“The spirit tells us what we want and we need to honor that or we will constantly feel unfulfilled,” Paula Daly.  Humans have so many parts that create their being that we need to dive into how they function together.  Our spirit is what we are born with that tells us what we are meant to do.  It’s our purpose, our passion, our belief, our will, the things that call to us and that bring us joy.  Our character is the expression of that and the behaviors we consistently demonstrate.  We tend to wear many masks based on the circumstances and at any given time, we confuse the other parts of us.  We ignore what we feel in place of what we are told needs to be done. In some cases it’s absolutely necessary we do that, but when we constantly ignore the call to our purpose, we lose touch with our innate intuition/connection with spirit.  The bottom line is we need to give the spirit the attention it needs and listen to intuition. 

We can’t choose to focus on one set of needs and expect the others to go away.  Some people may feel like they can do that, but they end up frustrated and lost, or feeling unfulfilled.  We need to find the way to honor the entirety of what we need.  This is balance.  No one has done it perfectly, but there are ways to maintain our integrity that still serve everyone while honoring who we are and meeting our needs.  For those of us raised to meet other people’s needs first, this can be challenging because we were taught it’s selfish to ever focus on what we need over someone else’s needs.  It took me a long time to understand that if I don’t have the energy or capacity to help people because I’m feeling like crap, then I’m not doing any good for them anyway.  We can do so much more when we are fulfilled and happy.  A full cup runs over to help fill others’ cups. 

If we want to be able to help others through our goals, then we need to be able to honor the little voice we hear inside nudging us toward a particular action.  The call never goes away—the voice may get smaller and quieter, but it’s always there.  It needs to be heard.  I personally don’t want to go through life feeling like I’m missing something.  Through honoring who we are, we learn to honor others and we learn to identify the things that others need or identify their struggles.  The beautiful thing is if we know who we are and we can understand what others are going through, we are able to identify HOW we are able to help them.  Knowing ourselves helps us identify our super-powers, the gifts we have that others need and we readily have access to use for them.  Learn to quiet the mind and hear what needs to be fulfilled.  Honor where we are and believe that we can get so much further through meeting our needs so we can help others.  There will be nothing missing in our lives if we learn to honor who we are—and the outer expression will match the inner desire.