The Black Sheep

Today's DailyOM brought to you by:     February 5, 2015 The Black Sheep One of a Kind by Madisyn Taylor When we move beyond comparisons and accept our differences, we appreciate the significance of our upbringing and socialization in each of our unique life's journey. Many of us have had an experience in which we felt like the lone black sheep in a vast sea of white sheep. For some of us, however, this sense of not belonging runs more deeply and spans a period of many years. It is possible to feel like the black sheep in families and peer groups that are supportive, as well as in those that are not. Even if we receive no overt criticism regarding our values, there will likely be times when it seems that relatives and friends are humoring us or waiting for us to grow out of a phase. Sometimes we may even think we have been adopted because we are so different from our family members. These feelings are not a sign that we have failed in some way to connect with others. Rather, they should be perceived as the natural result of our willingness to articulate our individuality. Many black sheep respond to the separateness they feel by pulling back from the very people to whom they might otherwise feel closest and embracing a different group with whom they enjoy a greater degree of commonality. But if you feel that your very nature has set you apart from your peers and relatives, consider that you chose long ago to be raised by a specific family and to come together with specific people so that you could have certain experiences that would contribute to your ongoing evolution. You may be much more sensitive than the people around you or more artistic, aware, spiritual, or imaginative. The disparate temperament of your values and those of your family or peers need not be a catalyst for interpersonal conflict. If you can move beyond comparisons and accept these differences, you will come to appreciate the significant role your upbringing and socialization have played in your life's unique journey. In time, most black sheep learn to embrace their differences and be thankful for those aspects of their individuality that set them apart from others. We cannot expect that our peers and relatives will suddenly choose to embrace our values and offer us the precise form of support we need. But we can acknowledge the importance of these individuals by devoting a portion of our energy to keeping these relationships healthy while continuing to define our own identities apart from them. DailyOM Course Spotlight Animal Spirit Guides by Dr. Steven Farmer Animal Spirit Guides are spiritual beings that can help us in a life-positive way. You can call on them for guidance, protection, healing, and inspiration. We may see them, hear them, feel them, or just know they're with us, and we can have any number of spirit guides throughout our life whether we're aware of them or not. Their intention is to help us have a more peaceful, harmonious, and happier life. They are happy to serve and willingly do so whenever called. In this on-line course from bestselling author Dr. Steven Farmer, you will learn 6 key lessons to help bring your Animal Spirit Guides into your daily life. It's amazing how animals permeate our consciousness and are with us all the time. And with this course, you can bring these Animal Spirit Guides in to your life to help with both your emotional and physical healing. > Get the first lesson now Top 10 DailyOM Courses: 1. Permanent Weight Loss with Self-Hypnosis 2. Break the Grip of Past Lovers 3. Reinvent Your Self-Image 4. 8 Secrets to Releasing Stubborn Weight 5. Call in Your Beloved with Ease 6. The 4-Minute Peaceful Warrior Workout 7. Overcoming Self-Sabotage 8. Clear Your Home, Clear Your Life 9. Overcoming Creative Anxiety 10. A Year of Rumi New Courses | All Courses What do you think? Discuss this article and share your opinion Want more DailyOM? Register for your free email, or browse all articles   Share the OM: Email this to a friend Printable version Save in My DailyOM Discuss this article Free USA Shipping On All Orders Deal of the Day: Grace Necklace $15.27 Buy Now $29.72 (save $14.45) (Price for this week only) On-line Courses: The 7 Day Fat Flush by Casey Thomas and Philip McCluskey A Year to Clear What's Holding You Back! by Stephanie Bennett Vogt From the Library: Emergence: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change by Derek Rydall More DailyOM: On-line Courses Soul Readings Today's Horoscopes Shop the Marketplace Join the Community

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Doing the Best You Can

Today's DailyOM brought to you by:     February 4, 2015 Doing the Best You Can Progressing with Patience by Madisyn Taylor Try not to expect perfection when starting out on a spiritual path or attaining inner peace. It isn't always easy to meet the expectations we hold ourselves to. We may find ourselves in a situation such as just finishing a relaxing yoga class or meditation retreat, a serene session of deep breathing, or listening to some calming, soul-stirring music, yet we have difficulty retaining our sense of peace. A long line at the store, slow-moving traffic, or another stressful situation can unnerve you and leave you wondering why the tranquility and spiritual equilibrium you cultivate is so quick to dissipate in the face of certain stressors. You may feel guilty and angry at yourself or even feel like a hypocrite for not being able to maintain control after practicing being centered. However, being patient with yourself will help you more in your soul's journey than frustration at your perceived lack of progress. Doing the best you can in your quest for spiritual growth is vastly more important than striving for perfection. Just because you are devoted to following a spiritual path, attaining inner peace, or living a specific ideology doesn't mean you should expect to achieve perfection. When you approach your personal evolution mindfully, you can experience intense emotions such as anger without feeling that you have somehow failed. Simply by being aware of what you are experiencing and recognizing that your feelings are temporary, you have begun taking the necessary steps to regaining your internal balance. Accepting that difficult situations will arise from time to time and treating your reaction to them as if they are passing events rather than a part of who you are can help you move past them. Practicing this form of acceptance and paying attention to your reactions in order to learn from them will make it easier for you to return to your center more quickly in the future. Since your experiences won't be similar to others' and your behavior will be shaped by those experiences, you may never stop reacting strongly to the challenging situations you encounter. Even if you are able to do nothing more than acknowledge what you are feeling and that there is little you can do to affect your current circumstances, in time you'll alter your reaction to such circumstances. You can learn gradually to let negative thoughts come into your mind, recognize them, and then let them go. You may never reach a place of perfect peace, but you'll find serenity in having done your best. DailyOM Course Spotlight Heal Subconscious Blocks to Weight Loss by Sandy Zeldes Attention health conscious spiritual women struggling with emotional eating and constant food cravings who want to stop feeling out of control with food and be a naturally slender person... without all the deprivation and diets! Are you successful in so many areas of your life but are still struggling with food and your weight? Have you been struggling and trying to figure out what you are doing wrong? Or do you know what you are doing wrong and you just can't seem to stop it? Maybe, after so many failed attempts you have decided that freedom from food cravings, emotional eating, and sustained weight loss just isn't possible for you leaving you feeling depressed and hopeless. You may also be aware that there is something really missing from your life ... confidence, peace, and a sense of joy that you feel is always just outside your reach. You know this affects every area of your life from your romantic relationships to your work and career but you just aren't sure what to d! o to see this shift. If the above sounds like you, then you are ready for this course! > Get the first lesson now Top 10 DailyOM Courses: 1. Permanent Weight Loss with Self-Hypnosis 2. Reinvent Your Self-Image 3. 8 Secrets to Releasing Stubborn Weight 4. Break the Grip of Past Lovers 5. How To Overcome Depression 6. The 4-Minute Peaceful Warrior Workout 7. Overcoming Self-Sabotage 8. Call in Your Beloved with Ease 9. A Year of Rumi 10. Clear Your Home, Clear Your Life New Courses | All Courses What do you think? Discuss this article and share your opinion Want more DailyOM? Register for your free email, or browse all articles   Share the OM: Email this to a friend Printable version Save in My DailyOM Discuss this article Free USA Shipping On All Orders Deal of the Day: Ganesh Meditation Shawls $17.68 Buy Now $29.95 (save $12.27) (Price for this week only) On-line Courses: Reinvent Your Self-Image by Krishanti Wahla Tarot for Personal and Spiritual Growth by Amy Zerner & Monte Farber From the Library: You Can Say No to Chemo: Know Your Options, Choose for Yourself by Laura Bond More DailyOM: On-line Courses Soul Readings Today's Horoscopes Shop the Marketplace Join the Community

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Break the Grip of Past Lovers, Call in Your Beloved with Ease

February 3, 2015 Break the Grip of Past Lovers, Call in Your Beloved with Ease Dear DailyOM Friend, We're honored to share with you these on-line courses on DailyOM this week: Break the Grip of Past Lovers by Jumana Sophia - In this 21 day course with Jumana King-Harris, the founder of Woman as Temple, you will explore and clear the many issues that result from carrying the residual impact of past lovers. As a woman, when you have experienced betrayal, abuse, abandonment or sexual and emotional insensitivity, you are left dealing with low self-esteem, insecurity, inability to trust yourself to make good choices, and mistrust in the world, sex or men. Regardless of your past choices, how much healing you've done, and whether or not you're in a relationship now, you almost certainly find yourself navigating such issues. Most healing modalities don't address the most important asp! ect of your depth as a woman. Sexual experiences leave a residual impact in your pelvic bowl. Unless you take the time to care for and cleanse this space, they will remain with you, creating pain and confusion at your core. This course will help you clear your body to restore your inherent wholeness and uncompromising power as a Woman. You will clear and cleanse the residual impact of past lovers, reclaim personal power from dysfunctional relationships, re-establish your own sexual sovereignty and restore uncompromising self-respect. more Call in Your Beloved with Ease by Sara Wiseman - This 4 week course with spiritual teacher and author, Sara Wiseman, will teach you how the energetic process of soul mating works. The journey to find your true Beloved can seem daunting, yet it is the Beloved that you seek. You long for your true Other, the one who holds your heart, the soul with whom you will learn the most in this lifetime. Through this course, you will call in this soul. The course will give you a four-step intuitive process that will take you through the inner work that supports you to get your energy and your intention clear, allow the Universe to assist you, and prepare to accept the Gift of your Beloved appearing in your life. No matter ! what your experiences have been in the past, this four-step practice will show you how to bring this reality into your own life. When you are ready to meet your Beloved, you will do so because this choice reflects your highest, most expanded self. This new way of creating relationship is based on forming partnership with the soul that can take you the furthest in this lifetime. When you are truly ready in your heart, your Beloved will be ready for you. more Attract Love in 21 Days by Gail Lynne Goodwin - This 21 day course with Gail Lynne Goodwin, author and founder of Inspire Me Today, will teach you how to find the love of your life. Even if you've tried everything and still haven't found the right partner, success can be achieved by a simple change of mindset and attitude, combined with tangible daily action steps. You will learn the tools that Gail used to meet her husband on an Internet dating site five blissful years ago. While this course is designed to create success with Internet dating, the knowledge you will receive from it will benefit all aspects of your life, on- and offline. You will clear your space physically and emotionally for your partner, un! derstand who you are and what you have to offer, get clarity on what you really want in a partner, and understand how to make it last. Through this course, attracting love becomes an easy, fun and exciting process! more Also, be sure to check out the following most popular courses on DailyOM: 1. A Year of Rumi 2. The 4-Minute Peaceful Warrior Workout 3. Clear Your Home, Clear Your Life 4. Reinvent Your Self-Image 5. 8 Secrets to Releasing Stubborn Weight 6. How To Overcome Depression 7. Letting Go with Forgiveness 8. A Year to Clear What is Holding You Back! 9. 14 Day Yoga Fat Burner 10. Eat, Love, Train Your Body Beautiful New Courses | All Courses For more information visit: > DailyOM Courses     Share the OM: Email this to a friend Printable version Save in My DailyOM Discuss this article DailyOM Gift Shop: Break the Grip of Past Lovers, Call in Your Beloved with Ease Tilak Attar Oil, Promise Necklace, Rosewood Mala Beads & more! Reinvent Your Self Image, 8 Secrets to Releasing Stubborn Weight Mercury Retrograde Spray, Sky Necklace, Manifestation Bowl & mor 4-Minute Peaceful Warrior Workout, Eat, Love, Train Your Body Best Sellers: Inspirational Jewelry Music & Sound Healing DailyOM Gift Shop

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