Xtraordinary Women Magazine June 2015 | Page 30

Now is the time to be needy! by Macarena Vergara What do you need, right now? Many of us find this question hard to answer. The main problem with this question is simply that most of us are not even conscious of what we need, most of the time! It seems absurd, but being asked what we need can make us feel quite vulnerable: there is something delicate that we might be fearful of touching. It can even be embarrassing to admit to ourselves (and especially to others) our real needs, for fear of sounding ‘needy’. Yet the first half of the year is nearly gone, and we might find ourselves with our energies depleted, just following the motions and putting our hopes on the rest of 2015, because maybe in a few months we just might have the time to tend to ourselves… Does this sound familiar? Well, I say right now is the time to focus our gaze inwards – especially when things are getting crazy – and start listening to ourselves… If not now, when?! If we don’t do it, who will?! Right now is always the time to centre our lives around our souls. We all know what we want, what we feel entitled to, what others or life should give us, what we are convinced will please us in the meantime, in this infinite quest for satisfaction we all