Your task is not to seek for love, but to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it  -Rumi In the past, I have often felt unloved. Whether it be by my partner, my family, or my friends, I regularly felt that they did not appreciate and care for me….

  “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Caroline Burnett As the new year is approaching, I looked back on my life for this past year. I realized that a great deal of the time, I looked to others – friends, family, partners, etc. – to save me…

  “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” -African Proverb I lose my peace and serenity generally when I am scared of losing control. I fear losing control because I am afraid that if I am not in control something bad will happen and I will be alone and suffer….

  “We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.” -Australian Aboriginal Proverb Sometimes, when I am stricken with a feeling of panic, sadness, or fear, without realizing it, I let that feeling…

  “You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha Often, especially during the holidays, I find myself regressing to old habits and behaviours when I am around family members with whom I do not regularly interact. These old habits tend to take the form of…