I sat in stunned silence for a long time. It seemed - and was - such a momentous occasion. I was sure I'd never forget it - and I haven't. Even though it became a regular occurrence, I've never forgotten magic of that first time. In many ways, I even feel lucky that it took so long. It never became rote or meaningless. I was always aware of special-ness of that exchange.

But if my dad had gotten to where he is now before we had that opportunity, would I have felt so complete then? I am positive that I would not. My need to hear him say it (I always knew in my head that he loved me, but I still needed to hear words!) was pretty strong. The thought of never hearing him say it or of my being able to say it to him freely and without hesitation brings a different kind of sadness, a different kind of loss.

So, luckily for me, my dad's doing a whole lot better in last few days and I still have lots of time to enjoy this exchange with him. But what about you? If you got a call today that said your father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandfather, grandmother, mother-in-law, father-in-law was gone, what would you regret not saying? Same holds true for you. We often think we have plenty of time to 'clean things up'. The truth is, we usually don't so don't delay. Get on phone and say it now.

Sometimes what we need to say is harder than 'I love you'. If you feel what you need to say is too painful and you don't think you can actually say it to them, then write a letter to them that you never plan to send. The important thing is to release energy, and it is much simpler to do this while they are still alive. You will notice a difference in your interactions and you will feel 'complete'.

If that person is already gone, then definitely write letter. Pour out all your feelings, love, anger, sadness, whatever comes up. It will be helpful if you burn letter after you are done. Create a 'releasing' ritual of your own.

'Completeness' is a gift you give yourself and your loved ones. I hope you'll give it soon.

Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place!

This leaves you and I right in middle. The only thing we can do at this point is make a choice. We can choose to go with flow and let negative emotions dictate how we should respond to this situation. Or, we can let faith; hope and boldness rise up in us and cause negative emotions to change into a feeling of confidence.

They will. You just have to experience it for yourself. Taking way of Faith, hope and boldness is not always easy, but it's always worth it. Your emotions are very precious; you can't live without them; don't allow pressures to dictate your emotional state.

Your emotions can either be an instrument of faith, or an instrument of fear. They can drive skunks out or open door wide for dinner. The choice is yours. And, your emotions don't care which way you lean.

If you look at problems pressures will rise and skunks will stink. The more you look at problems, more pressures will rise.

Full Steam Ahead!

You will be looking for relief in every direction; except where relief is. It will just seem like an irresponsible thing to not focus on problem. It will feel like most natural responsible thing you can do is to focus on how bad circumstances are.

All that will do is intensify pressure. Like we said earlier, at this point we're making assumption you can't do anything about problem. All you can do something about is pressures. And, pressures are controlled by emotions you decide to harbor.

See The Light!

Faith is an emotion, fear is an emotion. Why do we have to have one or other? Faith rises up in us when we feel able. Fear rises up in us when we feel incapable. Is this a universal law that says it has to be this way? No!

Try this. Next time a situation arises that has you down for count, just start saying to yourself, "I am more than a conqueror." And, then say this: "Skunks don't rule me!"

Say it as many times as you have to, to cause fear to subside. It will. Your emotions are listening to that little voice inside your head that keeps talking to you. And, if you'll keep those words flowing into your emotions, you'll experience a dramatic rise in your emotions.

Look! If you have to put up with smell of skunk and you can't get him out of your parlor, at least don't let polecat rob you of your sanity and peace of mind. It's just not worth it.

Time Is A Cure!

The circumstances you're going through may be a temporary fact. But, consider this; if you're reading this you're alive, and if you're alive you have gone through many bad circumstances and not one skunk has killed you yet. The skunks will go away and facts will change.

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