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Posts by Janice-L.-Pascual

Striving to live a meaningful life. Combining two loves: cartoons and spirituality to create Mind Snapshots. Web Comics for the soul.

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When You’re Frustrated by a Delay: 8 Reasons to Appreciate It

ā€œAll great achievements require time.ā€ ~Maya Angelou

We all have a picture of what we want in our heads.

We get attached to a timeline for achieving it. We fantasize about the results and how it will bring us happiness.

We begin to work hard to attain it.

But when we donā€™t get it right away, we get frustrated. We want things to move as quickly as possible.

If we want a relationship, we want to find our perfect partner as soon as we can. If weā€™re building a career or a business, we want success in months. If we …

How to Receive Gratefully Instead of Rejecting Kindness

ā€œGiving is virtuous, but so is accepting gifts gratefully.ā€ ~Doe Zantamata

Iā€™ve learned that how well you receive determines how happy you are.

When I was committed to loving myself more, I started to be more aware of how I treated myself. What opened up for me was that I did not know how to receive.

That was one of the things I had to learn in order to really care for myself.

Receiving Capabilities Jammed

There were times when I would squirm and be all awkward when I was given extra attention.

There would be times when I’d feel …