Month: July 2018

This is not only for parents, but it is the parents that really need to hear this. 

Dear Parents,

Try to work on our most problematic, life inhibiting, many layered behaviors that are not purposeful but are impulse driven. What I mean is that we often engage in repetitive loops of behaviors that seem intentional on the surface, but are not intentional at all. What is really working to confuse you is that our bodies look intentional but our brains are shouting out, “Stop listening to my body!”.

When our bodies outshine our brains, it is maddening. These incidents work against us every time. People often think that we want to do these things, but our goal is to work on purposeful motor activities in order to have better control of our bodies. Without opportunities for tireless practice in reigning in our impulses, there is not much hope for us to live in the way we want to live with our minds being in control of our bodies.

Doing the same things over and over feels good. It is hard to stop this behavior when there is something so gratifying about it. This is how we get hooked. However, after some time, the gratification stops and the behavior remains. This is when we need your help learning how to break the motor loop that has made its way into our habits. The things that we get stuck on are typically the things we are trying to stop ourselves from doing. The confusion lies in the fact that our bodies seem so intentional.

Working on purposeful motor movements makes such a difference. It is not hard to do, but it is necessary to do it often. Stop expecting us to make these changes on our own. We need your help! Getting help is challenging when you can’t ask for it. So, parents, you have to be on the lookout for these repetitive behaviors that are getting on our nerves.

Love,

Graciela

 

Learning to love is not hard for my mom’s great friends, Holly and Mike. This blog post is dedicated to them. 

It is amazing to talk to lovely people who see the personhood in me. I think it is challenging for many to see the personhood in me because it is hard to look beneath the surface to see the many wonderful qualities given to me for my beautiful soul to use to see into the souls of others.

What is interesting is that my soul can connect with the soul of another person easily if the person is full of love for himself and others.

When this connection happens, it is magical because our souls immediately communicate love.

There is a lot of need for this deep connection and love in the world today.

Your heart only needs to stay open and willing to try to love greatly. Hopefully this speaks to you and it encourages you to make more connections of the soul.

co-written by Jordyn Pallet (lines in regular font) and Graciela (lines in italics)
You can find more of Jordyn’s words at https://jordynsrockyjourney.wordpress.com 

 

How do we bring more self-love to those we encounter?  It’s not an easy task.  Just loving people is not enough for them to give up being self-deprecating.  Strong self-love works for those who can stop seeing their flaws in order to understand the terrific beauty hidden underneath.

Joy can be found in what each difference from the “norm” brings to the tapestry of humanity.  When we love ourselves deeply we can really spread that love to others.  By being someone so accepting of our own differences, we demonstrate a state of such pure self-love, that others can’t help but get over themselves.

Try to start practicing this today, instead of taking yourself down the road too often traveled of not seeing the terrific beauty in yourself.  Or you can get yourself a bigger problem to solve and use your differences as assets.  Or, if the problem is big enough – like bringing peace to the planet – then you can’t solve it without first bringing peace to yourself.

It is not easy to get out of your own way sometimes, but it is so worth trying so that our love knows no boundaries.  What if our World was filled with that kind of pure love?  Then we would be in the World so filled with truth and joy, and our lives would be so much happier.