Over the years and through many relationships I believed that it was my responsibility to take care of other people emotionally. My mental script convinced me that if I took care of another person emotionally, then I could and should even expect them to take care of me emotionally. Expectations seemed to play a big role in my relationships. Resentments subsequently undermined … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2007
Living with a traumatic brain injury — Empowering Our Veterans
Welcome back. I want to share some reflections with you on a subject that is gaining international attention. Traumatic Brain Injury. Bob Woodruff, the news anchor who was injured several years ago by an IED while working in Iraq will be seen on several television programs. He and a colleague of his sustained brain injuries due to the explosion. The injury to his brain changed … [Read more...]
The Truth about Acceptance
Wow. Another day. I am glad you came back to visit. You are welcome here anytime. Today I will begin to share with you some of the principles that have enhanced my life. I believe that living life on life's terms needs to be built upon a foundation of acceptance. The Serenity Prayer sums up acceptance in three phrases. What I can not change (people, places and things), What I … [Read more...]
Whose life are you Living?
Welcome back. I am glad you are here. Earlier today, I was reminded of an injustice that most of us learned starting at an early age. Society assigns more worth to titles than qualities, to status than value, to position than to kindness. This injustice sets each one of us up to become what I have heard described as a human doing. The underlying motivation is to declare our … [Read more...]
From My Heart
I am glad you came to visit. I will share from my heart today. I believe that my understanding of life is limited to what I have learned up to the present time. I do not have the big picture, nor will I ever. I can not see into the future, nor project outcomes. I may amuse myself at times by thinking I can, but reality has shown otherwise. Reality reminds me that all I have is … [Read more...]