#self responsibility

[lazyyogi]

Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, through our expectations and demands, fixated attachments and stuckness.

Lama Surya Das

[theweightofdivinity]

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝚆𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝚆𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

[mindinthevoid]

Cultivate Self-Awareness Understand your emotional state and how it affects your thoughts and actions.

Observe and Label Your Emotions Recognize and name your emotions to gain control over them.

Understand Your Emotional Triggers Identify the situations or behaviors that provoke strong emotional responses.

Monitor Your Behavioral Patterns Notice how your emotions influence your actions and reactions.

Embrace Your Emotions Without Judgment Accept your feelings without labeling them as good or bad.

Be Receptive to Constructive Feedback Listen to others' feedback, especially when it helps you grow emotionally.

Master Deep Breathing Techniques Use deep breathing to calm yourself when emotions get overwhelming.

Harness Your Emotions for Positive Outcomes Use your emotions to motivate, inspire, or solve problems rather than letting them control you.

Express Yourself Assertively and Respectfully Share your feelings clearly and confidently, while respecting others.

Shift Your Emotional State Intentionally Learn how to change your emotional state when needed.

Decode Nonverbal Communication Pay attention to body language and tone to understand others’ feelings.

Practice Active Listening Truly listen to others without planning your response while they speak.

Cultivate Empathy Try to understand and share the feelings of others, creating stronger bonds.

Challenge Negative Personalization Don’t take things personally; sometimes it's not about you.

Be Flexible in Your Emotional Responses Adapt your emotional reactions to fit the situation, avoiding rigidity.

Choose to Respond, Not React Take a moment to think before reacting emotionally to situations.

Use Your Mental Pause Button Pause to regain composure before you react when feeling overwhelmed.

Take Responsibility for Your Feelings and Actions Own your emotions and their effects on others, without blame.

Cultivate a Positive, Solution-Oriented Mindset Focus on solutions rather than problems to maintain emotional balance.

Seek Resolution in Conflicts Approach conflict with a goal of understanding and resolution, not winning.

[mrkmciver]

#True Love & Friends

[theeuphemist]

I'll be here: Day 137

No one ever gets away with anything ever, so take responsibility of your own life.

Jordan Peterson

[brenda-walsh-ministries]

God's Hands in Action

When we pray over the sick, minister to the weak, give clothes to the needy, or care for the needs of others, we are God's hands in action. We share God's love in so many ways by reaching out to our fellow man to make their lives better. Sometimes it's a phone call, a handwritten card, a loaf of bread, or giving fresh produce from your garden. God has blessed each of us with talents, all unique and special. We can use those talents to God's honor and glory, or for selfish gain. The choice is ours. In the judgment day, will have to give an account to God as to how we use the gifts He gave us. For some, it might be helping a neighbor fix his computer that he needs in order to keep his job, or maybe it's cleaning the home of an elderly woman who just broke her leg. There are many, many ways we can use our talents to shine for Jesus. If we pray and ask God to use us in a special way, He surely will. It's called living God's word. In Matthew 25:39-41, the Bible tells us, “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it unto the least of these my brethren, you did it to me”. Reach out and touch someone today and be God's hands in action. Text: Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:16, Galatians 6:10, Proverbs 3:27

Bible Texts:

Hebrews 6:10 KJV - For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Hebrews 13:16 KJV - But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Galatians 6:10 KJV - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Proverbs 3:27 KJV - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].

[unofficialchronicle]

Al Anon Daily Affirmations book “The Courage to Change,” p. 299

[creatingnikki]

I do not accept

Your lies, your excuses, your reasons. I accept that your intentions may be pure, but I do not accept the way you actioned them. I accept that you did it out of love but I do not accept that love; love laced in deceit and delusion is not love for me but for your own needs. 

You leave me with years of soft words, days of passionate kisses, hours of ecstasy. I accept those and the memories. But I do not accept your desire to keep supplying me with the same; I am not a secret, I do not shower in shame. 

You helped me clean some deep wounds and healed some too. I accept that with such gratitude and will forever remember you with a light heart. But I do not accept that you still have a pure heart or that you are offering me anything secure. 

I used to think your grand gestures, your sweet words, your love, your time in isolation of your delusions and disrespect and dodgy behaviour was enough, that I could utter daiyenu. But, no, I can’t. It is not enough. I do not accept. 

I do not.