The CP Diary

It’s very difficult to deal with emotional stuff and not feel tired or drained in some way. It’s par for the course!

Sometimes life runs smoothly with everything working out as we plan and then we meet a dip in the road and we have to re-think again. I have to continue to deal with my life and all that it throws at me. That can be hard sometimes.

I believe that to have peace of mind we have to have clarity …

As a follow on from my previous blog ‘Working at relationships,’ being taken for granted starts when we’re unable to say no to friends and/or family when they ask us to do things…what starts out as a favour to them, becomes a little more when we feel we can’t say no?

Because I wanted to be accepted, as a little girl this used to apply to me all the time! We all do it for different reasons …

Something inspirational:

“The greatest revenge is to accomplish what others say you cannot do.”

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

I’ve often take time to reflect on my past. I believe it’s there to help me learn so that I can go on to make new life choices. There will always be times where it’s hard but necessary so that we can move forward with our lives.

Reflection is good. Reflection helps us grow spiritually, whilst we learn to perceive new changes in more positive ways, particularly if some of those choices have turned out to be less than positive and/or successful.

When we can use the past as a tool without making the same mistakes, we will have learned our …

In our less than perfect world being taken for granted seems to have become part of our lifestyle. In most relationships once the honeymoon period is over, complacencies tend to set in.

I don’t believe though that we’re always consciously aware of our behavior and that’s perhaps why we don’t always behave appropriately with loved ones. We can’t always be in control of what goes on around us; that much is true, but we should take control of how we behave towards each other.

I believe that our behavior is mirrored through what we’re …

Something inspirational:

“Only when we close the doors behind us, we will see the doors in front start opening.”

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

It doesn’t matter that we all deal with different things; the problem for all of us is that we always have something we have to deal with.

Some of us will find those things easy; some of us will find those things difficult. Some of us will want help and will be open to suggestions, whilst others will not be open to any suggestions at all. Some people may even instigate help, so that they can work through their problems quicker.

For the person with the problem it can be hard to accept help, because to accept help is to accept that he/she …

A THANKSGIVING DAY RECIPE

Ingredients:

One packet of Sweet Dough, for the pie-crust

2 large sweet potatoes

2 eggs

2 egg yolks

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger …

Did you know?

Ginseng has been around for thousands of years to improve our overall health.

It is used to help improve stress levels; boost energy and performance; enhance memory and stimulate the immune system. Ginseng also helps with emotional and physical fatigue and reduces the effects of aging …

Today I woke up with such frustration, not sure I had that much in me… but the realities of what I’ve had to deal with in the last few months have seemed to consciously hit home this morning.

I take the view that problems don’t last forever so that helps me cope with what I have to deal with; but my frustrations are based on having to deal with all of my problems.

When I look back on my life, I’ve never had life easy; so it’s not like all my struggles are new to me …