Defense mechanisms.  They exist as part of ego’s ploy to protect you from feeling.  If you do not think about something that hurts, then perhaps you won’t hurt anymore.  Alternatively, you will center all of your thoughts on a painful subject and remain there as a sort of punishment.  Do you see the games the human mind plays?  It is well and good to feel fully.  Optimally, you will allow the feelings to flow and remain aware of the thoughts beneath them.  Flow is the goal, not stuckness.  Flow indicates alignment with the soul.  Stuckness indicates trapped in human point of view.  Awareness is the remedy.  Prayer for assistance brings a saving grace, for it reminds you there is a greater reality and you are connected to it.  Always remember:  You are never alone and oh so very loved.

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