The patience and grace that we extend to others is just as necessary to extend to oneself.
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I am a nerd. I believe I have established this a long time ago.
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After much deliberation, I ended up removing a fair number of friends from my list this weekend. I was left wondering why this was so challenging.
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In the picking up of more tasks, my arms got full and I had to put other things down…. And I put all the wrong things down.
Hope shows up as an unfailing belief that everything will work out, even when you can’t come up with any way that it will. It provides the belief in a solution that we cannot see and charge into battle anyway.
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Anyone can get caught up in “poor-me” self-talk from time to time, but it doesn't do us much good.
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In moments of frustration, I will throw my hands up and say "I can't do this, not in dees shoooes."
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The term dialectical comes from the idea of bringing together acceptance and change… that you can both accept challenges in your life and work to overcome them.
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Through reading this piece, and recognizing how these attitudes and behaviors show up in my current life, it reinforces that there are some pieces of myself that won't change.
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Now seems like the appropriate time to ask each other for patience and grace.
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This practice encourages me to explore my emotion in a non-judgmental, open way. It helps me look deeper into what I feel without letting that feeling consume me.
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While I am not Merriam-Webster, I propose another interpretation. I like to use the word “whelmed” when I am on my way to feeling overwhelmed but I’m not yet there- it is a lesser version.
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Once we have this peace, a natural sense of kindness washes over us which helps release stress naturally.
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While I appreciate the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle, it doesn't really give you any indication of how to keep things simple.
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Why do we hold back all of our challenges and frustrations?
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Feedback we receive from other people is like a carnival mirror. In every piece of feedback there is a grain of truth- the same way that the person in the mirror is still actually you.
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Are there things in your life that you need to walk away from? Perhaps they are emotional things or relationships that create more problems than bring joy.
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This week, choose happiness.
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