Excerpt from Discovering the Power in We by Linda McPharlin People who hit rock bottom, have a dramatic breakdown, or who lose everything in one fell swoop are very lucky.  When this happens to someone, they know it is time to start over.  There is no mistaking this message from the universe, and it cannot be ignored.  They learn in a solid and clear way that what they are doing is not working.  They are driven from their mistaken path without choice and forced to change.  Also, they are deeply humbled rendering them more easily capable of knowing gratitude and appreciation.  I realized that what I was going through was much more dangerous and insipid than if I had been lucky enough to have a tragic rock-bottom moment in my life.  ...

There is a literal race that we seem to be involved in against one another. It is the comparing, competing, contending, and striving that we do with each other on an individual and collective basis. We use personalities, actions, appearances, geographic locations, education, vocation, material goods, etc. to divide, measure, and place ourselves ahead or behind our fellow humans. It isn't the healthy competition that pushes everyone to be their best. It is the type of race that holds us back from the lives we were meant to live-both individually and collectively. We decide how successful we are, how happy we are, and even WHO we are based on the race instead of truth. Many have and will say that the race is just the way life g...