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SEPTEMBER 2024 Suffering is Optional

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BE YOU

THOUGHTS ARE FRIENDS
"Thoughts are friends, not enemies. They’re just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. We’re not doing them. They’re not personal. They’re like the breeze or the raindrops falling. Thoughts arise like that, and we can make friends with them. Would you argue with a raindrop? Raindrops aren’t personal, and neither are thoughts. It’s the meaning you attach to those thoughts that you think is personal." ~ Byron Katie
 

BE YOU

I embrace the rhythm and the flowing of my own heart.

I press on because I believe in my path.

 

I surround myself with people who treat me well.

I take great pleasure in my friends, even if we disagree or live different lives.

 

BE YOU

You are allowed to celebrate the fact that you survived.

 

 

I feel the love of those who are not physically around me.

 

 

 

I accept all the goodness that is and will be coming into my life

I am embracing new ways of being

 I may be one in 7 billion but I am also one in 7 billion.

BE YOU

 Life is a

journey

I am embracing the present and the

journey ahead

fearlessly.

 I have everything I need to make today significant

 

 

My life is growth and I never stop dreaming and creating

 

 I have everything I need to make today significant

 

BE YOU

Why do we sometimes feel we have to know what everything means?

If we don't know something that is too often a gift.

It’s a gift to stand back and allow life to grow in its meaning.

When we look at the sky are we angry when we can't see the whole sky?

When we have an idea -is that reason to be upset that the whole idea has not yet shown itself?

Be patient. Live, Love and repeat. All is happening in Gods speed and the unfamiliar isnt a curse- its an opportunity.

 

 

BE YOU

Hello Everyone! Feel free to post what resonates with you

come from your heart place… deep from your soul and answer the calls of your life to be you

Love, 'selfcare'

BE YOU

 

In response to ˚gentle & focused's post:

Thank you for putting this up.

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional," this quote is attributed to three people: the Dalai Lama, Haruki Murakami and Kathleen Casey. 

Its a very empowering quote, especially if you find yourself in the middle of suffering and you can't find the way out.

What Buddha said about suffering:

In Buddha's first sermon, he talked about "The Four Noble Truths."

He discussed the nature of attachment, desire and delusion and he described how to overcome the grip of suffering.

“Radical Acceptance is the ability to face hardships with greater love and deeper awareness.
Contemplation shapes radical acceptance as a way to choose love and peace over anger and despair.
Begin by finding this within ourselves before helping others.

In response to Life is about making excellent choices!!'s post:

I will respond to your post in a moment ...I want to share part of what inspired this thread

I say part -because nothing is ever just 1 thing  (:

I was feeling pain. I know pain is normal... especially when something or someone has been ripped out of your world. 

I gave the quote:Pain is Inevitable Suffering is Optional a place in my spirit 

My heart guided me to a series of affirmations and my suffering has been shifted / energy rearranged if you will.

It is my view -'we' get stuck on the familiar & the 'logical'

Logic has a place... and familiarity sure can be comfortable. Though, letting go and allowing the uncertainty with the belief in the Supernatural more - I choose to call God is absolutely amazing.

I have been very tired lately w/good reason - I made a conscious decision today to take real rest breaks all day in between my other activities. Wow! That was sensational too.

4 steps to creating habits of self care:

  1. Build in rest as a catalyst for productivity, not a break from it.
    2. Streamline your schedule by doing fewer things better.
    3. Pair a self-care habit with your regular routine so it becomes automatic
    4. Focus on the habit of the habit: value right actions over right results
    (this came from a site assisting teachers - from burnout)

Good old A1 from google defined the acronym HALT

HALT is an acronym that stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired. It's a self-awareness tool that can help people identify and address important needs, and manage stress and triggers. 
 
 
Here are some ways to use the HALT acronym:
  • Check in with yourself
    Periodically ask yourself how you're feeling in each of the four categories. You can set reminders on your phone to pause and check in at specific times throughout the day.
  • Keep a journal
    Note when you feel any of the four states and how they affect your mood or decisions. Tracking these over time can help you identify patterns and triggers.
  • Practice mindfulness
    Start or end your day with a mindfulness meditation session. This can help you increase your awareness of physical and emotional needs. 
     
     
    For myself - this was quick tonight... reframe... let go let God, and check in with self with nutritional needs (H) , frustration/anger (A) and understand loneliness (L) & get enough rest (T)

Affirmations Today-I-step-into-my.jpg

AffirmationI am a Spark of God. My essence is Divine. by Tamar Frankiel

AffirmationAs I humble myself to God,the Majestic Creator of the Universe, I allow trust for the  process of life completely

AffirmationI Am wise in doing wonderfully healthy things for myself.

AffirmationI am refreshingly

rejuvenated

BE YOU

The following is a quote taken from online quotes from: An essential introduction to Buddhism.

The Four Noble Truths:

One: Suffering exists. Life is suffering. Suffering is real and universal. Suffering has many causes: loss, sickness, pain, failure, and the impermanence of pleasure. 

Two: There is a cause of suffering. Suffering is due to attachment. It is the desire to have and control things. It can take many forms: craving of sensual pleasures; the desire for fame; the desire to avoid unpleasant sensations, like fear, anger or jealousy. 

Three: There is an end to suffering. Attachment can be overcome. Suffering senses with the final liberation of Nirvana. The mind experiences complete freedom, liberation and non-attachment.It lets go of any desire or craving.

Four: In order to. end suffering, follow the eightfold path.

If the above intro stirs your interest, please google on the Four Noble Truths, and enjoy the journey into the creation of a peaceful mind.

“Radical Acceptance is the ability to face hardships with greater love and deeper awareness.
Contemplation shapes radical acceptance as a way to choose love and peace over anger and despair.
Begin by finding this within ourselves before helping others.

Affirmations:

I bring harmony into disharmony.

 

I ask myself: What am I supposed to be learning at this time in my life? If it's really hard, it must be a huge lesson.

 

I forgive myself for not living in peace.

 

"Radical resilience is the ability to face hardships with greater Love and deeper awareness."

~ Richard Rohr.

 

I welcome new flexibility. I allow myself new resilience and buoyancy.

“Radical Acceptance is the ability to face hardships with greater love and deeper awareness.
Contemplation shapes radical acceptance as a way to choose love and peace over anger and despair.
Begin by finding this within ourselves before helping others.

In response to Life is about making excellent choices!!'s post:

love your affirmations!

Thanks for sharing here!

BE YOU

In response to Life is about making excellent choices!!'s post:

Yes , those are wonderful areas to give thought to .

BE YOU

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