Running away from a problem doesn’t mean you’re running towards the solution

I was talking to someone a day or so ago and I was explaining to them the difference between running away from something and running towards something. Think about it, if you're running away from something you are low on the emotional scale you are feeling emotions such as anger, fear, blame, guilt; those feelings make you run away. You are trying to get away from where you are but you can't get away from where you are because where you are is coming with you wherever you go. Where you are is a result of your vibration and because you are taking yourself with you wherever you go then unless you stop and change your vibration nothing changes.

When I am running towards something, I am running towards it because I want it. It's calling me, not because I’m trying to get away from something else.  I’m running towards something because it is exciting. If you're running a race or you're running a marathon you're not trying to get away from something you're just trying to get to the end of the race so that you can get the prize that's at the end of the line. So running towards something has positive emotions attached to it. Running towards something means I have hope, running towards means I have eagerness, and I am looking forward to getting there - running towards it means I love where I’m going.

Running towards something means there is excitement about it; running away from something means there is fear – “I hope it doesn't catch me”.
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When you have a fight or flight response that comes from being low on the emotional scale because you're trying to get away, it's a very different feeling from you're excited, and you're looking forward to something.  

If you just stop when you're trying to make a decision about staying or leaving, about doing this or that and ask yourself “am I running away from something or am I running towards something -  which one am I doing?” Then listen for the answer and if you find yourself running away, then stop and do the emotional work to go up the emotional scale.

When you want to get out of a relationship because you can't stand it and when you are moving towards a relationship because it resonates so much with you – it feels very different, right? Because the one is a vibration of fear and the other one is a vibration of love so we can tell very quickly where we are on the emotional scale. It gets confusing for a lot of people because the action taken in both case is the same – either way you are running. 

This is the distinction that people need to understand when they make a decision. The bottom line is – when you run away from something you feel depleted, when you run 

towards something you feel elated, and we know from the teachings of Abraham that nothing good comes from feeling depleted.