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Health & Fitness

When Life Goes Upside Down

It's Terrifying....

when the Path of Our Life Journey takes a hairpin turn and the usual order of everything gets completely disorded. We can't even get ourself together and we feel helpless trying to be there for anyone else - including our children, or other loved ones. The causes of such Chaos are limitless but include natural disasters, predatory actions by others, illnesses - and their innumerable consequences, economic failure, severe emotional or physical trauma - to name a few. At times like this, it feels impossible to know that Healing is possible; but, it is. It starts with allowing yourself to experience emotional and spiritual support. Emotional support doesn't require much explaining, but support that is Spiritual is a bit misunderstood. As humans, we are endowed with a Spiritual Force: it is what gives us our sense of purpose - our Belief that our Life is worth Living for some reason, even if we can't quite understand that reason. When our Spirit has been broken it needs to be replenished. That re-energization may come from one's religion. Not everyone however, chooses an organized religion. We are not referencing religiosity exclusively here though; our focus is Spirituality and it can come from many sources. Our Spiritual Force is connected invisibly with the Spiritual Forces of ones with whom we have a connection that is indisputable. Others may find Spiritual Renewal from plants or animals. Some may choose to get in touch with Spiritual Forces who inhabit the Spirit World. Whatever the source, it is so necessary to allow yourself to replenish your Spiritual energy when Life Events conspire to take a very heavy toll. What's important is to choose to do so.

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