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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 748105" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>No. It does not sound easy, at all</p><p></p><p>It sounds like the greatest adventure. </p><p></p><p>I am well aware of how little control we have of external events. And yet I hold onto the illusion of control, which leads me to feel powerless in my life. I locate control out there. As long as I define control as something over which I control zero, I will feel powerless in my own life.</p><p></p><p>Eliza's way of looking at things is greatly interesting to me, and just in time. I am challenged to locate my life in me.</p><p>I can understand this intellectually, but not emotionally. When I think about M leaving, or something happening to J, panic sets in. It is a feeling of such intensity that nothing stands up to it. It just has to melt down, until I have a chance to counter it with other thoughts. But nothing at all counters that feeling when it is strong. Except meditation. </p><p>Busy. Do you see how kind Eliza is to herself? She takes each moment as just that. She does not play it forward. She gives herself the great gift of hope...she owns the future....in her head. Nobody else does. Because really the future only exists in our imagination. Nobody has any guarantee of even five minutes more. I love the courage and the audacity of this. It's like "take back the night."Yes. Exactly.</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much Eliza. Thank you very much Busy. What a great thread!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 748105, member: 18958"] No. It does not sound easy, at all It sounds like the greatest adventure. I am well aware of how little control we have of external events. And yet I hold onto the illusion of control, which leads me to feel powerless in my life. I locate control out there. As long as I define control as something over which I control zero, I will feel powerless in my own life. Eliza's way of looking at things is greatly interesting to me, and just in time. I am challenged to locate my life in me. I can understand this intellectually, but not emotionally. When I think about M leaving, or something happening to J, panic sets in. It is a feeling of such intensity that nothing stands up to it. It just has to melt down, until I have a chance to counter it with other thoughts. But nothing at all counters that feeling when it is strong. Except meditation. Busy. Do you see how kind Eliza is to herself? She takes each moment as just that. She does not play it forward. She gives herself the great gift of hope...she owns the future....in her head. Nobody else does. Because really the future only exists in our imagination. Nobody has any guarantee of even five minutes more. I love the courage and the audacity of this. It's like "take back the night."Yes. Exactly. Thank you very much Eliza. Thank you very much Busy. What a great thread! [/QUOTE]
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