Posts Tagged ‘victim’
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
So long as we’re stuck in the ‘me-centered’ universe of adulthood, challenges and adversity will continue to appear to us to be focused on us (because that’s where our unconscious focus lies, and that’s the perspective from which we view everything that happens around us).
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Tags: adult, adulthood, career, challenges, courage, maturity, midlife, Midlife Mastery, Spirituality, transformation, transition, victim
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Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Apart from outright physical and emotional abuse, I believe that many (if not all) relationships “on the rocks” could be healed under the right circumstances. From my perspective, the fact that this healing so often fails to take place could be an indication that one or both of the partners have stopped listening. Additionally, ceasing to listen indicates a spiritual problem.
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Tags: acceptance, anger, avoidance, blame, challenge, challenges, change, choice, communication, courage, crisis, death, denial, direction, emotions, engagement, faith, fear, future, grief, hope, humility, integrity, intention, isolation, love, mastery, maturity, meaning, midlife, Midlife Mastery, purpose, relationship, responsibility, Spirituality, transition, trust, values, victim
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I’ve said all along that the midlife transition is essentially a spiritual one. It’s a transition from being externally-focused to becoming interiorly-focused. ‘Maturity’ in this perspective means shifting your focus from the superficial to the essential in your life.
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Tags: adversity, mastery, midlife, Spirituality, transformation, transition, victim
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Think about it: who’s responsible for the mess you’re in right now? (Don’t tell me it’s not a mess . . . I know better!)
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Tags: blame, crisis, drama, mastery, midlife, responsibility, victim
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
This is your chance to become proactive: to build, to adopt, and to practice the strategies that will train your mind and heart (and spirit) not just to cope with, but to transcend and master those crisis situations that you fear the most.
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Tags: crisis, mastery, midlife, point, strategy, turning, victim, vision
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