Thursday, January 31, 2008

Identity - Reframing Your Life 3

Still lots of snow in Nampa.
Yesterday we looked at road blocks to reframing our life. As these road blocks are burst, reframing can begin. Reframing your life is a different way of looking at your past, a unique way of dealing with the present and a healthy way of facing the challenges of the future. In a sense, reframing rewires your brain.

Reframing is not positive thinking. It’s about the heart, not just the head. It isn’t ignoring hurts and pains or negating the past. It is not forgetting self and definitely not being a victim.

When you reframe your life, you live with a new level of discernment because you are always looking below the surface for more information before you make assumptions about people and situations. You reach out to those who have hurt you because you have been able to review the times you have hurt others and you are aware of your ability to inflict pain. You live authentically within that truth about yourself. You acknowledge reality rather than deny it.

More tomorrow

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