Growing up, I heard it a lot, “Failure is not an option.” Thinking about it now, I realize that didn’t feel like a very nurturing mantra. It felt abusive, like much of my childhood. During a recent meditation, the thought floated into my awareness with a whole new meaning.
I have a severe aversion to making lists. I struggle with this aversion, because there is research out there that shows we are much more likely to accomplish things we write down. If you doubt it, please Google it. The point is that I really would like to be able to maintain lists of things I’d like to …
I have consciously struggled with acceptance for most of my life. I struggled because I linked acceptance to approval. I raged against whatever was “unfair”, “untrue”, “unconscionable”, etc., no matter how firmly it was rooted in reality. My struggle, in fact, was not just with acceptance; I waged war with reality. The beginning of healing …
Have you ever had one of those moments when you just could not get to what you thought you were supposed to be doing? You know the times; you can’t get a project completed, the part never arrives, you’re late to an appointment, or you keep forgetting to call someone. Today I had one of …