đđťââď¸ *”Do you love â¤ď¸ me?”* Alice asked.
*”No, I don’t love you!”* replied the White Rabbit đ°.
Alice frowned and clasped her hands together as she did whenever she felt hurt.
*”See?”* replied the White Rabbit. *”Now you’re going to start asking yourself what makes you so imperfect and what did you do wrong so that I can’t love you at least a little. You know, that’s why I can’t love you. You will not always be loved Alice, there will be days when others will be tired and bored with life, will have their heads in the clouds, and will hurt you.*
Because people are like that, they somehow always end up hurting each other’s feelings, whether through carelessness, misunderstanding, or conflicts with themselves.
If you don’t love yourself, at least a little, if you don’t create an armor of self-love and happiness around your heart, the feeble annoyances caused by others will become lethal and will destroy you.
The first time I saw you, I made a pact with myself: *’I will avoid loving you until you learn to love â¤ď¸ yourself.’*
— Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland
AbundanceActivators
1. GIVING OUT: Giving out is about your TIME, TALENT & TREASURE, especially in areas where you’re holding back. Giving out is about adding more value through your time, talent, and treasure, especially if you have fallen into the trap of “waiting” for things to change, for the right time or opportunity.
Time is about helping others or serving others without conditions.
TALENT is about giving more value through your abilities.
Treasure is about giving money to your source of spiritual nourishment.
We are put on this earth to add value where value is needed. We provide value and are compensated for it. It’s a beautiful exchange of energy.
2. GIVING AWAY: GIVING away is about releasing things you don’t need or use anymore. All the stuff you’re holding onto in your closets, cupboards, garage, store rooms that you can’t let go. It’s symbolic of a greater overhaul. It’s a stuck energy with a story of lack or limitations attached. When we take out time to clear out any excess – anything from clothes to friendship/ relationship we’ve outgrown to business tasks that drain us – we clear the way for new and productive energy to flow freely. As you let this energy flow again, in the form of giving away,throwing away, or selling these things, it makes room for the NEW ABUNDANCE to flow in.
3. GIVING UP: GIVING up is almost letting go of habitual resentment, criticism, judgement, complaining, or physical habits that aren’t congruent with your higher vision or goals. Something more is trying to emerge, but if youâre holding on to these vibrationally heavier habits, they’re holding you down, blocking the flow, and increasing your struggle and pain. We do have a RIGHT to feel angry or sad, but does it feel good ?? Our feelings are the bridge to our circumstances. We need to give up feeling bad. When you hold onto negativity, you block the flow of abundance. Raise yourself to a higher frequency by being mindful of your thoughts and feelings. Make an effort to feel only positive emotions.
4. GIVING IN: Giving in is about SURRENDER. You’ve activated a larger life but are still holding on to smaller self-concepts. You will not be able to grow to the next level without releasing this resistance and surrendering to what’s trying to emerge. When you can open yourself up to a true surrender of what is keeping you stuck, only then can you begin to SHIFT and RELEASE it. The floodgates of blessings will open if you can quiet the voice of the EGO and trust the guidance of the DIVINE.
5. GIVING THANKS : If you take a moment to inventory your life, you will likely find that you are already quite abundant in many areas. No, it’s at that moment that you can activate a partnership with the universe by maintaining a deep feeling of gratitude for all that you already have .
An attitude of gratitude is the foundation of abundance. When you live in gratitude, the universe gives you things to be grateful for. Align yourself to the same frequency as abundance .
6. GIVING TO YOURSELF: Whatever you’re trying to get from ” out there” is blocking the flow of it in your life because whatever’s missing is what you’re not giving. We teach others and the world how to treat us by way of example. When you demonstrate love for yourself, you send a signal that you are to be loved. When you set boundaries,you teach people about what is most important to you. When you flow your heart and live a life of purpose, the universe rises and meets you halfway, graciously revealing your next best steps.
As you strive to spend more of your moments in alignment with your deepest desire, the law of attraction begins to work in your favour, and the blessings pour in.
7. FORGIVING: Forgiving is a powerful gift and principle. The magic is in the word itself, For-Giving. It’s about giving, not getting. It’s about extending yourself, not withholding. It’s about loving your enemies, praying for those who hurt you, returning love for hate, releasing everyone from karmic & emotional debt so that I your heart nobody owes you anything and vice versa This way, the energy gets freed up. Forgiveness does not make you weak. On the contrary, it takes great strength and the compassion of a leader to forgive someone who has wronged you and to forgive yourself. As the forgiver, you regain control of your thoughts and emotions. Your energy had been on loan to another, and Forgiveness restores it to you.
Inspired by ” The wealth Activators ” by Derek Rydall.
The Silent Struggle: Menâs Mental Health and the Fear of Speaking Up
For too many men, pain stays locked behind a smile and buried under the weight of silence. Mental health is not a gendered issue, but the way itâs handled often is. While conversations around emotional well-being are becoming more open, men still face an uphill battle when it comes to expressing their thoughts, needs, and struggles.
The reason? Fear. Fear of being judged. Fear of being seen as weak. Fear of being ridiculed or misunderstood.
From a young age, boys are taught â directly or indirectly â that being âmanlyâ means being tough, stoic, and unshakable. Vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness. Crying or showing emotion gets labelled as soft. And so, many men grow up suppressing their feelings, bottling them up until the pressure becomes unbearable.
This pressure is compounded by societyâs image of what a âreal manâ should be: strong, independent, always in control. But mental health doesnât care how masculine you are. Depression, anxiety, trauma â they donât discriminate. They creep in, quietly and persistently, often hidden behind sarcasm, anger, or silence.
The consequences are serious. Suicide rates among men are significantly higher than among women in many countries. Substance abuse, violence, and self-isolation are often coping mechanisms when healthy outlets feel out of reach. And still, too many men hesitate to ask for help because they’re afraid of what others will think.
Itâs time we change that.
Mental strength isnât about suffering in silence â itâs about having the courage to speak up. Real masculinity should include emotional honesty. Talking to a friend, seeing a therapist, or simply admitting that things arenât okay is not a weakness. Itâs self-respect. It’s taking control, not losing it.
We also need to do our part to create safe spaces. Listen without judgment. Check in with the men in your life â not just about work or sports, but about how theyâre really doing. Let them know it’s okay to drop the act.
The more we normalize emotional openness, the more lives weâll save. Men donât need to suffer quietly. They need to be heard. Letâs stop equating silence with strength â and start building a world where speaking up is not just accepted but expected.
Karmic Closure: Learning Through Contrast
Thereâs a point in your life when things start to feel like theyâre coming full circle. Old patterns returnânot to punish, but to teach. This is karmic closure. Itâs the quiet but powerful moment when you realize the chaos, the pain, and the heartbreaks were never random. They were assignments. And youâre finally graduating.
Lately, Iâve been moving through what feels like the last lap of an emotional marathon. Old wounds resurface. Familiar dynamics test me. But this time, Iâm not reacting the same way. Thatâs the difference. Thatâs the growth. This is what healing looks likeânot perfect but different. Not passive, but conscious.
Iâm learning that growth doesnât always look like adding new habits or gaining new insights. Sometimes, itâs about unlearningâshedding the beliefs that were never truly ours. The idea that we have to earn love. That we have to prove our worth. That struggle is a prerequisite for peace. These are things Iâm leaving behind.
We donât grow by staying in the light. We grow through contrast. By feeling the sting of not being chosen, we learn to choose ourselves. By sitting in rejection, we find acceptance. Itâs not about becoming perfectâitâs about becoming whole. Every hard moment was a mirror, showing us the parts of ourselves we needed to see.
For a long time, I chased worthiness outside of myself. If I worked harder, looked better, and cared moreâmaybe then Iâd be enough. But chasing something thatâs already inside you is exhausting. And pointless. What Iâve learned is that worth isnât something you earn; itâs something you remember. Itâs a quiet truth that lives beneath the noise of fear and conditioning.
Contrast teaches. You donât know freedom until youâve felt trapped. You donât understand peace until youâve lived with chaos. And you canât truly love yourself until youâve faced the parts of you that felt unlovable. These are the lessons Iâm holding with gratitudeânot because the pain was easy, but because it was necessary.
Karmic closure isnât just about ending a chapter. Itâs about integrating the story. Taking the pain and turning it into wisdom. Owning your role in the pattern, but also forgiving yourself for not knowing better at the time. Youâre not here to be perfect. Youâre here to evolve.
Iâm not who I was, and Iâm not yet who Iâm becoming. But Iâm in that sacred space betweenâa liminal zone where endings blur into beginnings. Itâs messy. Itâs real. And itâs where the magic happens.
To anyone else walking through the fire right now: keep going. Youâre not being punishedâyouâre being initiated. And when you come out the other side, youâll carry light you never knew you had.
We Were Together Like Railway Tracks
We were together like railway tracks â always beside each other, moving in the same direction, bound by a shared path, yet never truly meeting. Itâs a metaphor that encapsulates the quiet ache of emotional distance in a relationship that, from the outside, seemed to be aligned.
There was routine, a sense of partnership, shared responsibilities, and even laughter at times. But beneath it all was a silent truth: we were two people running parallel, not intertwined. We looked like a team, functioned like one, and moved forward through lifeâs stations side by side â and yet, something was always missing. Connection.
Like railway tracks, we supported the same train â the home, the children, the daily grind. But the closeness was an illusion. We didnât intersect emotionally. We didnât meet in vulnerability, in true understanding, or in raw, unfiltered presence. We lived lives filled with âdoingâ rather than âbeingâ â always moving, never stopping to really see each other.
I used to believe proximity meant connection. Being physically close, sleeping in the same bed, and sharing meals and travelling meant we were together. But Iâve come to understand that emotional intimacy isnât guaranteed by geography. Itâs built in those moments of stillness, eye contact, heart-to-heart honesty â all of which became rare.
Sometimes, I would reach out, hoping for that spark, the crossing point, the intersection where we could meet â heart, mind, and soul. But each attempt felt like a passing signal, acknowledged briefly and then forgotten. The more we moved forward, the more I realized we were just going through the motions.
And thatâs the paradox of being like railway tracks. You’re essential to the journey. You carry the same weight. You share the same goal. But you are still apart.
Now, I choose to pause at my own station. To reflect on what it means to truly meet someone â and to not mistake being beside someone for being with them. Maybe the tracks we were on werenât broken â maybe they just werenât meant to merge.
Some journeys arenât about meeting in the end. They’re about realizing when it’s time to stop running parallel and start finding your own path â one that leads not just beside someone but toward a true connection.
The Power of Intuition: A Free Gift That Shapes Our World
Intuition is often misunderstood. People associate it with mysticism or gut feelings that canât be explained. But intuition is not magicâitâs a quiet, powerful process that draws on experience, observation, and pattern recognition. It’s a gift, yesâbut one anyone can develop.
âIntuition is a gift that is as free as the breeze. Its compelling clarity spawns inventions and bridges uncertainties.â That sentence captures something vital: intuition isnât just a vague sense. Itâs a form of inner clarity that helps us make bold decisions, navigate uncertainty, and even spark creativity in moments of doubt.
What Is Intuition?
At its core, intuition is fast, subconscious thinking. Itâs how your brain makes sense of complex situations when thereâs no time for step-by-step analysis. Have you ever made a decision you couldnât justify logicallyâbut it turned out to be right? Thatâs intuition at work.
Contrary to the myth, itâs not anti-rational. It works alongside reason, drawing on your internalized knowledge and experience over time. In short, itâs an informed instinct.
Why Intuition Matters
Think of all the key breakthroughs in historyâscientific discoveries, technological inventions, and creative masterpieces. Many of them began not with data but with a hunch. An unshakeable sense that something was worth exploring.
Inventors often say they âjust knewâ a concept would work before they could prove it. Entrepreneurs take risks not because the numbers guarantee success but because their intuition tells them thereâs something there. Thatâs the compelling clarity intuition brings. It doesnât just help you make choicesâit helps you trust them.
In uncertain times, when logic runs out and variables multiply, intuition becomes essential. It bridges the gap between what we know and what we canât yet fully see.
How to Develop Your Intuition
Intuition isnât a rare talent. Itâs a skillâand like any skill, it improves with practice.
Hereâs how to sharpen yours:
1. Pay Attention to Patterns
Intuition feeds on exposure. The more you observe how things workâpeople, systems, outcomesâthe more your brain can spot patterns subconsciously. Reflect on past decisions and outcomes. What worked? What didnât? What did your gut say?
2. Create Quiet Space
Noiseâmental or digitalâdrowns out intuition. Step away from constant stimulation. Take walks. Sit in silence. Let your mind wander. Thatâs when intuitive thoughts surface.
3. Trust Small Hunches
Start with low-stakes situations. Follow your gut on small decisions and track how it plays out. Over time, youâll build confidence in your inner compass.
4. Balance Intuition with Reason
Strong intuition doesnât ignore facts. It works best when checked against logic. Use it to guide your questions and direct your attentionânot to replace critical thinking, but to enhance it.
5. Learn From Diverse Inputs
Expose yourself to different experiences, ideas, and people. Intuition thrives when it has a wide library to draw from. The more varied your inputs, the sharper your instincts become.
Final Thoughts
Intuition is not a shortcut. Itâs a different kind of intelligenceâone that operates beneath the surface but proves itself in outcomes. Itâs as free as the breeze, yes. But like the wind, it can shape powerful change when channelled well.
Developing your intuition isnât about rejecting logic. Itâs about embracing another layer of insightâone that can lead you to breakthroughs when certainty is out of reach.
So pay attention. Stay open. And trust that your mind knows more than you think it does.
Perseverance: The Quiet Power Behind Every Success
In a world that glorifies overnight success and viral breakthroughs, it’s easy to believe that a single burst of effortâa grand gesture, a big risk, or one intense pushâis all it takes to achieve our dreams. But the truth is far less glamorous and far more grounded: real success is built through perseverance.
A single burst of effort may get us started, but it rarely carries us to the finish line. The road to any meaningful goal is long, winding, and often filled with setbacks. It’s not the one-time leap that defines usâitâs the willingness to keep walking, even when the path gets hard, when motivation wanes, and when results are slow to show up.
Perseverance means showing up when it’s boring, staying focused when it’s tough, and moving forward when it’s tempting to quit. Itâs the quiet decision to try again after failure, to refine after rejection, and to trust the process even when the destination seems distant.
Every writer whoâs finished a book, every athlete whoâs trained for years, every entrepreneur whoâs built something from the ground upâthey all share this one trait: perseverance. It’s not about talent alone or timing. It’s about the resolve to keep going, one step at a time.
Success doesnât come from intensityâit comes from consistency. Itâs not the fire of one moment but the steady burn of commitment that makes dreams real.
So, if you’re feeling stuck, tired, or unsure, remember this: you don’t need to do everything today. You just need to keep going. Progress is progress, no matter how small.
In the end, itâs not the spark that lights the whole journeyâitâs the flame that refuses to die out.
Trauma as a Teacher: The Wake-Up Call We Never Asked For
Trauma was my wake-up call; it hurt, but it also showed me who I AM.
We donât choose trauma. It crashes in uninvitedâmessy, painful, disorienting. And yet, for many of us, it becomes the pivot point. The moment everything changed. Not because we wanted it, but because we couldnât ignore it. When it hit me, I didn’t feel brave or wise. I felt broken and confused, like the ground I was standing on had disappeared.
At that time, it felt like the worst thing that could happen. Now? I see it differently.
What if trauma isnât just something to survive but something that is revealed?
Not in a âthink positiveâ way that ignores real painâbut in the raw truth that, once shattered, you donât put the pieces back the same way. You build something new. Something more honest.
Trauma strips away illusions. The stories we told ourselves. The roles we played. It forces us to confront what’s realâabout ourselves, our limits, our values, and our path. Itâs contrast: darkness that teaches us to recognise our light. My trauma became my teacher. Maybe itâs not punishment. Maybe itâs permissionâto wake up. To remember what matters. To remember who we are and our soul journey.
Because sometimes the universe whispers, and we ignore it. Then it shakes us. And that shakeâviolent as it may beâisnât the end. Itâs an activation. A reset. A deeper calling that says: you were made for more than just getting by.
So no, I and you didnât deserve what happened. But we get to decide what happens next.
Carl Jung once said, âI am not what happened to me; I am what I choose to become.â
That line stayed with me. Over time, I realized my trauma wasnât just painâit was a mirror. It showed me everything I had been avoiding: the wounds I never healed, the patterns I kept repeating, and the parts of myself Iâd silenced.
It was a brutal kind of clarity. But it was also honest.
I started to see that life wasnât punishing me. It was trying to wake me up. I had been asleep to myselfâdistracted, disconnected, and living for everyone but me. Trauma interrupted that autopilot. It was the shake I needed.
If youâre carrying trauma, know this: itâs not your identity. But it might be your initiation. Into something real. Into purpose. Into a version of you that was always thereâjust waiting to be remembered.
âLife doesnât happen to you; it happens for you.â â Tony Robbins
That quote used to sound clichĂŠ. Until it didnât. Until I lived through it. And I saw that even in the breakdown, something was formingâa new way of seeing, of feeling, of being. The pain didnât just tear me down. It showed me what needed rebuilding.
I wouldnât wish trauma on anyone. But I can say this with full truth: it activated me.
It pushed me into my healing. Into deeper awareness. Into purpose. It made me question everythingâand in that questioning, I remembered who I am.
So no, trauma isnât your identity. But it might be your catalyst. It might be the moment your soul decided: enough sleepwalkingâitâs time to wake up.
You donât have to be grateful for what hurt you. But you can respect what it taught you.
I do. It changed everything.
Forgiveness Isnât Forgetting â And Thatâs Okay
We like to think that the chapter is closed once weâve forgiven someone. But now and then, a thought sneaks in: Did they ever regret what they did to me? After everything â the loyalty, the honesty, the years of showing up â how could they just walk away or betray that?
And suddenly, weâre questioning ourselves: If I still think about it, does that mean I havenât truly forgiven them?
Not necessarily.
Forgiveness is a decision. Itâs choosing to let go of the need for revenge, the weight of anger. But it doesnât mean the pain disappears. It doesnât mean the memories stop surfacing or that the questions stop coming. Asking whether someone ever felt remorse isnât a sign of weakness. Itâs a sign that you cared deeply. Itâs the echo of your own integrity bouncing around the silence they left behind.
Regret is a human thing â we all want to believe that when we give our best, it matters. When we lose something or someone because of betrayal or cruelty, the other person feels it too. So when that doubt surfaces â when you wonder if they ever truly understood what they lost â it doesnât mean youâre stuck. It means youâre still healing.
Forgiveness is about you, not them. Itâs something you do so you can move forward, not so they can feel better. But healing isnât a straight line. Some days, youâre fine. Other days, the question hits you like a wave: Did it mean nothing to them?
That question doesnât make you bitter. It makes you human.
The truth is, you might never know if they regret it. And maybe thatâs what hurts most â the silence, the lack of acknowledgement. But their regret, or lack of it, doesnât define your worth. Your loyalty, your honesty â that was real. And nothing they did can take that away from you.
So no, wondering doesnât mean you havenât forgiven them. It just means youâre still reckoning with the cost. And thatâs part of healing, too.
Healing is a journey, not a destination.
When Love Has Miles Between It: My Truth About Long-Distance Marriage
Long-distance relationships (LDRs) arenât just about milesâtheyâre about effort, timing, and emotional grit. From the outside, people often romanticize them. But on the inside, itâs much more complicated. Most couples donât talk about how hard it getsânot just the distance, but what happens when you’re finally in the same room again.
I know this firsthand.
My husband and I were together for 26 years. But if you count the time we spent side by side, it adds up to 15 years. He was often away for work, and I held down everything elseâour kids, the house, the office, life itself. I had no choice but to step into every role. I became both mother and father. I had to be strong, and sometimes that strength came across as anger. I know I wasnât always easy. But I was doing my best to keep everything from falling apart.
When he came home, he wanted to step inâbut on his terms. Weâre both independent. Weâre both strong-willed. And when two dominant personalities try to share space again after long stretches apart, itâs not always a warm reunion. Itâs more like two tectonic plates trying to align. There was love, yesâbut also friction. He often called me difficult. He judged me for being too strict, too serious, too much. But he didnât see what it took to survive without him.
Looking back now, after our separation for 5 years, I can admit something I didnât want to see before: I was choosing us, but he wasnât. I believed my love could carry both of us. I thought it was enough. But his actions told a different story. He was critical, distant when present, and made me feel I was constantly falling short. I started doubting myself. I started blaming myself.
It took me timeâand spaceâto realize the truth. His judgment didnât come from clarity. It came from his own unresolved issues. He was dealing with a lack of self-love and self-respect, and instead of facing that, he projected it onto me.
What Iâve Learned from Long-Distance Marriage
Communication is more than just check-ins. Itâs not enough to know someoneâs safe or busy. Emotional connection has to stay alive, and that takes deep, honest talk.
Reunions arenât always romantic. Being apart builds habits. Being together again means unlearning and adjustingâand thatâs often uncomfortable.
Love isnât enough if respect is missing. One person canât carry the whole weight of a relationship. It has to be mutualâeffort, care, patience, all of it.
Judgment from your partner is not love. Constant criticism is a reflection of their inner conflict, not your worth.
Your survival instincts can turn into self-neglect. Just because you can do it all alone doesnât mean you should have to.
To Anyone in a Long-Distance Relationship Right Now
You are not too much. You are not too hard to love. And you are not wrong for needing effort, respect, and emotional safety in return.
If you feel alone in your relationship, donât ignore that feeling. If youâre the only one doing the emotional heavy lifting, pause and ask yourself: What am I giving up to keep this going?
Love should never cost you your self-worth.
You deserve partnership, not performance. You deserve to be met halfwayânot just when it’s convenient, but consistently. And if someone canât give you that, itâs not your failure. Itâs your wake-up call.
Be honest with yourself. Be kind to yourself. And above all, donât shrink to fit someone elseâs comfort.
Youâre worth more than being âmanaged.â Youâre meant to be loved fullyâfor all that you are.
