Struggling Alone

"If nobody shares they are struggling, nobody will know anybody else is struggling. That results in a bunch of people feeling isolated and scared and like big, fat losers."

Tara Hunt, CEO of Buyosphere.com

A life that has at its foundation the process of change is going to assure that individuals struggle at times. We all have challenges, changes, fears and doubts. How we move with these parts of our journey stretches, develops and determines our character. Such times allow us to search deeper for our own set of values from which to choose and act.

There seems to be a lot of individuals feeling alone, overwhelmed, and tired. I hear it in those who are mothers, those who are business owners, those who are CEO, those who are students, those who are facing health challenges and those who seem to have an easy life. You may be one of them. We have been raised in a culture that says, "work hard and you will succeed." We have survived by pulling ourselves up by the "boot strap" and doing it our self. We do not share our sense of loneliness and fear with others and the result is "that there is a bunch of people feeling isolated and scared and like big, fat losers."

As I look back over my life, the times that I felt most alone were the times that I was being "called" to spend time with my spiritual team. If I recognized the loneliness as that type of call and went into my sacred place for an hour or so to listen, I came away rejuvenated, enlightened, inspired. If I tried to change my sense of alone by external means, even visits with friends, the feeling remained.

Is it possible that we are being called, in mass, to develop our connection to that greater field of intelligence that knows, sees, understands beyond our physical ability and vision?

I believe that it is. I believe we are being called to spend regular time in the company of spiritual family members whose qualities and insights would guide and enhance our lives.

How about making a commitment? Buy a journal or notebook. Set aside an hour for quiet time. Complete the statements as to the qualities of your spiritual teachers and the qualities of your interactions with those in the unseen regions of our world from my June blog, To The Heart of the Matter. And begin your own "research" project.

Ask one question. Listen as if on one end of a phone. Write what comes into your mind without judging... the writer's mind. When there is an end to the words. Go back to your question and read the words that came to you. Do they meet the quality criteria?

You may not get words. You may have pictures, symbols, colors or even smells. Each of us have ourr own language with spirit and that language is discovered with time spent in conversation.

When you are ready, you may be lead to classes, books, movies, teachers to help you refine your conversations. The journal will be a great assist in tracking where you began, what you are being taught, and your own questions along the way.

Lonely?  No more!
 
Alone? Not again!

Confused? Not now!