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"Trishamolson" |
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03 Feb 2004 03:55:02 PM |
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Still Sad, But |
I somehow finished the article for the book tonight so that is good. Going to
go talk with Maria. Quit working now and perhaps try to just relax reading. I
am really starting to think that ideas about self-love etc. are hogwash, what
one needs -- at bottom -- is strength of will. That alone gets you on to the
next moment, hour, and day.
Rosena
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| User: "Nina" |
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| Title: Re: Still Sad, But |
03 Feb 2004 04:16:32 PM |
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On 03 Feb 2004 21:55:02 GMT, (Trishamolson)
wrote:
I somehow finished the article for the book tonight so that is good. Going to
go talk with Maria. Quit working now and perhaps try to just relax reading. I
am really starting to think that ideas about self-love etc. are hogwash, what
one needs -- at bottom -- is strength of will. That alone gets you on to the
next moment, hour, and day.
I'll reply to this rather than the other one. I agree and disagree.
I do think that, ultimately, you need strength of will. And sometimes
that means just picking up and doing whatever you need to be done,
just because it needs to be done. That's what got me through the
absolute worst periods, having to do things. Because there was no one
else to do it, and I could not let my child down, and I have that
sense of responsibility drilled into my head.
But healing is something different. For healing, you do need self
love. And life has to be about something more than just getting up
and going through your list of tasks for the day. And I've had to
take a very different approach to get to this kind of wellness. I've
had to slow down and try to live in the moment, rather than worrying
about the past and the future. I've had to work on learning to train
my mind to think about things differently. This is a long and very
difficult path, and the trouble is that it's very difficult to explain
to anyone else, because it sounds like gibberish. But I am deeply
convinced that one road to long-term healing goes this way, and it
involves meditation and a lot of long, hard work on loving and
trusting and healing.
Nina
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| User: "Trishamolson" |
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| Title: Re: Still Sad, But |
04 Feb 2004 08:51:13 AM |
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I'll reply to this rather than the other one. I agree and disagree.
I do think that, ultimately, you need strength of will. And sometimes
that means just picking up and doing whatever you need to be done,
just because it needs to be done.
Strongly agree.
That's what got me through the
absolute worst periods, having to do things. Because there was no one
else to do it, and I could not let my child down,
Same here.
and I have that>sense of responsibility drilled into my head.
Same here.
But healing is something different. For healing, you do need self>love. And
life has to be about something more than just getting up>and going through your
list of tasks for the day. And I've had to
take a very different approach to get to this kind of wellness. I've
had to slow down and try to live in the moment, rather than worrying
about the past and the future.
Yes -- I find this very difficult to do.
I've had to work on learning to train
my mind to think about things differently. This is a long and very>difficult
path, and the trouble is that it's very difficult to explain >to anyone else,
because it sounds like gibberish. But I am deeply
convinced that one road to long-term healing goes this way, and it
involves meditation and a lot of long, hard work on loving and>trusting and
healing.
Thanks Nina. My reason sees the sense of this and the need for healing and
self-affection if not love :). I am getting tierd, I guess, of the long
process involved.
Best
Rosena
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