feeling empty

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Registered: 06-22-2005
feeling empty
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Tue, 08-16-2005 - 10:03pm

Hello. I have been reading the posts here and I am so impressed with the advice and help everyone has to offer. Not sure what I am expecting, but hopefully I will find some kind words of encouragement.

I have been feeling so spiritually empty lately. The last 5 years have been pretty difficult. My marriage ended, my job was a nightmare and my father died. As each year passed, I kept thinking "this is the year that things will get better." And then another crisis would occur. Of course, I moved on from my marriage and found my legs in the single world, I changed jobs and continue to remember my father with only good thoughts. This past year, I thought I had found my soul mate, the man I was meant to be with for all time. He told me he felt the same. But after a year into the relationship he ended it very cruelly and abruptly. I don't understand why I cannot find peace and happiness. I am a good person. I work hard to raise good kids. I am a loyal friend. I forgive those who have not always been kind to me because I require the forgiveness for myself. With all the horrible things going on in this world, I am sure God has more on his mind than helping me heal my broken heart and finding the happiness I seek. But still my faith requires that I continue to ask His help. And I continue to feel abandoned. Are we all really just alone in this world, left to find our own way? Are there really soul mates or is it all just a myth?

I feel so sad and so empty. Thanks for reading this post.

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Registered: 04-22-2003
Thu, 08-18-2005 - 1:56pm

I suggest "A Woman's Journey to God" by Joan Borysenko.


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Registered: 02-27-2004
Thu, 08-18-2005 - 2:39pm

From one Carol to another I can't add anything to what everyone else has said except to say welcome and stick around and you will find lots of support and love here.

Two books I would highly recommend are "In the Meantime, finding yourself and the love you want" by Iyanla Vanzant, and "You can heal your life" by Louise L Hay.

~Carol~

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 08-18-2005 - 5:09pm
I love the writings of Sarah Ban Breathnach: Simple Abundance, Romancing the Ordinary, and Something More--Excavating Your Authentic Self.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 08-18-2005 - 5:47pm
Love the 4 agreements by Ruiz and the conversations with God books by
Neil Donald walsh. leila
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Registered: 12-31-2003
Thu, 08-18-2005 - 10:21pm
A good book I just read by a medium is called,

 

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Registered: 12-23-2003
Tue, 08-23-2005 - 10:46am

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Registered: 12-31-2003
Tue, 08-23-2005 - 8:27pm
Leila, I really love your insight and outlook.

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 08-24-2005 - 7:27pm
Aren't you sweet, thank you. Leila
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Registered: 08-14-2004
Thu, 08-25-2005 - 11:30am

*****With all the horrible things going on in this world, I am sure God has more on his mind than helping me heal my broken heart and finding the happiness I seek. ****


God always has time to help you heal a broken heart and find the happiness you seek.


Big (((((HUGS))))) for having such

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Registered: 04-22-2003
Thu, 08-25-2005 - 3:31pm

God is so vast that every concern is important.


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