Post Written By Eugene Morgan Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. — Kahlil Gibran We think if we could control an external event, then our anxiety will cease. We can’t anticipate what we think is going to happen to us in the future. The future is unknown. […]
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In Peace
] Post Written By Eugene Morgan You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Peace comes from within not from external events. We don’t need to be in control of external things for us to be peaceful. Sometimes we inadvertently control things and others with our fears. What will […]
Compasses Toward Growth
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. — Celestine Chua We can use fear to motivate us or allow our fear to control us. We can use fears as our compass to help us test the water before swimming. Fear can help us to determine whether or not if it […]
Let It Rain
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We have to let things happen. And things will somehow work itself out. Letting go implies accepting what we can’t control. A rainy day is temporary. We may want the sunshine over rainy days. […]
Always Begin Again
Post Written By Eugene Morgan No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. — Buddha Starting a new day is our opportunity to let go of our past. The past is something we can’t control. The past is but a memory. It is something we can no longer touch. Today we have the opportunity […]
Accept Life As Is
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life—and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.— Eckhart Tolle As we accept life as it is, we no longer have to be resistance toward it. When we have an urge to control the things we cannot control, the […]
What I Choose To Become
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”— Carl Jung We don’t have to be victims of what we can’t control. Instead, we can choose to be the victor of what we can control. It can be easy to fall into a trap of […]
Control Your Future
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Only you can control your future.”—Dr. Seuss We have a choice to be controlled by our future or we have a choice to control our own future. Sometimes we would rather not lead our own lives because we fear the unknown future. We don’t know how our decisions will affect our […]
Control
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Controlling external events won’t change the way we feel. It is an illusion. Because we feel out of control doesn’t mean we are. It’s those thoughts in our head that increases our anxiety that can make us feel out of control. So we have this need within us to control […]
Taking Control Of Our Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan For the most part, we can take control of our lives when it’s necessary. We don’t have to wait for something to happen to us for us to take control of our lives. But sometimes something has to happen to us until we consider taking charge. If we want to […]
An Antidote for Despair
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Action is the antidote to despair. ~ Joan Baez We have more control over ourselves than anything external. If it’s something external that is affecting us, then we can do something about it. First, we can change our attitude about the situation by looking for something positive. Second, if it […]
We Can Reach
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We ought not allow ourselves to overreact to situation that is out of our control. This is difficult to do if you don’t know how not to overreact with emotions. We have limits and we ought to recognize that we do have them and take a break from a difficult […]
Staying Cool in a Chaotic World
Written By Eugene Morgan How do we keep cool when everything around us is chaotic? We don’t have to react to an event, but it’s easy to react to an event. When our response to an unpleasant event is like a knee-jerk reaction, then probably the event is controlling us. We feel a need to […]
Self-discovery
Written by Eugene Morgan ”The person that has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It’s not somebody else.” Dr. Ben Carson This quote above falls in line with Milton Erickson’s philosophy in that we have the power within ourselves to improve our situation, if we choose to. We have it […]