two interesting articles...
Mar. 20th, 2008 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
salixbabylon...that I thought I would share with you all:
Joyful Living by Salle Merrill Redfield
Redfield writes about commonalities of joyful people, and breaks her observations down into 5 areas for easy digestion.
Excerpt:
One of the most valuable techniques they adopt is not buying into the belief that their problems are special or unchangeable. While many people allow the thoughts "This will never get better" or "I can not survive" or "Nobody understands what I am going through" to continuously run though their minds, joyful people stop the chatter before it becomes consuming. They prefer to step back and evaluate the problem. Experience has taught them that they can survive difficulties. They also know that everyone has challenges, therefore they seek support and advice from friends, family members, counselors, spiritual leaders and books. Learning from the mistakes and successes of others gives them new options. Sometimes this means working hard to change a situation. At other times it means accepting the facts and moving on.
The Question of Time by Lenedra J. Carroll
Carroll's article is about that 'carpe diem' attitude and how to see and seize the right moment rater than pushing against a brick wall. Definitely something I've noticed in the last few months - as soon as I stop pushing and pushing, rest and breathe for a moment, something new and wonderful just LANDS in my lap, from a place I wasn't even expecting. She also talks about Time in a more philosophical way, food for thought...
Excerpt:
There is a distinction between fearfully avoiding a moment and creating a pause. When waiting indecisively in confusion and fear, we are looking and acting outside of ourselves, dependent on others' ideas and outside resources. But by purposefully allowing a pause, we use the time gained to clarify and strengthen our position. Allowing our clock-driven sense of time to dictate our action and nonaction jams up the works, compresses the moment, bringing in stress and limitation. As we step away from this addiction to time, we can know the true nature of each moment.
Enjoy!
Joyful Living by Salle Merrill Redfield
Redfield writes about commonalities of joyful people, and breaks her observations down into 5 areas for easy digestion.
Excerpt:
One of the most valuable techniques they adopt is not buying into the belief that their problems are special or unchangeable. While many people allow the thoughts "This will never get better" or "I can not survive" or "Nobody understands what I am going through" to continuously run though their minds, joyful people stop the chatter before it becomes consuming. They prefer to step back and evaluate the problem. Experience has taught them that they can survive difficulties. They also know that everyone has challenges, therefore they seek support and advice from friends, family members, counselors, spiritual leaders and books. Learning from the mistakes and successes of others gives them new options. Sometimes this means working hard to change a situation. At other times it means accepting the facts and moving on.
The Question of Time by Lenedra J. Carroll
Carroll's article is about that 'carpe diem' attitude and how to see and seize the right moment rater than pushing against a brick wall. Definitely something I've noticed in the last few months - as soon as I stop pushing and pushing, rest and breathe for a moment, something new and wonderful just LANDS in my lap, from a place I wasn't even expecting. She also talks about Time in a more philosophical way, food for thought...
Excerpt:
There is a distinction between fearfully avoiding a moment and creating a pause. When waiting indecisively in confusion and fear, we are looking and acting outside of ourselves, dependent on others' ideas and outside resources. But by purposefully allowing a pause, we use the time gained to clarify and strengthen our position. Allowing our clock-driven sense of time to dictate our action and nonaction jams up the works, compresses the moment, bringing in stress and limitation. As we step away from this addiction to time, we can know the true nature of each moment.
Enjoy!
