Borderliner
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mushroombrew, thanks man have been doing just that for some months now so think it's true our thoughts determine our feelings
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mushroombrew, thanks man have been doing just that for some months now so think it's true our thoughts determine our feelings
Transcendence66
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True statement ^
Hang tuff and foucus on the short term. Be consistent & thorough. PeAcE!
Hang tuff and foucus on the short term. Be consistent & thorough. PeAcE!
We're monkeys who learned to stand upright and dress ourselves. Cut yourself some slack.
Borderliner
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Transcendence66 thanks brother
Borderliner
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Crusader Rabbit I laughed reading this at the obvious truth
starting with the easiest of issues and solving them will certainly put someone in the right direction, instill feelings of accomplishment, maybe putting dismay or failure in their rearview mirror.
Borderliner
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Stoner4Life, thanks brother it's a process it helps to count my blessings and pay attention to those solved or progress toward the right direction
Borderliner
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Seen MD today and got some pretty good news instead of what was expecting. Thank God! I'm way too anxious and have been doing some extra exercise daily, lots of prayer, and counting my blessings daily even several times a day as think it's true our thoughts determine our feelings. Overall feeling better since starting this post.
M
moose eater
Good to read that.
Life can be like ocean waves in the wind; crests and troughs, climbing out of one to tumble to the top and over the next.
The less drop between crest and trough, the more stable and mellow things are becoming.
Life can be like ocean waves in the wind; crests and troughs, climbing out of one to tumble to the top and over the next.
The less drop between crest and trough, the more stable and mellow things are becoming.
Borderliner
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moose eater thanks for the kind words making the crests smaller by not getting wound up thinking the worse helps
M
moose eater
I try to assume the best, while preparing for the worst, & being an outward realist or pessimist, but an inner heavy optimist. Tough balancing act, but covers the bases. ;^>)
Take care!
Take care!
Borderliner
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moose eater I do the same when the worst ideas pop into my head I work to balance it out and often they get regulated to a not likely or maybe possible and quite often they are put in God's hands.
M
moose eater
In my case, being an outward pessimist or realist is a way of attempting to guard myself from the disappointment if things don't go well, while maintaining a quiet or more private inner-extreme-optimism, hoping like a young child that all will be OK.
I have these conversations with my wife and older son fairly often; they contend all will always work out. I point to the millions of people who believed that until the road they were on abruptly changed.
For me, the outward pessimist or realist allows me to consider, then methodically work through contingency plans based in 'what if this,' or 'what if that,' but meanwhile I'm clinging to the hope that all goes well.
Such self-imposed stress can also take a lot of energy from life.
I saw a plywood hand-painted (??) sign in Skagway, Alaska a couple years back, when I was escorting a family member down that way for school in S.E. Alaska. It made reference to worrying solving nothing.
To some degree I saw the point of the sign and its merit. On the other hand, its message might stand to negate the benefit of planning for contingency.
In the end, we sometimes have far less control over life's variables than we'd like.
Ride the waves and wait for them to calm down. And don't do things that make them bigger than they are already, if it can be helped.
I have these conversations with my wife and older son fairly often; they contend all will always work out. I point to the millions of people who believed that until the road they were on abruptly changed.
For me, the outward pessimist or realist allows me to consider, then methodically work through contingency plans based in 'what if this,' or 'what if that,' but meanwhile I'm clinging to the hope that all goes well.
Such self-imposed stress can also take a lot of energy from life.
I saw a plywood hand-painted (??) sign in Skagway, Alaska a couple years back, when I was escorting a family member down that way for school in S.E. Alaska. It made reference to worrying solving nothing.
To some degree I saw the point of the sign and its merit. On the other hand, its message might stand to negate the benefit of planning for contingency.
In the end, we sometimes have far less control over life's variables than we'd like.
Ride the waves and wait for them to calm down. And don't do things that make them bigger than they are already, if it can be helped.
Borderliner
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moose eater, when I left ak, lived there 5 yrs, went to Skagway to catch a cruise fairy going Ca. Beautiful country up there. The ride down through the inner waterways was too short a trip. We stopped at every village that had a dock and even at midnight when the fairy docked the village would come to life.
I need to give the control over to the One who really is in control.
Borderliner
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igrowone, thanks for your kind words
