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Suffering, The Unconscious Choice
I believe suffering is a choice we make for ourselves. Like most of our choices, it is an unconscious one. Suffering is present when I refuse to accept what is. I find myself suffering when my mind is entertaining an unconscious stream of downward spiraling thoughts. Thoughts of what the future holds or what I should have or not have done in the past will almost certainly lead me to suffering. Too often we humans have the habit of refusing to accept what is. This might be as
September 27, 2009
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An Attitude of Praise and Gratitude
AN ATTITUDE OF PRAISE AND GRATITUDEnn When our son was 20, he returned home to live for a period of time. This arrangement was not what any of us would seemingly have chosen. While our son was working on establishing his independence, my husband and I were having difficulty shedding our role as parents. I was finding myself becoming the archetypical nagging mother. When I observed that our communication was in a major downward spiral, I realized that something needed to chang
June 19, 2007
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Releasing The Clock
RELEASING THE CLOCKnnOne of our common stresses is time. In the United States, we believe that time isprecious. Our culture operates on something referred to as monochronic time.There is one focus, the clock. If someone says he will be somewhere at a specifictime, it is expected he will be there. With the monochronic perspective, time is acommodity of which there is only so much. We donât like to waste time, be late,or lose time. Monochronic people would never travel withou
May 20, 2006
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