What does a rough diamond look like? Do you know? I don’t. A man sold his Homestead and wandered the world to return one day only to find fences protecting what was now a Diamond mine. He could not identify what a Rough Diamond looked like. So he sold his place for far less than it was worth to someone who could identify a potential diamond. You are exactly like this.. You cannot identify the aspect of you that is a Rough diamond. You look at yourself and see only ’stone‘. Yet you may well be looking at a Rough Diamond. You wouldn’t know. Because you don’t know what a Rough Diamond looks like. Scour you memory for which things seem unusually easy for you that others find hard. There’s your Rough Diamond. Work on it, polish it. Now look for another one, and another… ————————– These are related: # 21 Interpretation – 51 Hindsight – 64 Natural Talents – 85 Babies – 99 Perfection! – 113 Success 116 Facade – 117 Gold Mine – 119 Gears – 142 Progression – 222 The Difference
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250 The Impossible Self-Image
You cannot build a hill that has only one direction.
You may want it to go only ‚up‘.
Fine, but it does go both ways.
To take away uphill / you automatically take away downhill __
You have no option. None.
OK, so?
Well, why do you try to build an Impossible Self-Image for yourself?
For example, how quickly and readily do you accept blame for your errors?
Now, how quickly and readily do you accept credit for things well done?
See, an Impossible Self-Image has only one side.
Oh, it works both ways.
If you easily accept credit, how easily do you accept blame.
Impossible Self-Images are not real.
Accepting both blame and credit contributes to a healthy, balanced Self-Image.
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These are related:
# 21 Interpretation – 26 Discounting Self – 40 So What! – 47 Gold Stamps – 66 Opposites
71 Nice – 90 Good/Bad – 109 Understanding – 125 A Clumsy Self Image
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249 Xxx x Xxxxx
It’s just as much effort and cost:
To type ‚Xxx x Xxxxx‘, as to type meaningful stuff.
To make a movie with one scene, one actor, saying one word over and over.
To create /distribute a magazine with one photo, one sentence over and over.
To send this email with nothing meaningful in it, etc.
OK, so?
Do you do the same thing over and over…
And, because it is a lot of work and effort,
you somehow expect something more from that work and effort.
Well, would you pay for a one word /scene movie, no matter what the cost to make?
Neither will others pay you.
Considering it’s basically the same amount of trouble and cost,
why not add value to yourself and what you do.
Start in a small way and see what happens.
A smile, a courtesy, speaking up, offering suggestions…
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These are related:
# 27 Responses – 31 Being at-Cause – 85 Babies – 107 Iron – 110 Nothing – 113 Success
117 Gold Mine – 160 Combination – 163 When I Grow Up – 165 Cause & Effects
220 Digging Ditches – 222 The Difference – 242 Gentleman
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248 Longs & Shorts
Short things can also be seen as cold things.
Long ones as warm.
An abrupt ’no‘ is Short /Cold.
„Well, I will think about it but I must tell you that I don’t believe I will say yes.“ is a Long /Warm
Both, of course, say the same thing.
However we tend to like warm and dislike cold.
So, why say this.
Because a string of Shorts actually produces a ‚Long /Warm‘ result.
Think of the times you did a lot of annoying short things.
Clean the house, empty the attic /basement etc.
After it was over you had the same feeling as if doing a Long /Warm.
Playing the piano = hitting piano keys one after the other (Short) which causes a Warm /Long result.
Next time you hesitate to start something because you know it will not be very satisfying (ie: Short /Cold) just throw yourself into it and you will end up with a satisfying Warm.
Try It!
This one is Related:
# 37 Or Its Equivalent
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247 Yesterday
„Oh, you are so very cruel saying things like that!“
As she stormed away.
That evening I told my wife the things she said that day.
And she told her husband the things I said that day.
„Ah, you know you did the right thing.“ said my wife.
„Well, an honest person tells you things you don’t want to hear but need to.
You should be pleased you have such a person around you.“ her husband said.
„Yeah, you’re right.“ … responded both of us.
Today I still think of her response, not knowing she changed her mind /opinion Yesterday.
Before you remember /worry about something that was true Yesterday …
why not see if it might now be changed?
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To reinforce this read any two below:
# 79Truth Time – 132 Taking it Personally – 196 Past, Present & Future