Telling myself I shouldn’t be feeling something is like telling myself I shouldn’t be breathing. It doesn’t matter what my mind thinks about my feelings. The most important thing I can do is to allow all of them, no matter what they are. This can be difficult with...
I should do this. I should do that. Or not! The word should is a flapping red flag, alerting me to the presence of outside pressures. On rare occasions, I may use the word should to motivate me to do something I want to do. But usually not. Catching myself in the act...
Dear Meli, Being spiritual has a lot of “shoulds” that come with it. Take this one, for example: “Spiritual people SHOULD be able to get along with everyone.” But what about difficult people? What about people from your past? In my case,...
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