Add More Ing to Your Life: A Hip Guide to Happiness

The Course teaches that when the opportunities to learn are over, the relationship will be replaced by something better (and new opportunities for learning).

I’ve found dancing to be one of the greatest physical activities for releasing blocked feelings.

Idols are limits. They are the belief that there are forms that will bring happiness … Decide for idols and you ask for loss.

An additional activity that will physically help your ~ing guide you above the ego is hiking.

Start to see your lovers or dates as friends. Imagine how cool it would be if you could be 100 percent relaxed and authentic on a date! Try it out. Lighten up your romantic relationships by viewing your partner as a friend. Start by simply being yourself, and act as if you’re out with your friends. It may be tough at first, but it works. Relax and

Believe it or not, it’s best to brush yourself off and have compassion for those who have hurt you.

Special Relationships A big no-no in romance is casting your partner as an idol. Lessons from the Course have taught me to “see beyond all idols.” When you idolize a romantic partner, you turn them into your only source of happiness. Without them you feel incomplete. This is a nightmare. The Course teaches, “It is never the idol that you want, but

The voice inside her said, “Forgive him and release him: he’s doing the best he can.” She followed the voice of her inner guide and broke up with Will in a powerfully peaceful way. This experience taught her the lesson of forgiveness. Since she forgave him and released him, she was able to remain his friend even though the breakup was painful. Havi

When you release your lover, you let him be who he needs to be, and in the midst of forgiveness you can truly see him for who he really is.