Tolerance is being patient, understanding and accepting of anything different.
It frees us from being judgmental,
recognizing that all people have feelings, needs, hopes, and dreams.
In the practice of tolerance,
one’s enemy is the best teacher.
~Dalai Lama
The Practice of Tolerance:
Appreciate differences,
Forgive mistakes,
Balance acceptance with justice.
Respect is the willingness to show consideration
or appreciation to others and self.
Letting go of interference, judgment, and control,
is respecting others enough to let them make their own decisions.
Earning and giving respect is both essential and desirable for healing.
Patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. This is something I will strive continually to achieve. It was suggested I pick a strong healing word today. I thought about it and realized it takes a great deal of strength to trust and practice the following:
1. We are not hasty and wait without complaining.
2. We respond to mistakes or delays with gentleness not judgment.
3. We recognize the lessons that come through waiting and receive them as gifts.
4. We endure things we cannot control with a peaceful heart.
5. We do not rush or allow ourselves to be overcome by pressure.
6. We remind ourselves patience is quiet hope.
7. We know patience brings acceptance and soothes our souls.
Positive thoughts are mini-affirmations. In Louise L. Hay’s book Experience Your Good Now! she writes: “Affirmations are like planting seeds in the ground. First they germinate, then they sprout roots, and then they shoot up through the ground. It takes some time to go from a seed to a full-grown plant. And so it is with affirmations—it takes some time from the first declaration to the final demonstration. Be patient.”
”Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
~Willie Nelson
“If you have good thoughts,
they will shine out of your face like sunbeams
and you will always look lovely.”
~Roald Dahl
Gentleness is an attitude of tenderness and love toward people and the world around us. It takes strength to call on the self-control that gentleness requires, particularly when we feel hurt or angry.
“Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter.”
― Deborah Day, BE HAPPY NOW!
Being gentle with ourselves
helps us to be more forgiving
and kind to others.
Gentleness trades control for an embrace.
Gentleness is moving wisely,
touching softly,
speaking quietly,
and thinking kindly.
Taking time for gentle activities
nurtures our souls.
DEFINITION OF ACTION: The fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim or an act of will.
How can you make ACTION a healing word for you?
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
~Thomas Jefferson
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,
don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
~Confucius
In order to carry a positive action,
we must develop here a positive vision.
~Dalai Lama
Contentment is an awareness of sufficiency, a sense that we have enough and we are enough. It is appreciating the simple gifts of life – friendship, books, a good laugh, a moment of beauty, a cool drink on a hot day, and a hot drink on a cold day.
Being contented, we are free from the pull of greed and longing. We trust that life provides what we need when we need it.
Being Contented doesn’t obstruct our dreams. It is a place view the future with a peaceful heart and gratitude for all that is and all that is to come.
Enthusiasm is being filled with spirit. When we live with enthusiasm, we are excited about life and are open to the wonders each day holds.
Enthusiasm helps us to imagine what is possible. We do things wholeheartedly, with zeal and eagerness, holding nothing back. We are cheerful and optimistic about what is to come.
Enthusiasm helps us to imagine what is possible. We follow our dreams with true joy.
Barbara Hoberman Levine, author of Your Body Believes Every Word You Say writes, “the term Seedthoughts occurred to her as a summary of the correspondence of language to symptoms. Seedthoughts is shorthand for the idea that thoughts affect us physically and emotionally. They can lead to the development of physical symptoms of disease in our bodies. Our thoughts are like seeds that we plant in our minds and hearts. When they germinate they produce wellness or illness.”
In the author’s Self-Help Experience # 11, she gives instructions on how to change upsetting thoughts.
Purpose: To give you practice in changing your mind to control the effects of your emotions. Being upset will simply add more power and energy to a negative thought. You can abort an anxiety attack with this harmonizing technique.
1. Release a negative thought by saying a particular word or phrase, like “cancel”, “delete”, or “God forbid”. (Example – You might think “This project is a headache. Cancel, cancel.”) After you cancel, replace the negative thought with a positive one. (Example – This project is very challenging.) This is reprograming your mind in a more positive way.
Independence (noun): the state or quality of being independent; freedom from the influence, control, or determination of others. Independence is confident self-reliance. One of my favorite pastimes is watching eagles soaring gracefully. It looks like freedom of independence.
Independence for all women looks like this:
1. We have the courage to see reality with our own eyes and not through the eyes of others.
2. We dare to be our true selves and make decisions without undue influence from others.
3. We responsibly care for ourselves.
4. We bring ourselves fully to a relationship yet honor the boundaries that protect each other’s dignity. We enjoy intimacy without enmeshment.
5. We do not depend on others to define our value.
