Nothing screams WELCOME TO AOL quite like celebrity news, unless it's maybe news of a "shocking" medical condition THAT YOU MIGHT GET ("Why we should be worried").
Combine the two and you have this double whammy Thanksgiving week bonus headline tandem... both of which, incidentally, were alongside each other on the same AOL welcome screen page this morning.
All that's missing is the word "racy."
Worm Discovered In Woman's Brain
Doctors Went In for a Tumor to Find
Quite a Surprise: What It Looked Like
TV Star Contracts Flesh-Eating Bug
Bitten Filming, He's Struggling to Live.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
AOL Welcome Screen Headline of the Week
A two-tiered beauty that was too good to pass up:
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Woman Has Bizarre Brain Illness
What It Has to Do With Sean Connery
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"The forces that work against you..."
Whenever I crack open a book to a random page and read EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO READ AT THE VERY MOMENT I'VE FOUND IT, I like to pass it on to my friends... just in case it's what THEY need to read, too.
I was weeding through boxes of books and belongings this morning, trying to pick out what I'm going to take to my next (temporary) stop and what I'm going to leave behind. As I sorted the books into piles of TAKE ALONG and LEAVE BEHIND, I found myself getting more and more frustrated... verklemt, as my ex- used to say... so mentally agitated and confused that I literally had to step away from the task at hand and go lie down.
Why did this upset me so much?
I took a mini-nap, tried to focus myself, then got up, made a cup of coffee (always a great idea for someone who feels mentally agitated and confused, haha, but I digress) and went back to my sorting. Near the top of the LEAVE BEHIND stack was a book by David Viscott called EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE.
"Simple truths for dealing with the unfinished business of your past," the subtitle read.
I opened the book, at random, to page 69; a section entitled "The Forces that Work Against You:"
WARNING SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL DANGER
Inherent in the natural healing process are certain safeguards that alert you to danger. There is a bad feeling that you get when you misstate the truth. It can be a subtle uneasiness, a disquieting sense that something isn't right. It can be a wave of anxiety or sadness. Be still and ask yourself what just disturbed you. Correct what you just said so it is truthful.
Another sign that you maybe in trouble is when you find yourself avoiding situations that are not especially dangerous. Ask yourself what feeling the situation brings to mind.
You may find yourself breaking into a sweat or developing signs of anxiety, shallow breathing, and rapid heart rate when a subject is mentioned or a certain person approaches you. Ask yourself how you have been hurt. You're probably afraid of losing control over your anger. When a sad memory returns, you are being reminded of some loss that is still being mourned.
Don't push it away. Identify and acknowledge the feeling. Put it into words by saying to yourself, "I really miss her, I wish I had tried harder, it was a shame to give up when I was so close," or some other comment that states both your feeling of sadness and accepts some responsibility for the painful memory.
Your discomfort is a message telling you that something is wrong. Assume that you probably know what it is.
Use your feelings of discomfort to guide you to be more honest.
Examine your heart. All your answers lie there.
Hmmmmmmm.... Your discomfort is a message telling you that something is wrong...
Assume that you probably know what it is.
O.K.... well... let's see...
I hate moving. I really haven't had a permanent home since I moved to Vermont, and it's getting a little tiring. However, tomorrow I need to move to temporary housing once again (I've been housesitting for a friend, but I need to move elsewhere for the next two months because my friend will be back home for the holidays). I hate packing up things; I hate sticking things in boxes and leaving them in a storage space (in this case, my friend's basement) until "someday" when I have a home and can bring them all together. I want to take along as many books and belongings as I can to this next temporary stop, but I know I need to travel light... but I also feel guilty about leaving the stuff BEHIND at my friend's. What if she gets pissed off that I've "left too much stuff" in her basement?
Also, the books represent, to me, unfulfilled and unrealized ideals and aspirations. Books I haven't read, things I haven't done. Regrets.
Hmmmmmm.
I shut Viscott's book, moved it to the TAKE ALONG pile, boxed up the LEAVE BEHIND books into four small boxes, took them down to the basement, and started in on the kitchenware.
Like I said: that passage helped me. Maybe it'll help you, too.
I was weeding through boxes of books and belongings this morning, trying to pick out what I'm going to take to my next (temporary) stop and what I'm going to leave behind. As I sorted the books into piles of TAKE ALONG and LEAVE BEHIND, I found myself getting more and more frustrated... verklemt, as my ex- used to say... so mentally agitated and confused that I literally had to step away from the task at hand and go lie down.
Why did this upset me so much?
I took a mini-nap, tried to focus myself, then got up, made a cup of coffee (always a great idea for someone who feels mentally agitated and confused, haha, but I digress) and went back to my sorting. Near the top of the LEAVE BEHIND stack was a book by David Viscott called EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE.
"Simple truths for dealing with the unfinished business of your past," the subtitle read.
I opened the book, at random, to page 69; a section entitled "The Forces that Work Against You:"
WARNING SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL DANGER
Inherent in the natural healing process are certain safeguards that alert you to danger. There is a bad feeling that you get when you misstate the truth. It can be a subtle uneasiness, a disquieting sense that something isn't right. It can be a wave of anxiety or sadness. Be still and ask yourself what just disturbed you. Correct what you just said so it is truthful.
Another sign that you maybe in trouble is when you find yourself avoiding situations that are not especially dangerous. Ask yourself what feeling the situation brings to mind.
You may find yourself breaking into a sweat or developing signs of anxiety, shallow breathing, and rapid heart rate when a subject is mentioned or a certain person approaches you. Ask yourself how you have been hurt. You're probably afraid of losing control over your anger. When a sad memory returns, you are being reminded of some loss that is still being mourned.
Don't push it away. Identify and acknowledge the feeling. Put it into words by saying to yourself, "I really miss her, I wish I had tried harder, it was a shame to give up when I was so close," or some other comment that states both your feeling of sadness and accepts some responsibility for the painful memory.
Your discomfort is a message telling you that something is wrong. Assume that you probably know what it is.
Use your feelings of discomfort to guide you to be more honest.
Examine your heart. All your answers lie there.
Hmmmmmmm.... Your discomfort is a message telling you that something is wrong...
Assume that you probably know what it is.
O.K.... well... let's see...
I hate moving. I really haven't had a permanent home since I moved to Vermont, and it's getting a little tiring. However, tomorrow I need to move to temporary housing once again (I've been housesitting for a friend, but I need to move elsewhere for the next two months because my friend will be back home for the holidays). I hate packing up things; I hate sticking things in boxes and leaving them in a storage space (in this case, my friend's basement) until "someday" when I have a home and can bring them all together. I want to take along as many books and belongings as I can to this next temporary stop, but I know I need to travel light... but I also feel guilty about leaving the stuff BEHIND at my friend's. What if she gets pissed off that I've "left too much stuff" in her basement?
Also, the books represent, to me, unfulfilled and unrealized ideals and aspirations. Books I haven't read, things I haven't done. Regrets.
Hmmmmmm.
I shut Viscott's book, moved it to the TAKE ALONG pile, boxed up the LEAVE BEHIND books into four small boxes, took them down to the basement, and started in on the kitchenware.
Like I said: that passage helped me. Maybe it'll help you, too.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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