Comments on: The “A” Factor http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/ Identify Behaviors That Keep You Stuck Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:25:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ted http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-194 ted Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:54:57 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-194 Thanks, everyone, for taking the time to comment. I find thenm helpful. Thanks, everyone, for taking the time to comment.
I find thenm helpful.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Nancy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:39:14 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-129 Thanks, Ted! I knew that guy, and agreed to disagree with him many times. You are right when you say, "We all just want to be heard." Thanks for reminding me of so much I miss, and so much I do not miss! Love you, Brother Thanks, Ted!
I knew that guy, and agreed to disagree with him many times. You are right when you say, “We all just want to be heard.”
Thanks for reminding me of so much I miss, and so much I do not miss!
Love you, Brother

]]> By: alisa http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-127 alisa Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:33:47 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-127 Thank you Ted. I needed to be reminded of this. Listening, learning, is all part of loving someone. Just in time for Thanksgiving....In our family, there are some who use this forum to express their political views and other opinions around the table. It will be interesting to try and see things from their point of view. Thank you Ted. I needed to be reminded of this. Listening, learning, is all part of loving someone. Just in time for Thanksgiving….In our family, there are some who use this forum to express their political views and other opinions around the table. It will be interesting to try and see things from their point of view.

]]> By: Martha Trowbridge http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Martha Trowbridge Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:15:19 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-126 "he had lost parents to a dictator, he had come out of a political and social system that was very challenging" Dear Ted, This is precisely the point. You have been blessed by a life wherein you've felt your freedoms have never been threatened. Your antenae are not wired to pick up danger. Yet this does not mean that danger does not exist. I iiken this to the sensibility of many of my listeners. Having suffered emotional and mental agonies, three important 'changes' to their Spirit occur. First, they easily, immediately identify [and identify with] the sufferings of others. Second, they sense danger far sooner than the 'uninitiated'. Third, joy, peace and a sense of safety become treasures they value and delight in. All three very real and valid phenomena, as well as the considerable damage done to their psyches, serve socially as reminders of the consequences of harsh life-experiences. So perhaps it may be helpful for you to take another step in your journey: understand that the reporting of the media you may regard as overblown may indeed be signaling societal danger. Real danger, which from your life's perspective, you have had no need to recognize. The consequences of experiencing the danger are grave, Ted. Ask any of my listeners. WIth Blessings, Martha “he had lost parents to a dictator, he had come out of a political and social system that was very challenging”

Dear Ted,

This is precisely the point. You have been blessed by a life wherein you’ve felt your freedoms have never been threatened. Your antenae are not wired to pick up danger.

Yet this does not mean that danger does not exist.

I iiken this to the sensibility of many of my listeners. Having suffered emotional and mental agonies, three important ‘changes’ to their Spirit occur. First, they easily, immediately identify [and identify with] the sufferings of others. Second, they sense danger far sooner than the ‘uninitiated’. Third, joy, peace and a sense of safety become treasures they value and delight in. All three very real and valid phenomena, as well as the considerable damage done to their psyches, serve socially as reminders of the consequences of harsh life-experiences.

So perhaps it may be helpful for you to take another step in your journey:
understand that the reporting of the media you may regard as overblown may indeed be signaling societal danger. Real danger, which from your life’s perspective, you have had no need to recognize.

The consequences of experiencing the danger are grave, Ted. Ask any of my listeners.

WIth Blessings,

Martha

]]> By: Peter http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Peter Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:13 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-125 Thanks for sharing that story Ted. It has inspired me to try and take advantage of the many opportunities I have, almost every day, to practice listening without judgment. Thanks for sharing that story Ted. It has inspired me to try and take advantage of the many opportunities I have, almost every day, to practice listening without judgment.

]]> By: Ted http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Ted Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:23:28 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-106 Thanks Debra, another one of those times when I escaped a "wish I would have....." Thanks Debra, another one of those times when I escaped a “wish I would have…..”

]]> By: Debra http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Debra Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:48:15 +0000 http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/?p=1640#comment-101 A great story and message Ted....one to always keep in mind when 'someone doesn't see things our way'....thanks for sharing....valuable lesson here...... A great story and message Ted….one to always keep in mind when ’someone doesn’t see things our way’….thanks for sharing….valuable lesson here……

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