#1021 Pouring Out

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# 1021 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Pouring Out

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In middle school a teacher handed out different products and asked the students to squeeze out all of the contents. Once everything was out of each container the teacher asked the students to put the contents back into the containers. As hard as the students tried, they just couldn't do it. The teacher said "In the moment, you were so consumed with what you were doing that you didn't realize the mess you were making. Then, after it was so quickly and easily poured out, you realized it was impossible to put it all back in. Remember this for the rest of your lives when it comes to words that come out of your mouth."

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#1020 Expectations

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# 1020 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Expectations

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Life causes you to learn to make expectations.  These expectations are of things, places, and more

importantly, of people.

The problem with forming expectations of people is that more often than not,

people will fall short of your expectations.  It’s basically setting them up for failure,

and in turn, setting up for anguish within you.

I was talking with my wife, Asia, about this the other night when we were discussing friendships.

Right before we were married, I was speaking with a friend and I told him that I wasn’t

going to have expectations of my wife.  He didn’t agree with me because he

said that there were certain things you can expect of your spouse.

While I did see that what he meant was obligations and responsibilities, I didn’t

see them as expectations. For example, as spouses we have obligations and responsibilities

to love and care for each other.  However, our expectations form the way

the other person should love and care for us. That doesn’t always happen the

way we want it.  

Does it mean they love and care for us any less? Not necessarily. However, it does

mean that we have created an expectation that the other person may not reach,

and we will feel like they don’t care and love for us.

So what should we do? Have no expectations at all? No. I am not saying that.

You can have expectations, but you also have to learn how to detach yourself

from any resentment or sadness that may come from your expectation not being

met.

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#1019 Source of your smile

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# 1019 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Source of your smile

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“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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#1018 Genuine Place

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# 1018 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Genuine Place

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When something truly comes from a genuine place, and I mean truly genuine, the feeling can't be completely explained.

It doesn't necessarily have to do with the genuineness being for a pleasant event, it can also be for events that are often sad. For example, a relationship break up most often is a very devastating event. There is a lot of emotion and hurt involved. But when you come from a place of pure genuineness, that unpleasant event can be something quite the opposite by wishing the other person well with what life journey comes their way.

I often saw networking as something self serving. That was until I looked at it from a genuine place in my heart. It no longer became what the other person could do for me but more to better get to know and learn about the other person.

It's not easy in our society to always be genuine but it is something worth trying as it will let you experience something very alive.

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#1017 Quit apologizing

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# 1017 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Quit apologizing

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We recently moved to another house and we’ve had to enroll our son, Zayan,

to another school. The previous school that he was in was just

Wonderful and such a great fit, but it would be too far from our new house.

Zayan’s transition was a little rough. New house, relatively new baby in the

house as well, and now a new school. We knew it’d take some time to transition

to his new school, teacher, and friends.

After nearly two months, we just noticed he was not enjoying it as much. We spoke

to his teacher to see what could be the issue. Finally, we decided we needed to

transition him to another class.  You may be asking, “Wasn’t there already a lot

of changes?” Yes, there were but we’ve also come to realize what works with

our 3 year old, and his teacher just wasn’t the right fit for him at this age.

After Asia spoke to the director and we made the change, we both started feeling

bad. We didn’t want the teacher to think we didn’t like her--it’s just it wasn’t the right

fit and we had to try something else after we gave it two months.  But still, Asia

and I being who we were, just continued to feel bad.

Then one morning right before the change, I had a moment.  Sometimes in life

you just have to quit apologizing and do what needs to be done.

This was one of those cases. As parents we have to do what is right for our children.

The teacher may have taken it personally, but that wasn’t the the purpose. We did

what we thought was right after all.

We could be wrong, or we could be right.  The main thing was you don’t always

have to apologize or feel bad about your life decisions.  You just have to make a decision

and run with it.

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