Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’

We must forgive ourselves for our past and move forward in self-love.

 These our my words of wisdom from my cancer survivor journey and also others.

We think that our biggest challenges in life come from our kids or our work and careers.  But our biggest challenge in life is to love ourselves completely.  We carry so much guilt and pain around with us that we don’t even realize. Imagine this guilt and pain from years and years of our life as stuffed in suitcases.  The suitcases eventually get so heavy it is hard to walk around with them.  We try to lug them around and it slows us down.  We don’t understand why things aren’t working, or why we can’t move forward, or why life seems so hard.  We are carrying a heavy load, often unconscious.

Words of Wisdom from the Cancer Survivor Speaker.  I love to share the lessons I have learned through my cancer survivor journey. 

I truly believe what will set us free to live life joyfully and in peace is loving ourselves and others unconditionally.

When everything else is stripped away, nothing else matters, and all there is left is love.

I remember laying in my hospital bed, crying uncontrollably after hearing the news of my cancer diagnosis.  With such fear crawling through my entire being, I was lost and alone, but yet it all seemed so clear at the time.  Nothing really mattered except love.  Love for and from all the people around me. 

Why is it so hard to love ourselves and others unconditionally?

Let’s start with loving ourselves.

Why is it so hard to love unconditionally?

Why do we go through our day and react and respond to others with judgement and anger?

Then WHY do we carry it with us all day, and all week and sometimes even for years?

GOD LIVES UNDER THE BED

I envy Kevin. My brother, Kevin, thinks God lives under his bed. At least that’s what I heard him say one night.
He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I stopped to listen, ‘Are you there, God?’ he said. ‘Where are you? Oh, I see. Under the bed…’

I giggled softly and tiptoed off to my own room. Kevin’s unique perspectives are often a source of amusement. But that night something else lingered long after the humor.  I realized for the first time the very different world Kevin lives in.
He was born 30 years ago, mentally disabled as a result of difficulties during labor. Apart from his size (he’s 6-foot-2), there are few ways in which he is an adult.

I have been learning unconditional love at another level.  I believe as we travel this journey called life, we have infinite opportunities to grow, learn and be all we came here to be.  There have been times that I have said, “great! I got that lesson from that experience, now I can check it off my list.”  Only to see it come back in another experience, in a different form and another level.

 At times we take the opportunity to grow from the experience and really experience the essence of who we are and the love we are.  These are the times we let go of the past and use it to make room for something else greater to come into our lives.  This is when everything clicks and it feels easy.  Life flows and we feel happy, centered and balanced.