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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 614814" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>It is true that I feel less burdened, Recovering. I am riding that edge of discomfort Brene Brown describes as the place we need to be for growth to happen. Well, that is where I want to be. I have to remember that I want to choose that discomfort over a well-worn distraction response. I don't always see it, and I never see it right away.</p><p></p><p>It's a strange place to be.</p><p></p><p>I am glad you asked me about my process. I would like to know the details of yours too, Recovering. What are the things you are realizing about yourself, which are the choices you are making differently now. It's like watching the brilliantly colored threads coming together as the tapestry is woven and choosing a different color. Actually choosing the color, not taking a familiar one on impulse, or maybe, it is like choosing to pause the weaving for a moment in Time.</p><p></p><p>The changes are infinitesimal, sometimes. Just small little things, like choosing not to take control of an interaction by allowing silence, allowing the other person to take the conversation where they will.</p><p></p><p>I find myself slipping into old patterns and then, sort of becoming aware of the pattern as a pattern (?) and of my responsibility, my addiction to the emotional rush of the old way of seeing? And then, I don't know what to do. I am trying to just sit there and observe my chain of thought. </p><p></p><p>I am so happy you ask me how I am ~ it is good to think about how it's going.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 614814, member: 17461"] It is true that I feel less burdened, Recovering. I am riding that edge of discomfort Brene Brown describes as the place we need to be for growth to happen. Well, that is where I want to be. I have to remember that I want to choose that discomfort over a well-worn distraction response. I don't always see it, and I never see it right away. It's a strange place to be. I am glad you asked me about my process. I would like to know the details of yours too, Recovering. What are the things you are realizing about yourself, which are the choices you are making differently now. It's like watching the brilliantly colored threads coming together as the tapestry is woven and choosing a different color. Actually choosing the color, not taking a familiar one on impulse, or maybe, it is like choosing to pause the weaving for a moment in Time. The changes are infinitesimal, sometimes. Just small little things, like choosing not to take control of an interaction by allowing silence, allowing the other person to take the conversation where they will. I find myself slipping into old patterns and then, sort of becoming aware of the pattern as a pattern (?) and of my responsibility, my addiction to the emotional rush of the old way of seeing? And then, I don't know what to do. I am trying to just sit there and observe my chain of thought. I am so happy you ask me how I am ~ it is good to think about how it's going. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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