Thought for today:
" Thirty years of research and work practice into dealing with the causes of emotional disturbance has taught me the following. We all exaggerate the true extent of our feelings from time to time with a whole range of irrational messages that we initially tell our body and then which we go on to believe as Gospel when they are in fact inaccurate. For instance: 'I can't stand it' is a phrase we often hear ourselves say when we are obviously standing it. We may not like it, desire it or wish it was otherwise, but the one thing we can't deny is that we can stand it! We can stand anything, however horrible, painful etc while there is still breath in one's body. The only time it is accurate to say we can't stand it is when we are dead; and then we could say that we aren't standing it, but our corpse! The real importance in not exaggerating our feelings and believing untruths is that our body invariably responds to what we believe and the precise nature of our self talk. So, believing 'you can't stand it' is a sure way of your mind instructing your body 'not to stand it' and for you to 'feel' that 'you can't stand it', despite the fact that 'you are standing it.' Just think twice about how you want your body to 'feel' before you tell yourself in future that you feel pissed off!" William Forde: March 13th, 2013.
" Thirty years of research and work practice into dealing with the causes of emotional disturbance has taught me the following. We all exaggerate the true extent of our feelings from time to time with a whole range of irrational messages that we initially tell our body and then which we go on to believe as Gospel when they are in fact inaccurate. For instance: 'I can't stand it' is a phrase we often hear ourselves say when we are obviously standing it. We may not like it, desire it or wish it was otherwise, but the one thing we can't deny is that we can stand it! We can stand anything, however horrible, painful etc while there is still breath in one's body. The only time it is accurate to say we can't stand it is when we are dead; and then we could say that we aren't standing it, but our corpse! The real importance in not exaggerating our feelings and believing untruths is that our body invariably responds to what we believe and the precise nature of our self talk. So, believing 'you can't stand it' is a sure way of your mind instructing your body 'not to stand it' and for you to 'feel' that 'you can't stand it', despite the fact that 'you are standing it.' Just think twice about how you want your body to 'feel' before you tell yourself in future that you feel pissed off!" William Forde: March 13th, 2013.
