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What you see in "Quotations" is quotes from the book I'm reading. "The Tibetan Art of Positive Thinking," Christopher Hansard.
"People create pain in their lives when they lose track or cannot find the meaning in their daily activities." Some people SELF SABOTAGE themselves by thinking negatively. You CAN do that ya know. (I have a relative that does that, and then cannot understand why things turn out like they do. Well duh! It's because they think negatively, and when you think negatively, negative things happen. You're SELF SABOTAGING yourself, and your surroundings. Until you start thinking on a positive note, things WILL be negative. and NO it won't happen overnight. And don't tell me that 'thinking negatively' is who you are, that's JUST AN EXCUSE! and I for one are NOT buying what you're trying to sell me. I'm TOO smart for that.) Think negatively and it WILL happen.
"Absense of meaning can be like a void and creates a sense that all we do is futile." All our so-called efforts are null and void.
"Many people try to find meaning in their lives through the eyes of others. They look for approval, reactions and information that will tell them who they are. But this can only result in a distorted picture and can never bring a genuine sense of inner meaning."
I used to be like that, I admit it. Alwlays lookin' for approvial, and reactions. But tryin' to do that from the people that make you feel less inadaquate in the first place is a NO go! You're never gonna get it from them, 'cause they are incapable of giving you what you want.Chances are, they are looking for approval, and reactions and information from you. It's never gonna happen, kind of like a battle of wills, without the parties realizing it.
I used to look for approval, information and reactions from friends too, they were more likely to give me what I needed. The moral support I needed as a HUMAN BEING! Why did I look for those things from friends and people I did not know? 'Cause some people stripped me of knowing how to be as a HUMAN BEING!
Someone once told me that, "a person can only hurt you if you let them." That is NOT true. "We can't control everything that happens around us, but we can control our reaction to it," Barbara Niven, Actress, Speaker and Dream Coach.
She's right! We need to "Find the magic inside us and make it grow!" (Barbara) We need to find the MAGIC inside US and make it grow!! (As my cousin Pat once said, "Do it yourself, it's the only way it'll get done." She's right also, and it doesn't matter what "IT" is, it could be any number of things.
Wisdom is power and power is wisdom!
I like my cousin, she's a beautiful person. Inside and out! And obviously VERY insiteful! I also like Barbara, not only is she a wonderful actress and so fourth, she's VERY upbeat and positive. She once told me that even she has bad days, but who doesn't. But Barbara says that she uses "triggers" that bounce her back up to that positive person I always see and hear about. Barb told me this when I mentioned the book I was reading to her and she thought that was wonderful, that I was trying to work on myself, and make me a better person. Of couse, if I hadn't been stripped of knowing how to be a HUMAN BEING in the first place I'd be near perfect by now. (Kidding!!) But I'd be well on my way.
Sometimes we have to start the whole process over. We may not want to, and some DO give up. That's a cryin' shame! We should never give up! We may have problems most of the time, but if we give up or 'try a quick fix' or 'shove it under a carpet,' what's gonna happen? It's just gonna build up, pile up, whatever you want to say, and one day it's gonna spout problems like Mt. St. Helens all over everything! Is it gonna spout Emeralds? No it's not gonna spout Emeralds. Moulten lava, bloodshed, whatever. In other words "A HOT MESS!"
But we should NEVER GIVE UP! We have a LOT to give others! A lot of POSITIVE things to give others! 