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Heard a great talk on satiety called the satiety index. It seems that the things we engage in to satisfy or satiate ourselves become the things we want more of.
The problem is that anything that satiates will create a need for more of the same and the satisfying effect gets weaker so we need more. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
Okay I’m now finding that the experience of life can be a trap. I can be trapped into thinking that my experience of life enables me to determine things in the future. I know so much about how life works that I think I can pre-empt problems and create the best outcomes.
The problem is that [...]
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Today I decided that I just can’t make sense of many things. I think I understand what’s going on in life but I don’t. I’m finding that using my experience and knowledge to work things out doesn’t work, doesn’t produce workable answers for daily living.
What is working for me is reflecting on what is going [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
I’m practicing leaving yesterdays issues with God each day for 40 days. The hopes and the fears. My head is clearing, I feel lighter and open for reflection. I notice today the first blossom of spring and a bumble bee nectar gathering. The bee is massive and hangs upside down in the flower. They call [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 12th, 2011 | No Comments »
In the last blog I shared about the everyday practice of leaving yesterdays hopes and fears with God and living in the new day. But how do I become the kind of person who lives so freely. Surely I don’t have to remember all these things.
It dawned on me that I spent some time learning [...]
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If I carry yesterdays issues into today I will never be able to live todays life. I must let go of my troubles from yesterday and be ready for what what comes today or I will be crushed by two lots of troubles. How people carry long standing troubles into every new day I don’t [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 3rd, 2011 | No Comments »