What to do with worry as a Mother? It pains me to see how my son is fraught with always “having to be right”. I have listened to your words on surrendering being right – and I feel I somehow have failed because he is so caught up with his own opinion and being the only one who is right….and I worry about he will relate to others. Other than giving him your book – how can I think about my own role and cease the Mother Worry?

According to my understanding, after the ‘physical being’ transcends to the ‘non-physical’ (death as we know it), the soul can reincarnate, if it so desires. If the purpose of the soul is to reach higher states of enlightenment at each rebirth, would this not imply that the children of each progressive generation will be more ‘enlightened’ than the former generation and should this not ultimately lead to the extinction of selfishness and hate?
While this concept seems idealistic, it also seems very simplistic – or does it really? Why then would there be so much poverty and misery all over the world? And why does humanity seem to be degenerating? I’m trying to make sense of all this confusion.
How are we going to fix this?

I lost my father August of 2009. He left to his native Mexico on his birthday to get treatment. He passed five days later. He was an alcoholic and his body stopped functioning. I was unable to fly to his funeral I was three weeks away from giving birth to my son. I feel as if he is still over there even though I know he has passed. I feel as if I haven’t been able to grieve. I feel anger and resentment because my entire family were able to be there. I feel as if I’m the only one in denial. I don’t know how to come to terms with the grief that I feel is somewhere deep down inside me.

My family is recently going through a tough time due to my parents constant disagreements. My father does not know how to handle his finances because he always want to support everyone but he cannot. My mother is a stay at home mom but is tired of my father never being there. He works all day and is supporting me and my 3 siblings, his family back in Pakistan and himself. They constantly argue and right now they are ignoring each other. I have a little brother who is 7 years old and I do not want him to feel the tension and see what is the real matter. My father is so concerned with other things, he can not manage his time and money well and my mother is stubborn and will not just break the silence.
What is the best way to solve this issue and restore positivity and peace in the house? I am a firm believer in optimism and letting the past go, but how can this happen with my parents?

I work in the hotel industry and I have lived in several countries. I am very satisfied with my job and I feel passion every day at work. The situation is that now I will like to build a family and find a partner, a husband to share my life and to have a family with. I have being living here in L.A. for almost 5 months and I don’t know how to start having a balance in my personal life. I want to have friends and I want to find people to share my time off with. Sometimes I feel I can reach it and sometimes I just feel so alone and I don’t know how to start and take away that emptiness. I admire you and I have read your books. I love my life and I feel I have being blessed with everything I have lived. Still, I am 36 years old and I really need your advice please.