9/11 Thoughts – Don’t Let The Collective Fear Run Your Life

by Linda Franklin – The Real Cougar Woman 

No-fear_designPeople in our country are scared.  Fear is running rampant because of the sluggish economy, lack of trust in our elected officials,  hurricanes, floods, terrorist threats and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.   And this weekend, the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the fear levels are being knocked right out of the park.  Here in NYC we are on terrorist alert.

This unstable foundation of fear that runs as an undercurrent through the hearts and minds of humanity, helps to create the conditions that manifest “worst-case-scenario” outcomes.

In my opinion, we are experiencing a “global transformation.” This is what is driving the momentum of the relentless changes we are witnessing.. At the core of these changes is energy. You are energy. Our world is energy.  The incidents that take place in the form of the insidious acts are also no more and no less than energy.

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The Real Cougar Woman Shares Her Secret For Happiness

LindaFranklin01a The Real Cougar Woman is celebrating the start of summer by taking time out for some personal reflection.  It is time to take inventory, in fact, it's long overdue. For the past couple of days I have been looking at the choices I have made and evaluating what's working and what not. 

To reflect effectively you have to get quiet.  It's impossible to do it when you are smack in the middle of your day-to-day craziness.  You know what I mean.  As women, we just keep trucking along regardless of how we feel.  There is a huge price to pay for not taking time out to re-evaluate. When we are at dis-ease we create disease which can manifest in many different forms.

It's easy to figure out what's working and what's not.  But, too often I forget just how easy it is

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