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I've read so many posts on this forum about positive thinking/thoughts, and threads where posters dare you to say negative things, I found this quote the other day and I thought it was very fitting on how I personally feel some days:

 

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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

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I'm all for being human. I do believe life is a whole lot of physics - seen and unseen. The energy we put out; we naturally attract. When life is tough, we have enough emotional inteligence in reserve to work through it. Husband shared with daughter this week -- Native Americans teach we have two wolves that growl in our lives and we have to decide which to feed. Positive or Negative. Too often we feed the wolf growling the loudest. I re-learn this every day. Yesterday was a strange day. Long week, tired, and had given to a lot of people in general. Someone borrowed my car and lost my keys. I went to bed in a bad mood. Sometime between then and waking, I recharged and got back on the rails. Today's a new day. All good. Growing up in a negative home -- this way of thinking helped restore my hope. I'm a fan.   

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

I like that a lot.  It's so very true.  It's similar to what my mom used to say.  It was something like; we're human and it's perfectly ok to have bad feelings.  It's what you DO with those bad feelings that matters.  

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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

On a bad day this helps me....

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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

@Hooty ...just wanted to let you know I have been thinking about you and hope you are feeling better and having less and less pain. I totally agree with your post.

I promise to remind myself every day that I am strong, courageous, and resilient.
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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

@catwhisperer , thank you my friend!  I think of you often, as well, and hope things are working out for you!Heart

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@Hooty 

 

Me too!

 

 

 

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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

Sometimes I have to remind my husband of that fact ..." I'm only human "

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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

All emotions are merely fleeting thoughts.  They never require any action.  You can choose the action however.

 

I had a yoga instructor once who used to tell us to tune out the two idiots talking to each other in our heads.  She was right.

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Re: Lessons Learned in Life:

....yes, @Hooty  .  Living our lives authentically means acknowledging our shadow selves and challenging times.