Hooked On Healing

If you have a lasting, fulfilling friendship or love relationship, odds are it is not due to luck. It’s humbling to sometimes remind ourselves that everyone is pretty much as offensive as everyone else. Unless you are being emotionally abused or manipulated, chances are the challenges you face in your relationship would most likely surface with anyone you choose.

What skills do you think matter most in your daily life? How would you say courtesy, civility, and politeness rate? Do you even know how to share feelings without unleashing an upheaval or panic?

How do you deal with the dispiriting and demoralizing moments in your own development? None of us can be permanently cheerful or carefree. You may lose direction or even inspiration at times. Have you ever felt numb or deadened inside?

Do you have a habit you desperately wish to break? Do you munch late at night, gossip, smoke, or drink a tad too much? Those who gossip sure do have a sense of rumor. Why is it so dang hard to break that groove? Believe it or not, your brain seeks to minimize effort. So, when you create a habit pattern, you no longer have to think about it much. You are now on automatic pilot.

Just how much attention and assurance do you need from the people you love? Despite how grown up you are, we are all fragile and can be easily wounded. A sweet comment or warm touch can go a long way in making us feel loved. I know. You love her so much you are going to make your iPhone-Samsung relationship work.

Many of us share a powerful instinct to try to please others and look good in their eyes. You may find yourself agreeing with his views or her choices. He loves golf. Oh yes, so do you. He is voting for this or that candidate, and all of a sudden, so are you. And you know what they say: George Washington is the only president who didn’t blame the previous administration for his troubles. Then again, it’s been said: If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.