As a keen student of metaphysical and spiritual concepts I have always been curious about how to translate spirituality into our every day lives. I have observed people from different walks of life who seem to have found a place within them that they could reach to find an inner calm and a knowing. They seem to display a quality that is different from most of us

They almost always refuse to indulge in gossip. They have the ability to state the problem to the person concerned without blaming them feel wrong. They are willing to listen and expect to be given respect and give respect in return. They have no need for approval nor are they keen to take over anyone’s problems. They might need your cooperation on a certain matter but they are essentially self sufficient. They are open minded and willing to listen to ideas which may not seem practical or appropriate to the situation at hand but however interesting. They have the courage to confront someone about what they don’t agree with about something they have said. They have no need to express every thought they think in their mind. They are not necessarily sophisticated nor educated nor even well to do. Their confidence comes from within.

Does this seem almost impossible to achieve? Actually -NO. It is possible and the place to start is by knowing and listening to our thoughts and seeing how our and not out thoughts translate into feeling and then into words and deeds. We need to do all this with the mental atmosphere of compassion and gentleness for ourselves fully knowing that we are doing the best we can with the understanding and knowledge we have at the moment. Meditation and affirmation might be useful to help us slow down our thoughts and help us accept ourselves exactly as we are. It is only in this place of acceptance and honesty can we look at ourselves and see what mental patterns we have that don’t support us. The change in our circumstances comes when we have the courage to express out truth.