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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 9:07pm |
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peter_james_bond wrote:Thank you RPeeps, you people are the greatest! There is a lot of wisdom in your replies. I'm starting to feel better already. I will spend more time with my kids, I will shake things up, I will get out of this rut, I will surround myself with optimism generators. But, I don't know about a press conference in my pajamas....or the Dodge... Works for me.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 7:12pm |
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I create it when I realize that it feels so much better than the alternative. It's easier to revisit optimism when I remember how much bigger my world becomes when I operate within it....more doors and opportunities and other optimistic people seem to appear when I am in that space
I create it by maintaining a heart full of gratitude for every damn little thing in my life....
It also helps to have goals that I'm working toward....
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 7:10pm |
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hippiechick wrote:Letting go of our stories and being present.
My stories are a large part of my presence... you can let go of your's if you wanna...
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Sep 23, 2010 - 7:07pm |
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hippiechick wrote:Letting go of our stories and being present.
"Its JUST a story!" ~ Adyashanti ~
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 7:03pm |
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Letting go of our stories and being present.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 23, 2010 - 7:00pm |
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oldviolin wrote:
Yep. I have to re learn that one quite often it seems...
Me too. Like, every time. I'm smart that way.
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:56pm |
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I go to the local 7-11 store, I buy a half a dozen Slim Jims, A large Dr. Pepper, and a copy of Sports Illustrated and sit down in the shade...
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:55pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote:Giving up attachments to outcomes helps me a lot. Yep. I have to re learn that one quite often it seems...
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:52pm |
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oldviolin wrote:By overcoming the small sufferings grappled with on a day to day basis, so that when the big ones and the really big ones come along randomly, you have a fighting chance to be able to take a punch and get back up...To have that will toward survival is optimistic by definition.
Giving up attachments to outcomes helps me a lot.
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BillJ
Location: just far enough away from NYC Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:50pm |
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cookinlover wrote: Define definition.
Look down at your torso. It aint that.
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:49pm |
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cookinlover wrote: Define definition.
the under of over
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cookinlover
Location: Auckland, New Zealand (former Boston native and Atlanta transplant) Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:47pm |
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oldviolin wrote:By overcoming the small sufferings grappled with on a day to day basis, so that when the big ones and the really big ones come along randomly, you have a fighting chance to be able to take a punch and get back up...To have that will toward survival is optimistic by definition.
Define definition.
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 6:45pm |
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By overcoming the small sufferings grappled with on a day to day basis, so that when the big ones and the really big ones come along randomly, you have a fighting chance to be able to take a punch and get back up...To have that will toward survival is optimistic by definition.
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Sep 23, 2010 - 5:40pm |
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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 3:55pm |
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peter_james_bond wrote:Thank you RPeeps, you people are the greatest! There is a lot of wisdom in your replies. I'm starting to feel better already. I will spend more time with my kids, I will shake things up, I will get out of this rut, I will surround myself with optimism generators. But, I don't know about a press conference in my pajamas....or the Dodge... Sometimes accomplishing or completing anything can help - even something as mundane as doing the dishes and cleaning the sink afterward or scooping out the stinky litter-boxes. Often, starting and completing simple tasks can create more energy to take on the bigger things. I'm not saying it will make you as happy as a lark, but it can help revive the attitude of optimism once you realize that you can accomplish things.
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kurtster
Location: where fear is not a virtue Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 2:41pm |
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Southern_Boy wrote:Optimism is an attitude. No one can make you have a bad or good attitude. You decide every day what your attitude will be. And the helping kids thing really works for me. That's why I coach.
Optimism is an attitude. That is the key statement. My response is too long for here and probably TMI, so I made a journal out of it.
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 1:42pm |
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cc_rider wrote: There is a book called 'Feeling Good' by David Burns. It is worth reading: it shows some ways to look at your feelings differently. It's not intended to replace medicine to correct chemical imbalances, but it can help people with, say, depression, see things in a different light.
Keep us posted brother...
That's what I was going to suggest, and now I wish I would have checked that out today. I was having a very bad morning today, so I forced myself to get up and out of the house. I rode my bike to the library, bank, Radio Shack, grocery and Panera, bought lunch there and took it to a park and ate. That really lifted my spirits. The world is prolly not any worse off than it's ever been, at least in the past several hundred years. When I was preggers with my daughter, in 1979, the nuclear clock was at 1 minute to 12 and I used to lie in bed and wonder how I had the nerve to bring a child into this hell hole...and yet we are still going. My history teacher used to say, The sun always rises every morning. How is everything in your life right this moment? Are you breathing? Check. Good place to start. Don't watch the news, or shows about the future, they just scare you. Volunteer; there are always lots of people who would benefit from your kindness. Do something to make a difference, even if it's just a difference for you. And make a list of all the things that make you so lucky to be you, like a hot shower, people you love, your dog, whatever.
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 1:40pm |
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cc_rider wrote: There is a book called 'Feeling Good' by David Burns. It is worth reading: it shows some ways to look at your feelings differently. It's not intended to replace medicine to correct chemical imbalances, but it can help people with, say, depression, see things in a different light.
Keep us posted brother...
That's what I was going to suggest, and now I wish I would have checked that out today. I was having a very bad morning today, so I forced myself to get up and out of the house. I rode my bike to the library, bank, Radio Shack, grocery and Panera, bought lunch there and took it to a park and ate. That really lifted my spirits. The world is prolly not any worse off than it's ever been, at least in the past several hundred years. When I was preggers with my daughter, in 1979, the nuclear clock was at 1 minute to 12 and I used to lie in bed and wonder how I had the nerve to bring a child into this hell hole...and yet we are still going. My history teacher used to say, The sun always rises every morning. How is everything in your life right this moment? Are you breathing? Check. Good place to start. Don't watch the news, or shows about the future, they just scare you. Volunteer; there are always lots of people who would benefit from your kindness. Do something to make a difference, even if it's just a difference for you. And make a list of all the things that make you so lucky to be you, like a hot shower, people you love, your dog, whatever.
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peter_james_bond
Location: West Of The Burg Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 1:32pm |
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Thank you RPeeps, you people are the greatest! There is a lot of wisdom in your replies. I'm starting to feel better already. I will spend more time with my kids, I will shake things up, I will get out of this rut, I will surround myself with optimism generators. But, I don't know about a press conference in my pajamas....or the Dodge...
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rosedraws
Location: close to the edge Gender:
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Sep 23, 2010 - 1:02pm |
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winter wrote:Shake yourself up, because you don't get out of a rut by driving straight ahead.
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