does take work. It rarely (if ever) just "happens".
But please realize it's not exactly digging a ditch in a field of dung and hot tar. I mean, a lot of this "work" is about living well, living fully and being in the present. Learning from good times and learning from our mistakes.
But even then it is not all about pain. A lot of it is about feeling JOY as fully as we have felt anger or pain or grief or fear....without interference or pollutants.
((Ever notice that we can get REALLY angry about something -- and nothing else gets our attention for awhile? OTOH, we can feel happy about something, but allow other factors in that interfere or lessen our joy?))
THAT^^ has to be reversed, and there are ways to do that. For ME, Essential Experience (the 4 day workshop) was how I learned how to do that, and for ME, it was a lot faster than messing up and hoping to glean the lesson, and then figuring out a plan of attack,
but hey, whatever works is what we all need to determine.
Good luck Frank, I hope you have a great time with your family. And while you are there, I hope you will really BE there
I'm just overwhelmed right now. The EE seminar sounds great but it will take up a decent chunk of the time i'll have with my family. I know that sounds dumb but (logistics aside) it's taken me 8 years to visit and right now i think the time with family will be just as important. I'll be there for 10 days and EE is 4 days. I know it will be beneficial but i just can't sacrifice the time right now
Thanks for the help and advice, i really do listen to it all and try to absorb as much as possible.
M:39 W:35 Married: 12 years Together: 16 years No kids D bomb: 1/17/15 Filed 1/29/15 Moving out 2/2015