False Positivity

I wanted to share a post I wrote a few months ago...because I feel it is somewhat relevant for today...As we face these difficult times I know so many are so stressed and worried about so many things....health, finance...families are facing a great opportunity to come together...or coming to the conclusion that certain relationships are coming to an close due to so much time spend in quarantine together. A lot of change will come from this shift. And I can't stress enough...be optimistic as you can. But be REAL. Accept and process your feelings are they are and don't force yourself to feel better about something than you actually do...You can't heal until you're ready to be real.... Love you! XO

_________________________________________________ You hear a lot of spiritual teachers say to always focus on the positive. Be grateful. And yes, while having gratitude for what you have while constantly stuffing away the feelings for anything negative you have going on in your life is an effective method of manifesting and moving forward in some ways you will find that the universe will get out of balance at some point ... and that repressed negativity will seep it’s way into the positive parts of your life. We all have it. The good and the bad... otherwise we wouldn’t all be on this healing journey. Be real with your fear. Be real with your anxiety, you anger and your depression. Acknowledge them and why they are there. And be ok with them being there. Acknowledge why you feel that way and validate yourself. Be In the moment with gratitude for your breathe and your soul and those people in your life that set your soul on fire. And feel it. And be ok that the pain is there. The pain is real. I used to have a friend that would always tells me “pain don’t hurt”....how much it hurts is in your head. And he was right. to an extent....We can dissociate and ignore the pain, the "bad feeling", the inner conflict...we can numb it with substances, food, sex, mindless

entertainment.....But the more we refuse to acknowledge an energy (and all emotion is energy in motion) the energies get stuck. allow the pain to move through. and be ok with it. The longer it’s ignored the more it hurts and manifests as physical symptoms and stress that makes it feel so dark you can’t even see where the pain is coming from. But the gratitude... that’s where that comes.... gratitude isn’t saying I have no reason to complain because I’m blessed. It’s saying I’m blessed even though I have these shitty problems. And here’s what I can do about it right now...And here’s what I can’t. And it’s ok because I’m alive, and I’m blessed.