Walk the Walk and Keep the Faith

When someone says "keep the faith," or "stay positive" what are they really saying?  The person at the other end of those words is in a place where those words may sound foreign.  When someone needs to keep the faith they typically do not understand the meaning of the word faith.  
So how do we help and encourage people who are in the middle of an existential crisis or at a spiritual crossroad?

1. Offer books 
2. Take a walk with them
3. Listen to them 
4. Offer a hug
5.  Be an example of "keeping the faith"

 Life is not easy, but having a best friend (or partner) to listen and even call every other day makes life more tolerable.

When a person doesn't have a partner to walk through life they feel every bump with ten times more intensity.  

Society indirectly sends us messages that we have to be paired up in our twenties, but what if we don't?  Going through the day to day rigor and grind of life can feel daunting and even hopeless at times.  

If you are married and you tell a single person to "keep the faith" or to "stay positive," chances are they most likely have remained positive;  that constant wear and grind takes a toll on the single person.  Nowadays a single person is like a warrior moving against the great, blustery wind.  

Remind yourself that when you say the words "stay positive," that the words "show compassion" come back to you.

Good Morning!  Thank you for beginning another day with me.  

Continuing with my Louise Hay affirmations this week there are a few below that connect with me, very strongly, today:

"The Perfect job is looking for me, and we are being brought together now."

"I have unlimited potential, only good lies before me."

"My job allows me to express my talents and abilities, and I am grateful for this employment."

 Which of these affirmations connects with you today?  

Living a holistic healthy lifestyle is more than just eating "good" foods or taking the proper vitamins and supplements; it is also about living an authentic life and being true to yourself;
that means making sure that each of the other primary foods are balanced and aligned.  To reiterate again, the primary foods are:

1. Career
2. Physical Activity
3. Spirituality
4. Relationships 

Finding ourselves can take a lifetime sometimes, so then how can we find the career that meshes with our true self if we don't find ourselves until much later?

The answer:  Working at a job that FEELS good and doesn't make us feel unhappy.  Do not confuse being unhappy for another reason vs. being unhappy because of your job.  Unhappiness could be from another primary food.

Sit and meditate with nature.  Nature helps to answer the questions we hold deep inside.  If you cannot get into nature, then find a small private space or sit in your bedroom alone and meditate.  

So even if you do not know what you are, your purpose, or who you are, then you can still meditate and become aware of your feelings and senses.  You will soon know what resonates with you. 

Be true to yourself and go with HOW you feel.  Don't say, "Be honest with yourself," because that is different from being TRUE to yourself.  More often than not when we are HONEST with ourselves we tend to be more critical of ourselves.  

Be TRUE and FEEL how we are and see how the flow and energy is with situations.