Val, usually I love your writings but this one leaves me feeling uncomfortable. For we see around us too many homeless people, begging for any form of help and living rough in the forest, who might challenge this message, and rightly so. Hope you don’t mind me saying this, Paul.
I don’t mind at all Paul. The way I see this piece it’s about inner freedom, rather than external circumstances and real hardship. The suffering that our thoughts bring can be changed if we access the innate love and goodness inside of us. This was a re-blog for someone I know who is having a hard mental and emotional struggle right now.
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I totally agree, we limit ourselves only in our minds. Anything is possible! Paul if you don’t mind me adding, everyone needs to help themselves. People need to take responsibility for their own misery or sadness or disaster or whatever it might be. The power is in taking action and making positive changes towards well being and happiness.
Oh yeah, I agree too. Grief and depression is paralysing. I have been there. Flat out on the ground balling my eyes out. I got over myself though… I am good now. We have to allow ourselves to grieve, it does pass, like everything. Being human is tricky!
Find Your Middle Ground 
Thanks for sharing this Val ♥
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Thank you for appreciating it today Yvonne 🌸
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Val, usually I love your writings but this one leaves me feeling uncomfortable. For we see around us too many homeless people, begging for any form of help and living rough in the forest, who might challenge this message, and rightly so. Hope you don’t mind me saying this, Paul.
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I don’t mind at all Paul. The way I see this piece it’s about inner freedom, rather than external circumstances and real hardship. The suffering that our thoughts bring can be changed if we access the innate love and goodness inside of us. This was a re-blog for someone I know who is having a hard mental and emotional struggle right now.
xo
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I totally agree, we limit ourselves only in our minds. Anything is possible! Paul if you don’t mind me adding, everyone needs to help themselves. People need to take responsibility for their own misery or sadness or disaster or whatever it might be. The power is in taking action and making positive changes towards well being and happiness.
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Thank you Anita for adding your perspective here. 💛
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I agree. But there’s this suspicion in my mind that when one is really down, in every way imaginable, that power to take action may be beyond reach.
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Until I go there I cannot know…
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Same for me, Val.
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Oh yeah, I agree too. Grief and depression is paralysing. I have been there. Flat out on the ground balling my eyes out. I got over myself though… I am good now. We have to allow ourselves to grieve, it does pass, like everything. Being human is tricky!
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Very tricky! 😉
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