LIFE IS HARD-GOT RESILIENCE?
There's a vital living asset that almost never gets talked about, because it's so hard to define. You could call it reserves, staying power, bandwidth - or resilience. Examples of resilience might be:
When your comput...
THE TWO YOU’S-DUALITY
Understand dualities
"Life is the coexistence of all opposite values. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, up and down, hot and cold, here and there, light and darkness, birth and death. All experience is by contrast, and one...
THE SMALL QUIET VOICE
I know today that there is a small quiet voice inside of me. I have learned to listen to it. Have you?
I love listening to and studying Eckhart Tolle. In his works, he puts into words things that I had come to understand as I...
I AM RESPONSIBLE
I am responsible for me and my actions because I have freedom of choice! A hard lesson to accept and learn.
“I am responsible for myself, my recovery, my well-being, my happiness. All these things are, ultimately, my own respons...
Refuse To Be a Victim
"We focus on the negatives, losing ourselves in the 'problem.' We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes, after all, very little effort to feel victimized."Â...
FRIDAY THE 13th-Gratitude
Just a little rambling today! It's been a tough week at the old ranch and with the most important human in my life. Tough through circumstances, not my actions.
Today is a great day (as is every day) to feel gratitude!
W...
ARE YOU IN DENIAL? (or Swimming in the NILE)
Ahh, that old line, denial is not a river in Egypt! Ever think about what you’re in denial about?
I spent many years denying some major issues. I drank and drugged too much, I used mood altering behav...
Many of us lived in situations where it wasn't okay to identify, have, or talk about problems. Denial became a way of life - our way of dealing with problems.
When working with others in recovering a life you want and trans...
Personal Boundaries-Important To Set
I had no idea what personal boundaries were for a large part of my life. Understanding what they are and then setting them and staying strong to keep them in place has been a learned skill; and one that requires...
"Emotions are the next frontier to be understood and conquered. To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand them so that we can intelligently direct our emotional energies and inte...
LIFE IS HARD
LIFE IS HARD-GOT RESILIENCE?
There's a vital living asset that almost never gets talked about, because it's so hard to define. You could call it reserves, staying power, bandwidth - or resilience. Examples of resilience might be:
When your comput...
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August 31, 2010 @ 11:12 AMTHE 2 U's
THE TWO YOU’S-DUALITY
Understand dualities
"Life is the coexistence of all opposite values. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, up and down, hot and cold, here and there, light and darkness, birth and death. All experience is by contrast, and one...
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August 30, 2010 @ 2:00 PMTHE SMALL QUIET VOICE
THE SMALL QUIET VOICE
I know today that there is a small quiet voice inside of me. I have learned to listen to it. Have you?
I love listening to and studying Eckhart Tolle. In his works, he puts into words things that I had come to understand as I...
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August 24, 2010 @ 10:58 AMI AM RESPONSIBLE
I AM RESPONSIBLE
I am responsible for me and my actions because I have freedom of choice! A hard lesson to accept and learn.
“I am responsible for myself, my recovery, my well-being, my happiness. All these things are, ultimately, my own respons...
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August 20, 2010 @ 11:11 AMREFUSE TO BE A VICTIM
Refuse To Be a Victim
"We focus on the negatives, losing ourselves in the 'problem.' We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes, after all, very little effort to feel victimized."Â...
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August 19, 2010 @ 11:01 AMGRATITUDE
FRIDAY THE 13th-Gratitude
Just a little rambling today! It's been a tough week at the old ranch and with the most important human in my life. Tough through circumstances, not my actions.
Today is a great day (as is every day) to feel gratitude!
W...
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August 17, 2010 @ 8:11 AMARE YOU IN DENIAL?
ARE YOU IN DENIAL? (or Swimming in the NILE)
Ahh, that old line, denial is not a river in Egypt! Ever think about what you’re in denial about?
I spent many years denying some major issues. I drank and drugged too much, I used mood altering behav...
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August 13, 2010 @ 10:04 AMOPEN ABOUT PROBLEMS?
OPEN ABOUT PROBLEMS?
Many of us lived in situations where it wasn't okay to identify, have, or talk about problems. Denial became a way of life - our way of dealing with problems.
When working with others in recovering a life you want and trans...
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August 10, 2010 @ 10:25 AMPersonal Boundaries
Personal Boundaries-Important To Set
I had no idea what personal boundaries were for a large part of my life. Understanding what they are and then setting them and staying strong to keep them in place has been a learned skill; and one that requires...
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July 28, 2010 @ 8:28 AMPAY ATTENTION TO YOUR EMOTIONS
Pay attention to your emotions
"Emotions are the next frontier to be understood and conquered. To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand them so that we can intelligently direct our emotional energies and inte...
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July 27, 2010 @ 10:17 AM