Comments on: Cut Yourself a Break http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/ A Journey of Awareness Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tobeme http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2873 tobeme Mon, 07 May 2007 19:12:08 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2873 Matthew, Glad that this writing helped to reinforce what you were already being mindful of. Love how this works! Thanks for your thoughts and encouragement. Matthew,
Glad that this writing helped to reinforce what you were already being mindful of. Love how this works! Thanks for your thoughts and encouragement.

]]> By: Matthew http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2862 Matthew Mon, 07 May 2007 16:49:22 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2862 Mark, This article is quite timely, as someone pointed out to me the other day that I was being way too hard on myself... At first I had a hard time accepting it, but when I sat with the thought for a while it finally hit home. Just like my favorite quote: "If you had a friend who talked to you the way you talk to yourself, how long would that person be your friend?" Keep up the great writing! Matthew Mark,
This article is quite timely, as someone pointed out to me the other day that I was being way too hard on myself… At first I had a hard time accepting it, but when I sat with the thought for a while it finally hit home. Just like my favorite quote:
“If you had a friend who talked to you the way you talk to yourself, how long would that person be your friend?”

Keep up the great writing!
Matthew

]]> By: tobeme http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2855 tobeme Mon, 07 May 2007 16:30:01 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2855 Matty, You bring up a good point. Much of our stress is self inflicted, we do this often times to attempt to live up to expectations of our culture and society. It is critical to our well being that we allow ourselves to "Be" and to remember that we don't have to be all things to all people. Thanks for your thoughts. You add value to this conversation. Matty,
You bring up a good point. Much of our stress is self inflicted, we do this often times to attempt to live up to expectations of our culture and society. It is critical to our well being that we allow ourselves to “Be” and to remember that we don’t have to be all things to all people.
Thanks for your thoughts. You add value to this conversation.

]]> By: Matty http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2824 Matty Mon, 07 May 2007 01:38:52 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2824 You are so right as usual Mark, we have to cut ourselves some slack! We are way too harsh on ourselves,,,esp. women. It seems we strive to be supermom, superwife, supernanny. By the way Mark, I love the new look of your blog, much easier on the eyes. You are so right as usual Mark, we have to cut ourselves some slack! We are way too harsh on ourselves,,,esp. women. It seems we strive to be supermom, superwife, supernanny. By the way Mark, I love the new look of your blog, much easier on the eyes.

]]> By: tobeme http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2730 tobeme Fri, 04 May 2007 23:04:07 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2730 Highvbeit.com, Welcome, thanks for the visit. Glad you enjoyed the post. Highvbeit.com,
Welcome, thanks for the visit. Glad you enjoyed the post.

]]> By: highvibeit.com http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2729 highvibeit.com Fri, 04 May 2007 23:01:58 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2729 <strong>Cut Yourself a Break</strong> A great look at dealing with the ups and downs of personal growth. Cut Yourself a Break

A great look at dealing with the ups and downs of personal growth.

]]> By: tobeme http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2708 tobeme Fri, 04 May 2007 17:09:06 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2708 Omni, You are right, we must learn to be patient and also to appreciate that it is a good thing that everything doesn't happen in an instant. Thanks for your thoughts! Omni,
You are right, we must learn to be patient and also to appreciate that it is a good thing that everything doesn’t happen in an instant.
Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: tobeme http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2707 tobeme Fri, 04 May 2007 17:07:18 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2707 Nicola, Acceptance of self and basing our success soley on ourself can be difficult. We are taught from early on in our life to compare ourselves to others, when the only one we should compare ourselves is to ourselve. Good thoghts, thank-you. Nicola,
Acceptance of self and basing our success soley on ourself can be difficult. We are taught from early on in our life to compare ourselves to others, when the only one we should compare ourselves is to ourselve.
Good thoghts, thank-you.

]]> By: Omni http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2696 Omni Fri, 04 May 2007 03:55:27 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2696 It's amazing how no one expects to be able to become an athlete, poet or artist as soon as they start trying, but when they try to guide the energies around and inside them and don't get an instant result they assume something's wrong... all too often, they assume there ARE no energies. It takes time to retrain your mind to manipulate energies, and it takes time for those energies to build to the point that they can change things; just be patient, and you'll get there!! It’s amazing how no one expects to be able to become an athlete, poet or artist as soon as they start trying, but when they try to guide the energies around and inside them and don’t get an instant result they assume something’s wrong… all too often, they assume there ARE no energies. It takes time to retrain your mind to manipulate energies, and it takes time for those energies to build to the point that they can change things; just be patient, and you’ll get there!!

]]> By: Nicola http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2693 Nicola Thu, 03 May 2007 22:07:33 +0000 http://tobeme.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/cut-yourself-a-break/#comment-2693 Mark - what a wonderful post - particularly in light of the *goal* meme. All too often we set ourselves unrealistic goals and expectations based on others viewpoints and standards and as a consequence set ourselves too high an expectation and are liable to set ourselves up for failure. Acceptance of self is one of the hardest things to do sometimes. Mark – what a wonderful post – particularly in light of the *goal* meme.

All too often we set ourselves unrealistic goals and expectations based on others viewpoints and standards and as a consequence set ourselves too high an expectation and are liable to set ourselves up for failure.

Acceptance of self is one of the hardest things to do sometimes.

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