"How conscious are you while experiencing another's fear. Instead of fixing the situation can we pull into ourselves and be with our feelings that need our attention? Can we sit with our inner voice of truth? Instead of reacting, can we respond with a compassionate heart to bring in a new energy of awareness? Can we shift the tension by becoming interested in them? Can we listen to someones pain?

It takes just a moment to breathe into the unknown and prepare your heart with a prayer of understanding. Silence is acceptance and denial shoves the resentment away causing separation in any relationship. Move into stillness when you are in the middle of an energetic battle or the combat of words. Have a voice of strength to protect the heart of humanity.

When the time is right and an opening is presented, can you speak with the gifts of clarity and compassion? Don't just jump off of the bridge of emotions....stay and release any judgment or anger so that a pathway to healthy communication can restore and empower the situation and person. When peace arrives you can embrace each other again and smile with a private awareness that holds precious truth and deepens into a new respect.

We all deserve a chance to allow our soul to grow through the struggles of life. Become the one who desires a deeper connection with yourself and others....it is always our choice."

Colleen Hoffman Smith