Having negative thoughts?
Alter pessimistic attitudes!
The changing of your language is a practice. Be gentle and patient in the process.
The results will manifest, maybe sooner than anticipated and sometimes longer than desired.
The trick will be to catch yourself when you have negative, unhealthy, contractive thoughts. Then challenge or change those thoughts into something postive, healthy and expansive!
Luckily in capitalism if a need or demand exists, then there is opportunity for supply. Entrepreneurs devoted themselves to supplying the need of society to support its members.
Some individuals and families struggle helplessly to be positive, healthy, expansive members of a society to support themselves within the society.
No singular business entity is devoted to the entirety of support. Some businesses are intermediaries for specific support. Specific support includes but certainly not limited to job coaching; therapy for emotional-mental health; case management for food assistance, housing assistance, healthcare assistance.
One morning this guy was trapped in his own van by his own hand. Once freed this guy learned what led to being so confined. He will be mindful to not perform the same practice. Good that he learned. Indeed. the end.
ahhh hahah nooo still not done
Yes, well.
This guy is practicing remaining calm. He needs to do so if he wants to be competent as a lifeguard. Responding to emergencies with calm, coherent poise is essential to effective existence in emergency situations. He had the opportunity to practice remaining calm and coherent when the latch on his door failed to unlatch. The latch is the only one for the door. The door is the only way out, no other doors were accessible - trapped.
For how long?
How would he escape?
What if he had to use the bathroom?
He thought of none of those questions after becoming aware of being trapped. His first thought was to remain calm, if not he would exacerbate what little oxygen was left in the little cove of his. Remain calm, just chill, everything will be okay. Thinking quickly of the possible cause of the malfunction and a possible solution, he was thankful to have the awareness to contact a person with a spare key, thankful he had a phone, that was charged, that had service.
First text message,
I think I have an emergency on my hands.
Second,
I am not able to exit the cove
Third,
I am tempted to rip out the insulation on the door to attempt to get at the latching mechanism
Fourth,
I am not currently pressed to exit the cove
Once those messages were sent, that guy went back to the first thought, remain calm, just chill, everything will be okay. Soon, after repeating the thought a few more times his phone rang. The call was from the person with the spare key, “Hey dude, what’s going on?”
“Did you get my text?”
“All I read was ‘I think I have an emergency,’ and called you right away.”
This guy felt so incredibly loved and supported by the universe from the mutual response by the person with the spare key. After discussing the details of the plan to free that guy from the cove of his van, the two felt confident in a positive, healthy, expansive solution to free him. Once the plan was declared, the next duty for this guy was to return to chilling and wait for help to arrive. He relaxed onto his mattress - coming down from the anxiety of uncertainty. In his relaxed state he thought of what he would do if he were pressed to defecate. He had access to plastic grocery bags, toilet paper, soap and water. He smiled with quiet content for the blessing of not needing to utilize those resources at the moment and also, for having those resources.
Soon, help arrived and that guy was freed with the spare key from the outside by the ambitious bull of a person with the spare key.
Back in Wilma’s cove, I am a new man. Wilma is the name of my van.
Before leaving the van to live in an apartment, I was alive.
When people asked me how I was - I’d respond “I’m alive.”
“I’m alive,” resonated with almost everyone. How my response resonated varied depending on the individual receiving my response. Some people said, “Yeah, me too.” Others asked, “Is that all - just alive?”
“Just alive? To be alive is a miracle, is there more to being alive? Of course there is, but nothing would be possible without being alive first. Life is not a given or guarantee, life is existence.”
Upon moving into the apartment I miraculously became thankful. I was alive and thankful.
People asked me how I was - I’d respond, “I’m alive and thankful.”
“I’m alive and thankful,” resonated with almost everyone in a different way than, “I’m alive.” Some people said, “Yeah, I should remember to be more thankful.” Others asked, “For what?”
“For being alive and so much more.”
While living in the apartment a breakdown occurred in my personal life. My hurt was returned to me. I needed to heal. In the peace following the breakdown and working on healing, I became open to the practice of forgiveness. I committed myself to give without my hurt - forgive my hurt. I am alive, thankful and forgiving.
People ask me how I am - I respond, “I’m alive, thankful and forgiving.” I have not been able to measure much of a response yet from people. The statement for how I am is still rather new. So far, people seem taken back by the weight of my response for how I am. I say how I am in a soft and gentle way however, those three words have very strong meanings for people.
Now back in the van for reasons of a [ ] landlord. I will not let the actions of the landlord take away my thankfulness or forgiveness - even though his actions created the circumstance to choose Wilma’s cove again. I am alive, thankful and forgiving.
