Dr. Jennifer Howard - Changes That Last
 Home    About Dr. Jennifer    Blog    Services    Conscious Living    Articles    Events    Online Store    Salon    Media    Ask Dr. Jennifer  
Personal Development, Spiritual Growth

RECEIVE A FREE MP3 of Dr. Jennifer’s latest teleconference "Tips on Goal Setting + Guided Meditation" and her FREE E-Zine “Changes that Last.”

Personal Development, Spiritual Growth
Name
Email
Dr. Jennifer Blog


We invite you to subscribe What is RSS?
Subscribe   
Facebook - Your Ultimate Life Twitter - Your Ultimate Life Linked In - Your Ultimate Life Pin it on Pinterest Share via email Technorati Profile

For a giggle, run your cursor over my pictures!
Dr. Jennifer Blog

The Courage to Stop Suffering Over Mistakes: Guest Blogger: Guy Finley
Posted: 3/21/2013 | Leadership Comments
RSS Feed RSS Feed     Bookmark to del.icio.us   Submit to StumbleUpon   Share this on Facebook   digg: The Courage to Stop Suffering Over Mistakes: Guest Blogger: Guy Finley Add to Technorati Favorites   

Guy Finley will be joining us on A Conscious Life Radio March 27th to discuss his book: The Courage to Be Free, please join us here: http://drjenniferhoward.tv/radio/. Guy has also shared the following blog post.
 
There is a very surprising reason why we tend to suffer over our mistakes as we do. The real source of our pain in these moments -- whether we're alone or with others -- is the fear of being seen as less than we've imaged ourselves to be. We all know how it feels to try and save face, to scramble for scraps of lost dignity. But fearfully trying to cover up a misstep is not the same as knowing where we're going. In fact, whenever we fell compelled to cover our tracks, something is in command of us, isn't it? But here's the real question: What part of us wants us to believe that a good "cover-up" is the same as being right? The answer is surprising: It's our "un-original" self... a level of being that only knows itself through a slew of acquired social images, including the false belief that they must be protected at all costs.
 
Though we have yet to see it, beating ourselves up after making a blunder doesn't mean that we actually knew better than what we just did -- nor does this kind of suffering lead to greater command or better decisions the next time around. Self-punishing acts prove only one thing: Something in us would rather suffer over what happened in the past than be present to those parts of us that erred in the first place. Real self-command dawns within us as we realize that reliving the past is powerless to change a present misunderstanding; it comes from the light of our new knowledge that having the courage to drop the level of Self that keeps wronging us and others is far more important than being seen as right. This same realization also grants us the courage to start life over -- again and again.
 
Please join us on A Conscious Life Radio March 27th with Guy Finley: http://drjenniferhoward.tv/radio/.



Comments:
There are currently no comments



  
Your Ultimate Life

Categories:
Happiness (30)
Inspirational (20)
Motivational (17)
Personal Development (66)
Spiritual Growth (14)
Wellness (16)
Op-Ed (5)
Relationships (34)
Guest Bloggers (21)
Creativity (4)
Meditation (39)
Radio Show (39)
Giggling Buddha (11)
Leadership (13)
Parenting (3)
Career (2)
Success (7)
Q&A Relationships (4)

Jennifer Howard's Facebook profile

Contact Us RSS Disclaimer Site Map
powered by RK.Net, Inc. Web Development & Content Management Systems