{"id":5753,"date":"2025-03-31T00:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T00:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2025-04-16T23:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:41:32","slug":"running-on-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/31\/running-on-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"Running on Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thurmanBlogHeader.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5328\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thurmanBlogHeader-300x41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thurmanBlogHeader-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thurmanBlogHeader-768x106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thurmanBlogHeader.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all have days like this.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tired from the inside out.\u00a0 My body is tired.\u00a0 And, I&#8217;m tired of being\u00a0 tired.<\/p>\n<p>When I get this tired, I feel low &#8211; lacking.\u00a0 Hopeless is the word for this moment.<\/p>\n<p>I feel that my world simply left me out in the cold.\u00a0 My world dropped me off somewhere empty, shut the door, and plans to forget me.<\/p>\n<p>There is no one out there for me.\u00a0 Nobody is offering me nourishment.<\/p>\n<p>I am alone in this &#8211; alone and empty.<\/p>\n<p>I am depleted.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one way out of this:\u00a0 kindness.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is color in the black and white landscape.<\/p>\n<p>When I feel this way, I turn to my old standby:\u00a0 Reiki therapy.\u00a0 When I receive a Reiki session, I reconnect to my inner strength.\u00a0 I see the magnificent rainbow color in the bleak black and white landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The door is closed &#8211; but it is not locked.\u00a0 My task now is to open the door.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading this article.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman Greco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Reflexology-2nd-edition-Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2700\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Reflexology-2nd-edition-Cover-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Reflexology-2nd-edition-Cover-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Reflexology-2nd-edition-Cover-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Reflexology-2nd-edition-Cover-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Reflexology-2nd-edition-Cover.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/five-of-pentacles.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5835\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/five-of-pentacles-173x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/five-of-pentacles-173x300.webp 173w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/five-of-pentacles.webp 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We all have days like this. I&#8217;m tired from the inside out.\u00a0 My body is tired.\u00a0 And, I&#8217;m tired of being\u00a0 tired. When I get this tired, I feel low &#8211; lacking.\u00a0 Hopeless is the word for this moment. I feel that my world simply left me out in the cold.\u00a0 My world dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1634,10,11,17,18,19,20,23,110,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,111,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,3393,3858,46,47,48,49,50,3420,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,2020,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,80,79,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,3394,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,3395,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,109],"tags":[2306,4033,4032,4037,4028,4030,4040,4029,4041,4035,4034,4039,4042,4026,4036,4038,4027,4031],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Running on Empty - Reflexology For The Spirit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you say &quot;I&#039;m getting by&quot;, you&#039;re addressing your money wounds. 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