Tag: success
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Feeling Victimized
Looking back on my journey of awareness/consciousness/living resonantly, or whatever you want to call it, I find it interesting to note that when I have felt most victimized, I wasn’t being victimized at all and when I was actually being victimized I didn’t realize it! When I believed in victimization, I felt victimized often when…
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The Inter-Dependent Relationship Model
You’ve heard of independence, right? Dependence? And co-dependence? But how often do you hear of interdependence? This is not surprising in a society that uses fear as a tactic to motivate us. Imagine making a journey across the country, before the industrial age, in a horse drawn wagon traveling dirt roads. You are driving your…
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Don’t Be “The Bigger Person”
You’ve had a conflict with another person. Things may have gotten out of control and both sides are hurt. You may think the other person is at fault or at least at greater fault. At one point someone suggests you apologize and you reject that notion. That person then says to you, “be the bigger…
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What Is A Strong Person?
On my Facebook page I asked “When you think of a strong person, what comes to mind?” Inquiring into behaviors, actions, thoughts and philosophies. The answers were many an varied. Some I resonated with, some I did not. What I loved was the conversation we were having. When I think of strong individuals I look…
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Judgement(al)
Feeling judged is no joke. It can unnerve even the steadiest of beings. The question we have to ask ourselves is ‘why is this bothering me?’ The experience of being judged is common, but feeling judged is something altogether different. Being judged happens to everyone, probably almost every day and that is out of our…
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Thoughts Or Feelings – Which Came First?
Do our thoughts dictate our feelings or do our feelings dictate our thoughts? I had never given it any thought at all until someone asked me that very question one day many many years ago. Without much hesitation I answered definitively that my feelings dictate my thoughts. I feel something then I have a thought about…
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FOMO
While the acronym FOMO is fairly recent, the issue of ‘missing out’ has been a factor in life for decades. In 1913 a comic strip originated called, “Keeping Up With The Joneses”. The idea of someone else having more than you and feeling insecure about it existed long before that though. So with the growth…
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Regret Is A Gift
I aim to live my life with no regrets. Regrets indicate that the past is taking up space in the present. It is far better to live a life fully present to your highest best, thus avoiding future regret. However, when they present themselves – if we are paying attention – regrets can be gifts.…