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2006-05-10 - 10:08 a.m. I am such a flaky hippy sometimes, but I totally love my DailyOm e-mails that I get each day. Today's is something that I'm already well aware of (as they often are), and yet there's always value in being reminded of these lessons. There may be times in our lives when it seems like we keep having the same kinds of experiences. The situation or the people involved may be different each time, yet one experience may feel exactly like the last one and the one before that one. Perhaps we left a job where we were unhappy and we find ourselves experiencing similar challenges in our new job. A relationship with a new romantic partner may start to seem a lot like our old relationship and the problems that we thought we had left behind. We may feel disappointed or frustrated and wonder why the same situations and people keep showing up in our lives. The truth is that the same kinds of experiences don't keep happening to us. After all, the circumstances and the people involved are always different. We keep having the same kinds of experiences. Subconsciously, there is great value to be had in experiencing life in the same ways until we are ready to have different experiences. Perhaps we feel unworthy of happiness, or worry that we can't get a break. Our experiences tend to reflect what we believe about life. After all, most of us don't like to be proven wrong. We may even derive satisfaction in being right or experience a sense of safety every time we confirm to ourselves that know the way the world works. We may choose a relationship partner who is very different from our last significant other and hope that this time love will turn out differently. Yet as long as we hold whatever beliefs we have that limit the good we can experience in our relationships, we will create the same dynamic of limited happiness with any partner. We bring ourselves and our beliefs to every situation. If we can figure out which of our beliefs are no longer serving us, we can consciously change those beliefs, make new choices, and start having new kinds of experiences that are in line with what we want in life. Click here to read others and/or sign up for your own flaky hippy reminders.
including Spring 2006 term. In fact, this afternoon I sit for my first final in my DSM and Psychopathology class (and yes, every single one of you has been given a diagnosis in my head sometime this term, and no, I'm never going to tell *wink*). As always, I'm doing anything other than studying. The only class that truly saddens me in ending is the Practicum class -- I'm really going to miss those sessions and watching other people's sessions. It was just so damn cool to see all the progress that our clients made in only 6 weeks. So amazing and humbling and affirming. Oh, and ethics, because of the 3 loudmouths at the front of the class. ;o) Me being one of those. There are only 20 more sleeps until I fly home to Canada for the summer (we're down to counting on fingers and toes, kids!) and I can't imagine how to express the mixture of joy and anticipation that is swirling around in my heart and guts, mixed with just the slightest hint of sadness, because I'm actually going to miss some of the kids here in Fresno while I'm gone! What a weird thing it is to transplant myself and cleave my heart into portions that remain listlessly strewn all over the continent. However, if any of YOU can't get ahold of this video, you should cry openly and out loud, wrend some garments, pull out your hair, etcetera. Because this should be essential required viewing for everyone. And the other films they produce as well. --mopheaded has her head in the clouds
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