Anxiety is almost always inappropriate. Ninety-nine percent of what we
\nworry about never happens. But the mind, the amazing mind, may have
\nother ideas.<\/p>\n
One of the interesting things about intelligence is that it goes to
\nwork automatically, thinks things out, projects outcomes when a premise
\nis established.<\/p>\n
So once we get on a track of worrying concern, the brain train travels
\nto the end of the line, figuring, justifying, rationalizing.<\/p>\n
Once we have gone far enough down the wrong track there’s just no
\narguing with us. Events must play themselves out and the truth
\ndiscovered.<\/p>\n
Of course, when we discover everything is okay the brain may say, Yeah!
\nAnd what if I hadn’t been worrying? Things might have turned out
\ndifferently.<\/p>\n
The question is, did your concern lead you to do something that made things turn out okay?<\/p>\n
Then, did you stop worrying once you fixed it?<\/p>\n
Generally speaking we experience pointless, functionless anxiety. Nothing is done. We just worry.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t help anything.<\/p>\n
In fact, it can make things much worse.<\/p>\n
Life so beautiful when we let go and trust the outcome.<\/p>\n
I love being loved, cared for, but worried about?<\/p>\n
Just love and care.<\/p>\n
That feels good.<\/p>\n
\nEmanations by John MacEnulty<\/p>\n
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
\n– Seneca<\/p>\n
=====<\/p>\n
Life Is Complex
\nEach one of us must make his own path through life.
\nThere are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers.<\/p>\n
The right road for one is the wrong road for another…
\nThe journey of life is not paved in blacktop;
\nit is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs.
\nIt is a rocky path through the wilderness.<\/p>\n
M. Scott Peck<\/p>\n
=====<\/p>\n
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes
\nwithin the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their
\noneness with the universe and all it’s powers, and when they realize
\nthat at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that
\nthis center is really EVERYWHERE, it is WITHIN EACH OF US.
\n– Black Elk (Oglala Sioux)<\/p>\n
=====<\/p>\n
It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever
\nrecognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely
\ndetermined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not
\ncomfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
\n– Sydney J. Harris<\/p>\n
We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we
\ncannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less
\nwe will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection,
\nand self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be
\nperfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection
\nis the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don’t
\naccept others the way they are.
\n– Don Miguel Ruiz<\/p>\n
There is no freedom like seeing myself as I am and not losing heart.
\n– Elizabeth J. Canham<\/p>\n
If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.
\n– John Steinbeck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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