The Confusion About Forgiveness Forgiveness is a huge thing for our peace of mind, our quality of life, our happiness, and our capacity to be blessed. However, people often have a hard time forgiving. This is because of a fundamental misunderstanding about what it means to forgive. Forgiveness is something we do for ourselves not […]
No curses accepted here
July 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Believing our own thinking
July 16, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Believing our own thinking What would happen if we started to believe our own thinking less often? So much of our thinking is about limitation, reasons why not, self-doubt, and self-flagellation. Usually when we catch other people thinking that way, we know that it is garbage but then when it is our own thinking, we […]
The ease of kindness
July 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Under the influence
July 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Under the Influence If we were to drink several shots of tequila, we would not have any choice about whether we were impacted or not. We would be under the influence. The same is true when we habitually tell ourselves lousy stories. We don’t have any choice about it, we will be negatively impacted by […]
Hard Choices
July 11, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Hard choices We frequently mistakenly think that situations and circumstances determine our responses. “That thing happened so therefore, I must be angry, or hurt, or upset.” But, there are no mandatory responses. We can always choose something different, something that is more in alignment with who we want to be and how we want to […]
Worst case scenarios and the boogeyman
July 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Worst case scenarios and the boogeyman In general, focusing on worst case scenarios is not a good strategy. However, for short periods of time, this can be useful because an examined worst case scenario is usually far less horrible than the imagined worst case scenario. That scenario tends to be straight from the mind […]
“We Need to Talk”
July 9, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“We need to talk” When we feel the need to point out something to someone, we can have one of two orientations. We can come from love ~ wanting the best for that person, wanting to uplift, wanting to bless the other person’s life. Or we can come from not-love ~ irritation, annoyance, disappointment, frustration, […]
Obligation and False Obligations
July 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Obligation and False Obligations We often manufacture a sense of obligation. This then has us be trapped and not have freedom of choice. We cannot do what we want or what would be best for us because we owe someone. However, most of the time, these obligations are not real. They only exist in our […]
Boundaries
July 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Boundaries Personal boundaries that are not enforced are not boundaries. If there is not a consequence to the person who acted inappropriately, then they will most likely do it again. Much Love, Jonathan Help me out please ~ if this Daily Dose spoke to you, forward it to someone who would benefit from this message. […]
