Try to catch the nature that is stealing your life. Start to see the thief that needs to be important and resorts to acts of desperation when it feels that everything it has built for itself is crumbling away. See how these acts of desperation are connected to avoiding the feeling that something in you is dying, a psychological death.

Following is a list illustrating 9 different ways that this cunning nature steals from you:

1. Having a contrived appearance
2. Revisiting painful life moments
3. Compulsive behaviors
4. Feeling sorry for yourself
5. Any out of proportion reaction
6. Dwelling on unwanted moments
7. Explaining something to yourself
8. Calling attention to yourself
9. Rushing from a feeling of anxiety

Make your own list. Complete the "11 Ways" by finding at least two instances in which the thief tries to steal moments from you. Learn to say "No" when the thief comes to relive its false life at your expense and enter into the proper struggle to reveal that nature. The more you see how your life gets stolen, the more free you will be.