I am influencing positive change and growth around me at work, or among the people I meet and know, however I am feel like I am not being given credit for what I initiate. This has gradually intensified in the last year. Most of the times people just take my ideas and make them look like they are their own. This situation makes me very sad and I would like to get over that sadness. Should I stop giving ideas or suggestions to people? I think I am volunteering my help too much, but I don’t know how to stop. I have people at work that act like they hate me every time I say or do something. I was very successful and good at my job, but I and lowering my performance by the day and I am losing my passion for this. How do I break this pattern?

I recently took a 6 weeks stress leave, I quit smoking 3 weeks ago, but after a week back at work I feel the same way again and my energy level is lower than ever. I have never been in this situation before, and I would like to perhaps change it for the better. I would like to start my own business, but I am so exhausted that I lack in creativity and fear takes over.

I am having angry feelings now during the holidays because I am not able to be with my husband because he works in Nigeria – he just left yesterday for  a month (he works rotational a month and returns for 3 weeks).    I am having trouble getting motivated to buy gifts, send cards or plan any holiday meal.    We have never missed a Christmas and I feel deprived about this, and I know others are probably having more difficult things to worry about but I cannot help it.   I am not accepting his work very well and this is just another example of my rejecting the work overseas, which I cannot change.  What should I do to feel grateful and not angry when I see everyone going to parties and dinners and shopping and enjoying the holidays together, which is what I really like about the season?  I know helping others is one way to get your mind off of your own situation and I know this, but it does not help me.  I still feel anger.

I have some confusion about the concept of journaling. I know that it is meant to be helpful and healing, but doesn’t it also cause us to focus on (in my case) negative thoughts and feelings that which we are writing about? And focussing on those things can cause them to become exactly what you fear? I would love to hear your opinion on this.

Once you achieve the top level of human potential what do you with it? and what is the point of getting there? I am awake, I live in the present moment and can easily realize when I slip out of the present calling myself back into being. I just keep on living this way I guess being and doing?

I have two kids and a husband and I  have been working in IT industry for last 16 yrs. I  have been suffering from being very far away from my parents. I had always hoped and wished that I go back to India, but somehow it didn’t happen. I had hoped to be close to my parents in their old age. My brother is in India and he is in other city. He and his family are doing well, but I being the older one always thought that I would be able to take care of them and also used to say that many  times before.

Now in my free time, I always feel troubled being so far from them. Also I miss their company very dearly. My hope is that somehow I or someone will be able to take care of my parents.
I go to Art of Living org and try to be sincere in the Sadhana and apply the valuable knowledge. But is finding myself incapable of being into Present moment.
I have learnt a lot from the Satsangs, my daily Sadhana (practice AOL)  but probably incapable of applying those and hence find myself in a bad situation. I fell very very restless when I have free time. Please suggest as to what I should do?