By Sara Jane

Recently I connected with a lovely lady, Jude Seaward who has used the word “levitate” as part of the title of a book she has written.

The dictionary meaning of levitate is “to rise or cause to rise, suspended, in the air”.

Then when I was thinking about writing my article for this month, this title came to me.

When we find ourselves in uncomfortable situations, it can be very hard to find our way through or out of it, because we are on the inside looking out and can’t necessarily see the whole picture.

But if we can rise above it, step outside of it and look at it from a wider perspective, we can potentially find answers that couldn’t make themselves known from the inside.

So levitating our heart, our compassion, our caring to take in the broader view, by staying out of judgement and trying to understand things from all perspectives, we can evaluate the situation and hopefully bring about a caring and fair resolution.

As the saying goes “there are two sides to every story”.

Depending on how many people are involved, there are likely to be more than that, after all we have all been shaped by our own experiences and perceptions of the meaning of the them.

Work, friends, family gatherings can be prone to misunderstandings, a single word that in spite of its dictionary definition can mean one thing to the speaker and something totally different to the person who hears it.

What can amuse some, can hurt another, we don’t always know everything about other people, their struggles, even trauma they have experienced and how something can “trigger” them.

By being open to all sides of the story, honoring yourself and listening to the others, even asking the question “did you mean what I heard?” and rephrasing what they said to try and explain the meaning you heard, can help diffuse a situation before it gets out of control.

It is so much easier to view a situation others are going through, because we are on the outside looking in and aren’t blinkered by our own ego mind trying to protect us but sadly in too many cases making things appear worse than they need to be.

Suggestion, next time you find yourself in a situation that appears to not be of your making, can you levitate yourself above, look on and see how all parties involved have contributed and open to finding ways of bringing you all safely through it – whatever it may be?

We all have choices, what choices are you making?

Namaste Sweet Soul

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