Love yourself. You’ve heard that advice—maybe even thought of it as a platitude. The truth is that most people do not love themselves…or don’t love themselves enough. The negative results of not loving yourself are too many to count. They include depression, ill health, excess weight, unhappiness, feeling disempowered, and self-criticism. As you can imagine, …
We all want love. Even when we say we don’t, we do. Yet, many of us close our hearts and don’t allow love into our lives. We forget to tell the people around us that we love them. These actions and mindsets make it hard to attract or to feel love. I know you can …
One of the most important love affairs you can have is with yourself. The more you love yourself, the more love you have for others. That means you increase your capacity to be in and sustain a loving relationship. It doesn’t matter if you would like to generate more love for someone of the opposite …
In my last post, I wrote about how you can feel God’s love any day, but especially on Valentine’s Day if you are lonely or alone. If you are not a spiritual person, however, that idea, and the meditation I provided, may not have filled the void for you. Here’s another way: Feel Mother Nature’s …
For many people, Valentine’s Day and the period leading up to it represent a lonely time. The holiday can be a sad day filled with grief over lost love or disappointment over the lack of a romantic partner. You don’t have to suffer if you aren’t in love on Valentine’s Day or if you don’t …
I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear. ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches In the past, I used a lot of my energy and time on negative emotions. I would say I hated things and I hated people’s actions. However, …
I write a national column about Jewish issues for Examiner.com. Every once in a while I hit on a topic that brings the hate mongers out. These are people who have nothing nice to say about Jews in particular and whose day becomes brighter when they can leave a really nasty comment somewhere. I used …
Trust is an interesting thing. Once it’s gone, it’s very difficult to regain. If you lose it, it’s difficult to find. When you stop trusting someone-for whatever reason, you tend to put up a wall to protect yourself…or at least I do. Then I have to really work at letting them back in. They have …
Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, begins tonight. The Mishna says that five disasters occurred on this date, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The Rabbis who lived during the time of the destruction of the Second Temple were, understandably, preoccupied with the causes of these calamities. In one well-known source they tell …
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