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Post-traumatic Stress Self-help Advocate

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Be There

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As I get older and see my circle of friends aging, too – I see a greater need for people to be there for each other.

I mean this in the most practical way! I have many friends who are single, with no family nearby or no family at all, and even the youngest of them may sometimes get ill or need help with something. Our society pooh-poohs anyone who is not self-sufficient since we are all supposed to be strong and rugged individualists.

Be There

The bottom line is that many people who NEED help (even with something small, like getting boxes out of the attic) rarely ASK for help, and sometimes blow their budget paying for help when a friend could have done it for them.

So I am asking you all to consider BEING THERE for your extended family of friends. And if you have no one that you call a friend, reach out (you could volunteer, or go to the library and strike up a conversation) and begin to build your circle of friends.

Be There by Natalie Corres

• Stay in Touch to Reach Out

When I was single, I had a couple of friends that I always let know when I was going somewhere out of the ordinary and when I would be home; they would do the same – that way if we checked and the person wasn’t home yet, we knew to start the process of following up.

Sometimes we bought stuff in bulk at Costco and split it among ourselves to save money. Sometimes we made casseroles or soup to bring to each other when sick or helped care for pets.

Now with cell phones, it is easier to check if someone is home okay after a trip; or if they might need a grocery run since they are ill. We have to consciously REACH OUT because our society has trained us to mind our own business – which isn’t a bad thing by itself, but there are many lonely and needy people out there whose lives would be improved by simply being there for them once in a while.

Whether you chose to stick with a circle of friends; or reach out to elderly and the single parent in your neighborhood or building; or extend out to a club or group – you will make a tremendous difference by being there.

Be There Friendship Quote Dale Carnegie

• Even the Small Things Mean a Lot

Think about the small things that you need help with from time to time. Maybe even organize a cooperative.

If all you do is help get boxes from the attic or rake leaves for someone who can’t…you have still done A LOT.

Living smaller can also be living LARGE. Be there.

Republished with Permission from Being There.
Author: Natalie Corres Facebook Page: zen of living smaller

Cover Image Credits

Steve Buissinne from Pixabay
Hands Holding
Volunteering
Best Friends Laughing

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Why I Identify with Those Who are Oppressed

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Identify with those who are seemingly not in your ‘social realm’ and prepare for the backlash. You see, ignorance has no intelligent, racial, financial, or moral boundary. What’s more, I don’t use the word ‘ignorance’ in a negative way because if you don’t know something, you don’t know. However, the right knowledge is historically and presently so important.

Open Communication is Key

I think the important message in the video below is to openly communicate with each other. We live in the greatest age of communication that has ever existed! Yet, it seems there are rifts developing – deep rifts – that came into the spotlight after the last American elections. Communication is more important now than ever before.

“Conversations are the last tools people have before they pick up the guns.” 

— Theo E.J. Wilson

Why I Identify with Those Who Are Oppressed

Energy is Constant

The fascinating thing about this video is that it covers more territory than meets the eye.  But like the ripple in the pond, the energy of the enlightened group spreads to all those around them. Now that’s something with which we can all identify.

You see, we are all made up of energy (which I like to lovingly refer to as Stardust), so when one group of people are enlightened, their energy is raised to a higher level than it was before.

Spiritual energy is no less real than any other energy, like electricity for example, but is vastly more important. Spiritual energy is prana (also known as “universal life force” or “qi”) carried by pure love.

— The Aetherius Society

That’s how energy works. And, everything, absolutely everything is made up of some kind of energy. High energy or low energy — you choose. Either way, it will spread to everyone around when the enlightenment occurs.

What Happened To Me

This video below is about racial disparity but as a former abused child who was blamed for what happened to me most of my life and also as a low-income single mother and grandmother, I relate on a personal level to what this gentleman has to say and his findings.

I was made to feel bad about who I am most of my life until I found the right help and gained the knowledge I needed to overcome and protect myself from those who would adversely judge me because of what happened to me. #VictimBlaming

Identify Oppressed Girl

My step-father despised me because I was prettier than my younger half-sister so I grew up feeling ugly. There was constant hate and disparagement towards me because I came from an earlier family. The new family openly resented me, so I grew up not knowing where I belonged.

My mother humiliated, beat, and screamed at me daily so I grew up in constant fear. Being grounded for months at a time, I was not allowed to have anything even close to a normal social life so I grew up full of anxiety and fear of everyone around me.

I was literally the unpaid servant for a family of 5 and expected to behave as one with my head down and I’d better not step out of line or there would be hell to pay.

No One’s Pain is “Less”

So yes, I identify strongly to those other groups around me who are oppressed as well. Furthermore, no one can tell me that my pain is less than my friend’s pain because the shade of our skin is different – to believe otherwise is racist. Personal pain is relative to who we are as individuals. Furthermore, pain is not a competition – anyway, not in my world.

The points made in this video are direct and to the point and he really drives home the point of conversation as a healing tool. I have no rights whatsoever to this video. It is posted for education and entertainment only.

⭐️Please visit Theo E.J. Wilson on YouTube.⭐️

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