She pasted everything onto a large sheet of posterboard and began to FEEL herself living in cottage and working in little dress shop. She became completely enthralled with her project and tacked poster on wall of her bedroom right in front of bed, so that it was first thing she saw in morning and last thing at night.

She vividly SAW herself living her dream: she and children laughing and talking in cottage, arranging furniture and putting up curtains; she'd PICTURE her daughters at piano singing and playing; she would SEE her son sitting in little library with books and papers all around him; she would SEE herself walking around her shop as people came and went, buying her merchandise, paying her for it, and leaving happy.

Bottom line, folks, she really GOT INTO IT!!!!

Gradually, she began to understand that treasure map was but means of impressing upon her subconscious mind pattern from which to build conditions of success and harmony into her life.

And she did something else—something most of us fail to do—she began praising and thanking God that her dreams were ALREADY REALITY! Whoa!

Stop right there, you say—isn't this just living in some sort of fantasy world?

NO! Because that's how faith and prayer work! Otherwise, where would faith be? There would be no need for it. You have ABSOLUTELY GOT TO BELIEVE that your dreams have already been accomplished in spiritual dimension. Then HOLD ONTO THAT BELIEF like a guy who's just slipped over side of a cliff and has grabbed onto a tree root. Sure it's painful; sure it's scary; sure there's no VISIBLE help in sight. But would you rather opt for alternative? As long as you hold on, you still have hope!

You can discover your soul food by listening to yearnings of your soul, by being still and tuning into your deepest voice within. Your soul will guide you to what it needs. Don’t ignore it and don’t put it off. Once you learn what you need, nourish it on a regular basis. If we neglect our soul then it becomes hungry and searches for food in wrong places, which is destructive to our lives and zaps us of our life sustaining energy.

After years and years of neglect one becomes disconnected from their soul and gets lost. Our world is sadly full of people who neglect their souls and consequences of this are seen all around us in level of addictions, violence, crime, depression, suicide, lack of compassion and respect for one another, divorce and destruction of our planet exhibited in our society. Our culture has not been very good at teaching us how to avoid this, perhaps because we were unaware for a long period of time, but slowly this is changing one by one.

Don’t neglect your soul! Listen to it, nourish it, and feed it everyday. It is as important as feeding your hungry stomach. If you have neglected your soul, it is never too late to start again. The soul has an amazing ability to recover and flourish in splendor once again.

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Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed., writer, educator, therapist/advisor/coach and Holistic Health Consultant Specializing in Life Management and Support for Living with Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, and Disability as well as Sexuality and Sexual Intimacy. FREE Newsletter and FREE 30 minute Consultation. http://www.holistichelp.net http://www.holistichelp.net/sexandsoul