Finding previous posts

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Thank you so much - 's post on sitting on your hands, along with

the idea of the ACT bicycle have both been so helpful.

I tried going through some older threads on the Yahoo boards but am

finding navigation difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions on how

to sort old posts? Do people save older messages somehow? Just

wondering.

> Hi Esther,

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>> What is the " sitting on your hands " in reference to?

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> Here is a link to the message where posted about that:

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> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ACT_for_the_Public/message/4892

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>> And yet how do you find that balance? I never can figure out

>> whether I'm giving myself the break I need, or whether I'm

>> procrastinating. Do I tough it out or will that cause me to snap

>> - I guess I need to just make a decision and feel good about

>> whatever it is.

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> In a way, there is no balance to be found. Per the bicycle metaphor

> Steve is using, we make a virtue out of imperfection - we make a

> sort of balance out of being continually out of balance. It is the

> being in motion that allows us to adjust & keep going.

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> Maybe it is like learning that being temporarily out of balance is

> not the same as falling over. This means having experience with

> being out of balance and adjusting and still moving.

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> And yes, our thoughts do seem to keep trying to " figure things

> out. " Having thoughts is something that goes on even as we keep

> peddling.

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> - Randy

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