Shifting Focus

I find myself so focused on other people that it's hard for me to concentrate on an energetically higher state of living. When I was living in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, my kids needed me at home, and I spent a lot of time working on raising my vibrations and developing my relationship with God. I learned about beautiful connections with the unseen world that reduced my fear of death and strengthened my faith in various areas of my life.

When I was living in Oklahoma and my dead father started to visit me in dreams and give me messages for people he needed to apologize to, I started to realize how connected I was to the unseen world. I think he really wanted me to know that there was so much more to the world than we realized. That, more than anything, put my focus on my energy and my soul's work.

In Kansas, I focused heavily on my yoga practice and further developed myself. This brought a lot of physical health into my body. With my own well-being, I was able to increase compassion towards others. I can only imagine how sick and unhappy I would be now if I hadn't had the time to focus on myself and the expression of my soul before being employed in the public education sector.

I needed that practice before going to work full-time. I still get pretty bothered by people, but because I built a strong understanding of my own self, I can focus on working and bringing in money for the family. I think I would be a much angrier, sick, and stressed-out person had I not had the opportunity to mature before going into work as a teacher.

Now I rarely focus so intensely on meditation, because my focus has shifted. I'm glad that I was able to recognize that there's beauty and depth to life before I started being distracted by the demands of working a job outside of my home. My soul might still be floundering around.