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Self-Esteem Toolbox (offered as a Facebook
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Journaling, Self-Discovery Through the Written Word (offered
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2015.
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Creating a Craft Space That Inspires (offered
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2015.
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"Be
kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
~Plato, Philosopher
Good
morning!
I
once listened to a speaker who shared a story I will never forget. He
was at a restaurant working on a speech. He had hoped to have some
"quiet time" to reflect and prepare. Shortly after he arrived, a family
was seated about three tables away. The children were misbehaving
badly. They were stomping forks and knives on the table, pulling at
each other, and making a general ruckus. The speaker couldn't
understand how this father could let his children behave like that...
or why he would take such misbehaved children into public.
He
tried to be patient, but after 20 minutes of these noise levels
sustaining, he asked his waitress to ask the family to quiet down if
possible. The father then stood up and walked over to the speaker. The
next words changed the speaker's outlook forever. "I am sorry sir," he
said in a kind, sincere and sad voice. "The children just lost their
mother two days ago -- and I just haven't been able to get them to
settle down since. I thought getting a good meal in them would help."
He and the speaker went on to exchange a few lines and parted on good
terms. Of course, the speaker wasn't "wrong" for wanting his private
time to prepare and reflect. Nor was the father "wrong" for taking his
children out for a meal. What often happens is we think in terms of
"right and wrong" when in reality every story has different
angles--sometimes many different angles. Looking at these angles is
great exercise for the mind.
Your turn: We all have habitual
tendencies which will allow us to believe something about a given
situation, whether it is right or not. Try to stop worrying about right
and wrong. Instead, exercise your mind and come up with as many reasons
as you can--explore all the angles.
Your affirmation: I do
not concern myself with right and wrong. I do concern myself with
understanding.
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