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Post by Moodle on Dec 20, 2008 18:14:40 GMT -5
Are some of you ready to "submit to the process,"too? I love this entire post, Arid. |
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Apr 25, 2009 15:05:37 GMT -5
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I love this entire thread, too.
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Post by pegasus48 on Apr 25, 2009 15:48:32 GMT -5
Lioness, thanks for bringing back this thread. I really needed to read it today. And i am going to reread it tomorrow. Heck, i may even print it out. I need to surrender to the process. I need to surrender to the wiser course. Thanks again.  |
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Post by dayeanu on Apr 27, 2009 8:53:52 GMT -5
I have re-read this, too. Very timely.  Lioness |
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Post by creativechaos on Apr 27, 2009 22:48:35 GMT -5
thanks lioness, for bumping! i re-read the whole thread; i very much needed to read this right now.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Nov 5, 2009 3:37:07 GMT -5
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bumping the thread up to the top
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Post by jennmommi on Nov 5, 2009 12:37:48 GMT -5
I needed this, I keep blaming everything and everyone when in reality it is ME that can change things by submitting to the process. Thank you, I KNOW What I have to do. I HAVE to make time to do it with or without help from others.
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Post by Peach on Nov 5, 2009 13:56:17 GMT -5
I needed this today. Thank you (again), Lioness, for bumping this thread. I had not read it before.
It's very timely for me because lately I have been thinking about how 'demand resistance' has such a tight control over me (like a vise) and my actions (actually, lack of actions).
I need to learn to submit in order to go forward. As it is, I am stuck in one spot and the things to do are piling up. My procrastination is starting to cost us money. I realized that yesterday.
The Wonder Woman in me needs to break free. Freedom via Submission. Sounds counter-intuitive. But, true.
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Post by zen on Nov 5, 2009 14:12:07 GMT -5
Thank you for bumping this up lion, this one is getting bookmarked. So much wisdom, grace, and compassion here.
thank you!
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Apr 26, 2010 14:07:37 GMT -5
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My deep gratitude to Arid for starting this thread ...
And to all who have contributed.
This thread began in December 2008 -- and
now, 16 months later,
it continues to resonate.
I have periodically replied to this thread, agreeing with it.
A few months ago, I became "READY", and made a commitment to "submit to the wiser course of action".
I made some progress for a while. Then faltered.
Renewing my commitment today.
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Post by gottaproblem on Apr 26, 2010 14:42:00 GMT -5
Renewing my committment too.  |
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Post by puppybox on Apr 26, 2010 17:06:18 GMT -5
very glad to read this today. If this could be attached to a mallet and somone could hit me on the head with it once a month, I'd be grateful.
you know what? its not just THIS process that I can't submit to. it's most processes. I hate subitting to any process. and yet, I have learned by experience in other areas of life that this is the best way to go for some things. I just don't learn this lesson! I mean, I know it intellectually and can recall how it worked in other areas but not this one.
I hate processes. must submit!
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Post by jkordestani on Apr 26, 2010 21:09:57 GMT -5
this reminds me of a period in my life when i want on the DWGFJ campaign. I put post-its with "DWGFJ" everywhere. It stands for "Do What's Good For JJ." I was really young at the time (21) but somehow knew I was defeating myself by "not committing to the wiser course of action" although I couldn't express it so eloquently at the time. So ... I had a fantastic few months on that campaign, and decades later, I still haven't made this the change in thinking for good. I will recommit to the wiser course of action now. Maybe I need to do this daily.
JJ
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Post by success19 on Apr 27, 2010 19:35:00 GMT -5
Ever see that movie about the couple who are accidently left out in the ocean scuba diving and they then "submerge and submit" eventually to the sharks?
(Based on a true story but no one really knows what happened).
I feel like I have been submerging and submitting to procrastination and accepting a life of poo instead of a life that could be glorious - not just clutter poo but life poo - and that is not a good way to live.
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Post by shopgirl on Apr 28, 2010 14:01:03 GMT -5
A great thread. Needs to be on the top of the page always.
In my photography class, the professor is concentrating on technical aspects and the assignments are centered on using those techniques. I am surrounded by young people who are rebelling and doing what they want, their way. Their photos show it! Very amateurish: poorly focused, overexposed film, dusty grey prints. Whatever brilliant idea they wanted to convey in the photo is lost in the horrible quality of the exposure, development and printing.
I am older, so I knew that the technicals were what I wanted to get out of the class. In submitting to the process, my assignment photos are some of the best photos I've made in 35 years of shooting pictures. Following the proper technical processes actually makes it easier to make that creative idea shine through.
We lose our creative idea of what we want our house to look like when we rebel against the process. Just like the grey dusty photo print. The result is that the clutter is the total visual we are presenting, not the beautiful vase in the midst of it all.
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