souls are not made to be compatible with every other soul. It doesn't work like that. However, just because a person does something that you hate (which is almost as strong of a word as love), you grow by realizing that you can still love a person's soul yet dislike their actions and decisions.
In every person, there is a little "light" that is born into us; an innate trait. Young and naive souls have the responsibility to cultivate and expand this light inside themselves. Older and wiser souls that are close to the end of their journeys to Earth are responsible for going out and spreading this little light-consciousness.
What is this? This light is our essence - our personal connection to the universe that can never be completely eradicated. This light is Utter Love. Total Peace. The Epitome of Elation. Sometimes, the "evils" and errors of us on Earth harden and dim this. One mark on the path to enlightenment is to find a way to rise above earthly, materialistic things. Things that will never really matter when you return Home.
So, in closing, what I am trying to convey is this. I want you to allow your spirit to beam from inside-out like a beacon of hope and love in this dark, horrible plane of existence. To never second guess yourself or think bad thoughts, because negativity only breeds negativity. Even through trials and hard times, know that the Universe always pulls in your favor, and that Fate is a righteous being never leading you astray. Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great strife with cheerfulness and a sound mind.
The lesson that I have learned and that I hope to teach you is that one must find beauty and harmony in life, especially when things are the worst that they've ever been. It proves that your mind and heart and soul are strong enough to overcome anything. Don't hold grudges and keep sadness and anger pent up inside. Go out and live and relish each moment.
Love,
Kacki
Our souls are not made to be compatible with every other soul. It doesn't work like that. However, just because a person does something that you hate (which is almost as strong of a word as love), you grow by realizing that you can still love a person's soul yet dislike their actions and decisions.
In every person, there is a little "light" that is born into us; an innate trait. Young and naive souls have the responsibility to cultivate and expand this light inside themselves. Older and wiser souls that are close to the end of their journeys to Earth are responsible for going out and spreading this little light-consciousness.
What is this? This light is our essence - our personal connection to the universe that can never be completely eradicated. This light is Utter Love. Total Peace. The Epitome of Elation. Sometimes, the "evils" and errors of us on Earth harden and dim this. One mark on the path to enlightenment is to find a way to rise above earthly, materialistic things. Things that will never really matter when you return Home.
So, in closing, what I am trying to convey is this. I want you to allow your spirit to beam from inside-out like a beacon of hope and love in this dark, horrible plane of existence. To never second guess yourself or think bad thoughts, because negativity only breeds negativity. Even through trials and hard times, know that the Universe always pulls in your favor, and that Fate is a righteous being never leading you astray. Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great strife with cheerfulness and a sound mind.
The lesson that I have learned and that I hope to teach you is that one must find beauty and harmony in life, especially when things are the worst that they've ever been. It proves that your mind and heart and soul are strong enough to overcome anything. Don't hold grudges and keep sadness and anger pent up inside. Go out and live and relish each moment.
Love,
Kacki
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