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IveyGirl
Quit Date: August 30, 2006
Posts: 84 Location: Florida
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Posted: September 21, 2006 10:09 AM Post subject: "Just & Only" |
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Today's thought is:
I never realized how often I used the words "just" and "only."
--Mary Pat K.
Symptoms of self doubt is minimizing our achievements, feelings, needs, or opinions. Behind that is our feeling that we aren't and can't do anything special. So it figures we would find a way to discount whatever we do.
Two words we use frequently are "just" and "only." We say things like, "Our house has only two bedrooms" or "I only got a red ribbon at the state fair, and my tomatoes didn't place" or "I'll just eat these leftovers for dinner, and you can have the steak." These are ways of saying, "I don't count."
But, of course, we do count. How freeing it is to grow to the place where we say, "I've only entered the state fair once and I won a ribbon. I'm proud of myself." Or, "No, I don't want the leftovers either. Let's share the steak."
We give strength to minimizing attitudes when we use minimizing words. We deserve better.
Today, I will not minimize my achievements or needs. I will give someone an honest opinion about an issue that matters to me. _________________
We are better than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.
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alleghany
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Posted: September 21, 2006 10:24 AM Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting this! _________________
Face your fears.
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shevie
Quit Date: May 23, 2005
Posts: 413 Location: Grants Pass, OR, USA
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Posted: September 21, 2006 11:19 AM Post subject: |
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And another great post.
Shevie _________________
If you study something in the right light, how can there be any darkness? Dave Gardner
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Barbara K.
Quit Date: December 23, 2004
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Posted: September 24, 2006 3:12 AM Post subject: |
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Thank Ivy,
So inspirational indeed. _________________
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn arouind and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Blessings,
Barbara K. |
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Rusty
Quit Date: December 13, 2004
Posts: 497 Location: North Florida
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Posted: September 24, 2006 9:23 AM Post subject: |
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Thanks, Ivey!
Rusty _________________
The Buddha says: Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. |
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