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10/14/2008 9:38 PM UTC
Hey buddy Keith, It's Crystal from Express! Thank you so much for listening to my show. I appreciate the support. Rock on.
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I am a certified and experienced Life Transformation Coach and an Addictions Mentor. I guide clients to results and offer a complimentary session to ensure fit for both of us.My daily blog is available through my web site
Date / Time: 4/23/2009 1:14 PM UTC
NEED SOMEONE TO JUST LISTEN? DO YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN?
As I started on the process of life recovery, I felt that there was no one there who would really listen to me and actually hear me. Today I realise there are a few people who do listen to me and hear me; and this includes my wife and a few “skilled” others.
Listening is a learned skill that requires practise. I was fortunate that when I had the opportunity to do what it is vocationally that I really love, that I had to go back to school to upgrade my education. A large focus in both the lecture portion of my studies and the practicum was the art of deep listening.
I am fortunate that I have been blessed with some skilled listeners in my life. There are thousands out there who do not feel heard. Are you one of them?
I missed so much in my life by not being a great listener. Often I was thinking of a clever retort when others were talking. Today, I can listen deeply and hear what others are saying. It helps me with life in general, and also in the 12 step meetings I regularly attend. A quote that reminded me:
Listening
For weeks I sat in the back of the rooms, silent when others shared their experience, strength, and hope.
I listened to their stories and found so many areas where we overlapped --
not all of the deeds, but the feelings of remorse and hopelessness.
I learned that alcoholism isn't a sin, it's a disease. That lifted the guilt I had felt.
I learned that I didn't have to stop drinking forever, but just not pick up that first drink one day, one hour at a time.
I could manage that. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 344
Thought to Ponder . . .Learn to listen; listen to learn.
Today I listen intently to people most of the time. I have learned to be in the moment and just “be” for others, and it is something I enjoy doing for my own benefit and for the benefits of others.
Need someone to truly listen? Contact me at khbray@hopeserenity.ca. We are trained to listen.
Date / Time: 4/14/2009 5:54 PM UTC
LEARN to be aware
Learning to be aware of who we are and why a tremendous part of a recovery of life journey is. To do this, there is nothing better than a thorough working of the 4th step of the 12 steps.
Going forward, we must make sure we stay in contact with “self” in an honest fashion each and every day. We must stay fully aware!
"You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself." -- Beryl Markham Who am I? To answer this, we must first learn to become more aware of ourselves. To be aware, we must STOP and PAY ATTENTION! We need to STOP and objectively watch ourselves in action. We live most of our lives by habit. These habits keep us stuck in patterns that limit our experience of life. Once we detect a pattern we were previously unconscious of, we can choose differently, if we want. With awareness comes choice and with choice, we gain freedom.
"To be authentic is literally to be your own author ..., to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them." -- Warren G. Bennis "Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives." -- Vernon Howard
You’ll be amazed at the fascinating person you are when you stay fully aware of self, not others. Interested in discussing this further? Contact through www.hopeserenity.ca.
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