Do you ever have feel like the world is literally crushing you? Do you feel as if you are smothering in your very existence? Are you choking as though you’re on your knees and crawling through smoke looking for that exit where you can finally breathe again?

I have had moments like that in my life. All the things I had been chasing, the things I thought would help me breathe ever so easily seemed to turn upside down. My world was standing on its head.

I had it all. I had that job or business that gave me financial freedom and all the things I thought made me great, and stand out as an achiever: the fast cars, the apartment with a view, the large bank balance, celebrity friends, the stunning girlfriend and the perfect lifestyle and all that came with it.

I had put in the hard yards and, yep, I felt more than deserving. I had worked hard! I had climbed the ladder to get where I thought I wanted to be.

Do you know what I am talking about?

I thought I had arrived. My god! It looked that way. But then it all turn backwards and upside down. Life left me standing so weak-kneed. I felt worn down and bruised. I was left wondering who the hell I really was. I asked myself: Is this really the point of my life?

I had arrived at a point. My life seemed as though it was in balance. But, really, it was ever so temporary. What I had was never enough. Then, in a flash, it was taken away by unforeseen circumstances.

Maybe you’ve been there too? A place where you hope to make your next dollars only to pay the debts from a life that was. Hopefully, at the end of the month you have some money left for yourself.

I was alone. I couldn’t believe I had to start all over again.

That is when it hit me.  Did I really want to start this game all over again? Did I really want to keep on chasing in hope to finally arrive?

I knew there was more to me, more to this life I had come to experience. So, without looking to my circumstances and all the limitations I had sold myself on believing, I looked elsewhere.

I quieted my mind and dived into my heart. I embraced all that was there to be felt. I embraced the pain and only then I realized I had a choice. I had a choice to come home and truly find myself.

I made my life not about possessions, the people, my accolades, wins or losses.  I made it all about following a feeling. That feeling felt bigger than any perceived problem or issue. It was something that could never be taken away or identified with.

This feeling gave me great strength and will. It made me feel inspired. It brought purpose to what I did and gave me more meaning than I could ever find in the doing. It brought me back to the moment.

The feeling I am talking about is love. It’s not the love you may immediately think of. This love cannot be defined. It’s a love that has no conditions, no limits, no beginning, and no end. It is a love which is infinite. It is who I am. It is who you are. It is a sense of being where fear does not exist. A place where I had come to play and express that externally. Without attachment or need, just because I feel I love to.

I hope to share this with the world, person by person, so others may know how free they are—and always have been. We are truly free to do whatever we love.

There is no power outside of you. You are everything. There is no separation. Only love.

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