reading old journals are either embarrassing or pitiful. hah.. but you gotta admit, it's true.
sooo, i haven't really updating my journal in a while. in a nutshell, life is awesome possum.
last year this time i was extremely depressed and was suffering a post-traumatic symptoms.
this year couldn't be more different. i thank god for that. this book i read also really helped with finding peace. and it definitely has taught me how to catch myself from negative thinking or subconsciously wrapping myself around bad thoughts, which can be very addicting. for example, when you are upset, angry, or sad, do you listen to music to make yourself feel better and happier, or do you typically search out the best band/songs to fit you're current state? think about it.
here's a few exerpts:
- [Time is what the ego lives on. The stronger the ego, the more time takes over your life. Almost every thought you think is then concerned with past or future, and your sense of self depends on the past for your identity and on the future for it's fulfillment. Fear, anxiety, expectation, regret, guilt, and anger are the dysfunctions of the time-bound consciousness.]
- [Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness.]
- [Shakespeare- "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." What is more, suffering or negativity is often misperceived by the ego as pleasure because up to a point the ego strenthens itself through it.]
- [DEFINING YOURSELF THROUGH THOUGHT IS LIMITING YOURSELF.]
btw....whenever i do caps...i worry the reader will think i am yelling at them...i'm not i promise. lol. i'm random.
anywhosers. these are just a few exerpts from the book. its helped me a lot..
i feel like i'm getting my shit together this time around. i gotta toot my own horn and say i'm pretty proud of myself actually.
that being said, it's 3:30 and that is sooooooo late gahhhh i have crap to do tomorrow! night night!