Please read Part 1 of this article by clicking here. Through writing about my experience, I reminded myself that I could learn from my unsettling experience, instead of berating myself for the unsettling experience. These are the lessons that were reinforced through the unsettling experience. When my intent is not to do harm, I can remember, how people react to me is more … [Read more...]
Finding and Knowing Peace after Brain Injury
Finding peace after a brain injury can be very difficult. Questions arise, often too many that can not be answered. With a lack of answers comes a host of emotions, but not peace. Accepting what can not be understood seems out of the question."How can we accept what has changed our lives forever?" And so we find ourselves stuck and arguing at life. Arguing at life that gets us no where. In my experience, I found myself arguing with life. In the process, I fought against myself for many years. In the process, I unknowingly stayed my own adversary. And I remained my own adversary until I reached a point in my life. A point in my life when my need to deny my reality was overwhelmed by the pain of denying my reality. When I reached this point in my life I started to grieve my reality. In the process of working through my pain, I found that I was slowly able to stop blaming myself, God and other people.
As I was slowly able to stop blaming myself, God and other people a change occurred in my life. I was slowly able to accept some thing that was out of my control. Some thing that I could not change. As I grew in acceptance, I found that I had more peace in my life. Serenity to accept the things that I could not change. In the process of accepting what I could not change, I found hope. Through growing in acceptance I discovered that I was able to stop being my enemy. I was discovered that I could make peace with myself and the God of my understanding. I discovered that as I made peace with myself (in my reality) and with a loving God. As I made peace with myself and a loving God, I opened myself up to receiving help. As I opened myself up to receive help from a loving God I found peace. I discovered the power to change the things that I could in my life.
I discovered that I could stop fighting against myself and the God of my understanding. I discovered that I could start building some thing beautiful with my life.
In the articles in this category I share what helped me to stop fighting against and being my own enemy. I share how I was able to stop blaming myself, God and other people. I share what helped me to find peace with myself and a loving God. I share what helped me to find freedom. I share what helped me to begin to create a good life for myself. In this category I share what helped me to start building some thing beautiful on my lot in life. As you read articles from this category may you be encouraged to find and know peace. May you find a new freedom. May you find the courage to create a good life for yourself.
"Regardless of your lot in life, you can build something beautiful on it." Zig Ziglar
Traumatic Brain Injury – Making Peace with Unsettling Experiences Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Last night I had an unsettling experience. This morning I decided to write about what occurred to sort through and process my feelings. Through writing about what I experienced during the unsettling situation, I was able to objectively examine what transpired. In the … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — A Bird, A Window and A Spiritual Axiom Part 2
If you have not already read Part 1 of this article, please do so at this time by clicking here. Thank you. In my experience, I have found that when I am out of sorts about anything, I need to look to and keep the focus on myself. Being out of sorts” can be likened to having a trigger or a button. If I did not have a trigger or button -- to potentially be pushed – I would not … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Finding Peace through A Bird, A Window and A Spiritual Axiom Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Recently, I was sitting in a meeting where the topic of detachment was being discussed. The meeting room – where the discussion was taking place – was bordered by two exterior windows. As I sat listening to the discussion, my concentration was interrupted … [Read more...]
Finding the Calm in the Storm Part 3
If you have not already done so, please read Part 1 and Part 2 of this article. Thank you. Through my experience, I have learned that I do not have the big picture. Through my experience, I have learned that a loving God has the big picture. Through my experience, I have learned that a loving God is often doing for me, what I can not do for myself. Through my experience, I … [Read more...]