The first half of today’s post has been copied from Az. Republic Newspaper 10/9/2017
OUR HIDDEN SELVES by Molly Spregren
“Whether you're looking to release pent-up emotions, motivate yourself or simply clear your mind, keeping a journal can be great for your mental health. ‘We discover things about ourselves that are hidden,’ says Jamie Ridler, a creative living coach ... she says ‘journaling is great practice for showing us something beyond what we think we know ...’ “
“ ‘Images allow us to tap into different parts of us,’ says Amy Marcile, an artist, art therapist and founder of the online journaling blog Mindful Art Studio. ‘With language, we're really good at censoring, controlling and presenting what we think and feel ... through visual means we don't have the same kind of censorship and filters ... Art journaling doesn't require advanced skills. Even painting messily all over a page can be cleansing’ Marcile says. ... ‘It helps me to open up ...’ “
“Social psychologist Dr. James Pennebaker was a pioneer in using expressive writing to help people deal with problems. He explains: ‘You ... write ... ideally about some topic that is gnawing at you, that is getting in the way of your life. Writing, he says, requires us to stop pushing the issue aside. It acknowledges how we feel and places some kind of organization and structure to it.’ Pennebaker emphasizes that expressive writing isn't for everyone all the time and may not be beneficial immediately after an upheaval."
Annie: See what I mean when quoting: There's nothing new under the sun—suggesting that every generation seeks insights, which, being classic, inspire your conscious awareness and mine to maintain the good health of our spirits’ peace of mind.
Maintaining peace of mind requires growing ever more attentive to those moments when your power of intuition is flashing a deeper truth (not to be confused with an anxious unresolved, childhood fear) through your conscious mind regarding your inner need to identify a subconscious, negatively focused attitude to which you’ve been blind). Each insight-driven, deeper truth is meant to clue you in to know thy true self better, today, than was true yesterday. (If you just felt the swoosh of a spirit winging by as did I, that would have been Socrates, swooping down from on high to offer today’s train of intuitive thought a soulful high five ... Hey! ... maybe that’s what is meant by ‘having friends in high places’!
Seriously: Those of us raised by parents, whose unrealistic expectations had demanded no less than perfection, tend to be as hard on others as we are on ourselves, and when we're being too hard on others but don't realize that’s true, it's natural for our unrealistic expectations (absorbed from our parents) to catalyze defensive reactions from those who, feeling judged, back away from a person whose love feels as prickly as a porcupine’s quills ...
Did you ever stop to ponder upon the fact that
There are as many ways to love each other as there are
Twinkling stars brightening the night sky while
The warmth of the sun is playing hide and seek?
In the interest of conserving time
I’ll touch on just a few, by and by
PS
I continue to delight in the number of
Italians who are seeking out my blog
Grazie Mille!
No comments:
Post a Comment