Life Letters / Love Letters

So I talk to myself a lot, except I think that I'm really carrying on a conversation with the universe.  I used to be a runner.  I ran because it gave me space and time to think through things when I was a graduate student and would sometimes feel stuck with my own self-importance.  Sometimes movement of the body seems to reflect movement in the mind- the two are connected for me. 

Once when I was running I wrote a book in my head titled "Letters to Myself", it was really just random conversations about love, creativity, generosity, and observance of the world. Though now that I think of it the conversations weren't really with myself.  The letters I was writing in my head were really about communicating with the world.  And here's the thing, whether or not our thoughts get communicated out loud- they are powerful.

 

I cleaned out my closet today

Not really, but sort of.  Anyone who knows me - knows I don't keep a neat organized closet, at all!  And as they read this post, they are thinking uh oh!  One friend in particular- really my sister in this life- is wondering if she needs to drop everything and come right away since she usually helps me with the closet overhaul about once a year.

My house is always straight, things are mostly in place, but if you look in my closet- all bets are off- kinda like me.  If you see me on the outside- I look pretty straight - my clothes are clean, they match, they are ok, cute, not perfect but better than average, and mostly straight.  However, if you peek inside, wow!  You will find the couture mixed in with the Target and a whole lot of mess that I should have given away or, moved on from a long time ago- really, it's the "what is that doing in there - or ohmygod- I used to love that dress- I wonder if it still fits?  Yes, it's not a stretch- our closets say a lot about our insides.  

F-E-A-R Has Two Meanings...



I came across this online and wanted to share...

 

 

 

 

Which meaning will you choose? 

 

Live joyfully and positively!

 

 

- Anne Lewis Moore, PsyD

(Atlanta Center for Positive Change)



Live positively...without fear

"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.  Love them anyway.  If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives.  Do good anyway.  If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.  Succeed anyway.  The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.  Do good anyway.  Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.  Be honest and transparent anyway.  What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.  Build anyway.  People who really want help may attack you if you help them.  Help them anyway.  Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt.  Give the world your best anyway."

- Mother Teresa

This is my challenge - live in the moment each day and act without fear.  Actions dictated by fear create distance and chaos.  Live positively!

- Anne Lewis Moore, PsyD
(Soon to be Atlanta Center for Positive Change)

Today I Choose Joy

Here is something to consider when we find ourselves vulnerable and hopeful about situations we can't control - this might or might not work out - I could be disappointed or hurt, and I also know that I will pick myself up if things don't work out.  However, why should I rob myself of today's hope, anticipation and joy?  Today I choose joy.  Living in the present.

Do You Know...?

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know...?

Do you get
What you're hoping for
When you look behind you
There's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know...?

Once we were standing still in time
Chasing the fantasies
That filled our minds
You knew how I loved you
But my spirit was free
Laughin' at the questions
That you once asked of me

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know...?

Now looking back at all we've planned
We let so many dreams
Just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long
Before we'll see
How sad the answers
To those questions can be

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know...?

Do you get
What you're hoping for
When you look behind you
There's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know...?

Theme from Mohogany by Diana Ross
Songwriters: Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser

What's All the Buzz???

The Enneagram is popping up everywhere!  It has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, mentioned in current novels like "Cutting For Stone", and referred to in various periodicals such as Psychology Today and Time magazine.  The Enneagram is the subject of numerous best-selling books.  It is being used in business organizations to increase effectiveness and improve relations as well as in individual and family therapy to help people better understand themselves and others.  Like I said...it's everywhere!

 

But just what IS the Enneagram?

The word enneagram comes from 2 Greek words.  Ennea meaning nine and gramma which means something written or drawn/a model.  Simply put, the Enneagram is nine points on a circle.