Do you wonder what qualities are inside of you, what is really just under the surface? When pressure is applied what comes out? If you are an orange and you are squeezed you will drip with orange juice… If you are a lime, no matter how much you try to convince others that you are … Continue reading
There is a Hole in My Sidewalk
This is the poem that was shared and discussed on the show Letting Go and Accountability in Relationships Copyright 1993, Portia Nelson from the book, There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk, Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro, Oregon. Autobiography in Five Short Chapters. I: I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. … Continue reading
Letting Go of Rules and Control in Relationships
The rules you put on others are not about them. Those rules are all about you trying to feel secure, safe and not scared. If you are setting rules you are trying to stop your feeling of fear. Rules are an attempt to try to control someone into providing you with what you think you … Continue reading
What Will You Choose To Nurture In Your Relationships?
When it comes to relationships we are at choice about what we nurture. We get to be at choice about if we are choosing to nurture our relationship through actions that say I love you and I encourage you to live, I encourage you to thrive and I choose to be here with you or … Continue reading
Choices versus Obligation in Relationship
Choices versus Obligation in Relationship
“The more rules we put on our relationship, the more ties that limit the possibility of the relationship. If you can shift your perspective of the expectations you are placing on your relationship then you can make lasting changes in your relationship.”
“If we can release our partner from the bondage of our expectations their arms are free to hold us, by choice”
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“Why?” Would Not Even Help
Sometimes I am left with out words. I don’t know what I would say to someone. I don’t know what questions I would ask if I were given the chance. I have no words for the feelings in my heart and yet one word keeps repeating in my head, “Why?” But I do not ask. … Continue reading
Trusting Our Unique Anchors
Recently in my studies the final lines of the 37th verse of the Tao struck me and inspired me to write for a bit. I share with you some of what came to my awareness. “When there is silence, one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.” 37th Verse of the Tao As I … Continue reading
What will you choose when FEAR shows up?
There is a strange phenomenon that happens in the world of self exploration. When someone decides to choose into a class or program that will walk them through the process of learning about the part of themselves that they may have avoided in the past FEAR arises. This FEAR can propel the person forward into … Continue reading
“I will be alone.”
As I travel through this life I come across many people who are more than willing to share about what they are experiencing in their lives. Those who are experiencing success are as willing to bend the ear of a stranger just as much as those who are having the experience of sorrow or pain. … Continue reading
Happy New Moment
The New Year Moment comes just as every other moment comes, with the passing of the last moment. Today your Present Moment Challenge is to notice how many moments catch your attention today. No matter what time the clock says it is, it is the Moment YOU checked in with your life. Happy New Moment!
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