I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
— Woody Allen
Do you ever find it difficult to be grateful? I do. Despite the fact that I know that I have much to be grateful for, I manage to feel disgruntled much of the time. This is unfortunate because one of the practices that consistently results in feeling better is gratitude.
I find it interesting that we call it the practice of gratitude. It reminds me of practicing law, or practicing medicine or practicing dentistry. We often talk about how the people in those professions Continue reading » Glad to Be Me
Does your world view serve you?
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
— Thomas Szasz
Our whole life, we are working towards the goal of integrating our view of the world with reality. Some might say (usually therapists) that our pain comes from our attempts to make reality conform to our beliefs:
- People are kind
- Institutions work for the good of their members and/or the people they serve
- There is right and wrong – black and white, no shades of gray
- Life is fair
- We get what we deserve
In reality, life is a constant progression towards the ability to live with shades of gray. As kids, we’re taught to Continue reading » Adulthood
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
— Henry Ward Beecher
After my post on being cheerful, a friend of mine decided that being cheerful was a good idea. For a couple of days, she bopped along and then, on the third day she said, “I don’t know what’s wrong – I’m losing steam on being cheerful.” When I asked how she was putting her new cheerfulness into practice she told me that she kept telling herself to Continue reading » Acting As If You are Full of Cheer
A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things: it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
— Don Marquis
Over and over again, in the self-help literature, you read, “It’s all a matter of how you look at it.” In other words, you can choose a viewpoint which could help you feel better.
While this may be good advice on the surface, it may be ignoring an underlying problem. If over a long period of time you are finding it hard to accept your life as it is, it’s quite possible that Continue reading » Figuring Out How to Make Things Better
originally published December 16, 2010
Have you ever looked back and wondered over a thread that, when tugged upon, changed your life?
Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.
— Anonymous
During these last few weeks of 2010 I find myself drifting into a nostalgia that’s tempered with curiosity about the future… a comment in The Power of Flow: Practical Ways to Transform Your Life with Meaningful Coincidence by Belitz & Lundstrom prompted my reverie: Continue reading » Tug the Thread
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