If you are still looking
for that one person
who will change your life,
look in the mirror.
Roman Price
Jun6
Category Archives: Affirmations
Jun3
Pema Chodron
Realize the this very body,
with its aches and its pleasures
is exactly what we need to be
fully human, fully awake,
fully alive.
Pema Chodron
Jun3
Leo Buscaglia
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
–Leo Buscaglia, American author, professor and philosopher
Thank you Mr. Buscaglia for saying the truth. All too often we miss the opportunity to be kind.
Take the time to notice who might need you.
You can change a life.
Jun2
Sigmund Freud
Most people do not really want freedom,
because freedom involves responsibility
and most people are
frightened of responsibility.
Sigmund Freud
Jun2
Friedrich Nietzche
That which does not kill us
makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzche
Jun1
David Richo-Five Things We Cannot Change
From Mr. Richo’s book, here are the five things we cannot change:
1. Everything changes and ends.
2. Things do not always go according to plan.
3. Live is not always fair.
4. Pain is part of life.
5. People are not loving and loyal all the time.
Richo says that we are powerless over these five things and as soon as you accept these as fact the faster you will recover from their seeming fatalities.
If we deny these facts then we are in an illusion. The sooner the illusion is exposed the healthier one becomes. Hence the reason for accepting these givens as facts.
As addressed by the Buddha he cut through his own illusions to become enlightened. He teaches that we are not victims of some mysterious outside force that is maliciously punishing us. It is us who refuses to see the facts of any given situation. He also teaches when we face these illusions we become more fully integrated into the person we are meant to become.
I recommend reading the book because Richo elaborates extensively on the five givens in life, how to accept them and move to incredible happiness.
I hope you enjoy and learn from it.
May28
David Richo – The Life Span of a Feeling
Here’s and excerpt from David Richo’s book: ” The Five Things We Cannot Change.”
“Fear of feelings bottlenecks us. We fear that a feeling may possess us and never calm down. Actually, a feeling wants to be over and done with. Feelings, like everything else in life, are ever-changing and impermanent.”
“This is how the cycle of a complete feeling experience flows through us:
A stimulus – arousal of a feeling – showing the feeling – cooling down – a calm openness to what may come next as we get on with life – readiness for the next stimulus and beginning again.”
I am paraphrasing the next three sentences.
We avoid feelings by numbing ourselves with busy – ness, alcohol, drugs, food or any other addiction.
Having more than one feeling come up at one time is common. Depending upon the level of grief there may never be a resolution.
So what is the next step. According to Richo it is to roll with the feeling. Don’t stop yourself from feeling anything.
I completely agree and add that feelings are your guideposts to healing. If you squash your feelings they will end up consuming you whether you like it or not. Give your feelings their space so they can express themselves. Let feelings do their job or they will interrupt your life until you do give them attention. Feelings bring you face to face with your deepest longing, wants, wishes, requests, cravings, needs, fears and yearning.
At some point you will recognize what your next step is. The next step is the one that will make you grow as a person. That’s a general statement but in your heart you will know what you need to do.
Go ahead, take that first scary step. You will not crumble.
You will thrive.
May28
Frustration
How to deal with frustration in one easy step.
Take action in any direction.
Even if you are not sure where you are going.
g.piazza
May22
Thoughtful Thursdays #59
I love to embroider. Every now and then a designer will contact me to do some work. This just happened recently and today I dropped off the finished product. He asked I embroider taupe stems, purple petals, yellow sunflowers with brown french knot middles on a shirt. The design was put on the bottom border, and neckline. The designer loved it.
What is my point? Don’t put off what you truly love because that is where you expand. Even if it is a hobby and there is no money involved and you love to do it, then continue.
I don’t know what the science is behind doing what you love but I do know that every time I do what I love I grow, I feel happy, I have confidence, I feel new. Each time I do what I love a new perspective opens up. The act of doing what you love changes your brain into a machine or magnet for attracting happiness.
I am reminded that I must stay on the path of happiness.
How about you?
What do you love to do?
How often do you engage in the activity you love?
Happy path finding.
May21
Fear
If you woke up tomorrow
with no fear,
what would you do first?
From: Thought Questions #1350
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