"You have the need and the right to spend part of your life caring for your soul. It is not easy. You have to resist the demands of the work-oriented, often defensive, element in your psyche that measures life only in terms of output -- how much you produce -- not in terms of the quality of your life experiences. To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution."
O how true this is, I think if people were able to slow down a little and really try to get as much out of life as possible, things would be so much different. So often we get so absorbed in what we have to be or are expected to be that we lose focus on who we are and what gifts we truly have. We lose our appreciation for the simple things, like: warm summer nights, a glass of wine, dancing, and relationships. If you don't every once in awhile take a step back life will pass you by. Sometimes people get so lost that they need just drop everything that they are doing and take off on an adventure to heal the soul and rediscover themselves. Each individual is responsible for the care of their soul and if you are lucky enough to find that one person that you know is your mirror image then you also take on the responsibility to care for theirs. Even as you grow old, keep the fire in your soul burning like it did in the days of your youth and you will feel like you have lived forever.
