Find Your Center
Many times one may feel unable to go on with a certain way of life. Things may seem hopeless, and you may want to give up. Go ahead. That's right, I'm telling you to give up, if only for a moment. But wait, there's more to it than that. You see, when the caring ends, and the struggle within vanishes, you will feel the freedom of life once again. Just like if you wanted desperately to be able to break a board with your fist. Once you stop caring so much, you will be able to do it. So, when you feel you have lost hope, for an amount of time that you choose, do just that. Give up. Just sit down, and for that moment enjoy who you are. Enjoy just being there. Look around and exist in the present. Things will start to feel more real to you. Do not give up your life, however. That is a most precious gift.
Sometime after you've done this, once you are feeling quite normal, find a quiet spot and kneel or sit on the floor. Close your eyes and once again exist in the present. Take the palms of your hands and press them together tightly. Begin taking deep breaths. In and out. Nice and slow. Open yourself to the Force. Now, push your hands out in front of you and exhale.
Bring them in, and inhale. Push them out above you, and exhale. Bring them back, and in hale. This movement is not simply a movement. Do you notice something about the movement? Apply this philosophy to your life.
Find your center.
...Jedi Streen
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