Discomfort, a stepping stone to joy

Written by Jerry Lopper


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Now I’m not suggesting that our lives should be one constant adventure. The routine,repparttar known, helps us to complete our daily tasks with minimal energy output. Calmness and quiet are conducive to meditation and introspection, important to our understanding. But living full time in a comfort zone equates to a life with little growth and growth is why we’re here.

So don’t always strive to be comfortable. And don’t work hard to keep your loved ones feeling comfortable. Strive instead for some regular discomfort in your life. Think of it as a stepping stone to joy. Why? Well, we know we feel joyous when we behave as who we really are; this is our soul shouting encouragement. And who we really are is, for most of us, not who we are being much ofrepparttar 131158 time. Most of us are operating below our highest self. So we’re comfortable at our current level because it’s familiar. But joy comes when we’re being our highest self. The transition in between, a necessary stepping stone, is uncomfortable. We’re out ofrepparttar 131159 familiar, but not yet atrepparttar 131160 joyous level of highest self. Welcome that feeling of discomfort as an opportunity to advance your life. Takerepparttar 131161 next steps to joy.

Jerry Lopper is an author, personal coach, and consultant. Jerry combines many years of technology and business experience with a focus on personal growth mentoring and coaching. Jerry recognizes the totality of the human experience—mind, body, and soul—and helps people utilize all that is within them to achieve personal success. Jerry’s latest book, “Who Am I? Why Am I Here?” can be previewed at http://jlopper.home.att.net.


Back Problems And Pain, The Emotion Connection

Written by Sibyl Mclendon


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Affirmations can help as well. Some good ones to say are: "I am supportive of myself." "I am supporting myself." "I am surrounded by supportive people, and have allrepparttar support that I need in life." "I am standing up for myself." "I am standing upright for myself." "I am moving forward in my life, surrounded by supportive people and pain-free."

Eliminating stress from your life is essential to good back health. Stress contributes tremendously to tight muscles, a constant adrenaline rush of "fight or flight" and feelings of helplessness. Look around and do what you can to cutrepparttar 131155 stressors in your life. Give uprepparttar 131156 feeling that you must be super-human and that you have to control everything!

For pain relief, try this: put an ice cube on a plate. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit, relax and just watchrepparttar 131157 ice cube melt. As it melts, say to yourself thatrepparttar 131158 pain is melting away along withrepparttar 131159 ice. All stress, pain, fear and worry are just melting away.

Be aware that you are allrepparttar 131160 support that you really need in your life. You are more than capable of being supportive of yourself if you will only allow yourself to be.

No matter how debilitating your back problems are, if you will work on this, it will help if you can be open torepparttar 131161 possibility that it will. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain withrepparttar 131162 attempt.

Please, feel free to email me and let me know if this helped you or if it did not! sibyl@www.circle-of-grace.com

Sibyl McLendon is 1/2 Navajo, and is a personal spiritual coach for Circle Of Grace http://www.circle-of-grace.com. Circle Of Grace is a unique blending of Native American spirituality and holistic wellness coaching. Sign up for a free coaching session! Sibyl can be contacted at sibyl@www.circle-of-grace.com


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