Striving for Continued Contact

Hello @Little_Leopard how are you going today? Thanks so much for your reply.

I'm pressed for time at the moment, sorry if I sound blunt🙂

If you are interested, listen to this.

Abraham Hicks 2022

It's about 15 mins.

• She says something at the start about resistant thought. i.e it is easier to think the things we always think.

• Regarding our issue, it made me think - " we don't hate" those particular loved ones, AT ALL.

• Maybe our thoughts are so used to thinking about hating the way that the other person makes us feel.

• At around 14 mins she says

"Expressing your appreciation for the variety that surrounds you.

While you hold yourself more deliberately in the direction of what you want.'

• The people in our life that make us feel uncomfortable are part of the buffet. We don't have to choose it. We don't have to complain to management either.

• It sounds in line with assertiveness training.

@maddison

Hey there. No worries! I have had a busy time myself.

Thank you for sharing with me 😊. The video clip does not really resonate with me and my situation personally but I’m glad it helped you.

Im actually not a fan of the law of attraction stuff. I feel that it mixes fact with fantasy. It’s also a bit of a trigger for me because of bad past experiences I have had with people who practice law of attraction stuff.

While I would agree with what she says about it being easier to think thoughts that you are use to (kind of like a habit) I don’t really think that it addresses the issues we are discussing.

but yeah as you can probably tell I’m not a law of attraction gal lol. Sorry!

how have you been?

Hey @Little_Leopard thanks for replying. I really appreciate your honesty too. To be honest, the whole 'law of attraction' & that particular speaker was very new to me. I was perhaps a little under their spell at the time of posting.

I still believe that there are some solid ideas, though I have gone a bit off the concept of it being the answer to everything!!

I appreciate your perspective of it mixing fantasy & fact. Yes, I would agree that there is some of that going on. With that said, I believe the universe is it's own kind of magic, & there is so much more that we don't know, than we do! 💜

I'm so sorry for any affect or memories my post bought up for you. I can imagine the type of person you are describing. Yes, people who subscribe to only one way of thinking, at the cost of all others can be dangerous. In fact, I think that is what made me lose interest in the videos. It wasn't so much the speaker, it was more the way that the audience would interact with her. I started to get some 'cult-ish' vibes.

In hindsight, I acted too hastily overall in my post to you. I'm sorry.

Thanks again for your honesty.

I am alright, thanks for asking🙂 How are things for you?

I recently had another get together with my 'difficult' family member. It was pretty tough. It seemed to go slightly easier than other times. I find that setting a time limit on how much I can be around them did make it easier. Although, that's not always in my control.

It was still quite stressful, yet definately less. I think partly because I was able to enforce those 'time boundaries' & I think possibly discussing it here, has given the entire issue, a glimpse of light - I might be perceiving it differently now that there is less shame, isolation, etc attached.

Have a lovely week. 🌺

maddison xx

(Sorry, I did quick edit!)