Re: Reflecting - positive intent

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It makes perfect sense to me!

 

Thank you for sharing. You're giving me encouragement. I only just started, and

sometimes it feels as though there is a LOT to learn. I've already started

making monumental improvements with my own food relationship, but I have so far

to go.

 

It's great to know that the concepts become a part of a person, become natural.

 

Subject: Reflecting - positive intent

To: insideoutweightloss

Received: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 9:32 AM

 

Hi

I'm in a review period at the moment as I've been yoyoing again between " it's

all so easy " and " who gives a monkies " and I've been trying to work out why

sometimes everything is just so easy and why I can't be in that mode

permanently. This has led me to start at the beginning again to see what new

things might occur to me.

What has come to me, is how quickly you can assimilate the IOWL concepts. When I

first heard them 20 months ago, they were revelations, now so many of them are

part of my way of thinking.

I was listening today about positive intent and it occured to my how now when

something " goes wrong " or I do something that isn't helpful to me, that I

instantly start to look for the positive intent. I don't go down the blame path

anymore and that is so healthy to help get back into the groove again quickly,

rather than wallowing in self recrimination. OK sometimes this does lead to me

asking the unhelpful question " why did I... " but then I remember to ask " what do

I want instead " .

It is all useful learning, but what is so lovely is that is all comes from a

healthy place, because I know whatever the why was, it was because I was trying

to get something good for myself and who can blame themselves for that.

Hope this makes sense!

Viv