Before you continue reading any further, I invite you to recall your 1st reaction {thoughts, feelings, emotions} to this picture & jot it down.

Comments made on Facebook are very interesting and show how effective a visual is. Actually, the ones I saw didn't match mine at all. Here is my take, my reaction to the picture above: 
My first reaction was not that it was meant to be funny {I wondered how difficult it must be for the motorcyclist to drive safely}, nor was the cow being hurt {I figured its tail was being held so it would not fly up and obscure the driver's vision; its rear legs were tied so as not to flop onto the road and get injured} the cow's face certainly does not show signs of being stressed, nor was this awkward undertaking a joy ride for either the driver or the cow.  What came up for me was: What a very compassionate motorcyclist, he found a cow along the road {I seriously doubt he is stealing it}that may be injured but definitely not in a pasture where it belongs.  The rescuer is so daring and brave to help this poor innocent creature & return it to a safe place,hopefully its home away from traffic.  Amazing the conclusions one comes to about a pic!  It is so telling about what is inside us... & how we judge what is right or wrong, good or bad etc.  Its like seeing the cup empty, full, 1/2 full etc. Its about our personal perception.  After a 2nd look at the pic I thought: "Wonder where this pic was taken as it appears the traffic is going the wrong way." See what I mean, I just did it again myself LOL.
When we become the observer of ourselves we gain a great deal of AWARENESS! AWARENESS about any of our MEPS {my coined term for Mental~Emotional~ Physical ~ Spiritual aspects of self} is the 1st step to transformation. Looking at a picture is one of the simplest tools one can use to gain greater insight to oneself. Coach's challenge if you choose to accept: Look at a picture that is very appealing to your aesthetic sense when you want to find comfort or Personal Peace. Look at a graphically disturbing picture if you are struggling with unpleasant feelings or emotions to stimulate the fullness of the feeling in order to release it. As you do either verbally aloud express what you think and feel. Keep doing it until it is gone. You'll know when it is gone because all the "negative"/ fear energy will feel like it has shifted to one of "positive"/Love energy.  Acknowledge and honor yourself  for whatever and ALL that showed up during this exercise for it is ALL part of YOU rather you like it or not. This ACKNOWLEGEMENT is a stepping stone toward ACCEPTANCE {Self Love} !
I hope this blog posting ALLOWED you more AWARENESS to your inner world! I pray this post inspires you to take a few minutes to send Blessings to all creatures especially to those without homes or from abusive ones. For any of my animal loving readers; I hope you didn't get any trapped emotions from viewing the pic at the start of this blog.  If so, I suggest you take the coach's challenge seriously into action and fully deal with the thoughts,feelings & emotions that came up so they can be released. If you have difficulty or need support in doing so I AM here to assist.

I'd like to edit the poster on the left a bit to read: "who loved you when you BELIEVED you weren't very lovable." and add "if they really LOVED you they would love you no matter what."  and "if you loved yourself it probably wouldn't have mattered."
"Who loved you when you weren't very lovable means you are only lovable under certain conditions.  That is called conditional love.  Seems like the kind of love that needs to be earned. It goes like this; if you do this I'll love you.  If you don't act like ____ I'll love you.  I think it is better stated:  I may not like what you did, said or how you behaved AND I still love you, regardless. It boils down to ACCEPTANCE and ACKNOWLEDGMENT, to name a few. 
  What about this:  The most memorable people in your life will be the ones you remember as those who hurt you?  Do you think that a child from an abusive home is going to remember their abuser as loving them?  Maybe yes and maybe no. It may be argued. Nevertheless, children are very resilient and forgiving, and each handles abuse differently. I'll bet that a great number of them see the most memorable people as not being very loving AND as not believing they were or are very lovable.  Bottom line is that both the abuser and abused child would greatly benefit from Self Love. Then Personal Peace {the greatest benefit of working with Comfort Coaching} could exist for all! 

    My reality is that if you truly love someone you don't stop loving them.  You may not be "in" the relationship with a person any longer.  The person maybe near or far away. You may be AWARE that an ongoing relationship is no longer in your or their best interest. None of these scenarios mean you can't still love them. 
     I don't have A memorable person in my life.  I AM blessed by the love from everyone who has touched my life, because I believe that each crossed my path for a "Reason Season or Lifetime" {see poem below author unknown}.  If they don't see it from my perspective.... that's their business....MY business first and foremost is Self Love!  If I love myself I am sure to find love everywhere and in everyone I meet and if they don't find me lovable....well perhaps some healing would be in order. 
Imagine: What if everyone knew about Self Love? What if everyone was AWARE that they are the person for whom they have been searching? What might the world be like then?
I am creating a new poster which reads:
I AM the most memorable person in my life
I AM always Lovable
because I was created
from Love
for Love
to Love
I AM LOVE!

      If this seems difficult to grasp you may want to have a complimentary chat with me.  Just contact me at www.ComfortCoachingConnection.com.                                    


                                             Reason, Season, or Lifetime
                                                    author unknown

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you figure out which one it is,
you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support.
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die.  Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desired fulfilled;their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it. It is real.  But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson,love the person,
and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

   

Poetry is concise, which is why I usually express myself in that form of writing.  Sometimes there is more that needs to be said and prose fits that bill.  So for once I chose prose, ok so I threw in some poetry as well since two specific poems fit in very nicely with the subject matter, the context of the prose. 
I just had the honor, in August, to be published in one of my advertiser's magazines and want to share in hopes that you may take away an aha, lesson or feel some emotion from within yourself as you read the articles found by clicking the link below.
Celebrating my newly published prose with some poetry throw in. p3, 32-34
http://www.earthstarmag.com/docs/207-AS12.pdf Please, take a moment to check it out. I Love Earth Star Magazine!  Thank you Tim for seeing the value of my words!