Saturday, November 5, 2005


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we can struggle
t o -- o v e r c o m e
our limitations
or
we can choose
t o -- e m b r a c e
our strengths

To achieve this, make a long list of all your limitations.
Then make a long list of all your strengths.
Now try to match a limitation with a strength.

For instance: I have a very low tolerance for being with people who are agitated, aggressive, or otherwise disturbed and disturbing. I need 2 hours of recovery-time for every 15 minutes spent with such a person, and I used to perceive that as a limitation. My strength is that I can spend entire days (weeks, even:-) in complete and happy solitude. I used to fight both my limitation and my strength, because I always assumed that being with people was better than being alone...........and so it wasn't until I clearly understood that for me, being alone is preferable to being with people, that I started to really enjoy my solitude and to appreciate my ability to exist in it.

So the idea is that instead of spending your entire life being critical of your inablity to live up to your own expectations

which in all probability were once your parents' expectations

you could simply decide to celebrate whatever you're naturally good at, instead.

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