Achievement

Today I am looking at the word Achievement.

Synonyms: accomplishment, feat, deed, act, exploit, performance, production, action, maneuver, fulfillment, realization, attainment, fruition, requirement, success, completion, finishing, conclusion, closing, perfection, consummation, crowning, end, termination.

As we can see here there is a multitude of synonyms for this word. This can bring about many different thoughts and feelings as to how we go about achieving our goals. Achievement by itself is just a word; however, what propels us into the actual action of achieving our goals and dreams?

What part does intention and desire play in the process and outcome?

Intention from my view sets up the parameters for the objective or ideal. e.g. whatever I think, say and do in the process of achievement is for the highest good of all.

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The Power of Words

The power of language and words should never be underestimated. They can inspire or inflame. They can move mountains or paralyze us.  I’ve chosen a few words to study over the next week or so.

Today, I am looking into the word:  Articulation.

The synonyms for the word Articulation are: enunciation, pronunciation, delivery, presentation, elocution, speech pattern, mode of expression, saying, intonation, accentuation, emphasis, unification, connection, conjugation, bonding, linking, juncture, intersection, dovetail.

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Yellow stickies from the kitchen

I have a huge collection of yellow stickies – on my fridge, in my purse and car.  Today I’ve put them all well some of them here.

“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?”
Caroline Myss

“Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die.”
Debbie Ford

“And finally the day will come when the risk it takes to remain tight in the bud will be more painful than the risk it takes to blossom.”
Anais Nin

“Once you become aware of what stands in your way and become willing to release it, you signal the universe that you are ready to manifest the life you were meant to live.”
Chérie Carter-Scott

“The closer we get to uncovering ourselves, the more difficult it becomes to face the truth. Sooner or later we stop running, out of sheer exhaustion and desperation, and turn around to face our image. The pain that we go through during this revelation is negligible compared to the state of grace that we enter into when we have finally moved on.”
Dr. Christiane Northrup

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most,
because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you. ”
Caroline Myss

“When we harbor negative emotions toward others or toward ourselves,
or when we intentionally create pain for others,
we poison our own physical and spiritual systems.
By far the strongest poison to the human spirit
is the inability to forgive oneself or another person.
It disables a person’s emotional resources.
The challenge is to refine our capacity to love others as well as ourselves
and to develop the power of forgiveness. ”
Caroline Myss

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

‘It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.’

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein quote

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

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Actions – Positive vs Negative

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How?

By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

Dale Carnegie

“The sum total of this world’s happiness”–what an amazing concept that is to consider! And to think that it’s possible for each of us to contribute to that amount–that’s even more amazing!

One of the questions that I’ve used from time to time when considering a certain action or reaction is, “If I do this, am I contributing to the positive in the world, or am I contributing to the anger?” If someone does something that I don’t like and I respond harshly, the resulting emotion on the part of the other person is usually anger or resentment or hurt feelings. And there it is–more negative energy in the world. Yet even if I don’t have an incredibly positive response (which wouldn’t be appropriate in all situations, obviously), not giving the harsh response wouldn’t create the negativity, or help it to grow if it’s already there.

Life definitely is about energy. From the electrical impulses that our bodies create to move and think and walk and talk to the sunlight that helps plants grow and become a huge, integral part of the circle of life, energy and energy levels determine to a great extent who we are, how we feel, and how we act. This world’s happiness, obviously, is a part of the positive flow of energy, and we can contribute to it.

I try very hard to contribute as little as I can to the negative energy of the world, and I try very hard to contribute as much as I can to the positive energy. Compliments, heartfelt “thank you’s,” encouragement, even no response at all instead of negative words–all of these things can help us to help happiness and positive energy to grow in our world.

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I’ve divorced my Alcoholic husband and my life has really started

Hi everyone, it’s been a long time since I have posted about this. A year and a half ago I told my EXAH that I would be leaving him.  Our relationship over a 20 year period included periods of being in and out of rehab, dry drunk behavior and all the subsequent fallout. We were both very unhealthy people. There is no need to elaborate on his behavior, you have all been exposed to similar people and this post is a positive one.

When I left I was truly devastated, I have never felt so much physical gut wrenching throw yourself on the floor and assume the fetal position type of pain. I was totally broken and shattered. In the past I never really worked on MY issues, it was always easier to blame the A – just put a band aid on it and worse ignore and stuff the feelings down. I found out that I was an addict, addicted to him, the drama, the control that I thought I had. I now really felt pain for the first time. I was alone, with me! I didn’t like what I saw but I vowed to change. I posted and read a lot, talked and cried on the shoulder of my dearest friend – the sister of my heart,  and started to change my whole life.

The man I married does not exist anymore, there is an empty shell haunting the streets using his name but I don’t know him. He no longer haunts my mind or my heart. I had a funeral for Bob – invited a very few close friends, played “our” favorite music and our friends spoke about him – shared their feelings and said good bye.

I am not going to lie…the journey was tear-filled, stressful, frustrating, scary…as well as…knowing why I was doing what I was, continuing to work towards my goal of breaking the cycle of alcoholism and co-dependency in my family, knowing that “this too shall pass”, having a strong faith and relying on that daily for strength, having an amazing network of friends who supported me through the worst and the best…knowing that my journey was worth the pain, as I am now living the life I am meant to!

The universe opened up and welcomed me. I lost weight, I started snowshoeing, hiking and belly dancing, I go to yoga 2 times a week, practice daily meditation. My world has become such a beautiful place.

Every time I read posts on here about the pain, the grieving, the process, my journey comes back to me. There is light and hope after being involved with a addict. Work your program ‘cause you’re worth it.

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