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…
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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 healing, detoxifying energy as your body benefits and heals from your weekend massage.
- I send you warm nourishing rays of light.
- Sending you oodles of energy noodles.
- I send you lush green mountain meadows splattered with wildflowers for you to rest and rejuvenate your soul.
- Sending you buckets of patience to spill in all the places that need some—be sure to douse yourself with some.
- I send you fresh, crisp apple bites of life to bite into everyday.
- I send you gentle care and comfort, and I hold your heart with love in mine.
- I send you peaces.
- I send you large bundles of gratitude for being who you are, and for being connected with me.
- Sending you giant pails of peace to spill or splash in.
- I send you music to make your insides dance.
- I send you wide open spaces big enough for all your dreams to materialize.
- I send you life rafts for navigating the waters of life.
- I send you focus as you practice setting up new routines to support your engagement with your true self.
- I send you inspiration to put thoughts on paper.
- Sending you loving hands to cradle your tender heart.
- I send you different flavored lollipops to quench your craving.
- Sending you rain to nourish the earth so that the earth can nourish you.
- I send you calm, to remember love and caring.
- I send you delightful whimsey, goodness over flowing, and creative deliciousness today.
- I send you warm blankets to snuggle with as you sip warm tea and warm up your cold body.
- Sending you willing, loving hearts and hands to help you.
- Sending you a magical cool sheet to snuggle in and feel safe.
- I send you peaces to resolve the conflicts you’re experiencing right now.
- I send you healing energy as you mend your heart and body.
- I send you bright flowers to see, smell, enjoy, and nurture.
- Sending you perfect laser focus to follow your warm heart.
- I send you fresh, fragrant flowers with lots of different colors to brighten your corner of the world.
- I send you permission to be exactly how you are today.
- I send you calm and gentle breezes wafting love and joy around you.
- I send you virtual blankets to keep you warm, and good thoughts that your electricity is soon restored.
- I send you billowing bubbles of joy.
- I send you a cuddly blanket of appreciation for the beautiful person you are in this world.
- Sending you calm to scatter around the chaos.
- I send you succulent sweet chocolate kisses and delightfully warm hugs.
- I send you courage and honor.
- I send you showers of grace and peace.
- Sending you calm and peace.
- I send you patience to allow new things to unfold positively for your life.
- I send you showers of strength as you walk your journey.
- I send you warm, comfortable rest.
- I send you relaxing moments filled with love and caring.
- I send you a path of petals on which to tread as you navigate life.
- I send you honor and respect as you navigate this wave in your life.
- Sending you bursts of energy and focus.
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