by Merci Gracia | Mar 31, 2019 | Self-Awareness
We are each animated by the same energetic force. We’re as connected as waves are to the ocean. All of life experiences itself through everything and everybody that exists. When we identify with our ego, we consider ourselves separate individuals needing to...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 30, 2019 | Love
We often feel betrayed in relationships when someone doesn’t honor their word or live up to our expectations. While honoring our past commitments demonstrates integrity, it sometimes requires others to act contrary to what now feels right or appropriate. Because...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 29, 2019 | Love, Self-esteem
Pursuing anything in order to feel accepted or validated ultimately leaves us stuck in a cycle of approval-seeking. We’ll never collect enough external validation to overcome any sense of personal inadequacy we may feel. Self-esteem has to be generated...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 28, 2019 | Self-Awareness, Toxic Emotions
Staying in a situation that’s emotionally toxic is self-destructive. No amount of justification will make it better. Wisdom is knowing when to quit. Looking within and being willing to own our part can help us expand enough to see if we’re contributing to...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 27, 2019 | Love
Light is an electric field tied with a magnetic field, a collection of photons, its speed can be measured and it is real. Darkness isn’t. It only exists in relation to light. Like darkness, evil doesn’t exist, either. Evil is merely a consequence of...