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Lessons of the balance.1. The relentless pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain, leads to pain. 2. Recovery begins with abstinence 3. Abstinence rests the brains reward pathway and with it our capacity to take joy and simpler pleasures.4. Self-binding creates literal and metacognitive space between desire and consumption, a modern necessity in our dopamine overloaded world.5. Medications can restore homeostasis, but consider what we lose by medicating away our pain.6. Pressing on the pain side, resets our balance to the side of pleasure.7. B...
SOTD🎉long TOTD
I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is. Then I dare you to walk toward it. In this way, the world may reveal itself to you as something magical and awe-inspiring that does not require escape. Instead, the world may become something worth paying attention to. The rewards of finding and maintaining balance are neither immediate nor permanent. They require patience and maintenance. We mus...
wisdom
Good morning!As the world turns, let us reset and refresh our minds according to the Truth according to God.“The ways of wisdom are sweet, always drawing you into the place of wholeness (peace, prosperity). Seeking for her brings the discovery of untold blessings, for she is the healing tree of life to those who taste her fruits.” Proverbs 3:17-18 TPTWhen I look at the wisdom of the world vs the wisdom of God, there is such a stark and obvious difference. God’s wisdom in His Word brings me wholeness. The fruit of following what He says is...
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We are not victims of our biology. We are co-creators of our destiny alongside God. God leads, but we have to choose to let God lead. We have been designed to create thoughts, and from these we live out our lives (Prov. 23:7).Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health (Includes the '21-Day Brain Detox Plan')
I’ll be climbing slowly 😂
Writer and philosopher Robert Pirsigon enjoying the journey:"Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. This leaf has jagged edges. This rock looks loose. From this place the sno...
peace
Good morning!Question of the Day: Do I fuss and fume over every inconvenience or do I consider the possibility that they were put there to slow me down and cause me to see something important that I would have missed?I take this even farther in my evaluation process: Do I get worked up over world events or twists and turns in what I thought things “should” be?The first question comes from something I was reading by Oswald Chambers. He has such a way with words and probing thoughts. They always stop me in my tracks and make me consider.When ...
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Days like this ☀️I was sipping my coffee and thinking about some things. ☕️ Yesterday when I was driving around, I almost got hit by a very treacherous red light runner who veered around other cars that had already stopped so he could run the red. 😳Then I was almost rear ended by someone holding/looking at his phone. 📱 Then I was almost backed into by yet another distracted driver. 🚗 I started to feel the weight of our busy, distracted world. It was starting to get me down. 😔But then, as I stood in a long line at Costco, a c...
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From a friend today…. We were talking about comfort killing Americans "last generation, 18 yr olds were scaling the beaches of normandy. now, 18 yr olds are cowering in their colleges' "safe spaces"Thoughts?
your boat
Good morning!One of the ways God seems to speak is through a variety of sources saying the same thing AND as these things line up with His Word.We are told to be careful to discern the spirits, so we have to tread carefully, but there are often multiple ways we get confirmation.My friend Pastor Jim had made a post on one of his Porch Talks topics and I had tucked that into my mind. Although I had taken a break from listening to YouTube videos and podcasts, I felt a strong impression to go to listen to RC Blakes who is a pastor that gives practi...
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With just the smallest bit of neglect, the heart too can become neglected and begin to fill with worldly desires. This is why we must do the laundry.Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
Invitation
Hi everyone! A popular health group I have led over the years is Sugar Detox. There are so many benefits to getting sugars out of our diets! Sugar is highly inflammatory and can be the root cause of many dis-eases! Unfortunately, sugar is in so many foods that before we know it, we are consuming far more than our bodies can handle.If you want to join us, we start Aug 19th. It will be run through Zoom (Pastor Jim and I are co-hosting and that is where our group meetings will be). We have a private group on Facebook as well. I am taking a donatio...
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It is highly dishonorable for a reasonable soul, living in so divinely a built mansion as the body she resides in, to be totally unacquainted with its exquisite structure.” — Robert Boyle, 1690Barbara O'Neill, Self Heal By Design
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Good morning!An incredible blessing comes through a very “unlikely” word you have heard. Repent. Pastor Jim talked about this in a post he had put on Facebook and I pondered it for quite some time.The word Repent conjures up feelings of guilt and shame. It may make you think of a street preacher yelling at you. But that isn’t what the word means and it certainly isn’t a “shouting” angry word.It is an invitation to change the way you think. To change your mind. The Greek word is metanoia and it means just that. What if we rethought t...
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The world may feel like chaos but our God still is in control! One day it will be clear but for now, do what you need to do. Love. Work hard. Forgive. Rejoice!
