On my other blog I wrote about envy. http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2019/07/envy.html The antidote of envy is gratitude. If something is offered and I grudgingly take it, I do not feel it is the gift it is meant to be. Seriously, without gratitude nothing feels like a gift. With gratitude, every day feels like a gift. With gratitude…
I quit sewing costumes for plays years ago because they get so crazy with fittings, alterations, sewing, and planning… sounds like reverse order but that is how crazy plays can get. I volunteered to help with a Christmas musical at church thinking it would have at the most a dozen parts. Oops. A cast of…
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” Buddhist Proverb quotes I remembered this quote and thought of all the times I needed a teacher….I looked for them. The hardest part was getting myself to the point of being ready to listen. I believe the teachers are there all the time but I don’t…
Abusers manipulate people through ‘gift giving’ with the expectation that their target should be grateful for getting a Trojan Horse. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trojan-horse A victim of such gifts are sometimes viewed as ungrateful from 3rd parties that do not understand the danger of such ‘gifts.’ When is a gift not a gift? First what a gift is…
“I have an attitude and I know how to use it.” Seems contradictory. One of the many things I learned in counseling is the Art of Gratitude. Like many life skills, gratitude is a skill that needs to be taught. Receiving a gift, a compliment, or some good deed may be difficult for someone with…
Recently had a conversation with my Dad and sister about things taking a long time. Manna again for 40 years. November is a month of Thanksgiving. It came after the harvest which when the tradition was started was truly a matter of life and death. Many times blessings come in the form of manna. The…
what you don’t know. This week I was reminded something taught to me by my first counselor. I was stumbling through several counseling sessions when I first started going, confused and resentful not understanding where he was trying to get me to go with my thinking. I couldn’t grasp what he was trying to say. …
Hopelessness is precursor to suicide. That moment in time when nothing good seems possible. You wake up again in pain and darkness knowing the same thing will happen tomorrow. When I first heard that gratitude was the antidote to hopelessness it was said in such away that I felt hurt. A glib off the cuff,…
I planned this post when I wrote yesterdays post. One of the comments stated so clearly how to begin the journey towards healthy self-love and self-respect. From Grace to Survive: “remember gentleness, compassion and warm, loving feelings towards oneself, that they begin within, that yes, I deserve it too, in fact, I deserve it first…
Cowboys-4-Christ ~ Something to Ponder About…… Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor or actress.…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 