Got your sights set on your 2012 resolutions? Before you launch into the detail, get to know what you’re all about.
Many are so caught up in their own problems that they cannot see the big picture. Often, seeing the big picture can give one the perspective that makes illusive solutions suddenly easy to visualize. One form of hope can be accessed through stepping outside of yourself and seeing the bigger picture.
— Mr. Prophet
“The Path”
In my last post I wrote about “breaking the glass,” as a metaphor for creating a symbolic rite of passage that signals our intention to begin a new way of doing things. Today it’s “big picture time” – time to acknowledge that frustration, disillusionment and pain are part of the growth process and that finding the inner strength to move forward anyway, goes with the territory. One of the ways to do that is to Continue reading » After You Break the Glass, Become a Lake
If you’ve got your sights set on change but something’s holding you back, maybe it’s time to “break the glass”…
Sometimes – despite our resilience, despite our optimism, despite our determination and persistence – we just can’t seem to move forward on something important. When that happens, it may be time to break the glass…
Yes, break the glass. A simple gesture, but one that brings up fears we can’t really understand. What’s wrong with breaking an inexpensive glass, when everyone has done so unintentionally at some time in their life? … It’s a rite of passage, I wanted to say. It’s something prohibited. Glasses are not purposely broken… But when we break them by accident, we realize that it’s not very serious. The waiter says, “It’s nothing.”
…Break the glass, please – and free us from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of…
— Pilar in By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept:A Novel of Forgiveness
by Paul Coelho
Ah – I like the idea of that: no more trying to satisfy Other Peoples’ (OPs) demands for justification, as in:
Lucy, you got some ’splainin’ to do!
— Ricky Ricardo
Imagine: Sweet freedom from spouting reasons and rationales, from defending what’s already happened and/or what you’re about to do… sounds liberating, doesn’t it? BUT – it’s also one of the scariest of life-choices. Why? Because now you’re in “no excuses” territory – whatever happens, it’s on you. You own it. And that, my good readers, brings us back to what Pilar, the novel character quoted above, was advocating: Continue reading » Break the Glass
Originally published on December 8, 2010.
Is it too cold for you too?
Winter is hear and I’m COLD! Brrrhhh!
Oops, I’m so cold I have brain freeze – I meant “here” not “hear”.
Lately I’ve been longing for a quick jaunt to my favorite winter getaway – anywhere with beaches still warm and balmy… But “getaway” isn’t in the tea leaves for me this winter. I’m officially “home for the holidays” – so my next best and “doable” choice is a good, long soak in a HOT tub… Or a Continue reading » It’s COLD Out There!
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
Have you ever found yourself totally distracted by an issue that isn’t relevant to the moment?
My laptop’s volume control is possessed.
It comes on all by itself eventually reaching the highest volume point…
It goes off but returns when I am busy doing something else…
Over and over and over and over…
It is very maddening.
— Unknown Author to Help Desk
Do you ever feel like trolls have taken control of your psyche? For instance, several times a day my desire for sweets drowns out my good intentions to diet and I find myself searching the premises for something sweet when I should be doing something else. How annoying!
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.
— Jerry M. Wright
Ah – the old “righty tighty, lefty loosey” maxim rules, even in matters of maturity! But sometimes it’s not Continue reading » How to Dial Down the Volume
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