I \u201cborrowed\u201d the words I used as my title for this post.\u00a0 About half way down you will find a number of questions and the reference website.\u00a0 I hope you will enjoy them and benefit from them as much as I have.\u00a0 I\u2019ve answered four of them in this post.<\/p>\n
What do you think (believe) about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think I have awakened \u2013 finally \u2013 after a very long winters\u2019 (many, many, multiple, multiple winter\u2019s) nap to a new opportunity to learn \u201cwho I really am\u201d.\u00a0 I believe I have been holding myself back and creating for myself, an experience many call the long dark night of the soul (or some such) by subverting myself to confusion over how I managed to get myself mixed up with \u201cothers\u201d who did not see the world as I did, when what I was really doing was trying to get myself to see I did not see the world as I professed.<\/p>\n Why aren\u2019t you getting what you want?<\/strong><\/p>\n As I wrote above:\u00a0 I have been holding myself back, I have remained oblivious to how I really saw the world (changed from how I once did), my self denial has been allowed to run rampant.<\/p>\n What do you think about life?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think my<\/em> life, here on this planet Earth, in this<\/em> body is transitory, limited by factors beyond my control.\u00a0 It is a life within a life.\u00a0 No matter the experiences of others; what I have experienced lets me know, just for me and anyone who might be willing to believe me, I have existed \u2013 lived prior to this life.<\/p>\n I lived in a way that allowed me to learn, to grow, to prepare, to make decisions and to progress and develop a hunger and motivation and determination to learn and progress more.\u00a0 When my body no longer supports the life I am I will move on and yet continue to have an interest in life here and especially regarding those I love and have temporarily left behind.<\/p>\n \u00a0What do you think (believe) about you?\/\/Why aren\u2019t you getting what you want?<\/em><\/p>\n What do you think about money?\/\/Why aren\u2019t you making more money?<\/em><\/p>\n What do you think about success?\/\/Why aren\u2019t you a successful person?<\/em><\/p>\n What do you think about rich people?\/\/Why aren\u2019t you a rich person?<\/em><\/p>\n What do you think about the economy?\/\/Why is so hard to make money in this economy?<\/em><\/p>\n What do you think about relationships?\/\/Why is so hard to have a lovely relationship?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0What do you think about life?\/\/Why is so difficult to be happy?<\/em><\/p>\n There will be much more to interest me and compel me to continue to learn and progress to be sure, but beware if you capture my interest before I leave you will still have my attention when you can no longer find me among my fellows.\u00a0 I say beware because I will be inclined to contribute to your knowing what I have declared in the sentence four previous to this one.<\/p>\n Why is so difficult to be happy?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am emboldened to write this particular post because I believe I have discovered why it has been difficult for me to be happy and now that I understand I shall make the necessary changes it will take so that happiness will no longer be difficult for me.<\/p>\n Like many others I know, especially in my family, I have a desire to please others.\u00a0 I was aware of that desire when I was very young and whether or not it is true, as I look back at my life I seem to have unerringly drawn to me, people who encouraged me in my pleasing them, even at the expense of myself.<\/p>\n It seemed to me, from my earliest memories, that my maturing to the place where I could be believable in carrying the same beliefs that had made such a desired difference in my parents\u2019 life held the most currency.\u00a0 In other words, I could not make a better choice than to hone myself to demonstrating the most understanding and receptiveness to those same beliefs.<\/p>\n I may or may not be able to finish the thread of this post tomorrow.\u00a0 However, I still<\/em> wish to be great (at living my life), love sharing with you and will blog again\u00a0 soon.\u00a0 anacarin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I \u201cborrowed\u201d the words I used as my title for this post.\u00a0 About half way down you will find a number of questions and the reference website.\u00a0 I hope you will enjoy them and benefit from them as much as I have.\u00a0 I\u2019ve answered four of them in this post. 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