Is this who you want to be in the world?
Practice (again) Aspiration
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Acceptance
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Love and Acceptance
Brené Brown, an expert on shame and vulnerability, explains that the difference between people who have love and acceptance and those who do not have love and acceptance is that the former believe they deserve love and acceptance. This is amazing. See if you can figure out the difference between Person A and Person B.
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What seems like fate
Non-Striving Judy (not her real name) meets with me for spiritual direction. She sat looking a bit defeated. As she spoke her arms and shoulders did an impression of Alfred E. Neuman’s signature shrug. She was presenting a problem as old as history itself. (Later in this article I will tell you the Biblical version of
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Acceptance: better get used to it.
Michelle is driving me back to her house, where I left my car. We just had a lovely dinner. Conversation with her just flows; she is one of my no-filter-required friends. The 84-Freeway here in Portland is doing its impression of Los Angeles traffic. The right lane is closed ahead, far ahead. We are going
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Accept (them) without exception
The spiritual-religious notion of acting where one can and accepting where one cannot is transcultural. In the 1st century, Epictetus wrote Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar Shantideva said If there’s a remedy when trouble strikes, what reason is there
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17/40 Wisdom and Serenity
The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 17/40 From Rabbi Brian Wisdom and Serenity Take a moment to reflect. Think about what’s going on, how you feel, and how it seems life is treating you. Now, make a list of 5 things that are bothering you. Just write down (or think
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Bonus: Scarred by life
The 77% Weekly The 40/52-weeks-a-year, quick-reading, thought-lingering, spiritual-religious newsletter. Religion-Outside-The-Box (oldrotb.wpengine.com) is a donation supported not-for-profit empowering adults to find and be with (the) God (of their understanding). BONUS ISSUE… From the desk of Rabbi Brian Unidirectional living I haven’t written a full article on this topic, but what follows is such an awesome idea
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(28.40) Acceptance
The 77% Weekly The 40/52-weeks-a-year, quick-reading, thought-lingering, spiritual-religious newsletter. Religion-Outside-The-Box (oldrotb.wpengine.com) is a donation supported not-for-profit empowering adults to find and be with (the) God (of their understanding). Because ACCEPTANCE is a topic that I am dealing with (again), I thought I would send the section from my book on the topic.Like any of us
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