EQ--for the Agony and the EcstasyWritten by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, THE EQ COACH
“The Agony and Ecstasy” is title of a novel about Michelangelo, by Irving Stone. When I encountered title in middle school, I decided to read book to find out what “agony” and “ecstasy” might be like, states of existence apparently available to uber-humans like Michelangelo. I was sure I had not experienced them. It may have been a misperception, or it may have been a vocabulary problem. I’m now a grandmother, and I now know what they mean. In fact I have survived both many times. When we’re experiencing deep, intense emotions is when we feel most alive. It is also when we are most vulnerable and most afraid. When we’re in despair, terror or torture, we want to know if it is going to go on forever. When we are in bliss, we need to know that if it should end, we would be able to survive it. Managing our emotions is part of emotional intelligence. Managing them, not controlling them. Having such high states of emotion gives us experience in handling them, and knowledge that we can survive them. It also brings us understanding that they don’t last. The good news is, no matter how agonizing, it won’t last forever, and bad news is, no matter how ecstatic, it won’t last forever.
| | The Most Famous Line I Never WroteWritten by Al Martinovic
There is one line that can dramatically impact your life and I want to share this quote with you but first let me explain... There will be many obstacles in your path on your road to success. It's like driving down road and seeing a tire in middle of road blocking your path. Are you going to remove that tire and continue on? Or are you going leave it there and turn around and go back from where you came? Hopefully you chose to remove that tire from your path so that you can get to where you want to go! The same can be said for you life when you are trying to succeed online. You will be tested at times. Obstacles will be placed in your path on your road to success. And what you do with those obstacles can literally mean difference between success and failure. I would like to take a quote from book "Think And Grow Rich" from Napolean Hill. It can be found at Amazon.com or your local bookstore. This line has great meaning in my life and I hope for yours as well. "Every adversity, every failure and every heartache brings with it Seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit"
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