What do you want?
Remember when you were in high school, or just graduated, maybe starting college and the world was full of possibilities? There was excitement and anticipation in the adventure of the unknown. You felt like you could do and be anything you wanted. Time was your friend.
Then life happened, plans didn’t quite work out the way we thought they would. We took a few hard knocks. Deep disappointments colored our world.
And we had responsibilities, we adulted and we got weighed down. We got practical and realistic and became dutiful and serious. And stuck. Dreams became harder to come by.
The times we started and stopped accused and defeated us. Whatever rung of whatever ladder we were climbing became our stopping place.
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This blog post explores the concept of our innate purpose and calling, emphasizing that our unique DNA and diverse life experiences make each of us distinctly suited for particular paths in life.
We can all use reminders and instructions on how to be a friend. In fact how to be in relationships period. Where did we learn about relationship? Where and from whom did you learn?
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Sadly a lot of our learning has been trial and error. When we learn by what didn't work it’s a really expensive way to learn. We hurt others, we get hurt and we lose valuable relationships.
We also tend to become more protective of ourselves when we have been hurt by others. It becomes harder to let people in, to risk closeness. And that not only hurts us but it deprives others of the value we can add to their lives.
Resilience means the ability to recover from set backs and adapt to change. Our perspective is a key factor to being resilient.
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When keep a commitment we made to ourselves we are teaching our brain that we can trust ourselves to follow through. We think of ourselves as a trustworthy person, we respect ourselves, we feel good. It builds our confidence in who we are as a person. As we continue to do this in different ways that positive sense of self grows.
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