Thursday, October 13, 2011

Starting over

After being in a long term relationship. I mean one that is over 2 years, it is difficult to move forward. It is necessary to take time for yourself and reflect on what happened in that relationship. This purpose is to reflect not blaming the other person, but taking responsibility for what you put into the union and what you may have done wrong or should have done more with that person.

Moving on can be a trying task, especially when there are not many individuals in the world willing to give them self to truly being in a relationship. Sometimes the hurt from the past succeeds our ability to move on. This is something we can control. Not allowing yourself to be happy with another is a disservice to yourself. This is giving your previous partner way too much power over your happiness. Do they really deserve to be idealized and respected? Don't you deserve to be happy and find that person who can appreciate what the other couldn't? Don't you deserve to share moments and work towards a life with someone who will not pull out on you?

The answer is yes, you do deserve these things. So, lets stop dwelling in the past and focus on the future. What you had is gone, but you will get is in store. Be positive about your flaws and your strengths, they work together to make you special and unique. If one can't accept who you are, another will. Don't forget to respect and love yourself, that is the only way another can do the same.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Solutions needed

In a world where most of the population is struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table more economic upheaval is upon us. The idea that a football player, because they can get hurt to the point of not being able to work gets paid sooo much money that they can care for at least 5 families is absurd. Construction workers put their lives at risk, so do police officers, why are they not given excessive salaries as well? This divide is what is said to make this country great; but it's exactly what makes this country fall into recessions and depressions of the economy.

Greedy people continue to rule the country and they have no morality as to how they fund their lavish lifestyles. Donating to a cause where they don't really need the funding is a mockery, perhaps donating funding to non-profit organizations that are within the communities that require assistance should be a better way to spend your tax write off. The level of hypocrisy is baffling to me and the way the world has come to accept and go along with these inconsistencies is beyond my thought.

A system where one day everyone is approved for a house, then those same struggling home owners are forced out of their homes because they were approved under false pretenses. The bank knew they were not able to make those increasing payments. If they were given a rate today, they should have been given a fixed rate so that they were likely to keep their homes, but instead interest increased annually or after 5 years and now we have a foreclosure rate as high as our unemployment rate.

When will the government realize that instead of bailing out the rich, they should be assisting the everyday person, who feeds the economy. The "middle class" is who buys a new car in this country not special ordered in Italy, the "middle class" goes out and buys clothes from the department stores that provide jobs locally. I hope that eyes are opened and minds open to provide this country a real chance to prosper and live up to our hype.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Connecting to yourself

At times it feels that not all is going well, or nothing is right with you or your choices. These realities can be difficult to face, but staying firm to your beliefs can help. Many of us do not know how to connect to ourselves and understand our individual power.

Individual power to know what we should really be doing and where we should be going with our lives. The pressures of society to move towards a specific career or to be a certain type of person can be overwhelming. Take time to search within yourself and see what guides you and where it guides in your life. The cessation of the self is where we go wrong, not growing as a person is the biggest down fall we can possibly make. Growing in self, life, career and love are important factors to any individuals success.

To begin this process you must first take time to be alone and contemplate your positives, and the negatives about your own character. It can be difficult to face ther truth of our own short comings, but without this reflection no improvements can be made. Ponder upon your decisons made and how the results affected you and those around you. Learn from your past and the goal is to not repeat these errors, for without learning there is no lesson.