The Home of Steven Barnes
Author, Teacher, Screenwriter


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Healing Wounded Emotions #5: Allies and Resources

First, a recap of the first four steps:

1) Acknowledging that there is healing to be done.

2) Dealing with the fear and pain of that acknowledgement

3) Accepting responsibility for change

4) Creating a daily ritual of action

One important thing to do in accomplishing any goal is to grasp that, if you aren’t doing something, you may not currently have the resources to do it. We resist this, believing that we can accomplish anything if we just try harder. Or conversely, we fear that if we admit that we aren’t currently accomplishing something, it means that it is beyond our ability completely. There is a middle path—which is simply to take the position that we have the innate capacity to do something, but must gather new skills or allies to fulfill our potential.

Take a hard look at the skills and resources you currently possess. Then, by modeling the behaviors and lives of people who have accomplished what you are trying to do, determine what is necessary to reach your dreams. Subtract what you currently have from what you require, and what remains are the skills, attitudes, resources and allies you must gain in order to hit the mark.

In terms of healing your emotions, this might include (but is not limited to:

1) Support groups

2) Meditation techniques

3) Journaling or dream-journaling

4) Therapy

5) Joyful activities

6) New attitudes

7) New beliefs and means of implanting them (hypnosis, NLP, etc.)

8) Spiritual community.

9) New friends and associates

10) New mentors and teachers

It can be especially painful to admit that current associates and relationships can be negative or damaging. We sometimes feel that if we walk away from what we have, or demand respect and support from our intimates, that we will be alone. But if we are not willing to stand up for ourselves…no one else will.

Remember Step #3? Accepting responsibility for our healing? Well, I’m deadly serious about that. You have to DEMAND support and respect, or have the self-love necessary to go and find the resources you need.

If you don’t have resources outside yourself, then you have to find them within. Journaling and Heartbeat Meditation require no outside help, and can, over time, accomplish miracles. Start with deep, unquestioning love for self…and if you can’t manage that, start with the COMMITMENT to develop a deep and unquestioning love for yourself. It is critical to your survival as a spirit, and as a human being.

Settle for nothing less.

##

If you have no healthy community, and lack resources, PLEASE feel free to join the free 101 DISCUSSION BOARD:

http://route101.proboards.com/index.cgi

Steven Barnes

###

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

With so many ads regarding different programs plus plans almost everywhere, it may get difficult to comprehend just what it is usually that's effectively for you. But learning the best plan for implies that you must understand exactly what insurance coverage is. What is it that you should know about life insurance coverage? Life insurance coverage will be, really merely, an awareness between you and the life span insurance company: you agree to pay a certain amount to the firm every month and the organization agrees to pay the particular final amount for your family or nominee after your own loss of life. At the end of the day, you get the comfort that your family is going to be at least financially safe need to something occur to a person. Different businesses offer you different life insurance plans. Some plans might be phrase programs '" that is for any fixed number of years; while others might be existence programs '" that is, till the day time a person perish. Each strategy demands you to definitely pay a premium for your plan that you purchase. You have the choice of paying out the particular premium with a yearly basis too '" which could help you save the problem associated with regular monthly reminders. chwilówka online Subrogation operates primarily upon engine insurance coverage. For the accident occurred concerning two or more automobiles, there has to be tortfeasor(s) who will be accountable for crash. On this base, the particular insurer covering the policyholder who was not at fault may recover their outlay from your underwriter from the policyholder who may be accountable for the incidence.