Superhero Strengths to the Emotional Rescue.

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You have a lot of strengths in common with Superman. Yes you should continue reading. In fact I want you take this post seriously. So, I’ll never say you’ll be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound or soar through the air, like a bird or a plane.

Superman is a service provider. Fighting crime. Caring and protecting humanity. In times of need, he showed his strength, courage and passion. He did whatever he could to maintain order.

However, this Superhero has one weakness. When the Baddies wanted to get the better of him, they used kryptonite to take advantage. It’s their only weapon.

Can you guess what your kryptonite is? There aren’t too many things that can take you down. What has the potential to weaken you?

Not the people around you.
Not the work you do.
Not where you live.
Not what you own.
Not your education levels.
Not the clothes you wear.
Not the car you drive.
Not what you look like.

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Confidence Shines When You Enjoy Who You Are. (Part 2)

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Why is it that we have confidence and are able to manage well on some days? Other times we feel jilted by who we are? Where self-assurance once was, scepticism has now taken its place. How do other people keep a steady flow of confidence? Why does it appear that yours comes and goes?

Blame it all on those feelings.

Think about how many different emotions you feel in one day. Our moods change depending on the person we’re communicating with and situation we’re in.

The secret is not to react to your emotions. Think of yourself as one of the sky gods. While you’re in discussions you’re also watching all the action from high above.

The sky god does not react to the emotions only observes and feels them.

Other contributing factors.

As if those pesky emotions aren’t enough. Add to the mix other extenuating circumstances.

Your eight hours of sleep. Being well rested certainly helps everyone through their day. Think about when you don’t get enough shut eye.

Parents will confirm how hard their days are when bubs kept them up all night. Tolerance levels go down. Stressful situations are not managed nearly as well as they would have been had the right amount of sleep been had.

Being hungry reduces concentration levels. Irritability and impatience are telling signs. Becoming physically weak without food can slow down our thought processors. Fueling up balances our mood.

The immediate attitude shift.

Have you ever felt a little fragile? Maybe indecisive or a little edgy. Then someone pisses you off. There’s an instant mood change. Uncertainty no longer lingers in the mind. You’re clear about what you stand for and where you’re at.

These days you go from second guessing yourself to immediate decision maker. This is a reminder that confidence was not far. It was just kicking back and did not need to be in command.

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Forgiving is Breaking Free from the Bondage Others Created.

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Forgive and forget. Don’t you find it odd, these two words are combined to form a sentence? Life has delivered hardship. An experience forever imprinted in your memory banks. You may become forgiving but you will never forget.

Let’s face it, forgiving others is a tough process. Although the alternative leaves you condemned to replay the torture over in your mind.

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You don’t just wake up one morning reading something on the internet and start forgiving. There’s countless steps one must travel through mentally to let go of the past.

Many an evil have others had to endure as a human[s] unleashes their will over another. Premeditated immoralities, errors in judgement and accidents impact others. Taking years to recover.

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Are You Avoiding Your Situation With Anti-Depressants?

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Life is a mixed bag of routines and unexpected surprises. There are times where every breath is a joy. We’re on top of the world, feeling grateful for who we are.

Then the unforeseen occurs throwing us into shock. Unbalancing our lives. Questioning our whole existence. The aftermath of such an event can send us plummeting into depression at a fast rate.

Doctors refer to this as Situational Depression. Also known as a condition called Adjustment Disorder. A traumatic event/s changes our circumstances. Our normal routines have been zapped with an upheaval.

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Vipassana Meditation – There Is No Escaping Yourself.

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I didn’t know what I was searching for. Full of life, with no direction. Trying one experience after another. To land smack bang in the middle of a 10 day retreat called Vipassana Meditation.

Before embarking on this adventure, I read all the instructions of the course. One would have thought I had some idea of what I was installed for. Little was I to know how much of an impact this would have on me long into the future.

Would you believe it, if I said I had found the biggest rush of a life time? The Vipassana Meditation course would suit both the dare devil and the book worm?

We all know the adventurous type who jumps from a plane, scales walls, takes a leap of faith with a rope wrapped around their ankles and then jumps. They do whatever it takes to get their adrenaline running through their veins. Some of the risks are life threatening. One wrong calculation and death could be at their door step.

Then there are those who love to get lost in a good book. Enjoying page after page of romance, horror, thrillers or whatever takes their mind on a ride. Reading about life’s adventures through the eyes of a writer.

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How Do You Compartmentalise Your Life?

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Do you think the internet has reduced our concentration spans? It deliver’s many forms of stimulation. Jumping from one site to another. We don’t keep our attention in one place for too long. Yet there are times when we compartmentalise each and every task. Concentrating; not allowing anything to interrupt us until the job is done.

Distractions are everywhere. With our busy schedules we must exercise discipline over the mind.

Our lives revolve around two main environments. Home and school or how we earn a living. Yet it is far more complex. When we divide our time into compartments we get a better look at all the responsibilities.

Home: Relaxation, Entertainment, Rent or Mortgage, Bills, Repairs, Meals, Cleaning, Garden and/or Pool Maintenance

Family: Mother, Father, Siblings, Children, Partner, Friends, Expectations, Customs and Rituals, Celebrations

Work: Relationships, Deadlines, Pressures, Earnings, Meetings, Events

Activities: Expenses, Pleasures, Activity (E.g. Fishing or Scrapbooking)

This can be divided into smaller components.

Sibling: School, Homework, Friends, Activities, Illness, Appointments, Hobbies, Invitations.

Throughout the day we have various duties and responsibilities to attend to. Our attention is determined by how we have arranged our life. Each area gives us joy, pleasure, pressures, burdens and unhappiness.

Maintaining a single-mindedness becomes difficult when we are faced with a number of problems in different areas of our daily lives.

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It’s Time To Examine Ourselves When We React Whilst Communicating.

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It’s time to examine your emotions if you are feeling like this.

Creative people work towards having their master pieces viewed by an audience. With the intention of being informative or thought provoking. Generating emotions such as passion, anger, happiness and sadness or even sparking a fire. They want us to react. You may appreciate their work. It may bring up a fond or horrid memory from the past. If an artist has stirred something within you they get to take a bow.

Should we hold the same gratitude toward people who offend, insult or make us defensive? It’s not art when an individual rouses such deep feelings within us. However we could be thanking them in the long run for pointing out an area in ourselves that requires examination.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. – Buddha

As humans we react so fast. One minute we are sitting around having a casual conversation, the next, voices are raised and a disagreement has erupted. When communication creates such disturbances, we can see this as an opportunity for growth.

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