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The great, dialectical wisdom of the serenity prayer
The original serenity prayer as written by Reinhold Niebuhr goes like this: God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did,This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. The…
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Coming back from the darkness
Hello, all. I know I haven’t posted anything here in a while. There is a big reason for this. It’s not that I didn’t have anything to post – I did and do and will post over the next few days and weeks some of the posts I’ve not posted. It’s that my old hosting provider decided to no longer support the configuration that I was using and I couldn’t upgrade to a secure version of the software. They discontinued the product without informing me or giving me a true upgrade path. (Technical note: they didn’t upgrade PHP, which made me unable to upgrade my software. Because of this I…
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Two glasses of wine… Remembering priorities
While not BPD-related, this is a story that was posted by a member of the ATSTP Group to let us remember our priorities. Neither the poster or I know the origin of this story: TWO GLASSES OF WINE… When things in your life seem almost too much to handle……when 24 hours in a day are not enough….. remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of wine… A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty Mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students…
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One in five U.S. adults takes medication for a mental disorder
Medications to treat mental health disorders is soaring among U.S. adults, according to data released Wednesday by Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit manager. One in five U.S. adults takes medication for a mental disorder By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog 9:53 AM PST, November 16, 2011 Medications to treat mental health disorders is soaring among U.S. adults, according to data released Wednesday by Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit manager. Twenty percent of all adults said they took at least one medication to treat a mental disorder. Among women, 25% said they took such medication and 20% said they were using an antidepressant.…
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Overcoming Chronic Resentment
An excellent blog post from Dr. Steven Stosny, who is loved by many people on the ATSTP List, on overcoming chronic resentment. Overcoming Chronic Resentment and the Abuse It Causes By Steven Stosny Created Aug 5 2011 – 7:26am Recovery from relationships that have suffered chronic resentment is long, complex, and fraught with setbacks, whether the couple breaks up or tries to repair the damage done to the union. Unlike anger, which is stimulated by discreet incidents or thoughts, chronic resentment is a general ego defense – the more fragile the ego, the more resentment required for defense. For those most in need, ego-defense is more important than learning, truth, and reason. Hence…
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The Empathic Civilization?
RSA Animate – The Empathic Civilization No related posts.