Seeing Beyond Judgments ~ Post by Jake

Seeing Beyond Judgments ~ Post by Jake.

Take A Moment To Discover What You Want ~ Post by Jake

The Messenger's Story

“We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.” ~ Bill Watterson

As the day closes and I return from an evening run I think about a conversation I had with my wife, Laura a couple days ago.  There are moments in our life we plan for, family, graduations, weddings, grandchildren.  Yet, few of us plan for our own end or the end of our spouse under the age of 50.  As we were in the kitchen unpacking groceries I noticed a bridal magazine she had picked up at the store.  I was completely confused about what my wife was doing with a bridal magazine when our daughter was only in her first year of college and as far as I knew hadn’t liked one boy long enough to even be worthy…

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Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Relationship: It’s All About Love and Understanding

Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life

In the second part of Man’s Search for Meaning, psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl lists three different ways we can find meaning in life:

1. By creating a work or doing a deed
2. By experiencing something or encountering someone
3. By the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering

Part 1 of this article, “Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Work,” explored Frankl’s first path to meaning by offering some supporting elements of the path of spiritual rebirth or “regeneration” described by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) two centuries earlier.

In Part 2, we’ll look at finding meaning by experiencing something or encountering someone. This, too, is harmonious with key parts of Swedenborg’s perspective on our path of spiritual rebirth. It’s all about love and understanding.

Meaning through relationship

Frankl speaks of “experiencing something or encountering someone.” Another way of saying this is having a relationship with something or someone.

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Motivational quote for November 21st 2013

Building for Success

“I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn’t going to win any more games by being anything else.” Earl Weaver

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The Power of I-Am video

Stop Anxiety and Stress

It is easy to get anxious, and let anxiety take over. We are more used to this than the alternative. We weren’t taught how to deal with stress unless we were extremely fortunate to have wise teachers in our early lives. However, we don’t have to let it take over. We can channel it, and by being aware of these feelings, and suppressing them – we are far better off.

For myself, I find it easy to let anxiety kick in because I know what I want to do, and I know what I need to make it happen – but things don’t always work out the way that we hoped they would. I have had many changes recently (big ones) and many new challenges and responsibilities – but I am choosing to not let them stress me out, or bring me anxiety. I guess you’re supposed to share personal stories as a writer, so I will share some. I recently left my job of nearly 3 years, and I am now working towards building my own company. I am very good at what I do, and I know I can do very well at it (and work remotely – which has always been my dream) however, it’s a lot easier said than done; especially when you have to depend on other people (in my case, building out websites, and setting up technology that is required to function) I’m very proactive, and I’m very determined (I’ve always been this way) but when things don’t work out, I used to panic. All good things require work, and I am working hard to make things happen. I am constantly working to find new clients, bring on new campaigns, get contracts, find publishers, setting up contracts, setting up calls, documenting it all, organizing everything, responding as quickly as I can, constantly looking for new opportunities, working on potential partnerships, speaking to web developers and programmers, etc…and it’s not easy. But it’s what is required of me now, and it’s what I wanted, so I’m happy about it. I’m not afraid to work hard, just sometimes that work doesn’t translate into what our expectations were for our actions and efforts. We can’t obsess about the things we can’t control, all we can do is what we are capable of.

Attitude is a choice, and the more we choose to look at things in a positive light, the better we are. I can sit here and stress out (I don’t have a source of income at the moment, other than a consulting gig that only pays on commission, I have a lot of bills, I have many hobbies and things I love to do that require time and money, and I am approaching 30 and envisioned having a home and a family in the very near future) but I choose not to. Nothing good comes from stress or anxiety. Stress or Anxiety doesn’t pay bills, it doesn’t find work, it doesn’t create a job, it doesn’t do laundry, it doesn’t help you sleep, it doesn’t make you feel good, it doesn’t take you to the gym, it doesn’t put good food or thoughts into your body, and it doesn’t benefit or help you in any way.

The only things we can control are ourselves, and the things that we ourselves can do. That is what I’m focused on now, and I will find a way – as we all will.

Always remember all of the situations you have been in, where you thought they couldn’t get any worse. Where are you now? Do you still think about them or feel the stress or anxiety you felt at the time? All things pass, and in the end, they find a way to work themselves out.

Stay calm, continue to do the things you love, take care of yourself, be responsible for your own actions, focus on the plan, and things will work out. Stick with this mentality – and everything will be okay. You’re in control. Stay in control.

 

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Be Grateful

Your best weapon against depression, stress, anxiety and all things associated with these elements, is being grateful. Be grateful for the things you have. Repeat them to yourself when you wake up, and before you go to bed. Whenever you are feeling overwhelmed, remember these things. Don’t just say them, believe them.

I am grateful for:

• I am grateful for my friends
• I am grateful for my family
• I am grateful for my girlfriend, the love we share and the relationship we have. For all the smiles and laughs, the hugs and kisses. For all changes and improvements we’re making
• I am grateful for the roof over my head, the place that I live, the amenities it offers, the bed I sleep in, the computer I write from, my refrigerator and the food it stores for me.
• I am grateful for my dog, and the excitement she brings to go on walks and play ball
• I am grateful to have a car – no matter how much it costs me 😉
• I am grateful for the opportunities that lie before me
• I am grateful to be able to pursue my dreams
• I am grateful for the books I have, and all that they teach me
• I am grateful for my new passion and pursuit of meditation, and all that it has given me
• I am grateful for my level of awareness
• I am grateful for my abundance
• I am grateful for my love and appreciation of nature and the universe
• I am grateful for the love I have from so many people and animals
• I am grateful to be alive, in this world, in this galaxy, in this universe
• I am grateful for all the things that I have, and all that I love

Saying these things, (more importantly believing these things) makes me happy. My troubles disappear. My worries and stress lessened. My head clear and calm.

I truly believe this approach can work for anyone, and I hope that people give it a try. They say that once one person does something, that others around them instantly have the ability to do the same. Maybe it’s already happening…I hope so.

The Power of 2 Words – “I AM

The power of “I am” is immense. Believing in , and loving ourselves, is one of the greatest powers we can have – and as unfortunate as it may be that it took me nearly 28 years to believe it, I am so grateful to believe in and love myself now.

The world was always a chaotic and unstable place for me, mostly because of the way I felt about myself. Sound familiar? Luckily it doesn’t have to be this way. Once we change our thoughts (about ourselves, and the way we see the world) our lives begin to follow – our attitude improves, as does our relationships, our feelings, and our outlook on all aspects of life.

I have spent many hours reading, watching and listening to positive affirmations, and researching the “Power of I am” I have shared many of these videos and I hope they have helped people. Putting them out into the universe, and experiencing these things myself – I am confident they have, as we are ALL connected.

But what I want to do is add my own list of the things that I feel that I am, and in doing so, they are the things anyone reading this are as well.

• I am safe
• I am loved
• I am beautiful
• I am grateful
• I am secure
• I am protected
• I am caring
• I am strong
• I am wonderful
• I am powerful
• I am growing
• I am learning
• I am brave
• I am compassionate
• I am confident
• I am blessed
• I am fortunate
• I am abundance
• I am the universe
• I am nature
• I am one with everyone
• I am understanding
• I am source
• I am energy
• I am deserving
• I am blissful
• I am life
• I am divine
• I am god
• I am happy
• I am fun
• I am wise
• I am positive
• I am determined
• I am upbeat
• I am persistent
• I am motivated
• I am truth
• I am who I am

Make your own list of whatyou are, and add to it whenever you can. Repeat them over and over again, and begin to believe. Your life will forever we better for it. And remember, you deserve it.

 

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