Thursday, July 10, 2008

Thought For The Day - Struggle

When you get all tangled up, what do you do? First, stop wriggling around long enough to tune into your own responses. Take a moment to recognize how you are feeling and what comes up for you. What is the pattern? How does the current scenario match your childhood training? Are you responding to the current situation as if you were still IN that childhood training?

With this recognition, you are free. You may now try something different, without fear that your world will come tumbling down. What happened in the past, will not necessarily happen now. How you had to respond in the past, is not what will work now. Take a deep breath. Perhaps you can find a new model, by following the example of someone else who handles the same challenge in a very different way than you do - with better results. Muster up new courage, and step out of the struggle.

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