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When I feel vital, I feel connected to life, the energy of life. Now, life could be many things: a specific project, the manner of living, tissue/organs, a specific relationship, or the secret life inside you. When was the last time you felt vibrantly alive and thought to yourself, “I’m feeling vital?” What is the difference between feeling vibrant and vital?
I’m full of questions today. When I compare definitions of the two, vibrant refers to energy or activity, whereas vital has more to do with life sustenance. A subtle difference, but hey, we’re building our emotional vocabulary! Some would even say feeling vital is about feeling alive or important. Oh, there are so many ways to interpret feeling vital.
When I feel vital, I feel energetic, for sure. I also feel connected to life, like I’m an important component of life. Not like the world would not survive without me, but I feel connected to it. When I go to the doctor and they check my ‘vitals’, there is a context of the things required for me to be on the north side of the daisies. Here, though, I’m talking more about feeling vitally connected to a community, to relationships, to the heartbeat of the world around me. Connected to life.
In how emotions function on our behalf, vitality helps us understand what it means to feel alive. That sounds kind of ‘duh’, but feeling vital and connected keeps us coming back for more, doesn’t it? Perhaps the function of feeling vital is part of what keeps us living to experience another day. Aren’t you glad we get new days to try new things, or feel differently, or spring forth into a new adventure?
Vital is a nice emotion to keep in our library of feelings. When I feel disconnected, I enjoy pulling vitality off the shelf to remember how connected I am. What’s going on with you? What does it mean for you to feel vital?
Emotions are the heartbeats of our souls…
If you would like to explore more feelings in the Stayin’ in Touch – Positive Emotions book, click here for more information.
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To me, Bother looks like someone who deliberately places their hands on their hips and fumes a big sigh of frustration or disgust. You’ve probably experienced a parent or someone gasping at you at some point in your life. It also looks like someone or something pestering you. Perhaps a child keeps asking why or while you’re sitting at your desk working, your neighbor is chomping on some carrots.
What does Bother feel like? Where do you feel it in your body? Bother feels like a wound-up spring demanding to be set free so that it can relax. In my body, it feels like tension and a hovering cloud in my chest area. It feels impatient, urgent, and distracting. It also feels irritating because someone or something has interrupted a good focus or flow. It’s like a buzzing energy that never finds a resting place.
Feeling Bothered functions to point something out to me that is outside of my normal, comfortable little world. It interrupts me. When I feel bothered, it seems like someone around me is not being as sensitive as they could be to others around them. I’m then quick to judge or jump to a mindless conclusion either about the other person or in my self-talk. I think feeling bothered could transform into a reminder to me to get ‘outside of myself’ or to be compassionate toward someone else, if I stopped to recognize it when it occurs. I could dance with that, instead of being caught up in it.
If you’re feeling it, this is an invitation for you to explore bother today. What does bother look like to you? How does it feel to you? Imagine feeling bothered and how it works for you. How might you transform it to function for you?
We are beings with feelings…
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When you feel Lonely, what does that look like? To me, it is like a crab burrowing in the sand, hiding from the world. It is like wrapping myself in a shroud that keeps me separate from the rest of the world. Sometimes the shroud looks like a shield as if it is protecting me from something, and other times it’s more like Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak – it keeps me hidden from view, but I can still see what’s going on around me.
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Life Gifts
- I send you a path of petals on which to tread as you navigate life.
- I send you warm, comfortable rest.
- Sending you quiet mornings to savor nature and listen to the musings of your heart.
- Sending you joy and glee in celebration of your accomplishment.
- Sending you blankets of love to help you feel safe.
- I send you joy.
- I send you permission to be exactly how you are today.
- Sending you rain to nourish the earth so that the earth can nourish you.
- I send you focus as you practice setting up new routines to support your engagement with your true self.
- Sending you joy.
- I send you giggles and chortles to accent all the moments of your day.
- I send you focus and energy as you write today.
- I send you buckets of bubbling, juicy kindness.
- I send you tender, loving arms to hold you in care and love.
- I send you virtual blankets to keep you warm, and good thoughts that your electricity is soon restored.
- I send you calm, to remember love and caring.
- I send you moments to fill your year with acknowledgment of how truly special you are in this world.
- I send you fresh strawberries to enjoy in a mild, sunny meadow upon a lush spring mountain.
- I send you life rafts for navigating the waters of life.
- Sending you oodles of energy noodles.
- Sending you bright colored paint for your life canvas.
- I send you the lightest hint of lilac and a handful of petals.
- Sending you friendship to warm your heart and knowledge that you’re loved.
- I send you peaces to resolve the conflicts you’re experiencing right now.
- I send you bright-colored flowers that fragrantly shower your surroundings with joy and delight.
- I send you courage and honor.
- Sending you music to fill your heart with warmth and comfort.
- I send you healing love and energy.
- I send you a warm, relaxing breeze, a comfortable hammock with sounds of water lapping on the shore.
- I send you good thoughts for successful surgery, for doctors and nurses to care for you with love and honor, and for healing comfort.
- Sending you magical lenses to sharpen your focus.
- I send you quiet fields of lavender to enjoy soft, quiet moments.
- Sending you tasty inspiration.
- I send you fruit-full surprises in your journey.
- I send you love.
- I send you warm nourishing rays of light.
- Sending you a luxury craft to drift in a while you regroup.
- I send you bright flowers to see, smell, enjoy, and nurture.
- I send you a cuddly blanket of appreciation for the beautiful person you are in this world.
- I send you gentle care and comfort, and I hold your heart with love in mine.
- I send you showers of confetti filled with sparkling, renewing energy to keep you fresh and succulent.
- Sending you buckets of patience to spill in all the places that need some—be sure to douse yourself with some.
- I send you fireworks of inspiration.
- Sending you warmth and caring.
- I send you soothing cups of hot tea, your favorite music to listen to and time for you to relax and enjoy.
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