THE DAILY SPARK

PEARLS OF WISDOM

Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself.  Forgive your anger.  Forgive your guilt.  Your shame.  Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart. 

Quote by Jim Henson

REFLECTION:

  • WHAT IF… you could live these words.  How would your life change?
  • It is often difficult to forgive another and even more difficult to forgive yourself.  That little gremlin voice often has a large presence. 
  • Can you forgive yourself and open up to your love, joy and your heart?
  • Take a step towards that today.

TWO CORE FEARS

There are two core fears: losing what you have, and not getting what you want. 

There is one solution: falling in love with where you are.

Quote by Jeff Foster

REFLECTION:

  • What fears do you have?  Do they fall into one of the two buckets: losing what you have or not getting what you want?
  • How can you fall in love with now- embrace where you are?

NEW INFORMATION… NEW DECISION

It’s not easy to say, “I was wrong.”  And so people live in stress, sticking with something that used to work longer than they’re comfortable with.  Our challenges in shifting perspective keep us stuck in the past.  These decisions we can’t unmake, but they don’t have to be forever commitments.  One way forward is to rename this moment and change the story.  Instead of “I was wrong,” perhaps it’s useful (if less satisfying to others seeking victory) to say, “It’s time to make a new decision based on new information.”  That’s not weakness.  That’s not flip-flopping or even embarrassing.  That’s practical, resilient and generous.

Seth Godin’s Blog

REFLECTION:

  • It is often very difficult for people to say “I was wrong… I’m sorry.”  What if you could say, “Based on new information, I’m going to make a different decision.” How would that shift a relationship that has been locked in conflict?
  •  Try it… let me know.