To Live Life Abundantly

You are strong, capable, and deserving of love and happiness. It may take time to heal, but you will emerge from this stronger.

Here are some things that might help:

* Talk to someone: Reach out to friends, family, or a therapist. Sharing your feelings can be incredibly therapeutic.

* Practice self-care: Focus on your physical and mental health. Engage in activities you enjoy, eat well, and get enough sleep.

* Allow yourself to grieve: Don't suppress your emotions. It's okay to feel sad, angry, or confused.

* Focus on the future: While it's important to process the past, try to look ahead. What do you want your future to look like?

* Seek support groups: Connecting with others who have gone through similar experiences can provide comfort and understanding.

A Simple Guide to Letting Go of Resentment, Getting Closure and Healing Your Heart

Mary MorrisseyUpdated: September 16, 2015

Have you ever had a sense of built up resentment about something or someone from your past?

Maybe it’s a betrayal that still stings, an argument that haunts you, or a loss you can’t let go of. These feelings can keep us stuck, making it hard to move forward and live lives we love.

But what if I told you there’s a way to free yourself from the hurt, and open the door to a brighter, more peaceful future?

It’s called the power of forgiveness.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean you have to forget or condone what happened. Instead, it’s about healing your heart and creating space for love, joy, and abundance.

What Forgiveness Really Means

When we talk about forgiving what you can’t forget, it’s important to clarify what forgiveness is – and what it isn’t.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting wrongs or pretending they never happened. It’s not about letting someone “off the hook” or allowing them back into your life in the same way. And it certainly doesn’t mean condoning abuse or hurtful behavior.

Rather, forgiveness is a choice you make for yourself – a conscious decision to release the unresolved pain playing out over and over in your mind.

To help you understand how forgiveness truly works, imagine this:

You’ve been carrying around a heavy backpack filled with rocks. Each rock represents a hurt, a betrayal, or a disappointment. Carrying this load day after day exhausts you, slowing you down and keeping you from experiencing the full joy of life.

Forgiveness is like taking those rocks out of your backpack.

Forgive, not because they deserve it, but because YOU do.

It doesn’t change what happened, but it does change how you feel moving forward. It lightens your load, allowing you to move freely and live fully.

This is what makes forgiveness one of the most impactful practices you can do everyday to improve your life.

Tap Into the Power of Forgiveness to Make Your Life Better

So, why is forgiveness so powerful?

Research shows that practicing forgiveness can have incredible benefits for your health and well-being.

When you forgive, you reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and improve heart health. You might even sleep better! These are just some of the surprising ways science has discovered that forgiveness can transform your life.

Beyond the physical benefits, it also has a profound impact on your emotional and spiritual well-being. By letting go of stuck, built up resentment, you’re not just freeing yourself from the past – you’re also raising your vibration and opening up space for new, more positive experiences.

You’re allowing yourself to feel peace, joy, and love again. You’re choosing to embrace your power to create a life that aligns with your highest purpose and deepest desires.

Forgiveness can transform your relationship with yourself and others, allowing you to quiet your inner critic and shift negative self-talk.

How to Forgive What You Can’t Forget

Now, you might be thinking, “This all sounds great, but how do I actually forgive what I can’t forget?”

It’s normal to feel hesitant or skeptical, especially when the pain is deep or the wound is fresh. But remember, forgiveness is a practice, not a one-time event. It’s a journey that you take at your own pace.

Here’s a simple yet powerful forgiveness exercise to help you start:

1. Identify a Person, Event, or Memory

Think of a person, event, or memory from the past that still triggers feelings of resentment or bitterness in you. It could be something big or something small – what matters is how it makes you feel.

2. Create a Peaceful Space

Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and think of someone or something in your life right now that brings up feelings of great love and joy. It could be your child’s laughter, a cherished pet, or a beautiful place in nature.

3. Replace with Love

When those feelings of love and joy are at their peak, gently replace that image with a mental picture of the person or event from your past. Notice how your heart feels open and expansive, even when thinking about something that once hurt you.

4. Send Positive Intentions

To the person or event in your mind, silently say:

“May you be happy and do well. I forgive you for everything that happened in the past. I wish you the best, because that’s what I’d wish for myself, and that’s what I wish for all people.”

Feel the weight of your hurt and anger lifting, replaced by a sense of calm and release.

5. Breathe and Repeat

Take a few deep, calming breaths and open your eyes. Repeat this exercise as often as you like, until you notice the feeling of bitterness decreasing and you are able to let go of resentment.

It’s perfectly normal to feel resistance at the beginning, or if your positive emotion diminishes when you first bring the image of the person you’re forgiving into your mind. Just keep doing this exercise regularly and little by little, you’ll wash away the negative emotions, find closure and feel at peace.

Set Yourself Free in Just 10 Minutes a Day

Remember, forgiveness is not about the other person – it’s about you.

It’s about choosing to live in peace, no longer allowing the past to control your emotions and your life.

By embracing the triggers hijacking your emotions, you take back your power, allowing yourself to move forward with grace and purpose.

But sometimes it can be challenging not to default to old patterns when you’re on your own – that’s why I bring you a gift where I personally guide you in your path to forgiveness and inner peace:

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This is the perfect first step toward a life filled with more peace, happiness, and fulfillment than you ever thought possible.

As you use this meditation regularly, you’ll begin to notice a shift in your life.

After only 10 minutes a day, you’ll find yourself feeling lighter, more open, and ready to welcome new opportunities for love, joy, and abundance.

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Author of Manifestation Miracle

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Improve Your Self Esteem with These Tips

People get confused about what self-esteem is and how to get it. Some think that having healthy self-esteem means you need to be worthy of it first. It’s a common belief that being popular or well-liked is a prerequisite to having it.

Also, people often equate good self-esteem with good physical appearance. They may even believe that in order to have it, you first need to be successful to some degree.

This couldn’t be further from the truth.

When you really get down to it, healthy self-esteem is about being okay with yourself as you are, right now – no ifs, ands, or buts.

It’s about loving yourself unconditionally.

It’s about being happy with who you are TODAY – and not reserving that love when you’re 20 lbs thinner, 5 inches taller, a million dollars richer, etc.

It’s about accepting who you are – warts and all.

And it’s about being okay with where you are in life at this very moment. Healthy self-esteem is celebrating your strengths and acknowledging your weaknesses.

Of course, not everyone is in a place where they can accept themselves 100%.

Sadly, some people might even take a lifetime to start being okay with who they are.

Even if you’re not completely happy with yourself right now, it doesn’t mean you should stop trying.

And more importantly, you owe it to yourself to be happy with who you are no matter what.

You’re not helping anyone by wallowing in self-pity or having a low opinion of yourself.

“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your handbrake on.” – Maxwell Maltz

Don’t worry though, healthy self-esteem is something you can develop. With practice, you can easily improve the way you see yourself and live a better life as a result.

Here are some tips to help you do just that:

1. Focus on the Good

Sometimes, we can get bogged down by the things that are wrong in our lives.

It’s easy to get preoccupied with the negative aspects. And this can distract you from the good things you’ve got going.

Body image, for example, is one of the most common reasons people give when they’re asked why they have low self-esteem.

A lot of people subscribe to the belief that we have to look a certain way in order to be deemed attractive or worthy. This way of thinking is so ingrained in us that we don’t realize we’re already awesome the way we are NOW.

We worry because we don’t have the things we think we’re supposed to have. We also worry that we don’t fit into someone else’s idea of who we should be.

And because of that, we forget to appreciate the goodness that’s already inside us and the blessings that we take for granted.

“Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.” – Rita Schiano

Every time you feel like crap or think you’re not worthy, try to reverse your way of thinking.

Instead of ruminating over something you can’t change (i.e. yourself or your circumstances), focus instead on the wonderful things you already enjoy in your life.

Think about the qualities that make you the amazing, dynamic and unique person that people know and love.

You have so much to offer the world. There is so much beauty in you that you shouldn’t overlook.

2. Stop Being Your Worst Critic

Cut yourself some slack. I mean it!

Be your best supporter and stop letting that inner voice of doubt and fear dominate your life.

It’s good to be aware of your mistakes and strive to improve yourself, but DON’T be too harsh about it either.

“Beating yourself up about a mistake you made is only going to make you more inclined to do it again. Just accept that it happened and move on.” – Ryan O’Connell

When our self-esteem gets low, our knee-jerk response is to criticize ourselves for having low self-esteem. It’s behavior that’s counterproductive and illogical, but we do it anyway.

So when we lash out at ourselves for not feeling 100%, this, in turn, makes us feel worse.

It’s a vicious, self-perpetuating cycle that will go on and on until we decide to STOP FEEDING IT.

Instead of berating yourself for what you did wrong, play the role of cheerleader instead and try to learn from what happened.

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” Mark Twain

Don’t criticize yourself to the point of crushing your self-esteem. Be as compassionate to yourself as you are to friends or loved ones.

Lift yourself up. Your inner cheerleader should say, “It’s okay, you can do better next time” or “You may feel terrible right now, but it’s not as bad as it seems.”

Or you could say something like, “Is it really the end of the world, or does it just feel that way? Will you feel the same tomorrow? A week from now? Next month?”

Mistakes come and go, but its lessons stay with you forever. Use that knowledge to pick yourself up and do better the next time around.

3. Know Your Own Self-Worth

Only you can say what your true value is. While other people’s constructive input and criticism (with emphasis on ‘constructive’) are helpful in keeping you grounded, it’s ultimately up to YOU to decide what you’re really worth.

Once you realize your self-worth, you’ll develop an authentic, rock-solid and unshakable core – and no one can take that away from you.

The negativity will roll off you like water on feathers and you’ll shine as bright as you want to.

“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen.” – Stacey Charter

Remind yourself of your worth every day. Affirmations and positive thinking can help with this.

Remember, your self-worth and self-esteem should never be attached to someone else’s opinion. Don’t let anyone have that power over you.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

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1."The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

2."Believe you can and you're half way there." - Theodore Roosevelt

3. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue qthat counts." - Winston Churchill

4. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

6."The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

7."Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs

8. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer

9. "The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." - Charles Kingsleigh (from Alice in Wonderland)

10. "The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it." - Jordan Belfort

11."You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis

12. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela

13. "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein

14. "The only way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker

15. "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau

16. "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson

17. "The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it." - Unknown

18. "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis

19. "Opportunities don't happen, you create them." - Chris Grosser

20. "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vidal Sassoon

21. "Dream big and dare to fail." - Norman Vaughan

22. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

23. "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." - William Butler Yeats

24. "Success is not in what you have, but who you are." - Bo Bennett

25. "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Zig Ziglar

26. "The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday." - Unknown

27. "You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be." - Napoleon Hill

28. "The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles." - Unknown

29. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every Holy Thursday, groups of Catholic faithful across the world embark on what’s known as the Seven Churches Visitation or “Visita Iglesia.”

In this special tradition, pilgrims adore Christ in seven different altars of repose while praying and reflecting on the passion of Christ.

At the end of each Holy Thursday Mass, the priest strips the altar and removes the Eucharist from the tabernacle to place it in repose on another nearby altar.

The Seven Churches Visitation (or Pilgrimage) is credited as beginning in Rome with St. Philip Neri in the 1500s. Neri would lead groups of faithful to visit each of the seven basilicas of Rome on Holy Thursday night as a way of keeping watch with Christ as though at the Garden of Gethsemane before his passion.

Today, the devotion is primarily practiced in Latin America, Italy, Poland, and the Philippines.

Each visit calls on the faithful to reflect on the seven final places Jesus went from his arrest on Holy Thursday to his death on Good Friday.

At each church, pilgrims kneel before the altar of repose, meditate on a scriptural excerpt, and offer prayers and adoration.

How do pilgrims going on this seven-church journey meditate on the passion of Christ?

Here are the Scripture excerpts to reflect on at each church:

1) Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Lk 22:39-46)

2) Jesus before Annas (Jn 18:19-22)

3) Jesus before Caiaphas (Mt 26:63-65)

4) Jesus before Pilate (Jn 18:35-37)

5) Jesus before Herod (Lk 23:8-9; 11)

6) Jesus before Pilate again (Mt 27:22-26)

7) Jesus’s crucifixion and death (Mt 27:27-31)

At the first church, the faithful recall Jesus going from the upper room, where he celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples, to the Garden of Gethsemane, where he earnestly prayed and sweated blood in his agony over what was about to take place.

In the second church, the pilgrims meditate on Jesus being taken from the Garden of Gethsemane by the armed crowd to the house of Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas the high priest, where he was interrogated and slapped in the face.

In the third church, the prayer focuses on Jesus being brought to the house of Caiaphas, where he was beaten, spat upon, insulted, and endured a painful night in captivity.

The focus of the reflection for the fourth church is the first time Jesus was brought before Pilate, the Roman governor of the region. There Jesus was accused by the Jewish religious authorities of being a rival king to Caesar.

In the fifth church, the pilgrim follows the Lord as he is taken to King Herod, who along with his guards mock him.

The sixth church recalls Jesus being taken from Herod and brought before Pilate for the second time and then scourged, crowned with thorns, mocked, and condemned to death.

The last church commemorates Christ carrying the cross on his shoulders from the Praetorium, where Pilate yielded to the crowd’s demand for his crucifixion, to Mount Calvary where he suffered excruciating pain, died, and was laid to rest in a nearby tomb until his resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday.

This is part of an article originally published on the website of the Catholic News Agency

1. Women are wired for connection. Women need to feel connected to others in order to feel happy and fulfilled. This means having close relationships with friends, family, and romantic partners.

2. Women are relational. Women see the world through relationships. They are constantly thinking about how their actions will affect others, and they are always looking for ways to connect with people.

3. Women are emotional. Women are more likely to experience emotions than men. They are also more likely to express their emotions, both positive and negative.

4. Women are intuitive. Women have a strong gut instinct. They often know things without having to be told.

5. Women are multi-taskers. Women are able to juggle multiple tasks at once. They are also able to switch gears quickly and easily.

6. Women are survivors. Women have a natural ability to overcome obstacles. They are also resilient and resourceful.

7. Women are nurturers. Women have a natural instinct to care for others. They are also good at creating a nurturing environment.

8. Women are powerful. Women have the power to change the world. They are also strong and independent.

9. Women are beautiful. Women come in all shapes and sizes, and they are all beautiful in their own way.

10. Women are amazing. Women are simply amazing creatures. They are strong, resilient, compassionate, and intelligent.

You have to Wake up before it gets late:

1. News

The news is there to hack your attention. Not to keep you informed.

They want you to:

• Be Distracted

• Believe their lies

• Stay under their control

Observe with your mind not your eyes.

2. Failure

"You should avoid failure there is one correct answer."

Wrong.

Make mistakes so you can:

• Grow

• Learn

• Strengthen your skills

Nobody is born perfect. Embrace failure and see it as an opportunity to grow.

3. Work hard

You should work smart, not hard.

Don't get me wrong, it will still get hard sometimes, but they want you to trade your time for money your whole life.

1 Minute of your life is worth more than all money combined.

Stop valuing it more than your time.

4. Money

Until 1971, money was tied to gold, which gave money value.

Nowadays, money is tied to nothing. Money is basically worthless.

Learn how:

• To create money with no money

• To make money work for you

• Money works

or you will work your entire life for it.

5. Consumerism

Many people think fulfillment lies in materialistic things.

It lies in:

• Personal growth

• Relationships

• Self-love

and in contributing to something greater than ourselves.

You won't find fulfillment anywhere else.

6. Change is impossible

“Life is the way it is”

That's a lie. Life is what you make out of it.

Before you can live the life you want, you must become a person.

Change how you:

• Think

• Feel

• Act

and you can become almost anybody.

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Learning to embrace staying single can help you live a meaningful and fulfilling life. You won’t settle for anything less than you deserve, and you’ll find the right person for you. Or, you might choose to stay single forever.

1. Gemini women know their worth.

And she doesn’t need you to remind her. She’s confident in herself and has no reason to feel insecure, so don’t even bother trying to stroke her ego.

2. She’s the woman everyone wants.

And can you blame them? If you’re lucky enough to land her as a romantic partner, never let her go, because she’s truly one in a million. And once she’s attached to you, she’s blind to other suitors.

3. Don’t try to tame her.

Because, as hard as people may try, that just won’t happen. There’s never a dull moment with this amazing creature in your life.

4. She’s an all-around beauty.

Gemini women have it all going on. Her looks, confidence, style, and personality are sure to make others envious. And guess what? It just makes her thrive.

5. Gemini women appreciate differences.

In a relationship, she will love all your dissimilarities, and instead of using them against you, welcomes you with total acceptance. She’s strong in who she is, but she prefers someone who is her opposite.

6. Her sense of adventure is contagious.

When a Gemini woman wants to have fun, she will keep you feeling excited and young! She has a childlike wonder for the world and is enthusiastic about living life to the fullest.

7. Negativity won’t weigh the Gemini woman down.

She won't let others believe for one second that anyone's negative thoughts outweigh her positive feelings. She could be in a room full of haters, and she will still find a way to stay optimistic.

8. She only says what she means.

If Gemini gives you her love, you know that it's true. Not one to just blurt out an “I love you,” she will only say those words when she truly means it. So, you’ll never have to doubt her sincerity.