Contentment, peace - all things that make life worth living - have their source in the mind of the individual. From the same source spring unrest, turbulency, misery - everything that leads to dissolution and death.
"As a man (woman) THINKETH, so IS he (she)"
As hard as it is, we can condition ourselves to think positively.
My trigger has been to think of this really good family picture we took 1.5 years ago. I'm really un-fotogenic, and I actually look OK, my wife looks great as always, and our S is really cute. The mere thought of that picture immediately makes me smile!
We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory - we are creatures of our thinking.
3/31/07 - Hit with a brick, leaving the dent there...
Wow, slow day, so I'm going to post another great quote, it's actually where I got the title of the thread from:
Quote:
It is true that the answers to our prayers may not always come as direct and at the time, nor in the manner, we anticipate; but they do come, and at a time and in a manner best for the interests of him (her) who offers the supplication. Be grateful that sometimes God lets you struggle for a long time before that answer comes. Your character will grow; your faith will increase. There is a relationship between those two; the greater your faith, the stronger your character; and incresed character enhances your ability to exercise even greater faith.
We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory - we are creatures of our thinking.
3/31/07 - Hit with a brick, leaving the dent there...
Jazz, you can't give me the woman's perspective. I read Amy's threads and she calls herself a WAW - that's all I was hoping for was the woman's insight as to what my W is thinking. She won't talk to me, won't see me, hasn't done anything in 2 weeks now, jut feels like she's gone but she isn't? I dunno, I'd just like another little sign from her, you know?
That's all, nothing major, I didn't expect Amy to solve my problem or anything, she just seems to have some real good insights. But, I saw from her thread why she probably doesn't want to talk to me about my situation, as my wife filed this PO against me, it makes sense. It's all good.
We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory - we are creatures of our thinking.
3/31/07 - Hit with a brick, leaving the dent there...
Well, tell me what you think is going on? Why no contact in 2 weeks after our last meeting. She claimed to want it over, she was just going to sign the papers and be done! Here it is 2 weeks later and not a peep? That doesn't seem to jive??? What is she waiting for? If she wants it done, why not have it done? She has a lawyer, it's not like there's a reason to wait. We don't have to wait a certain period of time here, so???
I know I'm not supposed to look for negative things, but at this point ANY interaction would be nice, you know?
I don't know why I have a hard time on Fridays, must be that normally we'd be going out to do something over the weekend, and now I get to do things alone. I'm OK with that now, but it's still not as fun.
We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory - we are creatures of our thinking.
3/31/07 - Hit with a brick, leaving the dent there...
I guess one of my problems is, why don't they file if that's what they want, even if it only words. Then like in our case, don't file but also don't say anything and just let it drag. I realize that it is suppose to be a good thing that they haven't, but it can also drive you bonkers not knowing what is going on or going thru the mind of the other.
M 41 W 33 S8 S17 Bomb 3/11/07 S 3/28/07 New beginning? 8/31/07
