| So this country, the United States of America, and | | | | Next do you have friends and family that can help |
| its people are faced with tough times in their | | | | support you through this hard time. Or are there |
| personal, working, and financial lives. This can cause a | | | | groups that can also assist or give suggestions. This |
| great amount of stress, frustration, and anxiety as | | | | can allow a person not to feel alone. |
| the future seems uncertain. Life has never gone | | | | Have you been through hard times before? The |
| along constantly smooth and there are always bumps | | | | answer is probably yes sometime in life and it was |
| in the road. These are the times to surround yourself | | | | worked through by finding ways to cope with the |
| with friends and family and remember the things that | | | | situation and pulling the strength from within and |
| make up a good life. When there is negative energies | | | | from beliefs. Though it often seems like problems will |
| they are combated with positive energies that can | | | | not go away, sometimes it is a time for deciding |
| be sought after with others and remembering to | | | | what it is that is important in a life. These are the |
| engage in the fun things. The more down a person | | | | times that spiritual peace is often tested or has a |
| gets the more the energies get less and the harder it | | | | feeling of being tested. But this is also the aspect of |
| is to motivate and get things done. It can become a | | | | life that keeps people going when it may seem too |
| spiral downward. | | | | hard to keep going. When there seems to be no |
| One of the aspects of life is spiritual balance. Or | | | | answer, this is exactly where the answers come |
| perhaps it is life balance using spiritual means. Balance | | | | from. |
| comes from sometimes, depending on something | | | | People do not usually get to the end of their lives |
| other than what is happening, gaining strength from | | | | and wish they had more houses, televisions, cars, or |
| within and the powers of God and the universe. It is | | | | even money. At the end people are usually talking |
| the spiritual part of life that can be counted on | | | | about the wished of more time with family, friends, |
| always but especially during the challenging times. | | | | spouses, and children. Usually talking about that they |
| Instead of letting problems take us down to a | | | | wished they had spent more time on spiritual things, |
| negative level, it is the balance that allows clarity of | | | | balancing life, and wanting more time to do the things |
| situation to continue. It is clarity in seeing the situation | | | | that caused laughter, smiles, and those warm feelings. |
| that allows ideas on ways to get through or to | | | | When times are hard it is often these times that |
| correct the situation. | | | | people forget to smile, forget to laugh, and at times |
| Instead of allowing the negative energies to consume | | | | get so down they forget to pull the strength and |
| life it is often very helpful to quiet yourself. Put the | | | | power that comes from remembering there are all |
| frustrations aside for just a few moments, or any | | | | kinds of energies in the universe here to help us all. |
| emotion that is becoming consuming, and take time | | | | When a person has found spiritual peace the |
| to regroup, calm, and refresh yourself. This can be | | | | possessions of the world are not so important |
| done by meditation when the body gets to relax a | | | | anymore. It does not mean that people cannot have |
| little and the mind gets to rest. Meditation is also a | | | | things that make them happy but it does mean that |
| time when the mind and spirit can remember what is | | | | these things do not determine the worth of a |
| important in life finding new ways to solve problems. | | | | person. Having spirituality reminds people that giving |
| When the body and mind calm often the person will | | | | attention to the person inside is what makes a life |
| have different visions of possible solutions which | | | | fulfilling. |
| allows for a psychic ability either consciously or | | | | No one wants to have hard times but it can be |
| unconsciously. Is this is paid attention to often it | | | | eased by keeping a balance with the power that |
| allows time to see that perhaps it is not as bad as it | | | | spirituality allows. Talking with God, universal energies, |
| seems. It allows a person to see that he or she has | | | | allows people not to feel alone, allows a calming of |
| a lot more strength that thought. | | | | the soul, allows time to rest, and allows someone to |
| All people want to live their lives in a very positive | | | | get feeling about what is happening. This then allows |
| way. People want to have enough to have a decent | | | | time to reflect, to think about solutions to the |
| time on this earth. Anything that threatens that | | | | problems or concerns, and options for talking with |
| causes tension. But again life has its hard times. It is | | | | others and getting help if needed. But even if help is |
| during these times that it is very important to keep a | | | | not sought this allows people to stay strong and to |
| balance and there is no better way to do this than | | | | not feel helpless. |
| with spirituality. This gives balance to life when | | | | Perhaps this is the greatest reward for keeping a |
| nothing else can. Some suggestions on how to do | | | | balance with spiritual things, taking time to meditate, |
| this is as follows. | | | | thinking of the future and keeping life going. The gift |
| First just stop for a moment and ask yourself if for | | | | is that no one has to be alone in anything that is |
| today you will make it though and be all right. Now | | | | endeavored. That no matter how scary something |
| take a look at the next day and ask yourself the | | | | may seem you can remember that you are not alone |
| same thing. How far does this time period go out if | | | | and that help will come from somewhere else. It's |
| you keep asking yourself this question. It should | | | | good to remember that chances come about |
| come out that there is time. | | | | because of faith. The soul is an incredible being. |