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Posted 5/22/2013 1:19 AM (GMT 0)
Hello friends.

about time for some positive words and we have not had a Poem or quote thread for awhile, so I thought I would put one out there in light of the tornado victims.

"There is an old saying:'What you resist persists'. It's opposite is also true:'What you let in, leaves'. That release gives you the opportunity to discover the natural courage that is even deeper than fear."

Sally Kempton 2008 Yoga instructor;author

NATURAL COURAGE THAT IS EVEN DEEPER THAN FEAR. Wow! powerful words aren't they?

Peace and courage to everyone.
Trina
Posted 5/22/2013 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
Trina,

I think the idea of this thread is great, and I plan to contribute to it, but I honestly do not get the quote you posted. I have read it 6-7 times, and it makes no sense (to me). I admit, that I have a bad habit of taking everything literally unless told different, perhaps I am reading too much into it, or you can explain what it means in your own words.

david
Posted 5/22/2013 7:15 AM (GMT 0)
Hi,

I agree that this thread is a great idea too, but I'm with David in that I don't understand and I have read it over and over.

Could you please explain for us literal people?

Thank you ..... And thank you for thinking of something positive for this board!
Posted 5/22/2013 8:59 AM (GMT 0)
In reading it about 20 times I'm getting something like the the things you fight never go away but once you accept them it's gone.

That's how I'm seeing it anyway. Lol

Good idea though made me do some thinking!
Posted 5/22/2013 9:30 AM (GMT 0)
Here are 2 of my favorites.

Someday everything will make sense ...
So, for now laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason ....


Every night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the alarm to wake up.

That's called HOPE ...
Posted 5/22/2013 11:04 AM (GMT 0)
Retired Mom and David,

Neverthesame98 is correct. It is about Radical acceptance and the courage it takes to find or develop that acceptance.

I will give you an example, if I keep resisting somethings in my life that I can not control, my trigeminal pain increases for days. Is it worth it? I say no. We have the natural courage to fight our own resistance, is what this is saying, and we will suffer less.

Peace and courage.
Trina
Posted 5/22/2013 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
If you do actively do something about your situation, do it. If there is nothing you can do, don't waste your energy worrying about it.

Fighting things that are a constant just wastes my precious energy. I prefer to work towards something useful!
Posted 5/22/2013 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
What helps me in coping with my pain:

stay positive

take things one day at a time

stay in the now, don't look to the future

acceptance that this chronic pain is in my life, no sense fighting and using up my precious energy

do the best I can each day

thanks for starting this thread and everyone for sharing

Suzane

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