Self Healing Guide: From Misery to Bliss Part I
This blog is a guide for healing your life. We all have the power to heal ourselves. Sometimes people think they need expensive weekly therapy for months or years in order to heal. Perhaps in some cases that is true. But most people are capable of healing themselves if they truly desire to do so and if they have access to the right resources. Mental and emotional sanity is much simpler than most people realize, indeed enlightenment is much simpler than most people realize. If sanity feels like a goal that is too far away for you to reach then this guide is for you.
I encounter many people who have extremely difficult lives and continue to have many difficulties even today. To use the word difficult is an understatement in many of these cases…for too many people life really does suck and they just can’t wait for it all to be over. If that is how you have felt about life then this blog is for you. There is a lot here, but it will take a lot of work to heal this big mess. Take your time go through it slowly; reach out for help when you need it.
People like this would find it very difficult to understand what it is like to have a life like mine. How could it be possible to feel good, to feel happy, to be in love and feel love day after day, every day? How could it be possible to be happy even when people insult and abuse you or when you are fired from a job or when a relationship ends or when a loved one dies? How is it possible to be happy even when you have been thrown in jail under false charges? How is it possible to be happy when everything you have worked for or ever wanted is constantly being taken away from you? How is it possible to be happy when you are deported from a country you have made your home, where you have a financial investment in property, and investment in friends and a dog you love?
When I wrote this last paragraph I started out describing the circumstances that others faced, but realized everything in it has happened to me and some of it is still happening to me. Yet to be fair I must also admit that my life has contained many beautiful blessings too. Mostly I have held high paying jobs and received much respect for the work I do. I have been head over heels in love many times, which of course means I have lost many loves too. I have lived in beautiful homes with beautiful views, in various countries around the world. I have had many children come into my life, but they have all left it too. I have no children of my own yet, except for my two adopted children who are stuck in India while we work through the process of getting them visas, so even now I am separated from them as well. I am intelligent, I have written a book, and I have achieved many accomplishments in my life. I am loved by many people, but that has not always been the case. I have been the target of much jealousy and lost many friendships.
I have known the joys of getting what I want and the sorrow of not getting what I want. Earlier in my life I was very lost and blown about by the winds of fate. So I feel that I am the perfect person to write a blog such as this and to give the advice I am giving here because I know both sides of the issue of enjoying life no matter what is happening.
I want to state emphatically that you can have happiness whenever you want it. It is possible. You can listen to your own mind that says it is impossible or you can listen to others who do not have happiness tell you it is impossible or you can listen to those who know, those who have experienced it, those who have mastered life tell you that it is possible. You can learn the secrets to happiness no matter how deep you are in your misery. Creating happiness anytime you want it, no matter what is going on in the outerworld, is a skill.
Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story
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March 12th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
That is so remarkable. I wonder how hard it is to be able to achieve that skill though. I mean, I easily get affected with my problems and though I try to think positive, there are always times when I feel like it’s best that I surrender. I hope to learn from your writings though. More posts of this kind please.
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March 12th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
It does take time to heal yourself, many years in most cases. It seemed overwhelming to me when I was in the middle of it, but I got there. One day at a time is all you can do. But you must start somewhere…the alternative is to go deeper into dysfunction and to continue to live a life that is vastly inferior to what you could be living. However there are many wonderful perks along the way. The improvements come quickly and the incremental rewards help you know the path is worthwhile.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
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