Today is one of those days that I just can’t believe came!

A dream came true today that I am still just beyond excited about and in denial about.

Oprah is taking Life Class on the road to St. Louis and to New York City. She has invited Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Iyanla Vazant and TD Jakes to join her as experts LIVE! And I have been offered a position as a “VIP” Blogger to cover Lifeclass Live! Which means that the folks at Harpo are taking me on the road with Oprah!  I make up that “VIP” stands for Very Inspiring Person, because we are all equally important.

It’s crazy! If you want to enter the lottery for free tickets, click here.

The blog today is not about bragging, it’s about taking a moment to be like – whoa. But that’s not all. Two weeks ago at the Agape event that I spoke at, I walked into the VIP Room and found that Louise Hay was there. She had driven up from San Diego to meet Jenna and me.

I was floored. And I was double-floored because I had gotten the Oprah news just a few hours before. It was so amazing to meet Louise. Her presence was simply divine and she radiated joy and Love that only she could.

After meeting Louise that night, a few days went by and she emailed me early in the morning asking if I would speak at a Hay House event in November – and I started to cry tears of joy.

Three years ago in an 8×8 room, with no money, no bright or compelling future, I made a vision board of some things that seemed so over the top. On the vision board was the love of my life, Oprah, Hay House and The Huffington Post. It seemed almost impossible.

Well today, I am in the reality of going on tour with Oprah (and Tony Robbins), speaking at a Hay House event and having a content distribution deal with the Huffington Post – and most importantly, being in a relationship with my boo Jenna.

The vision board is now a reality.

I say all this not to brag, not to boast, but to go HOLY SH*T guys! If I can do it, you can do it!

There is no force greater than persistence, than adding value to other people’s lives and to surrender to the will of The Uni-verse.

I literally got the download from The Uni-verse and just didn’t doubt it. And acted on it moment by moment – every day. And each time I had to step outside of my comfort zone and each time I was either caught or I learned how to fly.

I am beyond excited and so humbled by these opportunities that I am writing about. This is the true physical manifestation of a dream and vision that only a few years ago seemed impossible and larger than life.

So today, what dream do you have that seems larger than life? Can you act on it and try UNTIL? Can you doubt your doubt and believe your dreams? What would that look like in your life? Let me know, leave a comment or send an email to WhatImGoingThru@TheDailyLove.com

Love,

Mastin

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Mastin Kipp is the CEO and Founder of The Daily Love. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Dear Mastin,

I had an epiphany last night. There is no other way to describe it. I signed up for your Love Uni-versity course. I signed up because I felt that there was something “not right” in my relationship with my boyfriend. I wanted to do all I could to figure out what was wrong so I could (a) see what I could do to change it or (b) not do it in future relationships. That was it. I never thought that there was something wrong with me or that I had any issues. Until last night…

I phoned in last night for the class because I know you said it was on relationships. But by the end of the night, I learned so much about myself. Listening to the call, it was interesting to examine past relationships as the learning experiences they are. However, it was the conversation of masculine versus feminine core that stood out to me. At the beginning of the call, I assumed I was masculine. I want my ideas to be valued; I am currently a PhD student. But I also want my feelings to be cherished. That has always been my underlying need. It wasn’t until the Q&A when you talked about masculine versus feminine in terms of sex positions, that I knew I was masculine core, without a doubt. I could not even imagine anyone wanting to be bent over and taking it like that forever.

But then the woman on the call said she would rather receive and that stopped me cold. I did a quadruple take and said Whaaaa?? I definitely knew I did not feel that way. So for an hour or so after the call I asked myself, why? Why am I masculine? I spoke to my boyfriend about it, giving him the sex position example. I found myself saying, “I would hate to be bent over. It’s so degrading.” To which he didn’t respond, but I didn’t press. Again, I asked myself Why? Why is it degrading? Why would being a feminine core be degrading? Then everything finally made sense. And I mean everything!!

It was my father. When I was younger, my father would drink. He would never hurt my mother or me physically, but he would (in his drunken episodes) take my mother to the kitchen and yell at her or as he would say “speak loudly”. I don’t remember what he would say, but I just remember my mom would cry and cry and cry. He did it to my grandmother (mom’s mom) and my aunt (his sister). I remember when I was five I swore I would never ever let anyone speak to me that way. That I would never take that kind of abuse lying down. That I would fight back and defend myself. I think I believed that if I took the role of female, I would go through the same abuse. Like I said, he never spoke to me that way.

But if we go through the questions from the first call, I craved my father’s love growing up. Who did I have to be? I had to be smart, not only book smart, but “people” smart or street smart. He always wanted me to “use common sense”. He described this as seeing the “evil” in others. To see another’s ulterior motives and not to trust everyone’s motives. He would praise this. I have an older half-sister. She is what he would describe as people smart or has common sense. He told me once that she is like him. She sees the “evil” in others. He said I should learn that because I was too naïve.

So I did. I did my best to not trust people and their motives. I became so good, I stopped trusting myself. I don’t trust my ideas or feelings. I don’t trust my boyfriend, not fully at least. I never trusted my father because of his behavior with the female members of my family. Further, I felt like my father contradicted himself, which made and makes me angry. My father tries to give what he can to those less fortunate whether it is the homeless or family members that don’t have a lot. He does so willingly without a question. I ask him why and all he says is that you give to those less fortunate, but he never suspected that he was being taken advantage of. Isn’t that what he taught me to do? To question the motives of others? This inconsistency makes me not trust him on another level.

It wasn’t until last night that everything fell into place. I didn’t even realize I had trust issues. I know now that this is the “something wrong” in my relationship. Furthermore, I’ve realized my pattern in men I’ve dated. None of them are like my father (or maybe they are). They were all relatively weak, passive men who wouldn’t dare raise their voice to me. My current boyfriend started that way too. We have been together for five years now, but in that time he has grown stronger. I suppose that it is triggering an internal defense mechanism to strength, contributing to the “something wrong”. I have equated male strength (which is incredibly sexy) with whatever my father did which was not strength, it was cowardice for whatever he was dealing with. Recently, my mom told me that he is dealing with issues with his mom. I don’t know too many of the details, but I’m sure his behavior towards women had to do with that.

Mastin, after realizing all of this, I cried, for the first time, tears of relief. I always felt like I couldn’t understand myself even though I felt “something wrong”. I know now what I need to work on. I told my boyfriend all of this last night too. And the amazing thing is he listened. He turned down the volume on American Pickers and looked me in the eye and listened. Maybe I never trusted that he could, but last night I had faith that he would. And he did.

I just had to share my story with you because your words have truly helped me see myself in a true light. I have considered talking to a professional and I did once before. However, it felt so cold and I felt judged by the person. I left feeling worse than when I walked in when all I wanted to do was talk to someone. I felt like they were trying to break me down with whatever they could pick up on and then continually pick at old scars. Whether or not this is the way they were supposed to do it, it didn’t feel right to me. But in the two hours that I have heard you speak, I have learned something about myself that I never realized. I am not sure how your mentoring program works, but I think I’d like more details about it.

I have only scratched the surface, I know, but it is farther than I have ever come. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Thanks and Love,

A TDL Reader & Love Uni-versity student

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How do you feel about forgiveness? Throughout the years as I talk about forgiveness to my clients, group coaching and lectures, I find a lot of misconception around this idea.

When I encourage people to forgive a grievance, many of them feel I must not really understand the situation. They think my advice should be to never talk to the person again, NOT to forgive them. Let’s set the record straight about this all-too-common reaction.

The truth is Forgiveness Frees the Heart…. YOUR heart.

Many times we feel a grudge as a heavy feeling in our heart. That feeling is constriction. All feelings are forms of energy, which is why we get a physical sensation from them. Since like energy attracts like, the constriction from not forgiving blocks the flow of your abundance.

When we release that negative bind to another person, that heaviness lifts allowing expansion (aka space) for you to love and trust again.

Forgiving is all about you. Deciding whether to hold anger or release it occurs in your mind. You decide how you want to feel. No one else does it for you.  As a Daily Lover, you want more love on a daily basis, right? Forgive in order to allow love to expand and grow on a more and more consistent basis.

So what is forgiveness? Forgiveness is not condoning the actions of the other party, rolling over and giving up. It is not about losing anything or letting someone else dominate you. Forgiveness is about releasing you from the bitterness prison that negatively affects other areas of your life, like your ability to love and trust others based on a past scenario.

To help you move past the constriction and into the expansion of The Uni-verse, I have a forgiveness exercise for you. Make a list of all the people in your life you are holding a grudge against, close your eyes, and visualize a negative cord of energy (active resentment) attaching you to that person. Next take a deep breath and see yourself with a giant pair of scissors cutting that cord. Both you and the other party float away from each other, releasing the negative energetic bind. Continue to do this until you feel you have released the experience. If you are still struggling, write an unedited letter to the offender expressing all of your feelings. Read the letter to a trusted friend or simply aloud and then burn it someplace safe. Visualize the energetic cord being cut while you are burning the letter and silently repeat, I am FREE. Repeat the releasing process as needed and watch what shifts in your life.

Get honest about grievances and the energy it is stealing from your beautiful one-of-a-kind life.

Please drop a comment and post to Twitter and Facebook. I want to start a dialogue about forgiveness because it is that important of a topic.

I hope you have a heart-opening week.

Love Love Love

Terri

PS There is a guided Forgiveness to Freedom meditation on my Meditation Transformation CD if you need a little help getting started ❤

PPS: The title cards to my videos this month were all drawn by my talented son, Alex Juhasz. Check him out: http://www.alexjuhasz.com/. You will be seeing these designs again very soon in my L*O*V*E deck of cards… stay tuned for more details and product launch date!

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Terri Cole, founder and CEO of Live Fearless and Free, is a licensed psychotherapist, transformation coach and an expert at turning fear into freedom.

Check out Terri’s website here.

Several people responded to my blog entitled, “A Path to Living a More Heart Centered Life” with this question, “How do I trust my heart over the voice of my head and guilt?”

It’s such a good question, isn’t it?

So — how do I trust my heart over the voice of my head and guilt?
Practice makes perfect

1.  Spend time focusing energy connecting to your heart every day.

2.  Gently place your right hand in the center of your chest and place your left hand on top of it.  Putting your hands on the center of your chest supports the heart chakra.  The energy of your hands will cover the chakra so that it is easier for your attention to turn inward.  Close your eyes and allow your focus to go inward.  Slowly take a deep breath in through the nose.  As you feel your inhalation reach its capacity and feel that you can’t breathe in any more, inhale a little bit more.  Hold your breath for the count of five and then slowly exhale.  Take several of these deep breaths — inhaling through the nose and exhaling slowly and deeply out through the mouth.  Most people share with me that they feel more calm and peaceful inside just by focusing in this way.

3.  Make sure that if you are conflicted about something and want your Heart to guide you, to remember to ask a specific question to get clarity.  I find it helpful to say this phrase before I ask my Heart questions — “I allow myself to let go of all fear and concern” — and then I ask whatever question I have.

4.  Shhhh.  You need to listen to the answer.  Seems obvious — but most people ask a question, hear the answer, and then start thinking about the fear and reasoning behind why they can’t do what their heart is sharing .

5.  Limit your caffeine intake.  I know it sounds kinda wacky — but caffeine messes with your adrenaline and makes your heart and mind race faster.  It’s like putting 10 TV channels on at one time! — which will you listen to?   The more alkaline your diet, the easier it is to hear your Heart speak.

6.  Focus on Gratitude every single day.  I hold Gratitude Parties on Twitter every night.  They are wonderful to help the Heart melt open.  Every night focus and write three things you are grateful for!

Why is it so difficult to trust the heart?  Well, I am sure we all have our own answers, but, for me, it had been hard to listen simply because I often wanted a certain outcome.  I was already invested in an answer and didn’t want to hear the “Truth” for myself.  Another reason would be that I was afraid of taking true responsibility for the quality of life I was living.  My Heart speaks the truth to me so that I may easily create the experience I know exists.  If you dream it, it is yours to hold.  It seemed so much easier to make excuses and blame others and situations for my lack of happiness and fulfillment in my life — instead of bucking up and creating the life I said I wanted.  I have to tell you, it seemed easier to ignore my Heart — but it wasn’t.  Easier is knowing that my Heart speaks to me effortlessly.  Easier is knowing if I listen and hold onto courage (the voice of the Heart) I feel and receive unending support and guidance — not only from my Heart — but also from The Uni-verse itself.

There is a phrase that helps me trust my Heart’s wisdom so often.  I hope it does the same for you.  The phrase is, “What’s meant to be will be.”  This means, to me, that no matter what, I can’t make a wrong decision.  All decisions I choose to make are right decisions for me and all involved.  Time after time, as I had listened to my Heart, I would feel guilty — simply because I had been loyal to my mind for so many years.  Following my Heart meant I was cheating on my Mind!  At first listening to my heart seemed to bring up a lot of fear of being alone, but let me tell you — when I started opening up the door to my Heart, I was opening up a huge door to trusting in the magic and mystery of The Uni-verse.  I was actually opening up the door to The Uni-verse itself.

May we all remember to put our listening ears on and tune into the wisdom of our Hearts.  What truly blessed lives we live.

All my Love,
Robin

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Do you have a dream or goal that you haven’t been able to reach yet? Is there something that you really want to accomplish or set in place but as the days go by, you think to yourself “Gosh, why don’t I do that? I really wish I could!” If so, you are not alone. I for one, really relate. I have been attempting to cultivate a daily meditation practice, and while it is getting easier and more frequent, it’s not consistent yet. As I was discussing it with a friend who is having a similar issue, I realized that for me it’s all about scheduling and creating a habit.

I work out everyday because it is built into my day and it has now become a routine. I get up, I make a smoothie, and then I exercise. I alternate between jogging and strength training/weights every other day. Simple. I don’t have to spend energy thinking about when I will exercise, what I will do, or if I “feel” like doing it- I just do it. And I love it, not only because I’ve chosen things that I actually enjoy and that make my body feel good, but also because it’s not something I need to spend mental energy on. I look forward to the routine of it, because it allows me to focus on what I am actually doing rather than deciding on what I will be doing. There is something very peaceful about knowing in advance how and when I will be exercising- it frees up a lot of energy to be put to use in other areas.

I think a lot of us spend large amounts of energy thinking about the things we would like to be doing, rather than just doing them! It may seem easier said than done, but if we can just realize what our blocks are and find a way to resolve them, we will accomplish our goals AND have extra energy for other things that matter to us. So, for me, I am now building meditation into my daily schedule. They say it takes 40 days to truly create a habit so that it becomes totally natural, so I am going to place a sticky note on my bathroom mirror to remind myself that when I finish exercising, that’s my time to meditate. And pretty soon, I won’t even need that reminder.

What is stopping you from your goal? Is it scheduling? Time management? Knowledge? Unconscious material? Let’s take an example of the goal to eat healthier so that you can feel good, have more energy, and as an added bonus, look better. J Say you often get to work and you’re ravenous and there is nothing to eat but donuts in the conference room. Planning ahead of time and really preparing healthy snacks and meals for yourself would be a great place to start, reminding yourself in whatever way works for you, until it becomes a habit. Or maybe you just don’t have the knowledge of what are healthy choices for you- seek guidance from someone trained and knowledgeable in this area. Or, maybe it’s deeper than that and you are unconsciously (or consciously) holding onto your eating habits because you are afraid of how changing them might affect your life and others in it. Really dig deep and ask yourself “who would I be if I ate healthy and really took care of myself?” The answer to this question will help you figure out what is blocking you, and then you can take action.

Whatever your goal and whatever you uncover that is stopping you from achieving it and living a happier, healthier, fuller life, I support you in becoming aware of it and taking steps to push past the block. If you are consistent in your practice (but please don’t beat yourself up if you flub up!), you will see things start to shift. You will not only start achieving your goals, but a lot of energy previously wasted thinking about it will be released and available to you to use for better use! It’s really a win-win situation. So identify a goal, identify the block, and take consistent action to push past it. You might be surprised at how your life opens up.

Love,

Erinn

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Erinn Selkis is a health and wellness counselor who compassionately supports her clients to improve all aspects of their lives through nutrition and personal growth. Check out her coaching website at http://www.erinnselkis.com.

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.”

- Dr. David M. Burns, Stanford professor and best-selling author.

“Nothing is perfect if judgment is present. Everything is perfect when you let go – this is how you see with the eyes of love.”

- Jackson Kiddard, author & polymath.

“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in”

- Leonard Cohen, amazing singer/songwriter.

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it.”

- Anne Lamott, best-selling author, acclaimed public speaker and activist.

When we take time to actually understand people, our lives will change. There seems to be a theme in many of my clients lives lately, where they will complain about someone – and make them wrong for what they are thinking or how they are feeling.

Let me tell it to you straight – YOUR EMOTIONS ARE VALID AND REAL! Don’t let ANYONE tell you otherwise!

When we begin to have respect for the thoughts of others and we begin to cherish the feelings of others, as we do our own – we step into a larger world. Think about it. If you made a list of all your character defects – and saw that part of yourself loud and clear, would you say that even though you know you are that way, you let yourself off the hook? Well, then let us see others with Love and compassion and let them off the hook, too.

This doesn’t mean we have to tolerate abuse or anything like that, but it does mean that we can choose to see and encourage the best in others. And when we do that, a strange thing starts to happen – the best of who they are begins to emerge.

If we are constantly looking for what’s wrong, if we are constantly trying to see how someone messed up – we miss the miracle and we miss the blessing that is his or her presence in our life.

So when it comes to other people – I have a question, and answer honestly… What are you looking for in them? Are you looking for what’s right? Are you seeing them as doing the best that they can – are you giving compassion to them at the same level that you give to yourself or those that you Love?

AND – if you feel that other people are only looking for what’s wrong in you – can you send them Love and Compassion because you know that this is nothing but a projection of how they feel about themselves and has NOTHING to do with you? This is how we are being called to see the world – with the eyes of Love. We see the innocence; we see the pain of others and we do not take it personally because we know it is just a part of their projection. And, we know that we also project onto others, so we do our best to stop that and to send only Love. Sometimes, you have to send Love from a distance, but send Love anyway!

Do you have the courage to see life this way? Can you let go of the past hurts and step into the brandnew-ness of this now moment? Can you feel the Love within you that is dying to express and know that when it is expressed it will be returned to you 100-fold?

This is the way of things – do you have what it takes? Leave a comment or let me know: WhatImGoingThru@TheDailyLove.com

Love,

Mastin

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Mastin Kipp is the CEO and Founder of The Daily Love. Follow him on Twitter here.

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I have one of my soulmates in my life who recently posted on his Wall that he has herpes.  He just got so sick of being afraid that someone would find out, that he told everyone and allowed the chips to fall where they would.  The world did not open up and swallow him up (at least I don’t think that it did, maybe I should check on that…) and now he can get on with facing his real challenge of forgiving himself and focusing his future glasses on a path that is different than he thought it would be a year ago.

In the Spirit of this brave co-traveler…. here is my version:

My life right now…. (and for a while now has been) is difficult and stuffed to the rafters with dishonesty.  There is a fairly famous quote that is being passed around from one inspirational FB page to another about recognizing in yourself that which you see around you.  I gotta admit that this belief bugged me a lot…. I am not dishonest and work fairly hard at being genuine and authentic.  But last night I hit a new “bottom” and it forced me to really REALLY look at my life and my actions in it. I realized that, perhaps what you see around you that you do not like is what you ALLOW to be around you.  It then manifests itself into your life in more personal ways that can no longer be dismissed belonging to someone else.

There is a person I work with who, although he wants to be effective and competent, is not.  There are other issues as well, and everyone around sees his shortcomings, but no one will tell him directly.  In fact, he is being given a huge promotion while others sit around and wait for him to fail. It makes me want to scream…. but I don’t.  I sit and stew silently (OKokok, MY version of silently) and complain about it to others.  I have helped two friends get over painful break-ups and then sat alone while they get on with their healing, when each assured me that she was not one of those transient friends. I am very hurt by their blatant dishonestly and their disregard for the feelings of others, mainly me.  But I tell each of them that it’s okay, that I am fine.  There are smaller ways I have accepted dishonesty into my realm…and every time I do that, the monster gets a little more powerful.

OK…. that kinda shows a bit of the dishonesty of others… Now for me.

I hinted at this one earlier…. My financial life is difficult, but I don’t let on.  I walk around in this perpetual state of la-la pretending that it doesn’t suck to be without a car. To have to make foodstamps stretch without being able to get to an actual grocery store. To have to beg rides for some of the simplest things, leaving me wanting to do nothing so that I don’t feel indebted to everyone around me. I was planning on getting a car with tax money.  I found out last night that my entire “refund” is being applied to a debt that I was unable to pay because my paycheck as a teachers’ aide is less than $1000 a month. I do somehow manage to feel abundance in my life… I am watched over and taken care of and there have been human angels that have taken up residence in my life in order to watch over me. I am not ungrateful… But I am acknowledging that things are hard.

I have given up actually creating my art, at least for now. I am a potter and clay artist. And I am good. But when I lost my car last summer, I acquiesced being able to get to the studio that was nearly 20 miles away.  I meditated and accepted that my talent, skill, desire and passion for it would not go anywhere.  That my desire for my own studio was still in tact and in my future.  As soon as I did that, a volunteer position presented itself and I am now the talent coordinator for a monthly art event in my city.  I am finding and presenting emerging artists to the art-loving community!  I love it… but this exercise in honesty requires me to admit that I would like to remind the Uni-verse that, uhm…. me too, ya know?

My heart and soul:  Many of my friends know who this woman is… sort of.  They have heard me mention her and a few (not many) have heard me say a few things about her.  In the same way that I have la-la’d over the money situation, I have done the same thing with my feelings about this woman, but in a much more damaging way.  So… here it is:

For all of 2011, this woman was — for all intents and purposes, not that either of us would ever admit it — my girlfriend, my partner, my lover.  We were only physically in the same place for 6 days… But she was everything I was looking for at the time.  We ‘got’ and excited and intrigued each other. We were ridiculously attracted to each other.  We both believed that the other represented a tie to and proof of a bigger spiritual existence. We called each other on our shit.  We respected each others’ goals as valid while not losing sight of our own needs and wants I felt connected WITH her… not just to her, but she helped me to feel connected to the Uni-verse. On December 9, she left my day-to-day. I no longer woke up to even the possibility of contact from her. Now her reasons are not without merit. She is in India. She is living in an orphanage, teaching boys to speak and read English. Both time and technological ability to sit in front of an internet connection are sparse at best.  I also suspect that there was a letting go of me so that I could do those things that I need to do as well.  I have said over and over that the emotions have not gone anywhere… that we are still connected… that I want her to be doing all of these things (I do) and that she wants me doing all of my things (I’m sure she does) … and that it makes sense. That at least I know she exists and is out there.  But here is my honesty:  I feel more alone now than had I never met her.  I know what it feels like to have my soul heard even when it was only whispering… I have been seen and now I am not.  I keep trying to find a way to not feel this… I kept telling myself all sorts of spiritual rot, not to make myself feel better, but rather to deny that I felt anything icky at all.

And my biggest lie of all?  I am scared to death. I am afraid to express all of this, for fear that the Law of Attraction will give it a permanent spot.  And I think that is where I lost my way a bit… that this Law that is supposed to be the most magical gift and insight has become this albatross for me. I am afraid of all of my emotions except for the most positive ones. And I don’t quite know what to do with that.

So, what is the point of all this?  Mainly to be honest with myself.  But mainly because I want to mark “bottom”.  All the other “bottoms” have gone unrecognized by me.  I have smiled through my own anguish and laughed at my own heartbreak and then wondered why no one could see either. But weeping in front of my laptop, I am really hoping to cry, “Uncle!” and let the Uni-verse know that I do still hurt, but that I have not given up.  That I still trust that all of this has a meaning and is all working towards this vision I have of what I want my life to be.  As I put the finishing touches on this, I am forgiving myself for all of it.  I am forgiving myself for not trusting myself enough to let go every once in a while.  I forgive myself for being so afraid of offending someone that this web of dishonesty has cocooned me away from The Real.

If you are still reading…. thank you from the bottom of my soul… really.  Even for those that read a couple of paragraphs and then bailed… I love all of you!

love to you all,

TDL Reader

Tear-stained Seeker

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