I have been pretty busy lately and it has really been going well. It is nice to have things going well, isn't it? I have been reading several books that would be considered self-help books. They always make me sit and think about what I am doing and where I am at and how things are going.
The first book that I read is called "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge. What I got most from this is that men have dreams that they developed during childhood, but for some reason a lot of us have been wounded during our life causing us to lose those dreams and we are never fulfilled. Our legs get chopped off, so to speak, and most of us never get them back. This book helps you to discover the wounds and heal them allowing you to get your dreams back and move on. Of course this is the simplified version as it takes more than just reading to get back to where we need to be.. Thing is I am working on it and it is refreshing.
I also reread a second book called "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne. This book talks about using the law of attraction to better your life. Releasing the negative thoughts and putting positive thoughts in our mind to attract the positive things that we want in our lives. Again, this is simplified but it really has a lot of good things to consider in order to change your life and make it what you want it to be. I am following up the reading of this book with a book titled "There is More to the Secret" by Ed Gunger who puts a more Christian side to the Secret. I am finding this very interesting and actually pretty helpful reading. I guess what is helping me is that I am putting more positive thoughts in my head and trying to direct my ways to what are good. I know the bad things are still out there and I can learn from them also in developing my life but to concentrate on and bring the positive things that I want into my thought patterns is helping me to be happier.
A few other things that I have done is to join a few journey groups. These are associated with my church. One is a all men group and we are able to hear a short talk that is designed to get us thinking about where we have been and where we want to be, developing us into the men that we should be. Then we get a chance to air out what is on our mind. We don't try to help each other during this. We are able to sit and listen or tell our story, helping us to band together. That way we know that we are not alone in our situations. Knowing that I am not the only one going through these things is very helpful. The second group is a singles group filled with people, men and women, that are single and of or about the same age as I am. This was a hard group for me to find but I am so glad I did. Being around others that have gone through divorce and so forth is pretty good because again, we share a lot of the same stories. We don't discuss our past but we have a study that we are following and as we are mostly going through or have gone through similar stories we have similar insight as to what the study is about. It is really a nice group to be part of specially when you don't have to worry about trying to hook up with anyone. Now I am sure some do hook up but that is not the reason for the group. We get to hear different thoughts from both sides or in some cases multiple sides. Its pretty refreshing actually.
My thoughts right now are pretty excited actually. I am looking forward to seeing where I am in a couple of months or in the next year. Seeing if I have gotten my legs back, becoming the man that I can be. Knowing that I can do this while hearing from and about others, developing my way from and through the help of others, not depending on myself alone to get through life. Of course knowing that God is right there all the time guiding my path as I go along.
The first book that I read is called "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge. What I got most from this is that men have dreams that they developed during childhood, but for some reason a lot of us have been wounded during our life causing us to lose those dreams and we are never fulfilled. Our legs get chopped off, so to speak, and most of us never get them back. This book helps you to discover the wounds and heal them allowing you to get your dreams back and move on. Of course this is the simplified version as it takes more than just reading to get back to where we need to be.. Thing is I am working on it and it is refreshing.
I also reread a second book called "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne. This book talks about using the law of attraction to better your life. Releasing the negative thoughts and putting positive thoughts in our mind to attract the positive things that we want in our lives. Again, this is simplified but it really has a lot of good things to consider in order to change your life and make it what you want it to be. I am following up the reading of this book with a book titled "There is More to the Secret" by Ed Gunger who puts a more Christian side to the Secret. I am finding this very interesting and actually pretty helpful reading. I guess what is helping me is that I am putting more positive thoughts in my head and trying to direct my ways to what are good. I know the bad things are still out there and I can learn from them also in developing my life but to concentrate on and bring the positive things that I want into my thought patterns is helping me to be happier.
A few other things that I have done is to join a few journey groups. These are associated with my church. One is a all men group and we are able to hear a short talk that is designed to get us thinking about where we have been and where we want to be, developing us into the men that we should be. Then we get a chance to air out what is on our mind. We don't try to help each other during this. We are able to sit and listen or tell our story, helping us to band together. That way we know that we are not alone in our situations. Knowing that I am not the only one going through these things is very helpful. The second group is a singles group filled with people, men and women, that are single and of or about the same age as I am. This was a hard group for me to find but I am so glad I did. Being around others that have gone through divorce and so forth is pretty good because again, we share a lot of the same stories. We don't discuss our past but we have a study that we are following and as we are mostly going through or have gone through similar stories we have similar insight as to what the study is about. It is really a nice group to be part of specially when you don't have to worry about trying to hook up with anyone. Now I am sure some do hook up but that is not the reason for the group. We get to hear different thoughts from both sides or in some cases multiple sides. Its pretty refreshing actually.
My thoughts right now are pretty excited actually. I am looking forward to seeing where I am in a couple of months or in the next year. Seeing if I have gotten my legs back, becoming the man that I can be. Knowing that I can do this while hearing from and about others, developing my way from and through the help of others, not depending on myself alone to get through life. Of course knowing that God is right there all the time guiding my path as I go along.
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Excellent! Reminds me of that verse, "Forgetting those things which are behind..."
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