Limiting scripts -- what I tell myself about myself -- can serve to put and keep me on guard as I move from one set of circumstances to another set, as I set out to live my life each day. With this awareness I need to ask myself several questions. "Are my past circumstances spoiling my present circumstances?" Is Life Making me Bitter or Better -- Is my Past Spoiling my … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
Second Chance to Live, a Metamorphosis and a New Look Video Presentation
With the help of a friend, I recently completed the move from wordpress.com to a managed wordpress self-hosted web sites on Godaddy, for both secondchancetolive.org and createasparkofhope.com. In today's article I will share a video presentation of the article notifying my readers of the change. Below is the article. To listen to and watch the presentation of the article, you … [Read more...]
Second Chance to Live –1400th Article — Special Edition Video Presentation
Several weeks ago I wrote and published the article, Second Chance to Live -- 1400th Article -- Special Edition. Below is the article. Today, I am going to create a video presentation of the article for individuals who learn through watching and listening. As you listen to and watch the presentation and questions come to mind, please send those questions to me. All questions … [Read more...]
Replacing Learned Helplessness with Hope After Brain Injury
Learned helplessness can lead the individual to develop a victim or martyr mindset, where personal responsibility and accountability become indifference and apathy. Three rules are often used to mask reality. These rules are Do Not Talk, Do Not Trust and Do Not Feel. These rules give way to a state of helplessness. When helplessness becomes a learned behavior, individuals may … [Read more...]
Second Chance to Live, a Metamorphosis and a New Look
In one of my early articles, The Flight of the Butterfly; I spoke to the principle of metamorphosis and the importance of struggle for the butterfly to be able to fulfill it's purpose. With out struggle the caterpillar could not experience a second chance to live as a butterfly. And so, struggle is an essential part of the process that allows both you and I to experience a … [Read more...]
