The optimist needs to know when 'his' mind is so exhausted from slamming into defensive walls that a hopeful sense of focus is turning toward pessimism, which proves unhealthy for the human spirit …
The pessimist needs to know why opening 'his' mind to questing toward depths of self awareness seems too scary for his ego to seriously consider …
Both need to know that they'll not see eye to eye until each musters the courage and humility to identify self defeating traits that our egos hide behind defensive walls, thus blinding the conscious portion of our minds to knowing both sides that comprise each person's whole.
Whereas hopelessness weighs the spirit down …
Hopefulness creates a light-hearted sense of one's ability to turn negative cycles around …
A person, who's view of himself and the motivations of others embraces a hopeful sense of balance leads a wholesome life.
Hence … know thyself :)
Hence … have you got a clue or is your brain still fooling you? :)
BTW ... try as I might to conjure up synonyms to replace words that pop out of my mind as often as 'subconscious, self awareness, self discovery ' and so forth, those attempts have not yet met with success. So please bear with me until this lengthy train of thought, which has been pouring out of the depths my mind for weeks, pulls into the station, where, hopefully, insight into yet another layer of self-defeating 'baggage' will expose itself so naturally that my conscious mind will identify, clarify and unload another misperception concerning a negatively focused view that I'd unknowingly adopted about myself during those highly vulnerable years of my youth …
You see, I'm not repetitive because I believe your mindset is in need of change but rather because repetition helps me to clarify self defeating trains of thought, which need to switch tracks deep within my mind. On the other hand, if these exercises, which iron wrinkles out of my misperceptions of reality, serve to straighten out aspects of life and love that have stymied you, too, then let's pause for a moment to thank my niece and cousin for inspiring me to write this blog :)
PS ... Have I mentioned that my niece (on my side of the family) and cousin (on my husband's side) have never met? Have I clarified that each expressed different reasons for imploring me to express my thoughts in post after post?
My niece implored me to write for this reason: I teach family communications, and while raising three children of her own, she hopes to absorb information that I've shared with thousands of parents over the past thirty-six years. If you ask why she hasn't enrolled in my class, I'd reply: The mere thought of commuting 1700 miles across the country to attend my class would prove taxing, indeed :)
As to my cousin … well, she writes a blog about creative quilting techniques and much more. And guess what happened because of that? A publisher, who'd enjoyed following my cousin's blog, asked her to write a book, which is now in its second or third printing. As my cousin knows that every article I've written, regarding family communications, has been published by parenting magazines and since she's aware of my penning a memoir, concerning my passion for creating a nurturing environment in which several generations thrive, my cousin never gave up knocking at the wall in my head until I had the good sense to open the optimistic side of my mind and welcome the possiblity of opportunity finding me as naturally as the unexpected had beckoned to her. Though it's true that no publisher has come calling as of yet, stats suggest that my posts are being read in more than 76 countries. And here's why that fact offers this communication's instructer a deep sense of personal and professional satisfaction: My heartfelt purpose for writing my memoir had been centered upon sharing insight into creative trains of thought, which enhance peace of mind, with countless 'friends' throughout the world. And the fact that I've been achieving that goal via posting strings of insight into self awareness on the internet nourishes the soul of this optimist whose passion for expanding a sense of loving connectedness, world wide, knows no bounds :)
The pessimist needs to know why opening 'his' mind to questing toward depths of self awareness seems too scary for his ego to seriously consider …
Both need to know that they'll not see eye to eye until each musters the courage and humility to identify self defeating traits that our egos hide behind defensive walls, thus blinding the conscious portion of our minds to knowing both sides that comprise each person's whole.
Whereas hopelessness weighs the spirit down …
Hopefulness creates a light-hearted sense of one's ability to turn negative cycles around …
A person, who's view of himself and the motivations of others embraces a hopeful sense of balance leads a wholesome life.
Hence … know thyself :)
Hence … have you got a clue or is your brain still fooling you? :)
BTW ... try as I might to conjure up synonyms to replace words that pop out of my mind as often as 'subconscious, self awareness, self discovery ' and so forth, those attempts have not yet met with success. So please bear with me until this lengthy train of thought, which has been pouring out of the depths my mind for weeks, pulls into the station, where, hopefully, insight into yet another layer of self-defeating 'baggage' will expose itself so naturally that my conscious mind will identify, clarify and unload another misperception concerning a negatively focused view that I'd unknowingly adopted about myself during those highly vulnerable years of my youth …
You see, I'm not repetitive because I believe your mindset is in need of change but rather because repetition helps me to clarify self defeating trains of thought, which need to switch tracks deep within my mind. On the other hand, if these exercises, which iron wrinkles out of my misperceptions of reality, serve to straighten out aspects of life and love that have stymied you, too, then let's pause for a moment to thank my niece and cousin for inspiring me to write this blog :)
PS ... Have I mentioned that my niece (on my side of the family) and cousin (on my husband's side) have never met? Have I clarified that each expressed different reasons for imploring me to express my thoughts in post after post?
My niece implored me to write for this reason: I teach family communications, and while raising three children of her own, she hopes to absorb information that I've shared with thousands of parents over the past thirty-six years. If you ask why she hasn't enrolled in my class, I'd reply: The mere thought of commuting 1700 miles across the country to attend my class would prove taxing, indeed :)
As to my cousin … well, she writes a blog about creative quilting techniques and much more. And guess what happened because of that? A publisher, who'd enjoyed following my cousin's blog, asked her to write a book, which is now in its second or third printing. As my cousin knows that every article I've written, regarding family communications, has been published by parenting magazines and since she's aware of my penning a memoir, concerning my passion for creating a nurturing environment in which several generations thrive, my cousin never gave up knocking at the wall in my head until I had the good sense to open the optimistic side of my mind and welcome the possiblity of opportunity finding me as naturally as the unexpected had beckoned to her. Though it's true that no publisher has come calling as of yet, stats suggest that my posts are being read in more than 76 countries. And here's why that fact offers this communication's instructer a deep sense of personal and professional satisfaction: My heartfelt purpose for writing my memoir had been centered upon sharing insight into creative trains of thought, which enhance peace of mind, with countless 'friends' throughout the world. And the fact that I've been achieving that goal via posting strings of insight into self awareness on the internet nourishes the soul of this optimist whose passion for expanding a sense of loving connectedness, world wide, knows no bounds :)
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