A well-known proverb says: "Life is what you make it." I believe that this statement is so powerful and at the same time so true. Seeing the good in things in your life and your journey is not always easy.

Human beings have a "gift" to see mostly the part that does not serve us, or I should say our "trained" mind. How can you trust your life and believe that all is a gift you receive, either "bad" or "good"?

All our life experiences are happening because we "invite" them in. It might sound unbelievable, but look at it this way. You happen to ask yourself this question quite a lot probably: " Why is this happening to me time and time again?" 

Because we invite the same experience of life until we learn what we need to learn to be able to move forward.

If one "bad" experience is happening, we have to see the result of it and learn from it. If we distance ourselves from that experience and come out of the action, we can see clearly why and how that experience happened. 

It may be difficult for our mind to comprehend that our difficult experiences are happening for our growth, but what is perceived as bad by our mind may not be perceived eventually as bad for our evolution, especially when we see the outcome.

After many times experiencing the same experience, in the end, we all "get it" and then we say to ourselves:  "Oh, now I understand!" It’s so funny, isn’t it? I believe that we all experience the same thing. When you decide that all these experiences are for you and not the opposite way, you start to see the gifts of life.

When you trust your journey, you become aware of all the gifts you have received along your human journey. You will start to see the flowers. You will even stop and smell them. You will see the sun through the clouds, you will see nature around you, you will see your family as the best gift you have received in life, you will see and be grateful for your friends, and you will see and understand your neighbours better.

You will understand better when people are struggling, and you will feel that you want to keep the momentum going.

Then, life will take you from where you were and bring you to different places and circumstances, and you will be happy. Then, you will tell yourself: "This is a miracle! How can this be?" You will feel that all is surreal and incomprehensible.

And you know what? Life is meant to GIVE, not to take. That is her role. Life is generous, life is kind, life gives hope, life gives faith, and life gives love. That is what life is.

Life is an "incomprehensible journey" for our human mind, but a wonderful loving experience with apparently difficult experiences. I say difficult because our mind always sees them as more difficult than they are. Life is a journey. Life is an experience. Life is meant to teach us the greatest gift of all. To exist, to just be and trust it.

When you can’t see the gifts of life, is because you are overwhelmed by what you wish to become by all kinds of different already designed societal standards. Have you asked your heart what is your own personalized designed standard? If not, start asking yourself how would you design your life and start living it.
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Your heart is beating! Stay STILL for one second, and LISTEN to it! Put your hand right now on your heart and JUST feel it. Your heart is beating FOR YOU! Your heart is what is keeping you alive! Your heart is gifting you the greatest gift that you have received. YOUR LIFE! Cherish it and live it just as it is.

We all know how important can be to have priorities in life. How to choose and live by them is as important as having them. Let’s create valuable priorities and focus on them to build a happy and healthy life.

Have you asked yourself what is the main priority in your life? Is it family, work, travelling, or self-development?  Does your main priority, or I should say main priorities bring value to your life? Sometimes we are driven by life’s currents, and we lose track. It is of utmost importance how to learn to be guided by them, but at the same time, we have to choose wisely the currents that guide us to the life that we wish to live. 

When currents are coming along the way, we have to follow those that will move us forward rather than those that keep us stuck. How can we do that?

We all know that surfing is a sport practised on water. Water is flowing and one needs to find the perfect equilibrium to be able to do it. A surfer can practice their sport when the air currents are present, otherwise, he can’t enjoy the movement. He always chooses the most favourable environment with strong air currents so he can move forward, but he always focuses on those air currents and he continually adapts the body position that will help him move forward.

The same is with our priorities. When we set our priorities, we are driven by them, and we explore them daily. Even though we have them, sometimes life’s currents change our focus and lead us somewhere where we do not wish to be or feel uncomfortable. How can we keep our balance and see the distinction between the life currents that can help us move forward and those that can keep us stuck?

I believe that we always need to listen to our inner voice when choosing our priorities list. Write down your priorities every morning if you can. Did you know that the brain integrates things better when we put pen on paper rather than writing on a computer or our smartphones? Some of the best writers always write their scripts by hand rather than in digital format. Curiously enough all those digital formats end up in books on the library's shelf. 

The same is with our priorities. First, we need to set our minds on them, write them down, integrate them and then start to build on them. This is how we can best focus on what we need to keep and what to leave behind.

Whenever you lose track of what is important to you, take your handwritten list, and see if your priorities add value to your life. If they do, keep the momentum going and build on that daily. If not, take some time to reflect and rewrite your priorities list and start building on that. Sometimes the priorities we choose are not fitted to our life journey even if at first we think they do.

At the end of the day, what truly matters is not how many of your priorities were met during the day, but how many you followed to add value to your life. And, remember, you can always choose your priorities according to what you think your life's purpose is.

The answers you seek are always within. Every day is unique so are your priorities. You will always feel fulfilled if you find that needed flexibility that will allow you to do things differently. If you take the same route when you go in nature every day, try to take a different one the following day. You might be surprised by what you might discover. We are so used to doing things the same way every single day. Having a routine is healthy indeed, but doing that routine differently some days will give you new perspectives on things. Change is always to be welcomed because it can enrich our lives in an unexpectedly pleasant way. So, if your focus is lost on your priorities some of the time it means that you need to reassess them and reconstruct your plan. Take moments of relaxation during your day and lower your speed. We can always reflect better on things when we are rested. 

When you design your life by choosing priorities that speak to your heart, you will observe that you’ll have flow and focus in all that you do. 

We are creative beings and we have brilliant minds that serve us well if we attend to them. Your mind and your body are interconnected. Always helps yourself move forward along the life currents, choosing your path well. Put aside the doubt that sometimes appears in your mind and reason with it. When you question it and listen to it you will know what your health priorities are. Always choose quality over quantity to have a happy and fulfilled life.

Try to always build your priorities with the thought in mind that your life is what you create. 

You always have to choose what is within you. Know that all is WITHIN the man.

With the arrival of spring, everyone is starting to organize and prepare their garden. Spring invites us to plant seeds, plant our flower garden and tend to it. This garden will sustain our physical lives and it will give us all the nutrients we need to function well as humans. Gardening offers us the gift of being in nature more throughout the warm seasons. It gives us support. it rewards us with all we need to feel well and content with what we have sown.

As with the physical garden, it is vital to remember as well to grow the garden of our minds and take care of it.
This garden is something special. It is a garden that needs to be tended to not only during spring and summer. This wonderful garden needs care throughout the four seasons of the year and the whole duration of our lives.

This garden is our most precious one because it is a garden that we can grow and care for constantly. Even though this garden needs to be taken care of every day of our lives, we need to be rest assured that it will give a bountiful crop if it’s grown wisely.
How can we grow this mysterious and wonderful garden? I believe that most of us already know the answer. By planting the  "best organic seeds, non-modified, pure and healthy ones". 

We were always led to believe that how we came into this world and how we were taught to be is how we should be all of our lives. I tend to believe, that all we were taught in our childhood can be untaught, if not, maybe see things from a different perspective and question it. The way we were used to being is not always how we should continue our way and do things.

We can change the architecture of our mind’s garden. We can always replant new seeds and help them grow so we can flourish as the best version of ourselves.

Dr Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Sharon Begley’s (a Wall Street science columnist) groundbreaking work argues the conventional science that states that the mind is an illusion and it is just an electrochemical activity in the physical brain. They also demonstrate through their work that the human mind is an independent entity that can shape and control the functions of the physical brain.

If we use our innate wisdom, I believe we can all conclude that we can change how we think and do things in our daily lives. Each one of us can design the architecture of our mind’s garden and give it proper care and water it daily. Growing our mind's garden is the way to cultivate a state of well-being.

We can all start by cultivating positive thoughts and doing positive actions toward ourselves and all those around us. If we choose to read constructive books it will help us evolve. Ignoring those with less interesting topics will save us time, and will help us become more mindful of what we should read.

Doing actions that can make us reflect on what we should change in our lives and build healthy routines, like journaling or just writing reflections about our environment. You might also write about your interactions with those around you and reflect upon them. Tending to the garden of our minds is reflecting more on our inner state rather than focusing on other people’s actions or behaviours.

Remember that watering is one of the most important parts of keeping your mind’s garden growing.

When you return to your old habits and forget to care for your mind's garden, try to refocus and return to where you left off and
continue cultivating healthy routines. One of the healthiest routines that I recommend for attending to your mind’s garden is being out in nature. Reconnect with your thoughts and clear your mind.

Similar to the physical garden, it needs cleaning and reshaping when  "storms are passing by". Know that all is natural, and it is okay. Try to accept it, do all the necessary work and keep it healthy.

Your mind is miraculous. It always listens to what you say to it. Always try to give it the most nutritious " food " so it can grow and expand.  You will be able to see the transformation in your life and the miraculous things that will happen.

"Mens sana in corpore sano" which translates as  "A healthy mind in a healthy body." is your invitation to practice physical fitness and benefit the mind, as well as the body.

Choose healthy routines that enrich your state of mind. Try to be mindful of what you consume and for how long. Healthy thoughts contribute to a healthy mind. Be grateful for your life, your unique life story, your family, your loved ones and your courage to cultivate the garden of your mind.

Always remember. What we sow is always what we reap. Focus on finding the best seeds AND PLANT THEM so you can have one healthy green garden of your mind. Cultivating and caring for your mind's garden is cultivating and caring for a healthy and whole life.

Oh, Spring! What a season! What a message it carries! The message of renewal, the message of rebirth, the message of hope, the message of constant joy and laughter.

It all starts with a bud, then with a flower, and then our whole world seems to change in a beautiful picturesque painting, except that we are a part of it. We are surrounded by it, and we live in it. While we are in it, we experience it on a deeper level. It seems that our whole world changes for the better.

With the arrival of spring, every year seems to bring wonder into our lives. Have you ever thought why we wonder every year when we see the first signs of spring? Throughout our lives, most of us, we experienced this season for a continual number of years, yet every spring we wonder, and our hearts fill with hope and joy. We feel like we want to start everything new.

I believe, that each season has its specific message for us, but this particular one carries a whole different message. This message is unique and hopeful. We should engrave it in our minds and our hearts every time, we lose hope, especially when we experience difficult moments and hardships. Is this message not wonderful?

When hope fills our hearts, we start believing again. We say to ourselves: "I will bloom again, and I will be hopeful. I am reaching the best part of my life. I am getting to the part where I need to be. I am getting to the part where I wish to be."

We can’t see nature "crying", or we can’t see nature "sad" with our physical eyes, but if we look deeply into it, we can feel it. We can "feel" nature going through its stages of evolution.

I say early evolution because nature "cries through its raindrops", gets "angry through its storms" and then "smiles" again when the sun is shining bright. We see the change in nature's seasons. We are not sorry for it, because we know that all we see in nature is natural. Nature has to run its course.

This is similar to what we experience in our lives. Everything is natural. Everything happens when it should at the right time. Nothing is forced. All is becoming. Let’s learn from nature and receive all that life gives us so we can pass gently to another season of our lives. 

We seem to feel sorry for ourselves when life gets difficult. We seem to get "stuck" where we are. Let’s try to learn from nature's wisdom and keep on going. Let’s not forget to plant new seeds to grow and evolve in what we need to flourish, to feel accomplished and whole.

The return of spring fills our hearts with joy, hope and gratitude. With its arrival, we look forward to waking up in the morning and being out in nature. We are longing for the delicate fresh air in the mornings and wish to keep our windows open wide and hear the cheery song of birds. We are so excited to eat out in the garden or enjoy a cup of tea on our terrace. 

Spring brings us out in nature. It invited us to connect to it on a deeper level. When we lay down on the grass and look at the blue sky, or walk bare feet we start to feel it closer to us. Nature is a part of us, and we are a part of nature.

When spring returns we receive a special invitation to be out in nature, observe how it puts on the most glorious garments and see its graceful beauty. What a magnificent way to experience its rebirth every single time it comes! 

Nature rested before the arrival of spring. Nature took its time to come back again in all its glory. We should follow its rhythm and do the same in our lives. When life gets tough, take your time to rest. When you rest you can see clearly what you need to see, and then you find your equilibrium easier and continue your life journey.

Embrace the hardships and the storms in your life and rebirth to a new state of being. Life is not meant to be lived only in one season. Life is meant to be lived throughout all its seasons.

It all starts with our mindset. It all starts with our wish to see the experiences of our lives in different nuances. Remind yourself that not all is black and white. Try to rise, and feel free as a bird. Fly as high as you can. When you spread your wings, feel the freedom of being up there. Try to feel what you need to feel, to want more and live more life as it is.

This spring, I invite you to stop every time you have the opportunity and observe the formation of a leaf, the buds of flowers, and the rebirth of the trees around you. Become a part of your environment and feel its energy. Feel the soft breeze of the wind on your face, the gentle touch of the sun rays on your skin and the space around you when you are in nature. Try to live in the present
moment as it comes and JUST BE. 

Organize picnics and outings with your loved ones and your extended family as often as you find the opportunity. Invite your friends and enjoy the arrival of spring. Celebrate the life and its message! All there is out there is for YOU!

The generous gifts of nature are the ones that we should always accept and be glad to have in our lives. Be like spring and bloom over and over. Keep hope in your heart regardless of all the seasons in your life. 

I will start by addressing one simple question. What comes first to your mind when you hear the notion of "the Art of Living"? This complex subject needs a lifetime to debate, I believe, or maybe not. It all depends on how you see living through this art or if you see living as an art. The art of living encapsulates all there is and exists. How to exist and just be? That is a question that most of us want a clear and bold answer to it. I am sure you must have been reflecting on this subject.

I would like you to reflect on this question as often as you can:  "How can I explore daily the art of living?"
The art of living is a rare, magnificent art that is so difficult to find nowadays. Few people still explore it. This ephemeral art is one of the rarest arts found on this beautiful planet. I believe there is no price to be able to acquire it except if one is willing to "buy" it for free. The art of living belongs to those who wish to live life as it unfolds.

We have forgotten how to live, how to breathe, and how to exist. We are so focused on things that have no importance. It seems we are not able to come out of this vicious circle. We forgot to enjoy life as it is. 

We are always searching for something new, for that amazing new thing that might be captivating our attention. We are getting easily "bored" with everything that surrounds us. We are mesmerized by the illusion that life should be lived in a specific way. We forget to live in our specific human way. We forgot the taste of real food. We forgot to have meaningful and honest conversations. We lost the authentic connection as people.

Why? Why have we forgotten the key elements of this beautiful art? We forgot to live in the present, without any concerns and believe that today is just another wonderful day to live simply.

Why is it so difficult to leave behind the things that do not serve us that could free us from the heavy weight on our shoulders? Because the truth is that we are not bothered as much. It is so comfortable being where we are. We manage to be content with less, but when I say less, I mean less of ourselves.

We lose our identity as humans along the way, and we start to live an automatic life with an automatic pilot that "guides" our lives. The art of living is the opposite of all that is automatic, planned, carried so perfectly and well thought out. The art of living means caring for your life, cherishing it, living it, adoring it, and valuing it, just the way it is. Living a small part of the art of living is having a cup of tea on a comfortable sofa, reading your favourite book and being grateful for that specific moment. Another important element of this art is having wholesome homemade meals with your family and friends.

The art of living is taking the time to explore and decorate our house with organic elements from nature or handmade objects made by artisans. We should learn to leave behind the artificial décor that we accepted so easily throughout time. Laughing and having long conversations with our loved ones should be made our priority. Forgetting about your phone or social media. Enjoying a concert without wanting to take pictures or video record it. Just living that unique moment with those around you. Making memories you will never forget because you lived that moment fully with those that you love the most.

Of course, you can always document them in writing. When you will read all your life experiences in your journal, you will remember the exact moments as they were. You will even feel the exact emotion and energy that you experienced at that time in your body. The art of living is caring for yourself and your body when it asks you to. Go into nature and nurture yourself as long as you can. Feel every breeze, feel the drops of rain on your skin and the sun rays caress your face. We all know what the art of living is, but we have forgotten about it the moment we became "adults" and along the way, we forgot about our inner child. 

We always tend to leave it behind and tell ourselves: "We are grown-up now!" We have to be responsible and take care of adult important matters.

You are a responsible human being, but always ask yourself:  "How many of those responsibilities are vital? Do they take away your time to enjoy living your best life? Do they encourage you to truly live?" 

When we forget to live, we lose a part of ourselves and the longer we let that happen the longer we will distance ourselves from living a meaningful life. We will continue doing so until we will leave far behind a life with purpose, a life well lived, a real raw human life.

The art of living includes everything that you choose to experience to be able to feel alive. It can start with refilling your lungs with fresh air, connecting to nature to having restful moments. 

When you wake up in the morning you will be eager to live your days just as they happen. You will embrace every experience as it comes because you will know that this is a part of you, part of your journey, and part of living a well-lived life.

Try to reflect and imagine yourself at an older age. Ask your older self: "Have I accessed every area of this beautiful art? Have I lived a great life? Have I lived well? Have I done all that a human being can do to eventually feel the raw human experience? Have I embraced my life fully?"

Ponder these questions and answer them in all sincerity. Exploring the art of living throughout all the chapters of your human journey will tell you that you live a good life. All the chapters of your life are meant to bring you to the completion of your perfect evolution.

Embrace your life and live it in the best possible way. Try to accept all your downfalls and your success. The art of living is the art of being the human that you were intended to be. Your body and your soul already know this art "BY HEART" from the moment you came into existence. Honour it and live it well.

Having an ideal life is kind of difficult to live in the reality that we are living in. It may sound discouraging, but it is kind of true. Maybe some people have the privilege to live it, but do you live your own ideal life? Is it possible to live in this world carefree and have all that this world pictures as ideal? Are you able to live your ideal life with all society's rules and its print?

Maybe some people might have an ideal life, but how can this be defined? For many of us, the ideal life is the equation of having a family, children, friends, community and an environment where we can nurture ourselves and live beautifully in harmony. This sounds like the best definition of the ideal life.

Have you questioned yourself about what ideal life means to you? What is ideal to have? Maybe for most people is what I stated above, but I think each of us should have our definition and try to live by it.

We all long to have ideal lives, ideal jobs, and ideal private lives. To reach an ideal life, we first have to look at reality. Does the reality that you are in lead you toward living your ideal life? Take one moment and reflect upon this. Most of the things that we want to buy or want to have do not meet our "high expectations" once we have them.

Everything you are invited to buy or own promises that your life will change for the better, and that your skin will improve and glow like never before. If you eat a certain type of diet your health will improve dramatically. We are told that if we live by certain societal rules, we’ll live the ideal life.  If we reflect deeply on this matter, none of it, or I should say most of them offer something different.

We are taught to trust more in what comes from the outside and less in ourselves. How can we not trust ourselves and choose the things that matter to us? How can we not invest in ourselves using our innate wisdom, and our trust?

If you would have the option today to start building your own ideal life without following the norm of a general definition of what an ideal life might be, would you start building it? Reality shows us that probably the ideal life is hard to find, but I believe that we can make our own ideal life regardless of the society that we are living in.

And all starts with our priorities, with things that matter to us, things that help us build ourselves up from the ground and make us live the best ideal life. The ideal life defined by others is surely not our own. Each of us is unique and has our ideal. This is the beauty of living our version of the ideal life.

Set up your priorities in a way that builds you as the person you wish to be and the ideal life that you wish to live. Try to put them into practice every day.

The number one priority is YOU. You matter! You are a human being with emotions and feelings, and most of the time you feel that life can be so difficult to live in the rhythm that was chosen for you by external factors. Slow down and look at your life and ask yourself if the way you live is the way you wish to live all your life. If you are not happy with the way you live your ideal life try to change it. Make adjustments where you need to and commit yourself to them. Try to prioritize them every single day.

The second priority is what you truly love to do. If you do not do what you love every single day, you will gently be led toward frustration, overwhelm and burnout. You have to refuel yourself with things that you love to do, things that matter to you and bring value to your "ideal life".

The third priority is what nurtures you to feel content and full of joy. Take time to spend more time with your loved ones, your family, and your friends. Being with them gives you a sense of belonging and trust. Try to connect on a deeper level and leave aside all that can interfere with your present experience. Try to live it and enjoy it as much as you can.

Try to put aside things that might "steal" the time to build your own ideal life, like social media, and the perfect stories that show their version of the ideal life and not yours. Focus on doing things that build the life that you always dreamed to live. Try to take a stand and never compare yourself with others. What is ideal for them will never be ideal for you. If you feel tired in searching for your ideal life and feel that you are unable to reach it, take a pause and reflect. Permit yourself to just live your version of an ideal day without any definitions from the outer world.

Identify what matters to you and build your ideal life towards it. Always keep hope in your heart and know that even if you can’t reach your ideal life, you are getting there. Your ideal life can change from one season of your life to another, and it is okay. This means that you are growing and evolving, and you reach the season of your life that you wish to be in. Every season teaches us what we need to know to reach the next level of our definition of the ideal life.

Our human identity is always in search of needs and wants to continue its journey. And the ideal is what helps us reach our destination.

I think of Victor Hugo’s words: "The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live" and conclude that we need both real and ideal to make the most of our life journey.

If you are at a crossroads in your life and do not know which way to follow, this can be your first question. Who am I? 

Finding more about yourself and about what you want to do, or become will bring you more in a state of awareness and consciousness.

The journey of self-discovery can have unexpected results, and you might be wondering why you want to enter such a journey.

This road is not the easiest one to follow but surely will give sense to what you are looking for. It can take time and effort, probably months, or years. Once you begin your journey, you will be challenged and sometimes "lost".

Discovering more about your true self needs commitment and focus. Reaching your goal of finding your true self can open wounds from your past and will challenge you to reflect on your future. All this work that you will do will eventually bring clarity and contentment. This way, you will be able to live in alignment with your true self and your true purpose. 

If, along the way, you will feel discouraged, remind yourself that, it’s okay. This is what makes us human. Start by asking yourself: What do you wish to do to know more about yourself? Do you wish to reveal more of your creative side of you? What gives meaning to your life? Maybe you want to start doing something you wished to do for a long time, but the family rules "guided" you in a different direction. What would you like to offer to the world? 

Asking yourself different kinds of questions will permit you to become self-aware of what your inner being truly needs. You will become more aware of what your real values are. 

You might try the kokology game which is the study of Kokoro ( discovering the mind, in the emotional sense, the spirit, the courage, the affection, the sentiment and the inner meaning). It was created by the Japanese phycologists Tadahiko Nagao and Isamu Saito.

This game invites players to answer questions to discover more about their profound insights. 

Find your qualities and your strengths. Reflect more on what truly brings joy to your life. 

Journaling is a great way to keep records of what you are experiencing while you embark on this journey. Reserve time daily and a quiet place to write down your thoughts, your new experiences and how they impact you. Do they help you live your most authentic version of yourself?

We are all unique, and our self-discovery journey is unique. Be honest with yourself and answer all your questions in the sincerest possible way. You might be surprised by what you can discover about yourself. Sometimes we store so many repressed emotions and feelings from our childhood that we do not allow ourselves to BE ourselves. When we "lose" our identity, we are uncomfortable in our skin, and we carry all that unnecessary burden. This "burden" keeps us far away from our true selves.

We should always remind ourselves all along our journey that all the work we pour into it will eventually bring us to the end of our self-discovery journey. This "adventurous" journey guides you towards your true self. Isn't that wonderful? To know who you are and be comfortable with your human journey. 

Keep your pace and do not pressure yourself in completing this voyage. There are no rules, no timing. It is just you, your journey and your best well-intentioned version of yourself. Becoming self-conscious and self-aware takes time. Keep your focus on the present moment even if sometimes you are "forced" to relieve the past. The present moment will bring flow and ease.

If you do not find all the answers, it is okay. At least you can begin this purposeful journey, and find more of what you are here to do. We are all in search of living meaningful lives. And remember, always accept and love yourself as you are. And always love your journey! 

If you would know from the beginning that starting something that will bring a different outcome than what you would expect, would you be willing to start it anyway?

What if the outcome would be even better than what you would have thought it would be? What would you do then? Have you ever thought about why we start the process of learning from the early years of our lives?

Little humans always want to learn something new once they have the opportunity. They are not concerned that they might fall or hurt themselves, starting with walking to riding a bicycle, riding a scooter, or playing sports. All they want is to learn, do things, grow, and evolve.

We all carry this force inside us. This unique force is what drives us from the beginning of our lives and we can't seem to stop. I call this the process of becoming.

We are all driven to do, accomplish and learn new things. This means that we want to evolve, thrive, and reach goals. This is how we become what we feel we are here to do. Starting a process is never easy! This might be the hardest part. Once we start, it seems we cannot stop. We want to keep on going and do things even if it is not always easy.

With every new day, we find this refreshed willingness to do new things because we know that we have not learned everything yet to feel complete. I call this the beauty of the process.

As adults, we always question the process, and we doubt ourselves. Have you ever thought about why we do that? Why do we sometimes lose trust in ourselves and feel discouraged?

In our growing process, we were taught that we need to be careful with everything and everyone and that trusting someone comes with risks. This is partly true, but it is not serving our growth process and evolving can be put on hold. 

We should always listen to the little voice inside us, and remind ourselves that this process we are going through is for us. This is the way we learn. If you cannot trust people around you, at least try, and always remember! Trust yourself! You always know what is best for you.

Entering into the process of learning something or achieving a goal always comes with challenges, but this is the best part of it. 

You would never have thought that the part when you "fell" the first time would make you see things clearer and the second time when you "fell" would make you do things differently, and the third time when you "fell", you wouldn’t have thought that you would see the sun shining when you would "pick yourself up".

When the storm is approaching, we become worried and concerned about the damage it may cause, but we always have to remember that the sun is always coming back, and every time, it seems brighter than ever.

Why is that?  Because we all carry hope in our hearts even if, for some of us is difficult to see it and feel it again. 

Let's look at nature's wisdom. Nature teaches us great wonderful things. Spring is always returning after the winter season and everything comes back to life.

What a wonderful experience! To come back to life! To be able to breathe, to feel every emotion and to see the beauty in the process that you are going through.

We are always searching for perfection in everything we do, but we never think that the perfection of the process is what brings us to where we need to be in our lives. Going through it helps us understand things better and "pushes us" to keep on going. Try to always trust it, and cherish it as it is.

As Confucius said: "Everything has beauty but not everyone can see it".  I say that we should focus on the beauty of being human and even if life is not always as we think it should be, or how we were taught it should be, we have to know that our inner being knows best.

Search your answers through your life experiences and keep your attention on things that are meaningful to you, things that help you grow and bring clarity into your life. Helping yourself to grow is the most wonderful, perfect, and beautiful process in which you can be today. If your growth process is not as you expect it to be, always rely on your inner being. 

Probably the way you were taught to think and be is "getting in your way". Once you listen to your true self, you will always know that the process you are in, is the perfect one for you in your life journey.

Remember, beauty and perfection is always in the process.

We are all attracted by positive people and a positive environment, are we not?

Of course, we are. Why wouldn’t we be? Positive energy builds resiliency, increases our "taste for life" and keeps us balanced. Meeting a person that you connect with easily and feel is on the same energy level as you encourages you to start a beautiful and long-lasting relationship.

If you meet someone who instils confidence, and trust and you feel you can always rely on them, you will always want to maintain close contact with him/her.

Strong friendships are founded on the following questions:
Is this person that I met trustworthy? 

Does this person make me feel safe?

Can this person be there 24 hours a day in case of an emergency? 

Do I have enough trust to confide?

Do I feel I am being judged? 

Do I feel I am accepted the way that I am?

 Do I feel that this person would want to help in case I ask for it without any reserve on his/her part?

Others factors can contribute to the foundations of strong positive friendships, but you always have to consider if this friendship brings balance and ease to your life. Does it positively contribute to your life?

It is not always easy to find true friends, let alone keep them. We need to invest in our social interactions. We need to share what we have with our friends. Bear in mind that we need to always give sincerely and not expect anything in return.

We are humans, and we all make errors, but we need to keep a positive perspective on things. Regardless of the different experiences with your friends always know that adding a positive note to your relationship is key to building a strong connection for strong long positive friendships.

Having positive relationships in our lives keeps us on the right track and gives us the necessary strength to move on when life gets difficult. Knowing that you always have a true friend you can always call and rely on for "a little push" is necessary for our lives.

We cannot always provide everything for ourselves, so we always need to search for our friends in our lives. Invest in fun moments in your relationships. Try to laugh as much as you can and as loud as you are able. Laughing is well known to be a booster for your immune system.

Reflect on the fact if that person in your life is helping you grow and learn. Do you do the same? Build a secure and safe environment in your relationship. Having done that you will always have a positive return. Not all relationships you build are meant to last, but remember that having reliable friendships and people around you will bring happy moments.

The longest research (Harvard study) ever done, almost 9 decades found that not career achievement, having money, exercising or having a healthy diet keeps us happier or helps us live longer. What helps us live longer and have happier lives is the positive relationships that we have in our lives.

Keep this in mind! Life is intended to be lived heartily and sincerely with the people you love and your dearest and closest friends. It nurtures your life and keeps you "hungry" for living the best life, not the one that we see in movies or on social media, but the real, raw life "behind the scenes". This life is the one that makes us feel truly alive!

Next time when you invite your true friend do it with a wide-open heart, pour some tea and share all your experiences from your raw, original unedited life.

Keep the positive people in your life so you can live longer and happier.

What is LOVE? That is a great question. I believe that love is a feeling, a state, an experience, an action, a reaction and so much more. Words are not enough to express this unique marvellous feeling.

Love is the first emotion that we feel when we are born and come into this world. We experience it even before that when we are in the womb of our mothers. Then, we feel it even deeper when we experience the first touch of our mother when we are set on her chest. We continue to feel it when we are taken into our father’s arms for the first time.

Love is felt deeply in the first days, weeks, and years of our lives when we are surrounded by all our family members and family friends. We receive so much love from everyone around us. We feel love, we breathe love and we live it daily. It is so comfortable and we love it! This is how we grow and develop beautifully. We are loved and cared for and we feel safe.

Then as time passes we experience different kinds of love. If we could only attach to the purest love, sincere and honest love.

Everything we try to accomplish in our lives is done with purpose. We do it heartily, and we pour our whole love into it. 

I believe that our main purpose as human beings is to find true pure love and live it daily. It is the one feeling that makes us complete and unique.

How can we stay in that purest love that we first experienced when we started our life's journey?

Throughout our life experiences, we learn that love is not always what we learned about when we were very young. We even think if this feeling called love is what we want to feel, especially after a difficult experience we had with love. 

First, we might be wronged by our friends in our childhood experiences, then during our teenage years, and then in our young adult life.

If we were loved by someone, in our first experiences with love, we believe that love is wonderful. It seems so easy to reach it, and we think that all is possible. Then, through our different experiences with love, disappointment may settle in. Once we have a disappointing experience with love, the trajectory of feeling this feeling of love is changing. We begin to believe that true love is a feeling that can be so hard to find.

This is where we start to lose hope. We come to believe that all is a deception. In some cases, it might be, but we are here to learn what love truly means.

We have to continue to be the actors of our lives and not let the disappointment settle in.

Everything starts with us, and in us. If we can grip the idea that even if disappointments come into our lives, love can be restored and made even greater than we thought possible. It just needs our trust and patience. We just have to return to the first moment we came into the world when we felt the purest love possible. We are valuable and we matter. This is what we felt through the love that we received. We are wonderfully designed and we need to hold to our uniqueness.

The human journey is not always an easy one, but this is the beauty of being human. To love, to be loved and to stay in that love always, regardless of all the hardships in our lives.

How can we manage to stay the course when "love seems to fail us"? I believe that true love never fails. 

Let’s show ourselves some love and to all those around us that we can stay always in that pure love that we received when we came here. Let’s try to care for us the same way we were cared for when we were very young.

We were taken daily by our parents in nature to be refreshed and stay connected with us. We had the most nutritious meals and we moved a lot. We managed to play every day and make the most of it. We did not care about the big things, we only enjoyed the small ones. We were even overwhelmed by the big things.

We connected easily with everyone around us and we wanted to stay in touch as long as possible. We were amazed by the beautiful environment we were in. Everything seemed to be a miracle. We were attracted by the beautiful natural world and everything that belonged to it. 

Let’s try to be those little children once again, especially when hope is lost in our experiences with love. Let’s always remember the parental love that we received. All was done in love, by love.

Let’s re-centre ourselves and find time for self-care, true sincere connections and simple living. Try to find love in every small intention, act or experience. This is where love comes from. When we can do all that, love will surround us. We will have enough.

When any kind of disappointment in connection with love settles in your life, question yourself if that is the real love you are in search of.
Maybe it's just an experience with what love might be and that the real love that you are searching for is inside yourself. Find your answers within your True Self and know that the sincere purest love that you can find is inside you and only you know how to feel it in the sincerest possible way.

Life is a gift! Love is your gift from the beginning. Never lose hope and always focus on the purest love you knew when you came here. Love your life. Love your journey. Remind yourself that your life journey is unique, and precious and should be cherished forever.