The feeling of euphoria!

[Theressa]

Hi Michelle, Fiona and Tom,



This is such an interesting thread. I haven't been on the site for a little bit but today I felt I needed to visit here.



Fiona, about dreams and infact all events in our lives. They are all trying to reveal different aspects of us. Our dreams and our lives in the external world are reflections of our inner world. Its all about mirrors. You need to ask yourself what were these people revealing to me about me.



It could be my fear that I no longer belong to this group. Or it could be that we are learning to respond differently to the events, people in our lives. We are learning to now choose how to respond. For example, we may choose to respond with anger, love, compassion, empathy, hurt, or laughter to the same event.



We can never change anyone else. We can however, rolemodel and be an example. This is very powerful.



Here is a poem that explains:



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One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly, he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shrivelled wings.



The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shrivelled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God?s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.



Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly.



I asked for strength?

And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.



I asked for Wisdom?

And God gave me Problems to Solve.



I asked for Prosperity?

And God gave me a Brain and Brawn to work.



I asked for Courage?.

And God gave me Danger to overcome.



I asked for love?.

And God gave me Troubled people to help.



I asked for favors?.

And God gave me Opportunities.



I received nothing I wanted but, I received everything I needed.



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Our state of mind reflects in our behaviour. If I see everything as a blessing I will not see anyone or anything as bad. I will only see they have something to teach me.



Another poem: A very old chinese one:



There was a farmer who planted his field and a group of people in the village said Aren't you lucky to have a field full of crops. He replied "Maybe"



Then the rain came and washed away all his crops and they were destroyed. The village folk said "Aren't you unlucky the rains destroyed your crops." The man replied "Maybe"



The farmer then went and bought some horses to use to allow people to ride and pay him for using the horses. One day one of the horse bolted and threw the farmers son to the ground and trampled him and the son ended up with a broken leg. The village folk said "Aren't you unlucky your son has broken his leg" The farmer replied "maybe"



Then a few days later the soilders of the civil war came by the village and took every abled bodied man. The villagers said to the farmer "Aren't you lucky your son won't end up killed in the war" The farmer replied "Maybe".



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Blessings to you all



Namaste!



Theressa

[fblenman]

What a weekend I've just had! It is my birthday today, being 22 years of age. I didn't have a big party or anything, though I spent the weekend with my partner, Shane and today I played soccer with my friends in a massive backyard. I'm a bit sore and sorry now, though I won't forget this weekend too easily.



Michelle! You have revealed another thing to me that I didn't think too much about before. You're right about how I could be using my control dramas 'as a means to protect myself from being manipulated'. I have a strong history of taking too much notice of what others say.



My life took on an interesting turn a few years ago when I met a guy through college who seemed to intrigue me in some way. He was so passionate about his beliefs and appeared to have a care free nature, until I got to know him properly. One night after being at the pub, he calls me at home around 5am, but before I could answer it, my Dad was already up thinking it was an emergency call from our loved ones. Dad began to despise my boyfriend and later gave me the altimatum - 'It's either us or him'. Being the rebelious person that I was, I left home. I was very sheltered with my parents and walking out to face the world with little income and few possessions really took it's toll on me. We ended up moving from place to place every couple of months, taking drugs and watching myself waste away. I ended up losing a job, car and my family, though I couldn't stop giving to this guy that seemed so hard to please. In fear of losing me he tried to pressure me in to having a child with him, but I thank God for helping me to keep my senses. I left this guy after 3 years.



I've managed to get a new job, a car that sort of works, a loving and caring boyfriend and my family is speaking to me again. I was blind to the damage this guy caused me even though I had so many people trying to warn me. I allowed myself to be so heavily influenced by one person, I'm afraid that I'll let it happen again. I have trouble trusting anyone. That's the 'aloof' person that I am. I'm slowly pulling myself out of this drama, though I need to allow time to help me heal. I don't regret what happened because I learned so much from my experience. I think that I'm stronger now than what I was before I met my ex. I think my dream might be helping me through all of this.



You are inspiring to read about, Michelle! Your journey to discovering yourself will motivate me to push on and find what makes me truly happy. This forum will definately be something that I will turn to in order to talk to people like yourself. You should be proud of who you are.



Hi Tom!



It's great to hear from you. I agree with you 100% that the world is in need of an innocent, lighthearted movie. People are way too heavily influenced by the media. I watch as little TV as I can because most of what is shown is negative. I am anticipating the release of the CP movie in Australia, though I heard that we probably won't see it before September. I can't wait to see what effect this movie will have on people, especially those that haven't read the book. It's a great way of revealing the insights to the population. I hope it will open up more eyes to how we ought to be. I haven't seen the Davinci Code either though I am curious to know what all of the hype is about. Apparently it challenges the ideas of the church which would have caused a lot of controversy.



Good on you for looking after yourself in the sense of eating well and quitting smoking. I've moved in to a place on my own recently and find that it's much easier to monitor what I put in my body. I find that milk and caffeine, in particular, effect my breathing and sleeping patterns. It sounds to me, Tom like you are really starting to grasp who you are. I am still tempted to go raving and take ecstasy though I did feel my health go downhill quite drastically when I was doing it more regularly. I like having the sense of clarity when I'm eating well and respecting my body.



Greetings Theressa! I've been waiting to speak with you. I've read many of your posts. I really enjoyed reading the poems!!! I will take in to consideration what you've said about my dreams. I am beginning to notice changes in my real life that have been concern in my dreams. I believe entirely that our dreams are a reflection of our thoughts and the more we focus on being the best that we can be, our dreams will begin to reflect this. So 'mirrors' are definately a good way to describe this. You would be good at writing poems, Theressa. The poems that you used were very appropriate.



I would like to express my gratitude to you guys! I feel like I've met my new family. Words mean so much to me and I thank you for being here for me. I appreciate all that you do.



Love always

Fiona

[michellepetkus]

Hi Fiona,



Happy Birthday! Mine is actually next weekend though I am a few years older than you.



What a ride you have had so far. I'm glad to hear that you had enough self worth to break free from the control your ex had over you. Those who use mind games can be the most difficult to overcome. You are on the road to positive mental health just by choosing to walk away from the negative control someone had over you. Good for you and something to be proud of.



Your Friend,

Michelle

[Theressa]

Hi Michelle, Hi Fiona,



WOW I don't believe it you share the same star sign as me. GEMINI!! That is interesting.



SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US ALL!!!!!!!!!



Blessings and celebration for the beautiful, magnificient beings we are!!!

Much love

Theressa





Fiona, I never wrote those poems so the credit is due to someone else BUT, I feel good for sharing them. An author of another site was really pleased when I used to write articles and said I am very descriptive and use great examples.



Fiona try visiting this site: www.drirene.com The author speaks about lots of things that may help you. They helped me.

[fblenman]

Thanks Guys!! I feel healed already.



It is amazing that we're the same star signs. I'm actually on the cusp of Taurus/Gemini and two of my sisters' have their birthdays in the same week. Cool, ha? I always find that I'm drawn to people who are of the same starsign as me.



Yes, Theressa, I meant you should be a poet. You have the knack of finding the right words in text for the situation. I always wanted to write a book. It takes a lot of persistence to get the job done. I have a short attention span for some topics.



I'm currently working on a home business idea. I've been doing it on and off for the past year, though I need to put my head down and get my name out there. My passion is caring for animals. It will do really well where I live. I better get to it. Thanks again for all of your support. I'll catch up with you most likely in other discussions.



With radiating love.

Fiona