Habits are stronger than reason.
— George Santayan
Do you ever feel like you’re an imposter and someday everyone will figure it out? I know I do.
For most of my adult life I’ve wanted to change my beliefs. You see, I tend to believe some very disempowering stuff about myself – not at a conscious level, you understand, but at a subconscious level. Because I struggle every day to overcome what I “know” is true about myself, when I succeed, it’s in spite of myself.
Like many people, I believe that if you all knew how much I struggle to:
- write a post
- lose weight
- maintain a positive attitude
- you name it
– you would think I was an imposter. Some of you probably identify with that belief. On some level, I know that you aren’t going to Continue reading » Habitual Beliefs Rule (You)
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
— J.K. Rowling
Recently Ellie asked: Do You Believe in Guardian Angels? I choose to believe in Guardian Angels. I believe that while they may be spiritual beings, they are also physical beings like you and me who choose to encourage one another when the “yuck” overcomes us.
When I was a kid, I knew that my guardian angel not only looked out for me, they sat on one shoulder trying to keep me on the straight and narrow while the devil sat on the other shoulder trying to get me to SIN!!! In my personal fight to be good, my guardian angel was on the front line of the war between good and evil. That image of the angel vs. the devil is very disturbing in retrospect because in addition to it inferring that I have my own personal angel, it also inferred that I have my own personal devil. (Maybe that’s where “The devil made me do it” came from.)
I agree with Ellie that the theological issues behind Guardian Angels and/or Divine Providence intervening are very tricky. Add free will, and I’m not even going to try to mess with it. On the other hand, the angels Continue reading » Encouraged by Our Angels
How do you choose to think about your projects? Will they be difficult or easy?
It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.
— Roger Von Oech
In her post, What Are You Thinking?, PattiAnn asked several questions. Among them were these:
- What do you think that these people are thinking that allows them to continue to fight the good fight?
- How do you feel today?
- What are you thinking?
- What is your choice?
Well, her questions resonated with me because I had just watched Wayne Dyer’s special on PBS, No Excuses! and I was still reeling from my reaction to his question:
How would you feel if the project that you’ve been thinking would be difficult was – instead – easy?
I closed my eyes and imagined that a certain pesky project would be easy… and my immediate gut reaction was:
Continue reading » I Want to Choose Easy
What are you thinking?
— Dave Johnson
Investools instructor
In marketing, there is a saying, “Perception is reality.” This saying explains the challenge that companies or politicians face when dealing with the public’s view of them. It is why they spend so much on public relations. No matter what a politician or a company does, if they lose the PR war, they lose.
The same can be said for us. Most of us believe that what we feel is “true.” Emotions can make or break our day. If we “feel” that things are hopeless, then, for us, they are. This raises an interesting issue. How would you be feeling right now if you were an engineer working on capping the rig in the Gulf of Mexico? If there’s anyone saying anything positive about these people who are trying to solve the problem, it’s probably Continue reading » What Are You Thinking?
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.
— Anonymous
Recently, it was brought home to me how quickly things can change. It seems that a columnist from the Times in London, Melanie Reid, who had been riding horses competitively for 30 years, fell off while doing some cross-country jumps and broke her neck. In the amount of time it took her to fly through the air and land on her face in the dirt, her life changed drastically.
More Than You Can Handle
It is a measure of how important writing is to her that despite the fact that she can’t physically write or type she is still Continue reading » The Path to Serenity
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