All is sacred, and, echoing Sparrow, we are a part of that sacredness. At morning dawn, when a child is born, during holy rituals and divinations, witnessing wise elders consecrating a project for the welfare of people, prayer, while meditating, while writing right now in the Internet book of life or while gratefully eating a delicious plum that has ripened these days at the tree in our garden, while observing all the many threads that have led to being able to savor just one single plum. It is as if a sense of the holy smoke of incense is passing by while being aware of the sacredness of all.

Usually I do believe in the good outcome of things, that healing of whatever is not yet healed is a kind of intended universal and divine principle. I would say that doing the best I can, supporting others whenever I am able to in the best way I am able to, being kind and compassionate, and being grateful for any expression of life helps unfolding life at its best for everyone, including me. The positive experience when approaching life like this works nearly like a perpetuum mobile, it works into the positive direction for all related, like a pendulum inspiring you and me and back to you and me, nearly without any effort then.

Still, for not to fall too much into the direction of optimism or sometimes not to loose faith, I need to call myself back to the midst of things, which is questioning in a kind of open way like … is it so? and leave things free, find inner stillness and let something else lead instead of assuming into the one or opposite direction.

To let go of one of my main obstacles to stay in the now, which was my deepest fear, and this was to be isolated from all which my heart is longing for. But you know, as I realize just now, by being able to naming it here, I realize the fear has become much less!! Yippee! Welcome tenth of July!
I guess the main help to let go of the obstacle of fear was to meet, accept and understand the anger, which covered vulnerability. And I was helped a lot in this process, for which I am wholeheartedly and deeply thankful. This process opened the door to compassion for myself and much wider for others. Welcome to all of you here on this gorgeous site and everywhere! And echoing Antoinette: let´s soar, fear free, let the wind of compassion and gratefulness carry us to fly freely and to enjoy the moment right now and onward from now on.

With strangers, it is the energy through eye contact. It did surprise me a lot when one day I imagined to offer a rose as a symbol of love to each stranger I met while looking into their eyes, wishing him or her from my heart that this energy would help ceasing their suffering. Since, I do this whenever it comes to my mind. It is deeply touching when a stranger realizes the coincidental, free encounter on the level of the heart. Their heart occasionally reacted spontaneously with deep joy about being seen without any judgement of whatsoever, which is expressed through the radiation of the eyes of both of us then.With loved ones, it is the same. It touches me most when being touched deeply on the level of the heart is present and shared.

Lately, I learned much about vulnerability, of my own and of others. To see the beauty in it and the opportunity to be more visible and so more understood by others in what before felt like a reason to be excluded. I am deeply grateful for letting go of attached fear, as it helps being even more compassionate with myself and others and it makes me realize even more that we are all in the same boat, no matter what the “fault” may be like. Embracing this with kind respect towards myself and one another.

For so many, but especially for the life given and the friendships, the love that is expressed through simply living and being together, any moment when this is. And being able to be in nature, viewing its beauty and inhaling fresh air while walking in the mountains for example, like yesterday while enjoying this beautiful area together with a dear friend. Sometimes when I loose sight I need to remind myself. This site and the team of people looking after it is a great reminder, for which I am deeply grateful, like others expressed it already. So looking ahead to another day of grateful living! Thanks to all of you here.

While feeling tempted to combine the question with the word for the day today, I would answer that I can learn not to believe what is not true about me, and instead start to believe what is true. So the greatest gifts are that I am both able to love and that I am loved, and that I can hold others in this love and that equally I am held in this. Still work in progress, but who am I, other than this? Other people told me, but it took me this far to slowly having started to believe it. And the best is: we all share it!

But what about feelings like anger? Would I behave differently if this would be the last time I would ever feel this way? Without feeling anger I would appreciate and be grateful for whatever comes my way. Thanks for this question, as I currently sort out quite old anger.
Without feeling greed I would behave on a basis of being enough,
and my focus of deeds is directed towards the other when I do not feel alone.
So just to let go of these negative feelings as if they would be there for the last time and focus on the other side of the coin is the way for the moment being. Thanks a lot!

My feelings define how I am doing what I am doing. Currently, I feel calm. So if it would be the last time I would ever feel this way, what would I do? If this does not mean that I am dead at that moment, I would just breathe and stay alert as much as possible.
One of the findings of my exercise so far, which I started two days ago is that immediate “brighter” moments occur, astonishingly even up to more clearness of eyesight in the very moment of becoming aware of the moment through observing space accompanied by conscious breathing.