What do you suggest one do when the “high road” is closed. I recently left employment at my three-years-elder sister’s company because of differences in our approaches to business. While I continue to reach out to her via email at least weekly (e.g., to tell her that I love and miss her, or to send an article that I think she might find valuable), she does not acknowledge me. Is there ever a time to stop going down that road? Thank you.
Finding Inner Happiness
I am 63 yrs old with children and grandchildren. I have trouble feeling happiness or joy.
I feel that unless my children and grandchildren are happy I can not be. If any of them are having problems is very difficult for me to enjoy anything.
What should I do?
The Game of Life
So our purpose in life is to become fully awake to who we truly are, but I still don’t quite get the point of that?!? Why do we (God) need to manifest a physical body, and live a physical existence, just so that we can learn to remember what we (God) already are/is ? Life seems like nothing more than a game to me!
God is everything – she is all knowing, so there really is no experience she needs to learn from – so what then really, is the point to learning to awaken in a physical body, when in fact there is nothing that God needs to learn or experience?
I hope my question makes sense?
Feeling the Pain
I have been meditating regularly. I have monitored my emotions and tried correcting some behavioral patterns through meditation. During this deep introspection I have realized that I am highly intuitive and can feel the pain some other person is going through. This causes pain in me too and unhappiness that someone else is unhappy. In a way it is a blessing to feel someone’s pain but I find myself unable to offer help to the other person to rid their pain. This behavior restricts me from volunteering (I tried mentoring a teenager but I fled from the abuse she went through), helping my friends who need a listening friend and offer unbiased good advice.
How should I make myself stronger so that I can hear and see the pain other people feel and yet be there for them as a strong support system.
7 New Ways to Find Happiness
If you’re struggling with how to define your life beyond material goods, Deepak Chopra has seven ways for you to make the shift, once and for all, to a purpose-driven life and authentic happiness.
One of the most positive ways to live is to look on every obstacle as a hidden opportunity. This holiday season poses huge challenges for those among us who have lost their jobs or feel financially insecure. Even if you don’t fall into that category, the evening news brings worries on many fronts, from the deficit to terrorism. I’d like to propose that there is a common problem in all these things that you can turn into an opportunity.
Published in Oprah.com