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“In the longrun we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.”— Sheldon Kopp
Ericksonian Principles
Conquering The Self
Post Written By Eugene Morgan
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”— Sir Edmund Hillary
This is a very powerful message for us to understand. It is not easy for us to stay focus on a goal. Distractions are inevitable when it comes to staying on track with our goals. There are some days that we don’t want do the work. However, there are days that we do enjoy doing the work. There are days we have to push ourselves to do the work when we don’t feel like it. We got to be consistent and maintain the work we do so we can reach our goals and that’s not always easy to do. Discipline is the key. If we want something bad enough, then we will plow through the delays, the rejections, the criticisms, and disappointments and all other obstacles. And when we’re on the others side of victory, we can be pride of ourselves that we reached our goals on our own terms.
Self-Acceptance
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“What you think of yourself is much more important than what people think of you.”— Seneca
Live In Harmony
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“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.— Marcus Aurelius
When we find ourselves in conflict with ourselves, then there is conflict with others and the world. It is all right to retreat and close our eyes to look inward to see what’s going on within us. No one is saying that there aren’t any conflict in the world. That would be a false statement. But it is true that we can easily project our conflict externally so we don’t have to deal with ourselves. If someone asks a question that requires us reflection on our part, but answers the question, “I don’t know,” then we’re avoiding our thoughts and our feelings. When we say, “I don’t know.” a lot then, maybe we’re avoiding some unpleasant events or an unpleasant memory in our lives that are too painful to cope. That’s when its time to look inward to find out what thought goes to what feeling. Sometimes we just need to stop looking in the past that’s causing the unpleasant feelings. But it is important to feel the feelings that the images are causing and to move on thus making the images smaller and turning images from color to black and white.
A Community of People
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“How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way.”— Unknown
Freedom is The Will
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“Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.”— Friedrich Nietzsche
Experience Enlightens the Mind
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The best way to get an understanding about life or about anything, we must go through some sort of experience. Book learning is good but we can only go so far with it. We both need information from a book and information from our experiences. Experiences help us to widen our scope on things. We begin to see things in a different light or angle that we haven’t seen before. When our perspective starts to change, we see that we have more options, thus more opportunities. It is hard to see opportunities when our view is narrow. It is hard to understand how someone continuously succeeds in life. This is because the person’s success was based on a certain mind set. It was a mind-set that creates an atmosphere of success. It is a bit of a combination of a mind-set, some information, determination and executing a plan.
From Doubt To Courage
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We all have experiences with doubt, but we also have experiences with courage. Doubt can plague our abilities to do what we desire and want. Having courage is our understanding that in spite of doubts we will do things anyway to fulfill a desire or a want. Doubts are in our head and courage is in our hearts. The more we do what we set out to do, the more our doubts will usually decrease. Doubts are occupying thoughts that use a lot of our brainpower. The power we need to fulfill our needs and wants. We can’t turn off the doubting thoughts but we don’t have to pay attention to them. Instead we can place our attention on the goals with courage.
Find Ways
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“When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find ways to do it.”— Dr. David Schwartz
It Is Time To Laugh
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It is time to laugh. It is time to laugh at ourselves. It is time to laugh with ourselves and with others. We forget to laugh, when we take life so seriously. Laughter is a release of an emotion. We feel so much better after a good laugh. We should practice one good laugh daily. Laughter supports health. It also takes practice to find humor in everyday things and/or situations. Laughing with another helps us to connect with one another better. It is better to laugh out loud than to hold back a laugh. Laughter is a peculiar thing we do. Laughing is spontaneous behavior. Laughing seems like the one emotion that keeps all other emotions in balance. Laughing is a process of breaking up biases. While laughing helps us to break up our biases, we can begin to see things differently.
When It Is Time
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When it is time to rest, then let us rest. When it is time to work, then let us work. When it is time to eat, then let us enjoy eating with family. When it is time to meet up with others, then let us meet up. Everything has a place and time as long as we are there doing them. When it is time to rise, then let us rise. We are all interconnected with the universe. Although we are part of a bigger picture, we each do our parts as contributors to the society we live in. No one is insignificant because every one of us is unique. There will never be another one like us. So let us roam freely being ourselves because it is the natural thing to do. Why should we resist what’s natural. As humans we live to a higher order of things and we are stewards of this world. We’re only temporary until the next generations come along to be the new leaders of their time.
Meaning We Live By
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“Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.”— Peter Elbow
Troubles & Blessings
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“The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.”— William Penn
Plan an Outcome
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We all heard the saying it is better do than to think. This is generally true, however, if we don’t have a plan or direction, then just doing is not going to work either. In other words, if we don’t have a plan or direction on what we want to accomplish, then we’re wasting our time. This is a self-fulfilled prophecy. This is the underline reason why we would rather sit idle thinking about it than to actually do something because our fears of wasting valuable time. However, sitting idle for years is ultimately a time waster. At least if we do something without a plan or direction, then we would know quickly that this isn’t working, and lets try something else instead of giving up on what we so wish. When we plan steps to get to certain outcome, we are creating our own path.
The Future Remains
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“Just remember, when you think all is lost, the future remains.”— Dr. Robert H. Goddard
There is hope in our future, when we have lost everything today.Our tomorrows are our opportunities to make up for the lost. It is only a sad ending when we lose our hope in our future. Everything we have learned up to now is what is going to help us regain our confidence and our dignity of self-worth. We must look on into our future by what we must do today and stop looking at what we have lost but see that we haven’t really lost anything but our pride. And our pride will return eventually with the faith in ourselves we once had. There are others who still believe in us so we should also believe in us as well. Our new-found belief is counting on us to make it through the world.
Struggle Leads To Strength
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“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” — Robert Tew
We all have experienced going through a struggle. When we are in the mist of a struggle we see no end in sight. We see no end in sight because our attention is on the struggle. Sometimes we got to go through a struggle before we can get to the next level of growth. Struggles are designed to help us discover how we deal with life and people. When we experience feelings of hopelessness and helplessness in a mist of a struggle, we can remind ourselves that we have gone through difficulties before and that the feelings of hopelessness and helplessness is just feelings. And feelings come and they go. We just have to allow ourselves to take a few steps back to see that the struggle is not permanent but only temporary. So we don’t have to give up.
A True Measure
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“A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.”— Cullen Hightower
If we were hanging around successful people, if we like it or not, will be influenced directly or indirectly by them. Success begets success. It is nice to see that we can have a positive influence on another sometimes without us knowing. It is a complement when someone else has gained success because of our example we set for ourselves. Don’t we want everyone who took the time to put in the effort to succeed? When we see success in another person, it gives us hope that we can succeed in anything we wish to do in our lives. And as the successful person sees that his or her success has benefited others, then he and/or she feels a true measure of worth in themselves and in others.
Be What You Are
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“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.”— Julius Charles Hare
It is okay to admire someone. Admiration is really about seeing the same qualities in us of someone else. It’s only a concern when we feel a need to be more like the person we admire for us to feel good about ourselves. We then run the risk of comparing ourselves to others. However, there is no need to compare ourselves with another when each and every one of us is unique. We each bring a unique perspective to the world. Therefore, it is all right to be what we are because it requires less energy than if we were to be someone else we are not. Since it take less energy to be ourselves, and then we can use all our energy to being the best of what we are and experience the freedom of expressing that to the world.
We Do or Fail To Do
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“Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.”— Dhammapada
When we give our attention to what others do or fail to do, we neglect to focus our attention on what we do or fail to do. There are some things we do that will not be enough or we do the wrong things expecting results. And of course there are things we fail to do because we just don’t want to do them. There are things we must do if we want to succeed. It is easy to think of things to do, than to do them. Thinking about doing something is just a delay. Effort takes time, energy and most of all patience when we are in the learning-how stages. Some learnings are dry but necessary and some are stimulating.
Discover New Oceans
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”— Andre Gide
For us to move forward, we must let go of old ideas. It does take courage to risk stepping into new territory. It is natural to respond with some trepidation when we’re unfamiliar with something. Fear is useful for self-preservation whether that’s physical and/or psychological. It’s only natural to scan for danger on an unfamiliar territory before proceeding. So there must be an education and then preparation if we want to discover new oceans. Learning is the key to loosening up our biases. Learning helps us to know what we need to prepare for in our journey. If we are unprepared, then indeed our fears will become real. Let us instead take on our day with the courage to look beyond our scope to make discoveries. It’s never too late to learn the new.