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<blockquote data-quote="HeadlightsMom" data-source="post: 634527" data-attributes="member: 18284"><p>Great comments, everyone. Much appreciated and much good learning shared.</p><p></p><p>Recoveringenabler -- You and I sound very similar in the first several paragraphs. You may be farther down the same road I travel. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Will contemplate (and savor) that line in your last paragraph ("Suffering is a linguistic phenomenon, it happens in our languaging."). Language (words, tones, silences) is powerful, indeed -- but only a mirror image of realities (subjective or objective).</p><p></p><p>LucyJ -- Your last paragraph resonates very well inside me. I've heard the phrase "radical acceptance" before and, honestly, have completely forgotten it. Thanks for mentioning it! It is where peace resides. I have lived this at times (and not at other times) and felt its calm, loving presence (especially while battling illness). It really is the better way to live. Again, thank you so much for reminding me, LucyJ!</p><p></p><p>Daily reminders of the gifts of Radical Acceptance! (a concept which merits caps!) Gratitude....Gratitude...Gratitude.... The name of the game is Gratitude. I'm a big fan of Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search For Meaning". Frankl had this to say after surviving his time in a Nazi concentration camp....... </p><p></p><p>“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” </p><p></p><p>Gratitude is the path I choose. I get lost on the trail repeatedly in the fog of my "Shoulds" or "What if's...?", but it is always my choice to return to Gratitude (also merits caps). I want reminders, I want and choose to return to it, and I am thankful for the path which leads me to reminders of how much beauty inhabits this phenomenal.......and for this reminder of Gratitude this morning!</p><p></p><p>I find what I look for! Sometimes the most is gained when looking for Gratitude right smack-dab in the middle of the ugliest storms. Tough to do sometimes, but when I truly let go and give thanks, the mind-fog of "Shoulds" or "What if's? dissipates.</p><p></p><p>Must get going with my day. But thank you all for teaching Radical Acceptance and inspiring Gratitude! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeadlightsMom, post: 634527, member: 18284"] Great comments, everyone. Much appreciated and much good learning shared. Recoveringenabler -- You and I sound very similar in the first several paragraphs. You may be farther down the same road I travel. :) Will contemplate (and savor) that line in your last paragraph ("Suffering is a linguistic phenomenon, it happens in our languaging."). Language (words, tones, silences) is powerful, indeed -- but only a mirror image of realities (subjective or objective). LucyJ -- Your last paragraph resonates very well inside me. I've heard the phrase "radical acceptance" before and, honestly, have completely forgotten it. Thanks for mentioning it! It is where peace resides. I have lived this at times (and not at other times) and felt its calm, loving presence (especially while battling illness). It really is the better way to live. Again, thank you so much for reminding me, LucyJ! Daily reminders of the gifts of Radical Acceptance! (a concept which merits caps!) Gratitude....Gratitude...Gratitude.... The name of the game is Gratitude. I'm a big fan of Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search For Meaning". Frankl had this to say after surviving his time in a Nazi concentration camp....... “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Gratitude is the path I choose. I get lost on the trail repeatedly in the fog of my "Shoulds" or "What if's...?", but it is always my choice to return to Gratitude (also merits caps). I want reminders, I want and choose to return to it, and I am thankful for the path which leads me to reminders of how much beauty inhabits this phenomenal.......and for this reminder of Gratitude this morning! I find what I look for! Sometimes the most is gained when looking for Gratitude right smack-dab in the middle of the ugliest storms. Tough to do sometimes, but when I truly let go and give thanks, the mind-fog of "Shoulds" or "What if's? dissipates. Must get going with my day. But thank you all for teaching Radical Acceptance and inspiring Gratitude! :D [/QUOTE]
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