Posts tagged with “wisdom”
He Left, But I Will Not Give Up On Myself
âI now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do. â ~BrenĂ© Brown
He just left our home.
After eighteen years together, fifteen of them being married, he left as we had planned, as we had gently and lovingly discussed.
We are on a break, a trial separation. What you hear about separation and divorce is all so achingly true. It feels like a death, a chasm where all the worst feelings imaginable pile in on you, where you canât quite breathe right.
The pain is visceralâlike someone …
How to Find That Something That Feels Missing
âThe spiritual path is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.â ~Marianne Williamson
I remember it as if it happened yesterday. I woke up in the middle of the night with the worst tightening of my chest that I had ever experienced. My heart was racing uncontrollably, my hands were clammy and cold, and nothing I did brought relief.
I prayed. I chanted. I tapped. I prayed and then prayed some more.
I thought I was going to die. I started to immediately regret all of the …
A Most Difficult Lesson: People Are Just Doing Their Best
âPeople are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness.â ~Deepak Chopra
My father passed away suddenly and not so suddenly several weeks back.
He had been sick for a long time, but it was a gradually progressing illness and not what ultimately caused his passing. So, it did come as a shock, and the last few weeks have been filled with all the random things you need to do when someone diesâchange the names on insurance policies and automobile titles, call social security, etc.
The list seems endless, but now that the tasks are …
How to Stop Arguing and Start Understanding
âRaise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.â ~Rumi
One of the most common sources of conflict among people is in the way we communicate. Often times, conflicts arise because of the variety of our opinions and beliefs, and also from the way we express our thoughts and communicate disagreement.
A blaming, sometimes even aggressive tone of voice can seep into our language, which invites confrontation instead of collaboration, and conveys a closed âmy way or no wayâ kind of approach.
Looking back on my past, I can recall myself during my childhood years, …
Twisted Love: What I Learned from Being in an Abusive Relationship
“Never wish them pain. Thatâs not who you are. If they caused you pain, they must have pain inside. Wish them healing. Thatâs what they need.” ~Najwa Zebian
Most of us donât grow up and say weâre going to be killers.
Most of us donât grow up and say weâre going to hurt people.
We donât grow up thinking and planning to hurt ourselves.
But there are moments in our lives in which weâve stepped outside of ourselves and made decisions that impair our lives. Decisions that remain with us for a lifetime.
Then we have difficulty forgiving ourselves …
The Problem with Forgiveness and What I Now Do Instead
âChange is the end result of all true learning.â ~Leo Buscaglia
I cringe writing this. I have eaten so much humble pie that my pants donât fit. This was a really hard lesson to learn.
I had a forgiveness problem.
When I was a kid, I learned to say sorry when I messed up and forgive other people when they did. With three sisters all two years apart, I got plenty of practice in as a kid (we all did).
It was a pretty standard routine:
1. Someone would mess upâsay something horrible, lose something, break something, or hit someone.…
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