In Let Your Life Speak, author Parker J. Palmer explains autumn this way:
“Autumn is a season of great beauty, but it is also a season of decline: the days grow shorter, the light is suffused, and summer’s abundance decays toward winter’s death. Faced with this inevitable winter, what does nature do in autumn? It scatters the seeds that will bring new growth in the spring-and scatters them with amazing abandon.
In retrospect, I can see in my own life what I could not see at the time-how the job I lost helped me find work I needed to do, how the “road closed” sign turned me toward terrain I needed to travel, how losses that felt irredeemable forced me to discern meanings I needed to know. On the surface, it seemed that life was lessening, but silently and lavishly the seeds of new life were always being sown.”
Let Palmer’s words be a reminder that hope, love and redemption are all possible and available, if not this season, then a future one.
Negative Thoughts: 3 Causes, 7 Solutions
(Childhood Emotional Neglect) – Maybe you think it’s harmless or don’t know how to stop it. But if you’ve got negative thoughts about yourself that you can’t shake off, here’s how to stop it from damaging your life.
20 Journaling Prompts to Help You Know and Accept Yourself
(Happily Imperfect) – Want to clarify your thoughts and feelings, and have a safe space to vent? Journaling can do that and more. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
6 Subtle Characteristics of The Pathological Liar
(Caregivers, Family & Friends) – This explains why it’s sometimes difficult to tell a liar is lying especially when that person is a pathological liar.
20 Reasons to Celebrate Unmarried and Single Americans Week
(Single at Heart) – It’s National Singles Week. Here are the surprising reasons why you need to celebrate.
6 Things Toxic People Do
(Knotted) – You’re unhappy in your relationship. It could be due to this.
from World of Psychology http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/09/20/best-of-our-blogs-september-9-2016-2/
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