Its strange how hello is also the way that we say good bye. When I was a young girl of 7 or 8, I visited my sister Sandra and her best friend in Northern California. I remember things like the…
Grace and Peace, Cathy Jones
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Mending Me: Art Therapy
We’re in the midst of launch the third in our “sister” sites on www.letting-go.org, dedicated to the psychology of codependency and love/relationship addiction, recovery and healthy living. It’s been a challenge because of the needs for video and audio to…
Letting Go
Letting Go To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it is the realization that I can’t control another To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means this outcome is not in my hands. To let go is not to change or blame another, I can only change myself. To let go is not to care for, but to care about. To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To let go is not to be in the middle of arranging outcomes, but to allow others to effect their own outcomes. To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality. To let go is not to deny , but to accept. To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to search our own shortcomings and to correct them. To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and to […]
Breaking Negative Anchors
Five minutes can change your life for the better; I pray that these are those moments as you read. Is today the best day of your life? Why not? What if I told you that you could be content, hope…
Saying Goodbye: Waiting, Hoping, Praying & Life As I Know It
There is a stark reality to life: sometimes goodbye is the only thing there is left to say. It doesn’t really matter to what or whom; good bye always leaves you somewhat grounded in your own mortality, aching of soul.…
All In
Greetings, and happy Friday for this side of the planet. The rest of you…happy Saturday a.m. 🙂 For the music for this post: All In by Lifehouse Mood: Alive….very alive. If the magic of the internet works properly, there is a…
Numb
Today’s healthy thought: letting yourself admit failure is tough, even when it’s in your best interest. I am mapping out my strategy for this new life of mine, for the inevitable changes that are on the horizon. I am ready…
Rejoice…Rejoice
There are few things in life that are more important than the people that you love…who love you in return. Faith in God (however that looks for you all across the world) and faith in yourself are both important. Next…
New Day
My cup runneth over. How is your heart today? I heard this line in a movie once…give hope a chance. It’ll rise to the top, if you let it. I want to let it. Outside, there is an inch of…
Peace With This
Can you live like you are dying? Do you know what it feels like to realize that every day is a gift…and if you’re rushing through it you’re throwing away the most precious gift of all? Time. I am listening…
Beginnings
There is a daunting thing on my computer screen: a simple blank white sheet. It’s my job to put words there. My IPod is charging. The books are stacked. I have an entire pot of hot, dark, freshly ground Sumatra…
A Single Day
It’s tough to let go, isn’t it? It’s been a year since Dawn died this week….it doesn’t seem possible that so much time has slipped by so quickly, or that the world has changed like it has. But it is…
Ending Emotional Pain: Walking Tall
Healthy, whole and well aren’t a myth for those people who experience emotional pain ~ they are a chosen reality. Today I made a resolution to no longer let the absence of something color my day…not a person, a feeling,…
Ending Emotional Pain: Inner Freedom
I am not like everyone else. Having said that, you might look inside yourself and find that same statement. We’re all unique, all different from one another. Even the small parts of us that remind each other of people gone…
Letting go: A centering thought
I’m going to be writing on emotional pain and realtionships through out the week, but I thought that I would borrow this thought from the author of “Codependent No More” aka Melanie Beatty. It’s a great read, if you haven’t…