October 20, 2009 at 8:35 pm (Blogroll, Health and Wellness, Peace, compassion, day to day, families, family, happiness, home, humor, life, mindfulness, people, positive thinking, relationships, self awareness, self- esteem, simple living)
Tags: compassion, day to day, friends, growing up, happiness, home, life, love, mindfulness, news, relationships, self- esteem
Looking through an old yearbook today, I started to think about all the people I knew in high school whose lives seemed to be so much more full of fun than mine. The beautiful popular cheerleader types, or the smooth talking good-looking types.
We all envied them back then, because their lives seemed to be one long party, one fun experience after another, Neither they nor we could have known back then that a life of constant pleasure during those teenage years almost inevitably sets one up for a life of frustration afterward. There are skills not acquired, habits not formed, and lessons about the real world not learned during those years of having everything go so smoothly for you.
Have you ever noticed an illness early in life if not severe, can teach a person to take sensible care of their health after ? or how growing up with fianacial limitations gives one a realistic notion of what it means to earn or spend a dollar. Or how the frustrations of adolescence can teach a person compassion and sensitivity. Jung was once quoted as saying “only the wounded doctor can heal.” How can a young person to whom things have always come easily learn the lessons of patience, hard work, and tolerance in failure of others.That is why the most talented of people have a hard time being coaches, boss’ and teachers ect… They do not know how to teach or help others achieve what comes so naturally to them.
I see people who seem to still be living their high school years. I often wonder what will happen to these now adults when they realize the party is over.
Peace an love
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October 13, 2009 at 11:10 pm (Blogroll, Health and Wellness, compassion, day to day, family, gossip, happiness, home, humor, life, mindfulness, pain, people, positive thinking, relationships, suffering, transition)
Tags: Becky, compassion, friends, happiness, Health, home, life, love, relationships
Still feeling the pain of my papi’s death, I find myself going through the motions of the day. I am still working on achieving tranquility and transcending through the pain. The sense of loss hurts so much, though I am learning to live with it.
I do not like being hurt. I do not like experiencing pain. I believe however that I become less of a human being if I learn the art of detachment. The price I pay for that sort of protection is too high. When I protect myself against the danger of loss, by death, by teaching myself not to care, not to let anyone get too close to me. I feel I lose a part of my soul. When I try to avoid pain, I let myself become less human, less alive. To be alive is to feel pain, and to hide from pain is to make yourself feel less alive.
I have found myself being less alive and depressed when I find myself avoiding the pain I have over the death of my papi. Yet when I face it, yet do not force it, I find myself being more aware, and more alive even if the pain at the time is more than I can handle.
Maybe my way is not the best way. What I have found is experiencing pain in its raw form has helped the healing process.
Peace and love to all who enter here
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October 3, 2009 at 4:08 pm (Holistic Heath, home, humor, mindfulness, people, simple living, simplify)
Tags: Becky, family, friends, gossip, happiness, home, humor, lesson, life, love, mindfulness, news, people, question, relationships
So I was on facebook the other day and one of my friends posted a question: If you e-mail someone, and you know they read it, and they do not e-mail you back what does that mean ?
She received serveral responces all pretty much telling her the same thing. Things like: that person sucks, their rude, not worth your time, stop e-mailing that person, ect…
So then about an hour later I talked with someone that does that exact same thing. This person gets beautifully written e-mails, and while this person, (in that person’s defense), has never said “e-mail me”, I do.
Now this person said there is no etiquette for e-mails. I think that there is. Receiving an e-mail especailly if it is personal is like receiving a letter. So you should write back. You should acknowledge that this person made contact.
People are so busy, and so wrapped up in things that do not matter. What matters are the people. Our lives are so privledged by many standards yet basic communication, gratitude, love and affection is so difficult for many. People should stop and realize what truly matters. I think they would be surprised if they asked themselves that question, what the answer is.
I know who and what matters, and that has made all the difference.
Peace and love to all who enter here.
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