Posted by annierose on January 4, 2008, at 13:12:16
In reply to Re: On the edge » annierose, posted by Bodhisattva on January 4, 2008, at 9:29:27
I think we do have a good deal control over what we choose to do with our lives ... maybe not the deck of cards we were dealt but how we decide to play the game.
I'm studying "mindfulness" in my yoga practice and with books I'm reading. I think it's important to stay in the present moment. However, there is often old baggage that needs attention. To just ignore the feelings doesn't work. Eventually these issues work their way into my relationships with other people. How I decide to attend to the intense feelings and react or not "is" within my control. What happened to me already isn't.
I hope this made some sense. I'm at work and I keep getting interrupted (go figure) so I keep losing my train of thought as I'm writing.
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