Several days ago I wrote Do I want to be right or Do I want to be happy? Today I would like to share the article with you in video format. I create video presentations of my articles to make the information available to individuals who learn through listening and watching. I wrote this article to share a principle that I learned and was able to apply in a situation that I did … [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
Moving From Fear to Faith — Solutions
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a day of workshops. One of the workshops title was, Moving from Fear to Faith. During the introduction by the work shop leader and in subsequent discussion some great points were shared. Several of the ones that stood out to me were: Faith is a decision and You can not be in fear and faith at the same time. As I thought … [Read more...]
What Helps me to Overcome Anxiety
When I am anxious about some thing I have found that it helps me to write it down. Once I have written on a piece of paper what I an anxious about, I need to ask myself several questions. Am I powerless over the issue that I am feeling anxious about at the present time? If the answer is yes, I need to let it go. If I ask the question and the answer is no, then I need to … [Read more...]
Trading Frustration for Serenity Video Presentation
Yesterday, I published this article. Today I will make a video presentation of the article for individuals who learn through watching and listening. Below is a brief excerpt from the article. I would encourage you to listen to the complete article, as I share some awareness’s. Here is the excerpt: “During the past 3 or 4 days I have been in a bit of a funk. I have had an itch … [Read more...]
Trading Frustration for Serenity
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. During the past 3 or 4 days I have been in a bit of a funk. I have had an itch – so to say – that I did not know how to “scratch”. This past Wednesday evening I attended a support group meeting. Before the meeting I casually spoke with a friend about the matter of having the itch that I did not know how to scratch. She said she … [Read more...]