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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
- Sending you oodles of energy noodles.
- I send you patience and understanding, and a powerful little elf to manage all your worries.
- I send you warm, comfortable rest.
- I send you delicious moments filled with rare and marvelous accents that grow your heart.
- I send you joy.
- I send you moments to fill your year with acknowledgment of how truly special you are in this world.
- Sending you a bubble full of love and healing, to hold you and your heart.
- I send you joy as I think about how delightful you are.
- I send you clocks that indicate there is plenty of time.
- I send you focus as you practice setting up new routines to support your engagement with your true self.
- I send you the deep, rich colors of berries to paint your soul.
- Sending you flashlights for exploring your dark places.
- Sending you joy and glee in celebration of your accomplishment.
- Sending you magical lenses to sharpen your focus.
- Sending you a luxury craft to drift in a while you regroup.
- I send you over-flowing cups of love to restore your heart and soul.
- I send you a warm spot of cheer and buckets of love for you to use as you wish.
- I send you soothing healing.
- I send you contagious child-like giggles and unstoppable smiles.
- I send you wide open spaces big enough for all your dreams to materialize.
- I send you showers of grace and peace.
- I send you fresh, fragrant flowers with lots of different colors to brighten your corner of the world.
- Sending you pillows of prosperity to share with yourself and others.
- Sending you a perfect worry doll to manage your worries.
- Sending you calm to scatter around the chaos.
- Sending you bright colored paint for your life canvas.
- I send you chortles, giggles, and warm hugs.
- I send you soothing cups of hot tea, your favorite music to listen to and time for you to relax and enjoy.
- I send you moments of pause so that you can remember you are loved and cared for.
- Sending you sparkly confetti in celebration of your accomplishments today.
- I send you warm blankets to snuggle with as you sip warm tea and warm up your cold body.
- I send you love.
- I send you billowing bubbles of joy.
- I send you a warm hand to hold as you experience the array of feelings that go along with the death of your loved one.
- Sending you bursts of energy and focus.
- I send you energetic bursts of joy.
- I send you showers of strength as you walk your journey.
- I send you permission to be exactly how you are today.
- Sending you warmth and caring.
- Sending you peace and beauty, like the glassy stillness of a lake before the breeze’s caress stirs things up.
- Sending you patience while your body heals.
- I send you inspiration to put thoughts on paper.
- I send you appreciation for caring to make healthy choices for yourself.
- Sending you the best of birthday wishes and some special binoculars for you to see all the puddles of goodness that follow you around and support you.
- Sending you giant pails of peace to spill or splash in.
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