The Dark Truth About Our Pain

For the last few weeks, I have been on a radio tour for the release of the paperback edition of Why Good People Do Bad Things. In my interviews, I keep hearing the same questions. Why did you write this as your sixth book? Why is this important to understand? Why do we do bad things? Why do we continue to self-sabotage, making choices that leave us feeling bad about ourselves? It seems like everyone is fascinated but few truly want to chat about the answer -- the solution and the spiritual antidotes that promise spiritual healing and a new unimaginable future. Fear will always win out until we are truly ready for higher levels of understanding and root ourselves in that understanding. If you were listening to one of those radio interviews, this is what I would say once again -- this is the end of the book and the answer to how to stop being your own worst enemy.

The power we all yearn for is the Power of God. God is the only real power, the only real source of long term pleasure, happiness, joy and fulfillment. All other forms of happiness that come from outside of ourselves can be ripped away in a matter of moments. A child you love dies. A con artist gambles your money away and your hard-earned savings evaporate in days. You go in for what you believe to be a regular yearly examination and you find out that you have severe heart disease or cancer. Or you find out that the person you have given your heart to is cheating on you. The list goes on and on of what you or I will have to deal with in this lifetime.

So you ask, who can I trust? How can I stay safe? What do I do? The answer is simple and although it is often distorted in its delivery, it is timeless. The only true safety is in spiritual wisdom and divine connection. If you have a profound, real and tangible experience of the inner resource that has the power to lift you above the pain, suffering and drama of a human life, you will be delivered to the Holy Land, the land of milk and honey, the land of hope, peace and understanding, the place where you will find safety and protection -- the kind of safety that allows you to bust through old patterns, take gigantic risks and learn to love and trust again, the kind of safety that allows you to walk through life with a level of certainty that you were never and will never be alone.

Could today be the day to take back any power you have given to the outer world and recommit to hold, love, respect and nurture your inner world? Today is the day that you can love yourself up so much that you remember that the answers are within and with the power and the force of God, Spirit, love (or whatever you call it) at your side, you can and will make the right choices that will deliver you a life that you LOVE. Pray, chant, contemplate, read, shift, love, love some more and open the door to your holy heart -- it is here that you will find everything you have been waiting for.

This is the only real reason I wrote Why Good People Do Bad Things -- so everyone on the planet who reads my book will see how the split inside leaves us feeling isolated, out of control and resigned to our own negative shadow patterns. I wrote the book so people could uncover the war within themselves and rediscover the simple spiritual practices that can turn us into whole, thriving, impassioned human beings and into our own best friends.

With love and blessings,

Debbie Ford