Provoking Courage

Allowing Ourselves To Feel

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Allowing Ourselves to Feel

 

Taking the time to sit with your feelings to acknowledge them, will save you much distress down the road.

It can take great courage to really sit with our feelings, allowing ourselves to surrender to their powerful energies. All too often we set our feelings aside, thinking we will deal with them later. If we don't deal with them, we end up storing them in our minds and bodies and this is when anxiety and other health issues can arise.

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Awareness

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Awareness

There is freedom that comes with awareness, because with it comes the opportunity to make a choice.

Life is a journey comprised of many steps on our personal path that takes us down a winding road of constant evolution. And each day, we are provided with numerous opportunities that can allow us to transform into our next best selves. One moment we are presented with an opportunity to react differently when yet another someone in our life rubs us the wrong way; on another day we may find ourselves wanting to walk away from a particular circumstance but are not sure if we can.

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Overcoming Difficulties

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Overcoming Difficulties

Everyone must overcome difficulties, and everyone has been granted a unique set of talents with which to do so.

Our lives are an exercise in facing challenges. We dream the grandest of dreams as youngsters only to discover that we must cultivate an abundance of inner strength and determination in order to meet our goals. Our hard work does not always yield the results we expect. And it is when we find ourselves frustrated by the trials we face or unable to meet our own expectations that we are most apt to take notice of those individuals who appear to accomplish great feats effortlessly

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New Spaces

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New Spaces

Our lives are the result of all the doors we have walked through, and our continued growth depends on our willingness to keep moving into new spaces. 

When a door opens, walk through it. Trust that the door has opened for a reason and you have been guided to it. Sometimes we have a tendency to overanalyze or agonize over the decision, but it is quicker to simply go through the door and discover what's there as that's the only way to know. Even if it doesn't seem right at first, opening this door may lead to another door that will take us where we need to go. 

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Journal With Purpose

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Journal With Purpose

Reflecting on journal entries, you may find you are just the help you need in your own life.

A journal can play many roles. It can be a friend, a vehicle of self-expression, a tool that facilitates clarity of thought, or a fountain of dreams. A journal can also be a powerful source of comfort during challenging or traumatic periods. When you record those insights and incidents that clearly demonstrate you are on the right track, you can return to your word’s days, weeks, or months later and find uniquely soothing reassurance.

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Closure

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Closure

The period of completion, rather than being just an act of conclusiveness, is also one of transition.

Life is a collection of beginnings and endings that run together like watercolors on paper. Yet before we can begin any new phase in life, we must sometimes first achieve closure at the current stage we are in, because many of life's experiences call for closure.

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Shifting Towards Gratitude

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Shifting Towards Gratitude

 

The question of whether we or anyone else deserves something is not really in our power.

We all know what it's like to finally get something we want, only to find ourselves feeling as if we don't deserve it. Whether it's a car, a new job, or a date with someone special, we suddenly feel as if we are not up to it. Something in us wants to reject this gift, perhaps because it requires that we think of ourselves in a new way or makes us question why we should have something that others don't have.

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Worrying Is An Extension of Fear

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Worrying Is An Extension of Fear

Worry is an extension of fear and can also set you up for attracting that which you don't want in your life.

We have all had the experience of worrying about something at some point in our lives. Some of us have a consistent tendency to worry, and all of us have known someone who is a chronic worrier. Worrying is an extension of fear and can be a very draining experience. In order for worry to exist, we have to imagine that something bad might happen.

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Allowing Ourselves To Be Heard

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Allowing Ourselves to be Heard

 

We all have a story to tell, whether you publish it or keep it to yourself, but allow yourself to be heard.

At one time or another, everyone has wanted to express his or her story. Writing a memoir to read privately, share with family or friends, or publish is an emotionally satisfying way to gain perspective on your experiences while sharing your unique voice. We've all experienced feelings and events in our lives that we are longing to write down. Giving in to that urge can give you an outlet for purging any frustration, anxiety, or unexpressed feelings.

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Inner Clarity

 

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Inner Clarity

 

When the world is in chaos, we can still have our own inner peace and maintain a sense of calm in sea of unrest.

People who maintain their sense of calm when things around them are in a state of flux and confusion are always wonderful to be around. We feel calmer just being near them, as if they have activated our own sense of inner peace. From them, we learn that we can be calm, even when everything around us is in turmoil, because we know that no matter what happens, this inner sense of calm will help us to function well. Often, times of confusion are the times that enable us to find that part of ourselves that knows how to cope, and how to be a light to others in the storm. 

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