Posts Tagged: control

In The Moment

August 29th, 2016
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Hey there my Resilient Friends!

This summer I have been sensing a theme among good solid friends I see a lot and great friends I see occasionally: change is in the air.

When we get to a certain place in our lives, we mentally hold pictures of how we think life is going to play itself out.  But life has its’ own idea of what should happen and when we see that our lives aren’t following the groove we had hoped for, we are left with the expectations of what is no longer to be.  I have noticed that … Read More

Freezing Friday

January 24th, 2014
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Wow!! What a week! Between the snow, the ice and the polar vortex of winds hitting the Washington, DC area, it’s seems as though it’s been a battle of the elements every day.  Fashion has definitely gone by the wayside and staying warm is the priority.  Sometimes the sun is out but I’m not feeling too much difference in the temperature. I am not really a winter person at all but this chilly cold season does teach me to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.  I can’t change it so I’ve got to go with it and get on the other… Read More

Exiting The Control Lane

July 26th, 2013
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It is Friday and I am one big burnt piece of toast! It has been a week of going to the hospital (hopefully my Dad will be discharged today), car maintenance (way too expensive) and early starts at work (hate the alarm).  But I am truly looking forward to the end of today because that is when my well-deserved vacation begins!!!!!! As hard as I try to maneuver around the built-in stress of the above situations, I am just a human being like anyone else and I do get sucked into worrying about all of these things instead of having… Read More

Delaying The Inevitable

July 10th, 2013
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I’m scared of things.  Lots of things.  And there are things that I really don’t want to do. But I usually force myself to do them.  Because eventually I know I will probably have to do them all by myself. I could ask other people to do things for me but I always feel silly doing that because I know I can do it for myself.  Besides, by the time I ask someone else to do something for me and I explain what it is that I need done, I could have done it for myself. I try to live… Read More

Surfing Emotions

April 24th, 2013
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Photo Courtesy of Secrets of The Sea Feelings are much like waves,   we can’t stop them from coming   but we can choose which ones to surf.   ~ Jonatan Martensson… Read More

Looking For Serenity

April 16th, 2012
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Resilience is having the ability to bend with change and when I am working on building emotional resilience within myself, I am reminded of Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous serenity prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. I have found it best to start in small ways.  Almost every day, I try to examine what has happened and why.  Not in an overly analytical way, but in a way that makes me more aware of my responses and behaviors.  One way… Read More