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Posted Apr 17, 2011 02:54 PM
I have many memories competing to rule my mind in random tyranny.

My success at quieting the disturbing ones determines the happiness factor of any particular moment.

A calm, self-assured movement through a reasonable day is really very appealing to me.

*smile*

Throughout my life, I have courted feelings of competence and value. Those courtships have been very sweet. They have been elusive and fickle partners. Infrequent, and brief.

I become consumed with my failures. I tend to hold on to things perceived as inefficiencies in me This does not serve me. .and Awareness Precedes Action

The one, singular piece of advice that was missing in my growing up years, is this:

“Linda, you will see the end of relationships. It is part of finding the right one..
Learn to move on with grace, gratitude, and speed.

Or:

“Linda, You’re gonna break up with a lot of guys – so GET GOOD AT IT!”

I think back on the extended grieving I afforded “ends” with sad curiosity
(“sad curiosity “ being the best substitute for “regret” which I have given up for lent)

I mean , what a waste of time! It was a bad match. NEXT!.

My current boss is a buoyant, joyful soul – a true gift to me right now. She is crafting an excellent sales person in me – to my utter amazement. Her mantra is “Next”

I got in a funk, and lost everything. My downward spiral coincided with the “economic crisis” that prevails, but believe me, my problem was that I just shut down….
A sad curiosity surrounds that memory too.

Next!

I am an educated, mature, healthy, .attractive, resourceful, BraveHeart Woman in America.!


I am blessed beyond measure.

*breath*

BraveHeart thoughts?

Linda Carol Berry


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6 Comments
Aloha Teresa,
Those are sweet words to hear.
Thank you.

Linda
Aloha Linda Kay,

As always, I appreciate you. Thank you for reading and contributing... I value your thoughts. You are an example of strength and courage. I have come to know you through this community and I cherish our relationship.
As founding members, we committed to a vision of a world in which reason and generosity prevail. We agree that the voice of women is just now coming into it's own. It is powerful and capable of shifting everything.

I share that with you, and I love you.

Linda
Aloha Linda, great post, well done. You are quite the wordsmith, enjoyable reading and sound advice. Mahalo, Teresa
Aloha Linda,

An amazing post...eye-opening to real life!
Such peace in this statement --
"A calm, self-assured movement through a reasonable day is really very appealing to me."

When we appreciate our blessings and love ourselves as the brave and courageous women we are, we move forward in confidence with anticipation of....Next!

In Gratitude....:-x
Linda Kay Holden
New Beginnings Community
Salanda,
I can not thank you enough...
Linda
:-x Greetings Linda... oh that ole funk... who hasn't known that delirium of junk in some of our moments?

Let's see... F U N K... if we take the K off the end it's
FUN...
so how can elminate or become aware of the K's...?!
so it is... FUN FUN FUN we're having more often than not?

K is kindness toward one's Self at all times which births newnesses
K is knowingness about what is real and what is not
K is knotted which is where we make little things into big things
K is knack, the know-how or knowing when to just simply do nothing
K is kissing the moment with enthusiasm and appreciation 'cuz it feels really awesome
K is keen or ability to stand outside of ourSelves to better see what's really going on
K is keeping full trust alive, strong and expanding within it as life may require us to do so
K is kid and sometimes as adults we forget to play with life and we adults make for funny kids
K is kink in the ole flow of what is best for us at any given moment in earth time
K is kidnapped which we sometimes do to ourselves to hide away or avoid unlikable stuff
K is key to how at times we lockup so tight we literally choke on life
K is kiss and it's vital we allow life to love us and to heal us, to hold us and appreciate us

Golly Linda I see so much about you that I can celebrate and I really don't even know you real well.

Aren't you that brave soul that surrendered all those extra pounds? Aren't you that brave heart that has maintained that weight loss for sometime now? Aren't you that brave woman who stands before all the other BraveHearted women here as an example of dedication, perseverence, strength and much wisdom?????

I thought so, you are indeed ALL of those things!

I know how easy it is to sometimes forget one's accomplishments... as to us they were just part of how we came to live our lives. And I know how sometimes our victories all just become the memories that slowly fade away to leave us with our seemingly hollowed reality. When I may fall back into that hollowed out reality...

I go take a long hot bath... relax and tell my Self when I am done in the tub, to walk around the house. Go glimpsing for all the blessings that surround me in and around my environment. I may not totally recover that same day or evening, but when I awaken into a new day, my perspective has cleared. I begin the Self-rerecovery, the Self-reempowerment phase, the Self-rerealization phase. Usually it doesn't take too long and I try to eat very cleanly that day and the next few, take in lots of water and get lots of fresh air and sunshine if it's available and take many long deep slow deep breaths. Nothin' like that good ole oxygen in the blood to reenthuse brain cells, blood cells and allow those really useful genes to kick back into work mode.

Perhaps you can see your Self as a houseplant, one that simply has reached that time when it needed a little fertilizer or some sort of natural nutrition or more light or a misting or just some kind gentled and loving thoughts and words. My indoor plants seem to thrive but truly I haven't much of a green thumb. But most the time they spend in my presence, I have pretty good energy goin' on and stay positive most moments. Maybe they are wise and don't pay attention to those few down moments I have or those yucky feelings or negative words or thoughts I might share with them. They must wisely choose to dwell on the positive things about their caretaker and thus they grow and thrive despite me.

But doesn't it feel good knowing you know how to fall down... because you'll know more quickly learn how to fly free my dear BHW sister! In picking one's Self up, the most is inevitably learnt...

... so Linda fall down more often I say ~ until you are totally wised up! :-x

Sending you some
natural fertilizer...
my love and
blessings,
Salanda
happyhart
:-x
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