Bringing out the best

… is a conscious decision. It is looking beyond our immediate needs and determining that which serves the highest good of all and implementing it.

Glenda
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Their story about being "burned"

Being burned? Unable to trust others?

Trusting others is not about trusting them, it is about learning to listen to our our intuition/gut and taking heed. Implementing action. 

When we don't listen to ourselves the outcome is generally unpleasant.

As we practice listening to ourselves, we develop an inner radar to 'hone in on' when something is off.

Our choice then is to move carefully towards the situation/person or move away.

To the degree I trust myself by listening to my gut/intuition, I trust my ability to take care of me.


Glenda
www.glendagibbs.com 


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Mundane or Magnificent?

I was driving my little old lady friend to the grocery store; she was sharing about this and that and unexpectedly she pointed to the roof of a home — she requested that I start noticing roofs. Hmm.

This little old lady was almost 78 and filled with pearls of wisdom. I took heed and broadened my view to include roofs and I noticed other things ... some that I take for granted.

Like the fog. Some complain how it closes us in. 

Another view to consider: the fog becomes a temporary canvas for us to look up and have the white background magnifying the things we might normally overlook. 

Pearls appear everywhere.

They are always there ... when we are.

Glenda
 

The Goon is the Messenger

The way others treat us is indicative of the way we treat ourselves. A sure way of discovering: what behavior pushes your buttons? 

A woman meets a guy online, after a few emails and text messages he invites her out. Her work and other situations prevented this date to occur. He became pushy and disrespectful. She apologized. His behavior worsened. She hung in there. She believed she had to be nice. He was “a goon”. When she had heard enough she left.

I asked her when she knew he wasn’t a good match. She said early on, she felt funny. Rather than listening to that feeling, her inner voice, she went against herself. This is disrespect. By disrespecting herself she gave this guy permission to disrespect her. 

The Goon is the Messenger. 

This situation is a teaching tool. Yes, it could have been avoided had she listened to herself, however there’s a notion some of us have to learn by having the experience.

-Glenda

A PART OF LIFE ... IS CHANGE

I was thinking of how a bicycle tire is generally in an ongoing state of repair. One flat upon another... 

There are those who buy a do-it-yourself fix-it-kit. As they use it repeatedly they say it’s a part of life and a side effect of having a bike. And this works for them.

Imagine having a situation where change is necessary. Some say change is a part of life and a side effect of living ... 

Life is full of situations. How we move through them determines whether life changes us or we change and live life.

Glenda