RANTS OF A PROUD WRINKLY: AN OLD FAITHFULL TO HOLD ONTO

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

AN OLD FAITHFULL TO HOLD ONTO

"Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference." St Francis of Assisi

For some reason last night this came to me out of the blue, I have not heard it for years but felt a bit poorly with my ticker playing up and went to bed early. Whenever I feel off I try to meditate but needed something positive to hold onto so kept on saying this and it did help.

Maybe in times of stress it would help you.
Love June

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MY UP TO DATE PROFILE FOR YOUR PERUSAL

I am a Retired Psychotherapist/Counsellor, with twenty years nursing experience before that. I had been widowed ten years ago following thirty years of marriage and I am now remarried to Brian who I met seven years ago through an internet dating agency. Between us we have three children and six grandchildren. It has been a wonderful new beginning for both of us. Neither envisaged falling in love again at sixty years old but we feel lucky to have found happiness for a second time.

My life has been full and interesting since leaving school at fifteen in 1959, turned out of the school gates, only to become factory fodder with little in the way of expectations. After a rocky start in various jobs I had my daughter at nineteen, which threw me into a whole new dimension of life where becoming an unmarried mother in 1964 was considered sordid. In order to enhance my career prospect I opted for further education, eventually training as a Registered nurse, Health visitor, Counsellor, then after twenty five years in the health service decided to train as a psychotherapist in 1987, qualifying in 1993. I was able to take into this line of work my vast knowledge of family problems and child development. Whilst on this path I had to do huge amounts of personal therapy which helped me grow and change, becoming much calmer and self reliant.

I have extensive experience in my field, working with all aspects of the human condition including relationship issues, marriage counselling, physical and sexual abuse, self esteem, loss and grief, along with many and varied attachment issues. After writing numerous of articles for my profession I spent two years as editor of a psychotherapy magazine. Throughout my therapeutic career, I have facilitated personal development workshops, women and family therapy groups, assertiveness training classes for woman and acted as both trainer and supervisor to many up and coming therapists.
Since retiring at sixty I have spent my time building and running two websites and more recently a blog.
So whatever I have to say comes from life and all it has to offer in the way of experience.

ALL MY OWN WORK

THOUGHTS FOR DAY FROM JUNE

When we are constantly searching for something new is it because we are seeking happiness or is it because we are afraid of being still? JH

We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. (Samuel Smiles)

Peace of Mind comes from not wanting to change others, but by simply accepting them as they are.
True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.
(Gerald G Jampolsky)

Be more accepting of your lot. Accepting of people, situations and circumstances. I will not struggle to accept the things I cannot change.

I will practice non judgement. I will begin m day wththe statement. "Today I shall judge nothing that occurs," and throughout the day I will remnd myself not to judge. (Deepak Chopra)

Remember if you wake up feeling rough in the morning you will go to bed feeling better in the evening. Each day brings ways of brightening your world, you just have to watch out for them.

What ever the weather, whatever life offers you remember you have a choice. In the rain you can chose to go out or stay in, when life throws shit, you can either use it on your garden or change your clothes. Remember shit makes things grow.

You will have wonderful surges forward. Then there must be a time of consolidation before the next forward surge.

Accept this as part of the process and never become downhearted.

(Eileen Caddy)

If you have a bit of a cross up with the one you love, don't start looking for the worst in them, remember what is the best. Remember we all have faults and annoying habits. We just don't want to own em!

June

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

(Maxwell Maltz)

You must begin to trust yourself. If you do not then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time resenting those from whom you seek such aid.

(Jane Roberts)

Stop looking for a scapegoat in your life but be willing to face the truth within yourself and right your own wrongs.

(Eileen Caddy)

It's important from time to time to slow down, go away by yourself adn simply Be. (Eileen Caddy)

People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them make them. (George Bernard Shaw)

When someone you love hurts you more than once then you need to find a way of looking after yourself, take care of the child inside. It doesn't mean you have to stop loving them, just you need to love yourself a bit more.

Looking at my life I see that only love has been my soul companion. From deep inside my soul cries out: Do not wait, surrender for the sake of love. (Rumi)

Don't let yesterday's trouble spoil today.

You should always be aware that your head creates your world. (Ken KeyesJr)

Each day is like a fresh start.

EAch morning I start again and each night I end up in the same place.

I must change something everyday, that way I will have lived differently.

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

AN OLD FAITHFULL TO HOLD ONTO

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