Subscribe to RSSI read an article today about relationships between women. It spoke of women’s jealousy and competition with each other as well as our common bond. This made me start to think how much time is wasted from young girls, on, with petty jealousy and the accompanying trials and tribulations when, instead, we could love, share and bond together. Negative feelings, such as jealousy, comes from the perspective of lack and not being connected to our source, God. In reality, there is only abundance for each and every one of us if we would get out of our own way, trust and allow it to happen.
As an adult woman, I cherish the friendships and bonds I have with other women. Some of these span from when I was in grade school, high school and college, yet others range from my young-mom years to people I have met just in last year. Each relationship serves a different need or purpose and all play a integral role into the woman I am today. Some friends bring out the silly in me and make me laugh. Others are my mentors who touch my spiritual side, help me grow and are my confidants to my soul. Still others are there to keep me company and walk down life’s path hand in hand experiencing each other’s lives, maybe with a little shopping and dining in the mix. ?
There is something very special about relationships between women. It takes a woman to truly understand another, no matter how close we are to our male counterpart, be it a father, brother, son, spouse or friend. It takes a woman to truly understand and be able to “feel” our feelings, from disappointments and hurts to fulfillment and celebrations, from our fears of lack and inability to self confidence and celebration of stepping into the shining stars we truly are, and from sheer frustration and exhaustion from being a mom, wife and woman to hope, strength and pride in being a mom, wife and woman.
I believe we are on this earth to help each other with the life lessons that present themselves. Why struggle alone or for longer than needed when there is always someone who has been in our situation, or current life lesson, and has graduated with a passing grade? Through the course of our lives, we take on the roles of students as well as teachers. We never know where our next opportunity to connect with another amazing individual will lie, but in order to experience these beautiful connections, we need to be open to receive them.
To increase your ability to receive, forgive, let go and be thankful. Forgive yourself and others for what has happened in the past. You cannot change the past; you can only change this moment on. Let go of expectations and be willing to ride the wave and go with the flow; you never know what beautiful place it will take you, even if you weren’t planning that particular trip. Most importantly, shift your perspective, and be thankful every moment for everything that IS going right and for all the wonderment and beauty your life and this world has to offer.
So, go ahead and reach out for the hands of the women in your life as well as of those you have yet to meet. We’re just a phone call, email or tap on the shoulder away.
Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “To forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.” Unfortunately, many of us spend years if not decades “stupid” and asleep to the idea of living our purpose or perhaps better said, living on purpose. So whether you are 9 or 90, every person who seeks to live wisely, must reach a place where they ponder, “What is my purpose for being here?” What is my intention or what goal have I set out to attain that represents my life?
Most of us have probably heard the saying, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” But do we live our lives like we truly belief this? Or do we spend excessive amounts of time and energy worrying and fretting about our tough situation, telling others about our situation so we can have company in our worry and fret, and then end up becoming nearly paralyzed by our situation?
Recently I was talking to a psychologist who 
Have you ever noticed that your day can completely change for the better when someone smiles at you? How about the mood boost that comes from a moment of laughter with others? It is difficult to feel negative when you are surrounded by laughter. Laughter has been said to be contagious. Is this a coincidence or are we designed that way?
