Joining this high tech world at my age makes me smile. And smiling is good. I do hope you will check out my tweets. Go to twitter.com. I just did and lots of people have responded to stuff I have said. AMAZING. I think I may have been born too late, however. But that opens the door to another small topic of interest to me. We are, as A Course in Miracles says, in the right place at the right time, always! That means, of course, that I was born at the right time too and I do think the planets have lined up in my favor. How else could I have had all[...]
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Circle of Family and Friends – You and Your Personal Community
8 Stop Focusing on Problems: Seek Solutions Instead. Others watch how we behave. Does it match what we say? Or are we making problems bigger than they are? Alcoholics Anonymous suggests that attraction to their program is more effective than promotion of it. The same holds true for behavior in relationships, doesn’t it? Telling others what they should do in regard to a problem will never be as effective as saying what has worked for us, or showing by our actions what is working now. We can’t change others. Ever. We can’t control opinions, behavio[...]
Interdependence is the hallmark of a healthy relationship. Getting enmeshed in someone else’s life generally happens when we are feeling in- secure, and uncertain of ourselves. We cling to the “object of our affection,” and then mistakenly think that if we are constantly “in sync,” if we are in agreement on every topic of discussion, opinion, value and goal; we are meant for each other. The converse is the truth, of course. This kind of dependence is never love. This kind of dependence is never a sign of healthy alliance. In fact, this kind of[...]