Discomfort, a stepping stone to joy

Written by Jerry Lopper


Welcome, come in and sit down. Make yourself uncomfortable. Have you ever greeted a guest at your door that way? I haven’t either, but maybe we should consider doing so. We usually want our guests to be comfortable. But offering discomfort might be a better gift. Why?

Personal growth comes when we push through discomfort. Some say life begins atrepparttar end of our comfort zone. Yet think ofrepparttar 131158 time and energy we spend keeping our loved ones and ourselves comfortable. I know I often expend my energy to stay in my comfort zone. At home and work I resist change. Eatingrepparttar 131159 same foods, going torepparttar 131160 same restaurants, usingrepparttar 131161 same services and businesses, and associating withrepparttar 131162 same people, all these keep us feeling comfortable.

But with hindsight I recognize thatrepparttar 131163 major leaps of growth in my life always followed periods of discomfort. Familiar surroundings and situations allow us to live in a sort of autopilot mode. Do you takerepparttar 131164 same route to work every day? Have you ever realized half way there that you don’t recall getting where you are? You just navigated a familiar route with little conscious effort.

Think about this, which situation do you associate with adventure--the routine orrepparttar 131165 new and unknown. Which do we call boring--endless repetition of that which we always do or trying something we’ve never done before. Inrepparttar 131166 last moments before this life ends do you want to think of your life as boring and repetitious or an exciting adventure?

Back Problems And Pain, The Emotion Connection

Written by Sibyl Mclendon


Back problems and chronic back pain is one ofrepparttar most common problems in America today. It isrepparttar 131155 second most common medical complaint. Over 60% of all Americans have experienced back pain. The toll is immense.

Yet few sufferers or their doctors look forrepparttar 131156 deeper cause of back problems. Most are simply treatingrepparttar 131157 symptoms without ever investigatingrepparttar 131158 emotional causes of back problems and pain.

It is becoming a more accepted way of thought that many physical problems withrepparttar 131159 body human have a root connection torepparttar 131160 emotions. Thought and belief can affect you in a physical way! Dr. Andrew Weil ofrepparttar 131161 University Of Arizona is becoming famous with his approach to treatingrepparttar 131162 whole being instead of justrepparttar 131163 body, or just symptomatically trying to eliminate diseasements.

From an emotional standpoint,repparttar 131164 main issue that affects our backs in an adverse way isrepparttar 131165 feeling that one has no support in life. Feeling as if you have no one supporting you emotionally isrepparttar 131166 leading emotional tie to a back problem. This feeling may be left over from childhood and have no basis in reality as an adult, butrepparttar 131167 seeds of this have been sown and need to be dealt with.

Looking deep within, and then dragging this feeling torepparttar 131168 surface isrepparttar 131169 best approach. Is it left from your childhood or adolescence? Is it true of your life today?

If this emotion is left from your childhood and has nothing to do with your current relationships, then it is time to release this and let it go. You can write down how you feel aboutrepparttar 131170 ways in which you were treated, and then burn them to release them. You can seek some therapy, or try coaching for help. You might even need to actually confrontrepparttar 131171 people that left you feeling as if you never were supported as a child.

If it is true of your current relationships, then it may be time to take honest stock of them and make some changes. It may be that low self-esteem has caused you to seek out and establish relationships with "takers" who never seem to give back. Again, you might need some therapy or coaching to get past this problem. Perhaps just seeing it for what it really is will give yourepparttar 131172 strength to change your relationships.

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