What does it feel like to turn 21???
I will find out in 2 years....19 and lovin it!!!! :)
What did it feel like the first time you realized you weren't just your body?
First of all I love you.Are you a body with a spirit, or a spirit with a body? It’s just two ways of seeing the same thing.When a person walks through a door, you can say two things about the same action. 1. They are not in the room, or 2. They are in the hallway. It’s exactly the same action you are talking about, only it’s from two different perspectives.The same idea is true of this cube:Can you see this cube as going down to the right? Can you also see the cube as going up to the left? Can you go between the two perspectives at will?The cube is not changing at all, only how you decide to see it.Which one is the correct way to look at it? That’s a silly question isn’t it? There is no right way, it’s just a choice.Well, you have experienced yourself as a body that has a soul (you know this because you are alive, and that’s what souls do, make bodies alive.) But can you look at the same phenomenon, namely, you, as a soul that has a body?With practice, anyone can do this. Which perspective is correct? Neither. It’s a choice. I lived as a body for many years, now that I choose to see my life as a free spirit with a body life just makes a whole lot more sense.The trick is to make this your default view of life, and then live and make choices from that perspective until your identity actually moves to the spirit, the “no-self”. Just as much as you feel like you are a body, it is possible to experience life as the spirit, to really feel that you are nothing!I go to work, I am a spirit that has a body, and I live my day at work making choices from that perspective, pretty poorly at first, but soon things became easier.I go to the movies, I am a spirit that has a body, and I watch the movie from that perspective.Someone is rude or insulting to me or has wronged me, I am a spirit that has a body, and forgiveness becomes easy because this “offense” cannot matter to an eternal loving being, so now I am free to respond to their rudeness with my loving heart, contrasting their harshness by my softness, pointing out their wrong doing without a single criticism or judgment.The body itself doesn’t feel different in anyway, however, rather quickly you learn to feel and actually sense your spirit. It feels like light, like energy, like waves of love and power, passing through you. Some call this the resurrection, I call it bliss, but no matter what you call it, it’s so much better than looking at life as an eggshell paralysed by the fear of death!Blessings!
Why does it feel like we broke up, yet we weren’t in a relationship?
You formed a bond and it was the bond that was broken.The bonds you form with living beings, whether romantic or platonic, ARE relationships, not just your lovers.It's just the really close ones with the tightest bonds that hurt, like familial relationships, friendships or partnerships.
How did you feel when you realized you weren't going to achieve your potential?
Wow! There is so many points to cover in this question.PotentialLife is what you make it to be. You probably heard or read this before. But I stand by it. I was not good in school growing up, and it took me an extra long time to get my professional qualifications. But I made the best of what I had and what was available to me. I am not smart. But that never stopped me. The problem with me was that in order to learn anything, I had to understand it. My counter question, is how do you know when you have reach your potential? Potential is a feeling, that you feel, gut feel that you have that you can do more and be more.No one ever knows what their potential is. You do as much as you can and still you will never know. Why, because, where you get in life are based on choices you make in life. Each choice either increase you ability to do more (reach a certain level), and other choices, take you away from each a level.How do you even know you have potential? Just believe in yourself.Who you knowI have been in business for a while and believe me sometimes the biggest obstacles can be the people you know. Actually knowing people on the ground, gives you a better perspective or your work environment. Get to know as many people as you can and you will be able to work out the landscape you are in an navigate from there. You know the saying "I know people in high places", well, I know many people in low places, they give you insights, that you will never get from the top. Where you come fromNever forget where you came from nor try to forget it. Its part of your character and part of you. If you were poor like me, you will appreciate the things you have now in life. In fact one my greatest fear is I will forget an become complacent.
Did/Do you feel like a high maintenance pregnant lady?
With your next kids, you'll be more relaxed and you'll know what's going on. This is your first, so you just want to make sure everything is ok. That's pretty normal =) If you haven't already, purchase the book "What to Expect When You're Expecting" Almost every ailment, ache, pain, tingle, craving, aversion, and other symptom will be in that book with explanations for each. It's a 614 page pool if information. It also tells and shows what your baby looks like each week and how he's developing and what symptoms are normal that week.
How did you feel when you realized you weren't young anymore?
Mirrors!Actually I recall feeling “old” at 25 one time because a guy I was in love with had a nineteen year old chasing him.I also remember an older guy in his 30’s or maybe 40’s who happened to be handsome but also conceited and thought he was something special telling me he would not date any female over 25. Anyone over the age of 25 was “old” in his estimation. He needed to look in the mirror.I am not sure I have ever not felt young inside.Although being sick for weeks and weeks on end with a respiratory infection that makes it hard to breathe or any illness for that matter can definitely make me feel aged.Inside sometimes I feel quite young at heart still. How you feel like whether you are happy or not or if you happen to be in love can help you feel and look younger.Suffering any type of abuse for prolonged periods can make a person feel and look old. Even when you are tough or hardened because you’ve been through a lot in life and think you can withstand it can take a toll.I feel young inside right now but if I look in a mirror I will be reminded I am 62 /almost 63 soon!
How did you felt when someone told you that you weren't worth it?
I haven't been told that, but I would be hurt pretty badly. ...but it brings to question what would hurt more: Never having been on a date, or hearing the abovementioned? Since I've never been on a date, it's like I'm being rejected every day. So, count blessings.
What do you do if you feel that you were left by your partner because you weren’t good enough?
I went through that once. As I was looking back and trying to figure out what went wrong, I started to see problems in my behavior and the way I acted sometimes. I contrasted that with her behavior, and how she usually acted, and I realized that one of the things that I really loved about her was exactly that - the way she conducted herself, both publicly and privately. I knew I didn’t measure up and I didn’t know if it was the exact cause of us breaking up, but I was positive that it was a large contributing factor. In the end, I had to admit that if I was her, I would have broken up with me too. Trust me, that hurt.So what did I do? I identified the things I did that I didn’t like looking at from the outside. I got down to the bottom of WHY I acted like that, and I came to the conclusion that I was acting contrary to my own desires and interests. I thought about certain situations, and what I should have done instead. Once I got there, it was relatively easy to turn things around. Also, I had an example that I could follow; her. I decided I wanted to be more like her, and that’s exactly what I did, and you know what?It worked. Instead of getting dumped, in the future, I would end up doing the dumping. The girls I dated generally wanted to turn me into a steady boyfriend; not always, but usually. If we were dating, they generally wanted to keep me; I was the one who would leave. She made my life better, and she has no idea that she did it, or how she did it. I’ll always be grateful for my time with her. The effects lasted a lifetime, and I carry her with me every day.