Monday, April 8, 2013

I won't give up!

In Marianne Williamson's book " A Return to Love" she says that relationships are assignments, they are eternal, that no meetings are accidental and that we are brought together with people who have maximal opportunity for mutual growth. Although intellectually, all of these concepts make perfect sense, isn't it true that when relationships come to a cross road, suddenly, emotions take over. Sometimes pleasure, sometimes sadness and sometimes extreme pain.

To be honest, I used to suppress my emotions and try to put on a brave front and just "deal" with things. In the last year, I have finally allowed myself to feel what I feel, laugh out loud, cry out loud or scream out loud if need be. As we all know, people come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Most of us have set patterns of behavior where we are either open to new people, sceptical of new people or down right unwilling to get to know anyone outside of our comfort zone. I say, take a chance, live outside the box, actually, live as though there is no box...step outside your comfort zone and take that leap of faith. Unless you put yourself out there and try to form new friendships, make new connections, you will never know who is out there...perhaps a new best friend, a romantic soul mate, a soul brother or sister or a friendly stranger passing through. The important thing to remember is that every single person that enters your life, serves as a teacher. To either tap into your strengths, your weaknesses or uncharted ground. Let it all in friends and allow growth to take place. Sometimes we know instantly that people are passing through and other times, usually, once or twice ina lifetime, very special people come into our lives...the type you would do anything to keep in your life because they have made your life better and brigther. Those are the keepers .

While watching Soulful Sunday on Own with Oprah and Gary Zukov, he expressed how soul mates are people who can at once make us feel complete bliss while having the potential of causing us extreme emotions of frustrations and irritability. He then introduced his wife, someone he met while he was a celibate monk. He said there was nothing but pure friendship between then. He also mentioned that he had never felt such comfort and ease in expressing his true emotions as he did with her. He felt so comfortable with her that he allowed himself to communicate in a way he never imagined possible. He also knew that he was afraid to love her and didn't really want to. The point of the story is that according to Gary, when there is a soul connection, you truly want nothing but the best for the other person and feel an insatiable need to tell them their weakness only to strengthen them. So he an his now wife ended up falling deeply in love, while maintaining their individuality's which I believe is the key to true soulfullness.


Well friends, things don't always work out the way we desire them too and that's OK. The important thing is to always remember that as much as we deserve and need unconditional love, so do they. We are all precious individuals that deserve to feel a friendship or romantic relationship at the same level as we are able and wiling to give. Please don't be afraid to take a chance...without risk, you will never know who is out there waiting for you just as you are waiting for them.

I absolutely love this song and feel it is very appropriate here, enjoy!

Jason Mraz " I won't give up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iXBPy9Y3HI

Peace, love and light to all of you xoxoxoxoxox

Sasha

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