Connection is something we all want.

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To be connected to our friends, our family.

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Or maybe just being connected to our community and our neighbors.

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In these times many people are finding it harder to truly connect to others.

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With the physical distance we maintain and the lack of travel, it has become harder to feel connected to someone who does not live with us.

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We desire that physical contact.

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A handshake tor a hug can mean a lot.

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The virtual connections we are making may be global, yet they cannot replace being in the same room with someone.

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Yet there is a great opportunity in the more isolated world we now live in.

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It is a form of connection we often neglect.

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For we rarely think about connecting with ourselves.

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Those who have suffered some physically debilitating situation may know what it is like.

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For when we can't even get out of bed and cannot connect with others, we often have no choice.

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For are forced to learn how to connect with ourselves.

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When there is no one else around, and we cannot go out, we find that when we learn to go inward there is great treasure there.

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There is a wealth of feelings that may or may not have to do with anyone else.

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Like old stories we have been telling ourselves that are no longer true.

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Unexpressed emotions that need to come out.

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There are ideas, dreams, and desires that want to be birthed.

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A wealth of information that we normally ignore now comes forward.

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Not being able to go out like we used to is a great opportunity for us to learn how to connect with what is inside.

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To heal old wounds.

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And reassess what is truly important to us.

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To examine our goals and see if they are truly ours or are they someone else's?

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For when we truly get to know ourselves on a deeper level, we get to know others.

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As we truly connect to ourselves, we learn to connect with others on a much deeper level.

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We can see things so much more clearly.

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We can feel things more intensely.

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And we understand what motivates other so much better because we are clearer on what motivate us.

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Is being stuck at home an inconvenience?

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Of course it is.

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And it is also a great opportunity.

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Taking time to be with ourselves through some of the toughest challenges of our lives is a great gift.

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Let's not waste it.

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Have you taken the time to just be with yourself? Have you learned to go inward instead of outward?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant