Re: A Little Inspiration...

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jenn,thank you for sharing this with all of us. i so much needed to read it!!hope all of us have a wonderful, nurturing, and adventurous new year!!Cecilia >> From Fred ... > (aka: "Chunk to Hunk")> http://www.onephatman.com/2006/10/23/whirlwind-of-activity> > ==========> The only reality we know is that which we perceive. Our outlook on > life is formed by our past experiences, and everything going into > our brains as "input" is filtered through that outlook. The way we > react to any given situation is based on our perception of that > situation. Change your perceptions, and you change your reality.> > Think about it for a second. What's your belief about people in > general? Do you believe people are basically kind, helpful, and > good, or do you believe they're bad, out to "get" you, or even evil? > Take a minute. Reflect on how you feel about others. My guess is > that if you look back into your past, you can find specific examples > to support your belief.> > All beliefs are nothing more than a sense of certainty (faith, if > you will) that some idea is "true". These beliefs in turn form the > filter that creates our realities. I used to believe that because I > was so fat, I was worthless as a person and unlovable. Furthermore, > I believed the stereotype that fat people are lazy, which in turn > made me never want to get off my butt and do something. > > We're all the masters of our lives, and I contend that our beliefs > and perceptions shape our destiny. What sort of destiny do you think > I had when I believed I was worthless, lazy, and unlovable? I was > doing nothing more than getting by, instead of designing a life > worth living.> > No more. Now I understand I'm in control, and that I can make my > life whatever I want it to be.> > There are two great words that can immediately start to transform > our perceptions, and therefore our reality. These words are "I am", > and they carry a power like the world has never known. > > I am lovable.> > I am valuable.> > I am hardworking.> > Say them once, and you grin because you feel kind of stupid. Say > them ten times, and you start to wonder if you're going slightly > batty. Say them a hundred times, and you start to believe them. Say > them a thousand times, and they become your reality. I don't think > there's any small significance to the fact that in the Bible, God > referred to Himself as "I am".> > Your subconscious can create for you any reality you want, if you > believe in yourself and take actions on your beliefs.> > What kind of reality do you want? > =======================================> > Jenn> <><>

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jenn,thank you for sharing this with all of us. i so much needed to read it!!hope all of us have a wonderful, nurturing, and adventurous new year!!Cecilia >> From Fred ... > (aka: "Chunk to Hunk")> http://www.onephatman.com/2006/10/23/whirlwind-of-activity> > ==========> The only reality we know is that which we perceive. Our outlook on > life is formed by our past experiences, and everything going into > our brains as "input" is filtered through that outlook. The way we > react to any given situation is based on our perception of that > situation. Change your perceptions, and you change your reality.> > Think about it for a second. What's your belief about people in > general? Do you believe people are basically kind, helpful, and > good, or do you believe they're bad, out to "get" you, or even evil? > Take a minute. Reflect on how you feel about others. My guess is > that if you look back into your past, you can find specific examples > to support your belief.> > All beliefs are nothing more than a sense of certainty (faith, if > you will) that some idea is "true". These beliefs in turn form the > filter that creates our realities. I used to believe that because I > was so fat, I was worthless as a person and unlovable. Furthermore, > I believed the stereotype that fat people are lazy, which in turn > made me never want to get off my butt and do something. > > We're all the masters of our lives, and I contend that our beliefs > and perceptions shape our destiny. What sort of destiny do you think > I had when I believed I was worthless, lazy, and unlovable? I was > doing nothing more than getting by, instead of designing a life > worth living.> > No more. Now I understand I'm in control, and that I can make my > life whatever I want it to be.> > There are two great words that can immediately start to transform > our perceptions, and therefore our reality. These words are "I am", > and they carry a power like the world has never known. > > I am lovable.> > I am valuable.> > I am hardworking.> > Say them once, and you grin because you feel kind of stupid. Say > them ten times, and you start to wonder if you're going slightly > batty. Say them a hundred times, and you start to believe them. Say > them a thousand times, and they become your reality. I don't think > there's any small significance to the fact that in the Bible, God > referred to Himself as "I am".> > Your subconscious can create for you any reality you want, if you > believe in yourself and take actions on your beliefs.> > What kind of reality do you want? > =======================================> > Jenn> <><>

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When I was a teenager, I received this piece of paper entitled " My

Declaration of Self Esteem " . I recently found a copy of this on the

web (sorry, I don't have the website any more). Here's a copy of it

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me everything

that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it

I own everything about me my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice,

all my actions. Whether they be to others or to myself

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears

I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes -

because I own all of me. I can become intimately acquainted with me -

by so doing I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts

I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other

aspects that I do not know - but as long as I am friendly and loving

to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the

puzzles and for ways to find out more about me

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I

think and feel, at a given moment in time is authentically me

If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought and felt turn

out to be unfitting. I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the

rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded

I can see, hear, think, say and do I have the tools to survive, to

be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out

of the world of people and things outside of me

I own me, and therefore I can engineer me

I am me and I am okay

>

> From Fred ...

> (aka: " Chunk to Hunk " )

> http://www.onephatman.com/2006/10/23/whirlwind-of-activity

>

> ==========

> The only reality we know is that which we perceive. Our outlook on

> life is formed by our past experiences, and everything going into

> our brains as " input " is filtered through that outlook. The way we

> react to any given situation is based on our perception of that

> situation. Change your perceptions, and you change your reality.

>

> Think about it for a second. What's your belief about people in

> general? Do you believe people are basically kind, helpful, and

> good, or do you believe they're bad, out to " get " you, or even

evil?

> Take a minute. Reflect on how you feel about others. My guess is

> that if you look back into your past, you can find specific

examples

> to support your belief.

>

> All beliefs are nothing more than a sense of certainty (faith, if

> you will) that some idea is " true " . These beliefs in turn form the

> filter that creates our realities. I used to believe that because I

> was so fat, I was worthless as a person and unlovable. Furthermore,

> I believed the stereotype that fat people are lazy, which in turn

> made me never want to get off my butt and do something.

>

> We're all the masters of our lives, and I contend that our beliefs

> and perceptions shape our destiny. What sort of destiny do you

think

> I had when I believed I was worthless, lazy, and unlovable? I was

> doing nothing more than getting by, instead of designing a life

> worth living.

>

> No more. Now I understand I'm in control, and that I can make my

> life whatever I want it to be.

>

> There are two great words that can immediately start to transform

> our perceptions, and therefore our reality. These words are " I am " ,

> and they carry a power like the world has never known.

>

> I am lovable.

>

> I am valuable.

>

> I am hardworking.

>

> Say them once, and you grin because you feel kind of stupid. Say

> them ten times, and you start to wonder if you're going slightly

> batty. Say them a hundred times, and you start to believe them. Say

> them a thousand times, and they become your reality. I don't think

> there's any small significance to the fact that in the Bible, God

> referred to Himself as " I am " .

>

> Your subconscious can create for you any reality you want, if you

> believe in yourself and take actions on your beliefs.

>

> What kind of reality do you want?

> =======================================

>

> Jenn

> <><

>

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Thank you Pinolady30 for those words..and for sharing them Re: A Little Inspiration...

When I was a teenager, I received this piece of paper entitled "My

Declaration of Self Esteem". I recently found a copy of this on the

web (sorry, I don't have the website any more). Here's a copy of it

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me everything

that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it

I own everything about me my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice,

all my actions. Whether they be to others or to myself

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears

I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes -

because I own all of me. I can become intimately acquainted with me -

by so doing I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts

I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other

aspects that I do not know - but as long as I am friendly and loving

to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the

puzzles and for ways to find out more about me

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I

think and feel, at a given moment in time is authentically me

If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought and felt turn

out to be unfitting. I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the

rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded

I can see, hear, think, say and do I have the tools to survive, to

be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out

of the world of people and things outside of me

I own me, and therefore I can engineer me

I am me and I am okay

>

> From Fred ...

> (aka: "Chunk to Hunk")

> http://www.onephatm an.com/2006/ 10/23/whirlwind- of-activity

>

> ==========

> The only reality we know is that which we perceive. Our outlook on

> life is formed by our past experiences, and everything going into

> our brains as "input" is filtered through that outlook. The way we

> react to any given situation is based on our perception of that

> situation. Change your perceptions, and you change your reality.

>

> Think about it for a second. What's your belief about people in

> general? Do you believe people are basically kind, helpful, and

> good, or do you believe they're bad, out to "get" you, or even

evil?

> Take a minute. Reflect on how you feel about others. My guess is

> that if you look back into your past, you can find specific

examples

> to support your belief.

>

> All beliefs are nothing more than a sense of certainty (faith, if

> you will) that some idea is "true". These beliefs in turn form the

> filter that creates our realities. I used to believe that because I

> was so fat, I was worthless as a person and unlovable. Furthermore,

> I believed the stereotype that fat people are lazy, which in turn

> made me never want to get off my butt and do something.

>

> We're all the masters of our lives, and I contend that our beliefs

> and perceptions shape our destiny. What sort of destiny do you

think

> I had when I believed I was worthless, lazy, and unlovable? I was

> doing nothing more than getting by, instead of designing a life

> worth living.

>

> No more. Now I understand I'm in control, and that I can make my

> life whatever I want it to be.

>

> There are two great words that can immediately start to transform

> our perceptions, and therefore our reality. These words are "I am",

> and they carry a power like the world has never known.

>

> I am lovable.

>

> I am valuable.

>

> I am hardworking.

>

> Say them once, and you grin because you feel kind of stupid. Say

> them ten times, and you start to wonder if you're going slightly

> batty. Say them a hundred times, and you start to believe them. Say

> them a thousand times, and they become your reality. I don't think

> there's any small significance to the fact that in the Bible, God

> referred to Himself as "I am".

>

> Your subconscious can create for you any reality you want, if you

> believe in yourself and take actions on your beliefs.

>

> What kind of reality do you want?

> ============ ========= ========= =========

>

> Jenn

> <><

>

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