Talking Story 51 — I could relate to Johnny Poitras story about getting his feelings crushed by the unthinking actions and words of other people around him. Here’s his story: Frustrating Thoughts From A Sensitive Soul About Harm Others May Cause My heart hurts pretty easily. I am sensitive towards the words others use with me, and the energy they give off. I feel…medium.com His thought that triggered my response was this:

Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 336 — Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 336: an understanding that waiting for fulfillment without bracing yourself for failure allows you to do what needs to be done in the right moment. [Think Zen archer. If you make yourself stiff anticipating that you’re going to miss your target, your rigidity may actually…

Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 335 — Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 335: an understanding that you cannot demand or require an insight to appear on command. [It just comes when it comes and you have to be ready to accept it. This is hard to remember when you’re a slow learner like me….] Sometimes this Finder…

Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 334 — Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 334: a tendency to live in the ever-present Now. [When you are a Maker and your Now is living every day following your heartsong and you constantly bend your thoughts to figuring out how to keep on doing your own dance (and maybe even thrive…

Talking Story 50 — Janice Harayda’s riff about the Culture Police dissing Beatrix Potter made me growl. Take a look at her story: The Culture Police Have Come For Beatrix Potter — And It’s A Crime Why Peter Rabbit’s creator deserves a get-out-of-jail free cardmedium.com I totally agreed with the lady, but this thought of hers set me off on a tangent: Authors are always imitating others. That’s one of the main ways they learn. Often…

Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 333 — Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 333: an inclination to live fully in the present. [It’s the only time that you can savor Life-Its-Own-Self.] I think it was Tim Denning who said, “Too much time spent in the past equals depression. Too much time spent in the future equals anxiety. …

Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 332 — Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 332: a disinclination to give in to your own impatience and grab at your desired outcomes. [It’s funny how if you stop trying to grab at happiness, for example, it comes and sits next to you, rubs up against you and joins you in a…

Talking Story 49 — Here’s an interesting viewpoint by Lee McKay Doe on the fear of being a burden: 5 Signs That Your Biggest Fear is ‘Being a Burden’ Covert codependency keeps us connected by being the one that no one has to worry aboutforge.medium.com And here are my thoughts on the thing: Lee, I do thank you for introducing me to the fourth "F" reaction to change -- Fawning. I am not sure whether I would call the response…

Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 331 — Another IPS (Inner Peace Symptom) 331: a tendency to listen quietly, not only to the words, but also to what all the actions around the words and your own reactions to them are telling you as well. [Beautiful words cannot long obscure ugly or wrongheaded actions (or your own rejecting…