That Voice in My Head
We all have to deal with our inner voice; sometimes the
voice is wise or helpful, but at other times it is sneaky. One of the coolest
tricks of our inner demon is to take what we believe about ourselves and
actually think it is what others think of us, or will think about our ideas or
behaviors. We project our self doubt onto them. We mentally use the voices of
those we love, to deliver the bad news in our head. "I know what she will
think. She thinks this is stupid." To spell this out again, we actually have negative talk in our heads
using their voices. What a mental trick. Once I realized this I began to
watch my mind. I would stop my negative rant by saying to myself, "I will not use
(name of person) in my inner battles. I have the courage not to scapegoat them
and to look at the real culprit, my self doubts and low self-esteem.
When we take back our projections and face our demons
directly, we can self-correct faster. It takes a wise person to look directly
at the pain, worrying or suffering without blaming others. The more we heal our
wounds, the less likely we are to try to eat, drink, drug or worry our pain
away. When we clean up the interior, sooner
or later, our work will reflect on the exterior. Generally speaking, a healthy body is the
reflection of a healthy mind. I say generally there are no absolutes. There are
many amazing people who have extraordinary minds and hearts whose bodies are
not healthy, but generally speaking, our health is reflective of our inner
lives.
The bottom line in my message is not to use the people we
know and love to become negative voices in our heads. Eliminating this makes
our lives so much easier.
The May 11 wedding was amazing. My daughter looked stunning. Thank you for all the comments and well-wishes from my friends.
I present to you Elizabeth and Toby Wann.
Today as the sun peeped into our lives, it set in another's. My daughter's paternal grandmother died. She was one of the kindest most loving people on the planet. My daughter was given full grace by all the family members and told not to come home from her honeymoon. Here's to you Awa, where ever you are.
Happy Pleasure Day
There's a saying "no pain, no gain." Even though we can grow from pain,
pleasure can hold it's own. There was an experiment where people were hooked up
to monitors and their responses were measured- it would be complicated to go
into all the details but people who received a deep approving look from someone
they cared about had the same kind of happy biological responses as someone who
received $164,000. Looks like to me that our treasure is in our pleasure (I
heard that phrase from Jean Houston).
Have you ever listened to the lyrics in Carley Simon's
"Ain't Got Time for the Pain?"
"Suffering was the only thing made me feel I was
alive." These words are amazing.
I haven't Got Time for the Pain ...
By Carly Simon and Jacob Brackmen
All those
crazy nights when I cried myself to sleep. Now melodrama never makes me weak
anymore. 'Cause I haven't got time for the pain. I haven't got room for the
pain. I haven't the need for the pain, not since I've known you.
You showed
me how, how to leave myself behind, how to turn down the noise in my mind. Now I haven't got time for the pain. I
haven't got room for the pain. I haven't the need for the pain, not since I've
known you.
I haven't
got time for the pain. I haven't got room for the pain. I haven't the need for
the pain.
Suffering
was the only thing made me feel I was alive.
Thought that's just how much it costs to survive in this world, 'till
you showed me how, how to fill my heart with love, how to open up and drink in
all that white light pouring down from
the heaven
I haven't
got time for the pain. I haven't got room for the pain. I haven't the need for
the pain, not since I've known you.
I haven't
got time for the pain. I haven't got room for the need for pain. No I haven't
the need for the pain I haven't got time no I haven't got time for the pain I
said no, no no more pain no no no no no
no more pain. I haven't got time for the
pain.
We must learn from our pain, but lead from our joy. Pain is a word, but it should never be the
last word because our treasure is in our pleasure.
To promote her 1995 album "Letters Never Sent," Carly surprised travelers
through Grand Central Station with this unannounced concert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4HLHuS3hkw
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My Favorite Garbanzo Recipe
Curried Garbanzos
Here's the recipe that everyone wants, once they've tasted this.
It comes from my favorite cookbook, "Romancing the Bean."
2/3 cup of coconut milk
1 1/3 cup of garbanzo bean juice or water
3 T. unbleached flour
½ cup of shallots (I use yellow onions if I don't have
shallots
2 t. curry powder
1 t. sea salt
1 ½ cooked garbanzos
4 cups of raw spinach
Combine coconut milk, juice or water and flour - cook until
thickened
Add shallots, curry and salt mix add beans - cook 10 minutes
Five minutes before serving add the lemon juice and spinach.
Serve when spinach is bright green. I used green beans or celery or nothing.
It's also really great with the spinach.
Serve on brown rice, quinoa or cooked grain of choice. Eat well (meaning healthy for your body). and prosper. Yum.
Yum.
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