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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 722487" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Thank you all for your kind words, it means a lot. </p><p></p><p>Kalahou, Mahalo nui loa. I feel so fortunate to be on the island which holds my heart....the place I feel safe and nourished. The song and hula are much appreciated, how lovely.</p><p></p><p>LBL, I am sorry to hear about your friends who lost 2 homes. Thank you, my soul is resting.....in the place where it would be difficult NOT to have your soul rest.</p><p></p><p>KTmom, yes, the fires were remarkable. Thank you for thinking of me. We're not sure what we're returning to and how much damage there is in Sonoma County, but we feel so much gratitude.</p><p></p><p>Albatross, I hope the burglary is a thing of the past now.......letting go is challenging no matter what we're letting go of....</p><p></p><p>Tanya, thanks, life lessons are tough, but feeling grateful through it changes the perspective. </p><p></p><p>Nomad, our daughter's have offered us hidden gifts in accepting life's challenges. (I'd have opted out of that one if I could, but since it arrived, nothing to do but embrace it!)</p><p></p><p>I'm still in awe that we are here, that we were lifted out of the fires, literally, and placed in a safe, peaceful and beautiful place. And, that everything at home was taken care of. There were so many obstacles in our way to get out of town and we continue to marvel at the fact that each one was met with a way out. Sometimes fate works in our favor.</p><p></p><p>Being away from the everyday mundane stuff offers a fresh perspective on things. It's as if we are taking a very long, very deep breath and exhaling very slowly so that our bodies, our minds and hearts and spirits can renew.....</p><p></p><p>We've been looking at places to live. We wonder about how it will feel when we walk back in our home in CA. We feel detached from it in a way we hadn't before......those 8 days of not knowing if it survived the fires gave an opportunity to let go of it in a certain way....and everything within it. It's an odd sense of liberation. We humans hold on tightly to what we have, to our beliefs, to what we hold dear......and that holding on so often creates suffering. </p><p></p><p>I was thinking about something a therapist once told me in response to my inquiry about how she saw transformation and growth in therapy......she said, "holding all the paradoxes of life and not going crazy." It was an interesting take on things that I've always remembered. I see it in our current situation.......in paradise after a brush with losing everything.....having my sister, who is very ill tell me that one of the gifts of cancer is that "if you can get thru the anger and the fear, you learn how to live in the moment, how to be present." How life can hold a gun to your head at point blank range and scare the bejesus out of you and at the exact same time, bring your gratitude level to an all time high and offer up each moment as a blessing.....to feel so scared and be holding your breath for so long you think you'll pass out as you sit in a shelter in the middle of the night with other misplaced folks and observe a very young woman so tenderly administer to an elderly woman that it brought tears to my eyes for the sheer humanity of it. </p><p></p><p>I think every moment we're given a choice of how we think and feel. Each moment is new, we bring to it what our dominant thinking is....A great Deepak Chopra quote is, "our cells eavesdrop on our most dominant thoughts." And they respond to those thoughts. As our minds and bodies do. Having my dominant thoughts be gratitude and love is a very different minute to minute experience....</p><p></p><p>I'm hoping to sustain the gratitude when I'm back on the front lines again. I believe what the Dalai Lama says, "the ultimate source of happiness is our mental attitude." I hope to bring the island happiness home with me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 722487, member: 13542"] Thank you all for your kind words, it means a lot. Kalahou, Mahalo nui loa. I feel so fortunate to be on the island which holds my heart....the place I feel safe and nourished. The song and hula are much appreciated, how lovely. LBL, I am sorry to hear about your friends who lost 2 homes. Thank you, my soul is resting.....in the place where it would be difficult NOT to have your soul rest. KTmom, yes, the fires were remarkable. Thank you for thinking of me. We're not sure what we're returning to and how much damage there is in Sonoma County, but we feel so much gratitude. Albatross, I hope the burglary is a thing of the past now.......letting go is challenging no matter what we're letting go of.... Tanya, thanks, life lessons are tough, but feeling grateful through it changes the perspective. Nomad, our daughter's have offered us hidden gifts in accepting life's challenges. (I'd have opted out of that one if I could, but since it arrived, nothing to do but embrace it!) I'm still in awe that we are here, that we were lifted out of the fires, literally, and placed in a safe, peaceful and beautiful place. And, that everything at home was taken care of. There were so many obstacles in our way to get out of town and we continue to marvel at the fact that each one was met with a way out. Sometimes fate works in our favor. Being away from the everyday mundane stuff offers a fresh perspective on things. It's as if we are taking a very long, very deep breath and exhaling very slowly so that our bodies, our minds and hearts and spirits can renew..... We've been looking at places to live. We wonder about how it will feel when we walk back in our home in CA. We feel detached from it in a way we hadn't before......those 8 days of not knowing if it survived the fires gave an opportunity to let go of it in a certain way....and everything within it. It's an odd sense of liberation. We humans hold on tightly to what we have, to our beliefs, to what we hold dear......and that holding on so often creates suffering. I was thinking about something a therapist once told me in response to my inquiry about how she saw transformation and growth in therapy......she said, "holding all the paradoxes of life and not going crazy." It was an interesting take on things that I've always remembered. I see it in our current situation.......in paradise after a brush with losing everything.....having my sister, who is very ill tell me that one of the gifts of cancer is that "if you can get thru the anger and the fear, you learn how to live in the moment, how to be present." How life can hold a gun to your head at point blank range and scare the bejesus out of you and at the exact same time, bring your gratitude level to an all time high and offer up each moment as a blessing.....to feel so scared and be holding your breath for so long you think you'll pass out as you sit in a shelter in the middle of the night with other misplaced folks and observe a very young woman so tenderly administer to an elderly woman that it brought tears to my eyes for the sheer humanity of it. I think every moment we're given a choice of how we think and feel. Each moment is new, we bring to it what our dominant thinking is....A great Deepak Chopra quote is, "our cells eavesdrop on our most dominant thoughts." And they respond to those thoughts. As our minds and bodies do. Having my dominant thoughts be gratitude and love is a very different minute to minute experience.... I'm hoping to sustain the gratitude when I'm back on the front lines again. I believe what the Dalai Lama says, "the ultimate source of happiness is our mental attitude." I hope to bring the island happiness home with me. [/QUOTE]
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