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[patrice]

Welcome punter!

Hey G

again spot on !!!

Thanks
Patrice
xx

[Guitarista]

Welcome punter!

Good to see you Patrice.

We must do whatever it takes.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Greg.

[ronnie]

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Mr G

Love it, Love it Love it

Your a little darling honey
xxxxxx

[RingingCedars]

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Hope you don't mind me adding to this G.
A comfortable, convenient life is not a real life.
The more comfortable, the less alive.
If you are alive, there is inconvenience.
If you are alive, there are challenges.
If you are alive then every moment you have to face reality, encounter reality.
For every moment, you have to be ready to change and to move.
Reality has no security and that is its beauty.
Life has no security and that is its beauty.
Because there is no security, there is adventure.
Because the future is unknown.
Nobody knows what is going to happen the next moment.
That's why there is challenge, growth, adventure.
If you miss adventure, you miss all.
If your life is not that of an adventure...
of a search into the unknown...
then you are living in vain.

Osho Meditations: The Inner Science

I've found this recently and find it compelling, relaxing and motivating.
Truth Vibrations (Breaking Free of The Matrix) - Featuring David Icke - David Icke Website

Namaste

[Guitarista]

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Nice RC!

Thank's. :l

[Nelz]

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This is a GREAT thread, thanks to all that have posted I see some copy and paste material here

[patrice]

Welcome punter!

Thanks RC - really like that one...
In fact reading it helps me to accept the situation I am in as being reality

xx
Patrice

[RingingCedars]

Welcome punter!

I've found this recently and find it compelling, relaxing and motivating.
Truth Vibrations (Breaking Free of The Matrix) - Featuring David Icke - David Icke Website

Namaste
It's quote myself night. This video brought me back to my strength/compassion through my belief in me. The vid made me feel both the wonderment and conviction of my youth. So many of us have lost that. Why?

[Georgie]

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Thanks G!

Funny you brought up self talk, I was just doing that the other day while cleaning my porch! I was having a conversation with myself ( in my mind). I was going over some things that I am upset about. I was speaking kindly to myself as if I were talking to a friend who was coming to me with these feelings and I did feel better. Thank you for bringing this up as I know it has been helping me during my journey lately with sobriety.

Thank you too RC. Good stuff!
:l:hGina

[Guitarista]

Welcome punter!

This relates to us. Enjoy!

Lessons in Discomfort

“In many instances, the likelihood of an individual succeeding (no matter what the goal) will be dependant on how uncomfortable that person is prepared to get and for how long.” C.A.H.

The Application of the Information

This morning I coached someone who asked me to expand on the ‘growth comes through discomfort’ theory. It’s something I’m always teaching and it’s a concept my client was having trouble getting her head around – from a practical application point of view. As the concept is relevant to most of us, I thought I would expand on it a little today.

What’s Growth?

In the context of this discussion, growth could mean a range of things: learning, improvement, adaptation, skill development, greater insight, better understanding, less fear, more confidence, greater productivity, less anxiety, more patience, fewer destructive habits and even something as practical and measurable as greater physical strength and improved health.

For an athlete, growth might mean more points per game, a higher vertical leap or a faster time. For a shop-aholic it might mean eliminating debt and changing spending habits. For the person with a social phobia, it might mean looking someone in the eye and initiating a conversation. And, for the chronic people-pleaser it could mean saying ‘no’ to somebody, taking a stand and not backing down. In simple terms, growth means creating positive change in some area of our (personal) world.

What’s Discomfort?

Discomfort, on the other hand, could be anything that (in a general sense) we’d rather avoid. It could present itself in the form of a work problem, a financial situation, a conversation we’re always deferring, a fitness challenge, a health issue, a habit we need to break, a fear we need to confront, a relationship we need to end, a dynamic we need to change or even (as many people have experienced) an unexpected illness. It could arrive in the form of an emotional, physical, psychological, sociological, financial or professional challenge. Or, a combination thereof.

Individually Uncomfortable

The interesting thing about the discomfort/growth paradigm is that it’s completely personal in terms of how and when it works and what it means to us. By that, I mean one person’s discomfort (and, therefore, opportunity to grow) will be another person’s minor event. There is no universally relevant discomfort scale because we all think, feel, experience and react differently. A scale like P.R.E. (a widely-used scale which gauges an individual’s Perceived Rate of Exertion while completing a physical task) tells us that comfort or discomfort, hard or easy is all about the individual. Which tells us that learning, adaptation, change and improvement are also about the individual.

Standing on a stage and talking is simply part of my job. For me, that task is about as stressful as driving a cab might be for a cabbie. That is, not very. For someone else, it might be an exercise in anxiety or maybe even terror. And, at the same time, a major opportunity for growth. Knowing that things only have the meaning we give them, we can safely assume that there is no single experience, process or situation that will produce consistent or equal results in terms of positive or negative change across the board.

Naturally, not all discomfort serves a positive purpose (standing in front of a moving bus for example) and, of course, we need to be wise and discerning about how, when and why we ‘get uncomfortable’. Having said that, it’s important that we find the awareness, courage and understanding that allow us to see problems, hurdles, barriers and catastrophes for what they really are: opportunities to grow and learn.

Is it time for you to address that thing you’ve been avoiding?

Don’t get mad at me – you keep putting it off. I’m just reminding you.

(From Craig Harper.com website.)

[Peacefull]

Welcome punter!

Thank you, thank you.

These posts are very timely for me and I know for many others here. I have positive quotes posted on my fridge and the one I posted the other day was on this topic. I have embarked on a spiritual journey this time quitting and it is helping me tremendously, I have not had any cravings and I am excited about life. I am also on a health kick and eating well and exercising. This combination is the key for me.

I have many goals, some will be hard but I know once I accomplish them, the reward will be huge.

Thanks again.

Peace

[Guitarista]

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Brilliant stuff Peaceful.

You are rocking it! No turning back now. Take no prisoner's, and reach out and take your precious life back.

[Guitarista]

Welcome punter!

Here's something i've posted elsewhere, but thought it might be encouraging here also.

You are beautiful, you are special, and you are ripping yourself off big time with the dwelling on past events. How do we move on and stop abusing ourselves? I have no simple answer to that, or a magic wand, but i do know that ANYTHING is possible, and we can be healthy again. BUT....... The first step towards that will be uncomfortable, and that step is the removal of alcohol from our lives. This is where we start the journey into healing. Enough dwelling and being stuck in the past. We only have the now. Easy for me to say? Yes and no. I have my own story. We all do, with all being valid and precious.
A magical word comes to mind right now. ACTION.

You may have to help (push) yourself along towards this step. Are you ready? No? Good. No worries. Do it anyway. Do what you have to do to end the misery, the dwelling, the pain, the broken record, the madness. Enough with the emotional damage already. Banish it, step by step. Our bodies when drinking tell us we need booze to feel normal. This is understandable, a known fact, and a chemical reaction inside us. But when we remove the alcohol, our body will then re-wire itself and re-learn that NO booze in our system is actually NORMAL.

What have you got to lose? What? Peace of mind? Tranquility? Happiness? Self respect? What? If you can answer 'what you have got to lose', then i am a bigger idiot than i thought, and i will go home.

Easy? NO!

Possible and do-able? YES!

[ronnie]

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I love your posts Mr G.....keep them comming xxxx

[Guitarista]

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Great share Reg, thank's.

For me, when all is said and done, it comes down to decision. I know we can't and don't CHOOSE this addiction that we have, but we can DECIDE which path we will take. We have the power to decide our path. All the tools we need are within us already. I don't need to 'wait' for some magic moment to pull me out of oblivion, NO. I must take ACTION and make something happen. I must DO SOMETHING. Or do nothing. If i choose to do nothing, well okay, that is my choice. This is my choice, and decision if i choose it. My addiction is not my choice, but i can choose to do something about it.