EXPLORING HEAVEN OR HELL

Exploring Heaven and Hell

Your relationship will take you
to the heights of heaven and the depths of hell.

Both angels and devils live in your embrace
and move with you in your journey toward self-forgiveness.

No relationship is going to be free of struggle and turmoil.

In any relationship, there are inevitable ups and downs,
moments of connection and disconnection.

How you hold the moments of disconnection
is as important as how you celebrate the moments of connection.

Do you use the challenges of the relationship
to look more deeply at yourself?

Or do you run away and hide or threaten to leave the relationship
every time there are misunderstandings?

From Everyday Wisdom by Paul Ferrini
www.paulferrini.com

NEW VALUE TO CREATE

New Value To Create

Don’t let a few problems stop you. Don’t let a few obstacles stand in your way.

Instead of running from the problems, step boldly toward them. Instead of using them as an excuse to quit, use them to develop a path for moving forward.

With each problem, you can choose to either work through it or to work around it. What you don’t want to do is back away from it.

The value of any achievement comes from the problems that must be addressed to reach that achievement. Diamonds are more difficult to mine than gravel, and so are worth much more.

When you’re good at solving problems, you’re good at creating value. When you’re willing to deal with problems, you’re able to achieve great things.

In this life there will always be problems. And so, there will always be new value to create.

— Ralph Marston

AWAY FROM DOUBT

Away from doubt

From the very first effort, action begins to replace doubt and fear with courage and confidence. You move from worried and dubious to enthusiastic and effective.

The longer you keep going, the stronger your momentum becomes. Soon you’ll realize you’ve left your doubts far behind.

As overwhelming as doubts may feel, they soon wither under the heat of focused action. As shaky as your confidence seems at the start, it quickly grows stronger and begins to feed upon itself.

It’s understandable you’d be nervous about taking the first step. Yet when you bring yourself to do it anyway, that’s a game changer.

Even a small action will start the momentum. From it you gain the courage, the energy, the passion to keep going.

Go ahead, and take one small yet meaningful action to begin moving away from doubt. Keep going, feel the expanding power of your own intention, and your doubts will soon be left behind.


— Ralph Marston