HJ: To be deeply loved and accepted for who we are is everyone’s most deeply held desire and yet it so rarely happens in this life… at least from other people.  But by more deeply connecting with your authentic self, you can create that love and acceptance from within, which is the only place you can ever count on it to arise.  True, some of us may be lucky enough to experience unconditional love and acceptance from other people, but if we don’t feel it towards ourselves, then we ultimately cannot accept it fully as it is given.

This article is about learning to accept yourself and your life experience deeply and completely, for this is one of the fastest paths to experience profound, lasting happiness, fulfillment, joy and self-love in your life.

- Truth

How to Deepen Your Relationship With Yourself

Using all experiences as a doorway to self-awareness.

By Nancy Colier, LMSW, Rev. | Psychology Today | Nancy Colier

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In the coming year you are being asked to embrace your release and healing with gusto!  There is no more time for dodging and ignoring the things that need to be cleared, my love.  As you move through and past the challenging moments the ecstasy of living your human existence will become more persistent, all-encompassing and, eventually, it will be all you feel!  Give The Universe a chance to show you exactly what it will be like by starting today! ~ Creator

Wikipedia describes motivation as:

a theoretical construct, used to explain behavior. It is the scientific word used to represent the reasons for our actions, our desires, our needs, etc.

Like an old steam locomotive that requires a train driver to toss coal into its boiler, motivation is the very fuel that spurs us to action. It’s a bit illusive though. Motivation isn’t itself any specific thing. Everything we do in every minute of every day is motivated by something. And that something can be anything. 

For the most part, we’re not concerned with motivation. We don’t usually question what makes us want to eat Cheerios vs. Raisin Bran in the morning or what makes us want to be Batman vs. Superman for Halloween. But when it comes to things that affect our greater well-being we become extremely interested in motivation and how to affect it.

Even if it falls from the sky, you’re not allowed to have it. Gary Harrington, a man from Medford Oregon, is learning that lesson well, serving out a 30 day prison sentence for collecting rainwater on his property. He was also slapped with a $1500 fine for diverting snow runoff and rainwater into reservoirs on his land. This action violates what some say is an antiquated law.

Harrington built the reservoirs, which hold around 13 million gallons of water, for personal use. It’s not all personal though; when wildfires hit the area, he opens up his reservoir for fire mitigation purposes. In his mind, it’s perfectly acceptable for him to collect water on his property.

An eighth grade boy from Weaverville, California was given a detention for sharing his lunch with another classmate and friend. 13 year-old Kyle Bradford decided to share his chicken burrito with his friend who wasn’t very fond of the cheese sandwich the cafeteria server him. Kyle didn’t see any problem in sharing his food with the other student, I mean, who would? My friends and I always shared food when I was a kid. Here’s what Kyle had to say about it:

“It seemed like he couldn’t get a normal lunch, so I just wanted to give mine to him because I wasn’t really that hungry… It was just going to go in the garbage if I didn’t eat it.”

The Northern California school district has rules against sharing food in order to prevent issues with allergies among students. The Superintendent of The Trinity Alps Unified School District, Tom Barnett, spoke with KRCR-TV and told them that hygiene issues are also a concern when it comes to preventing students from sharing their food.