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Jun 28, 2017 · 1. Life isn't always good and fair, even if you are. There's a belief in our society that good things happen to good people. That if you do the right thing, the right things will...
May 15, 2016 · If your life, or aspects of your life matter to you, then they matter. If they don't, they don't. In the long-run your life will be inconsequential, but in the short-term it is most definitely not.
Feb 18, 2020 · They threaten to knock us down and stop us from moving forward. Times like these can blindside us, but we can emerge from them much wiser and stronger. Here are some top do's, don'ts, and things to remember when it feels like everything is going wrong.
Oct 22, 2009 · When you feel overwhelmed by your own life, rather than focusing on finding a different set of more manageable problems (as if that were even possible), you should look for ways to raise your...
- Use Your Power of choice.
- Accept What Is, No Matter What.
- Be Grateful.
- Neutralize The negative.
- Return to The Present moment.
- Trust yourself.
- Forgive.
No matter what your circumstances, you have the power to chooseyour direction and how to use your energy. You can choose to use your energy in positive, productive ways or in negative, destructive ways. Either way, the choices you make now determine your future. As soon as I opened my front door and saw Tiffany’s suffering, I had some choices to ma...
Practice not mentally labeling what happens as good or bad; just let it be. Accepting what is, instead of judging it, puts you in a state of inner non-resistance. You can still want to change things, but you have a calmer attitude, and any action you take to improve your situation is more effective. I rated my Tiffany’s circumstances as terrible at...
Besides enhancing your everyday life, finding things to be grateful forcan help you cope during hard times by giving you a wider perspective that helps you feel less overwhelmed by difficult circumstances. An eight-pound, sixteen-year-old cat with a heart condition could easily have died from such a trauma. So I had three things to be grateful for ...
Sometimes our thinking is directed by our inner critic, who can say some harsh things. But when you pay attention, you can recognize unhealthy thoughts and change them to more positive statements. My inner mean girl spoke up that night. “Tiffany counts on you to keep her safe. How could you let this happen?” I immediately cut this off by replacing ...
As human beings, one of our favorite mental activities is to get lost in thinking about the past or the future. Remembering to bring your attention back to “now” sweeps the debris from your mind and returns you to a state of simplicity. Throughout that long night, I did my best not to get lost in thoughts of how this could have happened or what Tif...
It’s better to trust in your own feelings and intuition—even if you make mistakesalong the way—than to look outside yourself for guidance. Even though this felt like an urgent crisis, I took my time considering the options. I could put Tiffany in the pet carrier and go for a forty-five-minute drive to the emergency veterinary hospital. Or I could q...
True forgiveness means that you accept the reality of what happened without an emotional charge. You recognize the healing and growth you have achieved from working through the upsetting experience, and you wish healing and growth for the other person. My pet sitter was distraught by her scheduling mistake and begged me to forgive her. I knew she w...
Have you ever experienced times when you go through just one bad thing after another? When it seems like the world is out to get you? When things go wrong no matter what you do?
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Jul 4, 2016 · Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, it can feel like everything is going wrong. Life just feels bad, maybe even to the point where you want to crawl into bed for the rest of eternity. A...