Archive for November, 2008
Letting Go Of Others; Give The Same Space You Would Want
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
photo credit: HAMED MASOUMI
Think about all of the people who have come and gone from your life. (It’s a lot, isn’t it?) Have you ever tried to stop an important person in your life from going? Maybe your best friend at work has accepted a new job and you are worried that you will be lonely. Or, your long-distance boyfriend or girlfriend has decided that the distance has become too much and they want to end the relationship even though their feelings for you haven’t changed.
Discover Opportunities You Never Imagined; Embrace Uncertainty
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
photo credit: Untitled blue
Do you know what’s going to happen to you tomorrow? The answer to this question is inevitably “No.” Even if you have the best plans and schedules, you can’t predict for sure what’s going to happen.
So how do you deal with uncertainty? By accepting it.
Uncertainty is Stressful (But it doesn’t have to be)
Letting uncertainty happen is stressful. It scares us when we don’t know what’s going to happen because we imagine all kinds of bad and undesirable things that might occur. We feel that we can’t leave too much up to chance. But when we try to eliminate all uncertainty, not only do we block out the bad stuff that could happen we also block out the good things that could happen - things that we never guessed might occur.