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Wholeheartedly agree. x x x

This is interesting, and supports your approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9kegbpD3c

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Thank you Dear Rachel , I like her & her message 💓

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Love that Oscar Wilde quote, thanks!

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It is so simple and yet so challenging !

Glad you love it as well. X

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Love that video! Wholeheartedly agree with grit being necessary to succeed. Thank you, Susan, for your thoughts and sharing vivid images of your yellow trees. I always find a peacefulness in nature.

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Good to hear from you Sue , as one never knows…and it’s important to me to be helpful and relevant. 🙏🏻

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Anytime a Jim Carrey quote sneaks its way into a post will capture my attention. “I’m just making a conscious choice to perceive challenges as something beneficial so I can deal with them in the most productive way.”

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Kert, I have to thank you for the inclusion of Jim Carey, and apologies for not giving you the credit .

I never know which perception is “right “… glass half empty or half full…I know the half full perception is a better way to travel…as is seeing everything as beneficial. That’s not too difficult for me, but for others whose lives are in daily danger , that must sound callous. ❤️‍🩹

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I get that—and I wonder if I would have this same perspective, let alone the courage, to believe like this were I in the midst of war, like our fellow humans in Ukraine or Gaza or Sudan. On the surface, maybe it does run the risk of being callous, if not minimizing the true suffering that exists. But then I wonder what was in the minds of the mystics, saints, and sages who taught these principles even two millennia ago. Those teachings partnered with the experiences of survivors like Harriet Tubman, Viktor Frankl and James Stockdale—three individuals from vastly different eras and experiences who embodied what Carrey states: they, and countless others who likewise survived and thrived through and after travesties, embodied “the conscious choice to perceive challenges” differently than those who surrendered to their situation or lost all “hope.” Instilling unwavering faith in the human capacity to deal with even the gravest situations in as productive a way as possible can only be seen as callous by the most cowardly or weakest individuals who are already spiritually dead. I don’t perceive this notion as a glass with any amount of water in it—it’s a deliberate choice no matter the path or response taken. The rose-colored glasses wearing Polly Anna’s among us need not apply—glass half-full optimists, like James Stockdale said, were the first to succumb to their broken hearts.

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I so so so needed to read this post, right now and be reminded, bolstered and validated.

Many many thanks.

Today was a day I felt the most overwhelm in such a long time and helplessly overwhelmed into inaction.

"actions undertaken with pure intent have repercussions throughout the web of life, beyond what you can measure or discern." Joanna Macy

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You are validated & I really appreciate you saying how you needed this.

I did as well… it’s great that we can bolster each other up .

I recommend listening to the link that Rachel added to the conversation… it really extends & confirms the message of this being a time for transformation. 🙏

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Nov 19·edited Nov 19Liked by Susan Harley

thanks Susan, I will definitely do that!

Rumi ...

stretch your arms and take hold of the cloth of your clothes with both hands.

the cure for pain is in your pain. good and bad are mixed.

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That’s more wisdom from Rumi, I am going to ponder on that one…thanks .

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