We all want good relationships with people.
We all want to feel close and connected to friends,
Family,
A boyfriend or girlfriend.
Sometimes we feel the need for validation by someone else's standards,
By someone else telling us that we're worthy,
Which can feel devaluing to us.
While we don't always notice it,
We just want to feel we are being unconditionally loved and accepted by ourselves,
Instead of always seeking acceptance and love from others.
This meditation is just a reminder,
Food for thought,
That our relationships aren't everything.
We really want to feel connected and avoid feeling isolated or lonely at any cost.
So sometimes we'll hang out with the wrong people,
People we don't really feel a great connection to,
Just to avoid being alone.
But being with people who we don't feel a great association with can be very isolating.
Sometimes we think it will be better if we spend time alone and be around people we don't really want to be around.
Sometimes we act on that and sometimes we don't.
This meditation isn't about who to hang out with or when to be alone and when not to be alone.
It's just about separating the connection to others and our connection to ourselves.
When we feel connected to ourselves,
We feel whole,
Confident,
Loved and secure.
When we feel filled up by our own energy,
Then we don't need anyone else's validation and it doesn't matter who we're with or not with.
If you think about it,
We can feel lonely with our friends and we can feel lonely and unhappy doing the things that we love because it's all about our mentality and the emotions and interpretations that shape it.
It's all about you discovering and utilizing your empowerment because you can choose whether to feel good,
Whether to focus on positive things or positive aspects of things.
It doesn't mean that the people around you can't offer you good company or great relationships.
It just means that they can't take place of your own connection to yourself,
The connection to the positive,
Loving light that you always have inside of you.
Relationships act as compliments to yourself,
Not completions of yourself.
Once you realize your own healing power,
You can then see your relationships as just extensions of your joy,
Confidence,
And appreciation for yourself.
Relationships will flow with ease and feel lighter.
They will feel less like demands or things that you need to have in order to fill yourself up.
So as you go through your days,
You can appreciate the people around you,
But also appreciate yourself.
With this appreciation for yourself,
The people around you,
And your ability to empower yourself,
You can truly be yourself and feel independent.
There are no restrictions,
Requirements,
Demands.
You don't have to dress to impress or reach for someone else's validation.
You can really enjoy others company and your own.
