Linda, you matter! I absolutely loved this post... and wow, your husband is quite wise. What an incredible journey you are on! I can really relate with you as my personal journey has been very much a spiritual one. My mother was a closeted psychic for years but is finally stepping into her own.
I've also experienced the feeling of feeling ignored for a very long time. Your husband is right with his analogy and I will say this... it's part of the growing process. I'm still going through it now but I've reached a point where I can say that there's a certain level of strength required to stop caring about what you receive, because what you are giving is so fulfilling and so outrageously abundant, that you already know it's going to do exactly what it needs to do.
Am I saying you shouldn't care about receiving? No. Receiving is an important part. I will say though that you have to be okay with the ILLUSION of not receiving for awhile. Your mind will try to convince you that nothing is happening, but in reality, things take time and there is an exponential curve that you will it. What looks like slow, linear growth eventually becomes a sudden explosion.
You won't get there until you develop a sense of consistency and until you find that creative edge which FEELS SO DAMN GOOD that what you create IS ENOUGH.
On Steemit, I've found that the best strategy thus far is to write your best possible content once a day. Then spend the rest of your time reading other posts that are related to your type of content, comment genuinely on all of those posts, and invite them to check out your best work.
I hope that helps! This made my day and I am following you :) I'd love to hear your thoughts about my recent post: Do The Little Things In Life Really Matter?
Thank-you, thank-you and once again I thank-you :) another wise fella! Of course what you write is right ;) - I know this to be true. The difficulty I, and I guess many folks, have is remembering this and remaining constant. I am a very upbeat person but have sudden dips which, fortunate for me, are very short lived; I am very adept at freeing myself from a funk! My life has been in transition since 2008 and I am simply impatient to hit my stride and shine bright. That said I acknowledge that everything is in divine order and by divine timing and that the darkest hour is just before dawn. Happy to have met you, happy days xox
Yes consistency is an absolute skill to develop, but that skill develops from the constant ups and downs. There's a point at which the down feels just as good as the up. For me, it's because I now associate downs with the contrast required to experience my next up. It's more of a navigational tool. Like throwing down a black canvas so that I can begin to paint in white. You would never get "upset" at a black canvas because you understand it's purpose in the creation of your art. I see life in the same way, and it really helps with patience and also, the excitement for (as you said) the transition to dawn.