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 Article Source: The Positive Observer
PART II:
Being Human...Community
Back, by popular demand from our previous segment: Intro - PART I .
According to Virginia Satir, noted American author and psychotherapist, a human being's strongest instinct is To Make Things Familiar. "People will die before they'll face the unfamiliar. There is a tremendous instinct to make everything like everything else." Do you find yourself entrenched in routines of familiarity? To what extreme will you allow yourself to go? Have you noticed other individuals or groups in society campaigning to maintain habitual outcomes or beliefs?
What if there is change? What happens when diversity is allowed to happen and things do become less familiar? Is it the actual change that people fear or is it the idea of change that people fear? For a fundamentalist, the idea of change is the fear. They will act within and above their means to prevent the change from actually happening in the first place. Little to no effort is granted to be inquisitive or to experience what a change might have to offer, even when obvious benefits are presented. Keep in mind, a fundamentalist's fundamentalism is their primary concern. They place their agenda before anything else and leave little room for other considerations.
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Read more... [Fundamentalism - PART II: Being Human - Community]
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Article Source: The Positive Observer
 Hug. Hug your child. Hug your spouse. Hug your friends. Hug your neighbor. Hug your pet. Hug a business associate. Hug a stranger. Hug another stranger. Just embrace something. No forethought. Make it spontaneous. Extend a part of yourself in the process. No words, just a tight kinesthetic surge of energy. The human body recognizes and appreciates touch.
Too much arguing, aggression and antagonism going on these days. Way too much. No truly justifiable reason for anyone to challenge each day or certain aspects of a day in such a manner. No one excuse is credible enough. Not when you have life and consciousness. Nourish what is unique about being awake. Regenerate the elements that heal and offer laughter. Find time to walk on the beach and run your toes through the sand.
Hug. Do it for an entire day. Reconnect, rather than dismiss. See where it goes. Start by giving yourself a hug. Make it count!
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Article Source: The Positive Observer
 Running has been a big part of my life over the past two decades. Other than devoting time to my children and wife, running, both trail and road have filled many hours and days of my past and present life.
My adventures have carried me through most mid-size and large cities across the US, Central and Western Canada. I have explored the Appalachian, Rocky, Wasatch, Sierra, and Cascade Mountains. Each landscape is vastly different. Each holds its own storybook of experiences. My personal explorations are now contained within their chapters. There is something very beautiful about discovering local culture on foot. You become part of the culture and the environment around you.
Cradle each moment...
My vivid attentiveness towards my surroundings has given me a greater appreciation in regards to each experience and in understanding myself. A person cannot help but to grow and mature proportionally during such adventures. Whether running with fellow runners or encountering the trail alone, I have found moments of profound reflection, reflections that weave through the tributaries of my life. I have found that the elements of my most primal and universal self are the ones I gravitate towards the most. The rediscovery of each and the space between them are equally adventurous, especially in relation to the path I am traveling on a particular day.
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Read more... [Being Passionate...About Something]
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 "The World is yours to see as you choose to see it." We all see the world differently and on different levels. Some of us see from within, others, always from the outside. We can choose to see things through our own eyes, through another's eyes, through the global collective or even through the global minority. Each day, moment or personal experience dictates which route we take. Understand your ways. Choose your scene. Determine what serves you best.
Regardless of which medium you choose, know that there are some simple-basic granules of good out there. Such granules are sprinkled around each of our lives. They are present every day, all the time. They are part of the unconscious, underlying current that pulls us through each day. These granules are what makes being human so much fun. They allow us to be unique on the planet and in relation to each other. Once we become aware and recognize them, our days and our approach towards all interactions in life magnify ten-fold. They are the dependable cornerstones in our lives, if we choose to embrace them.
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Read more... [Things Worth Being Happy About]
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 Why do we feel the need to label everything around us? Does every experience, every person, every emotion...every "thing" need to be categorized and placed in a box?
Granted,
it does help to identify some things in order to get through the day,
but what if by doing so you unfairly or inappropriately "create"
something that isn't so? By "create", I am making reference to
establishing a problem or situation where there wasn't one prior? By
labeling, do you begin to limit your viewpoint or options where you
shouldn't have done so? Does such an action also deny continued
"growth" in the mindset of another individual or circumstance? As a
result, do you begin to suppress imagination and curiosity?
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Read more... [Living In The Box - Categories]
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