Looking For Answers

If you thought you were stressed 4 weeks ago...LOL

It's a new world.  We are the change.


The stress is real. We're handling it with incredible dignity and grace.  I am proud to be a New Yorker. There's an elegance behind the masks. People everywhere are adapting with kindness and courage. There is a calm peace. A kind of bravery is happening as we work together through social distancing for the greater good. 

This an astounding time of collective appreciation for being alive. We are adapting. The need to protect our world has brought fresh appreciation for good health and each other.  Common sense is kicking in. We're thinking about healing, asking new questions and looking for answers.  

Reality is an eye-opener.

Our courageous army, our jewel is every hospital worker, working the front lines, saving lives. The conditions – the lack of basic supplies like masks and beds – is a scathing reflection of the greed and vanity that a month ago, was the daily grind. Greed, like COVID-19 is an invisible virus everywhere that we can't see. But, we're seeing it now.

The stress of COVID-19 and struggles with the system are real. People delivering mail and food and keeping life's brightening services going, are stoic, thankful and awesome. People are beautiful.

Those who are healthy, have food and a place to sleep – know we are lucky. There's a sense of gratitude that is stronger than stress. Eyes and minds, wide open for safety and hope, are facing the sun. We know what we have to do.

The present is where the answers are.

Every heart beats a cosmic rhythm. Remember to feel some love. Your disciplined heart is constantly tuned to happiness. Listen, and trust it. Sensing truth with courage and dignity keeps the present in focus. Smile more to refresh your wild, stressed mind. Connect with faith in joy you can sense. Breathe deeply and slowly in and out, twice. Answers you need will come.

Survival is practical.

It's not negative or judgmental. Deepest needs are obvious. Let go of demands you put on yourself. Instead, to connect with new answers, focus on what you sense with your body, mind and heart. 

Empathy opens the window to soul.  We're feeling it. There is a new sense to protect all life.  Despite social distancing, we're sharing global values and private dreams. With dignity and self-control, we're working together solving problems and challenges.

Intuitive thinking.

Sensing timing or danger, is intuitive thinking. Our gut feeling is foresight that answers responsibilities and balances priorities. It's determination that points to opportunity, beauty and love.  What you see, hear, taste, touch and smell keeps the present in focus. Change is everywhere, every moment.

Whether you're looking for answers outside yourself or in your beautiful heart, you're adapting and transforming. Everybody's looking for answers. Some ways to dispel the stress and get down to what matters are:

• Talk less, sense more. Do what feels honorable.
• Really taste your food. It's keeping you healthy.
• Listen to music. Feel it relax your whole body. 
• Notice Mother Nature. Watch the sky. Look for signs of Spring. It's exciting.
• Dance by yourself or with your family.  
• Be silly.  Tell jokes. Laughter activates protective immune cells.
• Be kind to yourself. You are loved. 

Life is great.   

#janebernard

Portal of Change

Act, don't react.

We live in a portal of change.

Our collective energy collides around the world. It's impossible to comprehend, yet natural to feel. 

Inside the portal is the adventure. It's often challenging. Turn reactions into action for humanity.  Concentrate on being rational and ethical. Go easy on yourself. 

To navigate challenges,  think for yourself.  Personal honor matters. Share that power by being it. Moral compromise is never an option. There’s always a hidden price to pay. 

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's dream. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. #stevejobs

Survival is a decision.

Inner power to thrive with change is updated and balanced by what we sense is happening. How you think controls whether you succeed. Think outside the box. Frustration is a call to take decisive action. Take a stand for dignity and compassion. Every action makes a difference. 

Life isn't always the way it's 'supposed to be.'  Stress creates blind alleys. Navigating the economy, politics and our own happiness means removing blinders of dogma and fear. Curiosity and patience are strategies for survival.

A gut feeling doesn't come from your head. It comes from your soul to clear thoughts and refresh connections with purpose. Use common sense. Keep the big picture in focus, and change gets smoother.

Escape the system.

Intuitive strategies like courage and dignity enforce our power to break down mindsets from the past.  Our inner light is always looking for light. We all have dreams.

In the portal of change working together to bring an ethical transition is how we will experience the end of an amazing era and usher in a healthier new beginning. The past is history. 

Don't be manipulated by politics or media. Anger, fear and resentment are traps. These make life blurry. Dignity and self-respect  are in your heart. You are in control of you. Vision comes from the light you allow inside.

Corruption is the abuse of human freedom. Inertia and indifference enable it. Satisfaction happens when we stay real, face life and work together. Creating the future is a group effort to move forward with a plan, an open perspective and a single goal. We all need security.

Empathy makes life beautiful.

Survivors always turn a bad situation into a tool for change. Make a personal commitment to empathy. Sense the mutual raw humanity that connects us. Courage and dignity are contagious.  

Uncover your intuitive strategies. Use empathy to sense openings and connections. Control is noticing everything changes. Be aware of traps and corruption, so we don’t relapse and let corrupt history repeat.  Work with possibilities you sense to move forward safely. 

Balance, values and personal priorities connect with lucid living and transcendence. Even simple choices have a ripple effect. Respecting life brings a sense of well-being to the present. It's  human to thrive through inevitable contradictions of social evolution. 

Personal honor.

Personal honor and dignity empower us to care. Lean into the light and be strong. Believe in the always present voice of your soul. Love.

The nudge of intuition is your survival strategy. There’s always a reason. It’s always about some kind of balance. Empathy overcomes inertia and indifference. Stay connected.

Life is a wild dance. Balance is the metronome of living that fans the flame of courage inside your heart. You can take care of yourself. 

#janebernard

Peace of mind is priceless.

No guns in a peaceful state of mind.

Trust where your spirit leads. You are born complete and to be truly happy. Honor Life. 

Personal power is your personal responsibility. 

Everything changes. 

That's what life is about. Freedom, justice, morality and purpose are always relevant. They matter today. Sensing these values protects your spirit with dignity and develops your mind to use common sense.

Peace, like fear, is a state of mind. Empathy creates a peaceful state of mind. We associate peace with love and we associate guns with pain.  Guns inhibit thinking by promoting a fear-driven state of mind. This is toxic. 

Being human means satisfying natural appetites for learning, love and freedom. To know what’s real, sense what’s relevant. Dignity and common sense are intuitive tools for success. School is for learning and understanding what's relevant. There is no place for guns in schools.

Stress from being surrounded by guns is virtual coding that jams reasoning and healthy emotions. Guns are a symbol of control. If guns are in schools, student's learning curve will be mentally controlled. A gun-controlled environment denies students the personal dignity to lead change. 

We are born to co-create - not to take life away or box it in. 

You are born with dreams and passion to learn/do/have/be. Any place of living, learning or loving thrives with inner ease and outer peace. We are each born with a soul that is spontaneous, free and smart. 

Life challenges and inspires everyone. School is where we learn we can use common sense to rise to the occasion. That's the way to be great.

A good education encourages freedom and teaches our children to sense inner courage and self-respect. This intuitive sensing brings easy traction to the fullness of living. Inner honesty learned through self reliance is personal strength. It leads to a dependable wholesome way of personal achievement because our heart, head and mind are in-sync. Sensual thinking is a peaceful state of mind.

Dignity is common sense.

Dignity is your intuitive voice. Intuition is as powerful as any weapon, as intimate as your fingerprints, as erotic as your tongue and as steady as your heart. Intuition is the voice of soul. 

The sweet experience of understanding personal satisfaction is a peaceful state of mind. Choose  liberty and see opportunity. Be intuitive. Everything worth having takes commitment and staying power. Depend on common sense. Relax your heart, mind and eyes to walk with light. Love.

We are wired to find peace. Using common sense is how young adults discover resilience to create the future – for all of us. Healthy learning is bonding through new ideas and sharing active empathy. This accounts for spiritual magic that ultimately brings joy. 

Everyone has a dream. 

Don't tell others what to think. Dreaming is hope. Everyone dreams of peace. A mind flexible to explore dreams and be in tune with what matters becomes wise. 

foto by Jonathan Meye 

Dreams are important. When hearts, minds and soul are respected, the music of our dreams play louder. We find courage to endure through hard times and we find peace of mind.

We go to school to learn to be our highest potential.  The environment is designed to build confidence and wisdom by inspiring open thinking with protective awareness of the bigger picture. 

Free expression, embracing change, knowing personal courage and finding purpose is how we learn to sense reality through a lens of empathy that guides successful decisions. 

Understanding what endures is the power of knowing what's real. It is the source of  inner brilliance that shines peace of mind.



#janebernard