Comments on: Having the Sense That God Gave the Goose http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/ Stress Hardiness, Optimizing Stress, Being Fully Alive Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Jean Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:54:19 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1248 <strong>Robin</strong>, Thanks for coming by. I'm a great believer in gratitude, too. Robin,
Thanks for coming by. I’m a great believer in gratitude, too.

]]> By: RobinAnderson http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 RobinAnderson Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:23 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1239 I thank GOD just for awakening me this morning Robin I thank GOD just for awakening me this morning
Robin

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 Jean Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:22:14 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1116 <strong>Shirley</strong>, I think that's great that your father is so interested in his birds. I feel that way about dogs I've worked with over at the animal shelter. It warms my heart to think of them. Thanks for coming by. :)   Shirley,
I think that’s great that your father is so interested in his birds. I feel that way about dogs I’ve worked with over at the animal shelter. It warms my heart to think of them. Thanks for coming by. :)
 

]]> By: Shirley http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Shirley Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:43:50 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1114 Hi Jean - love the pictures! Geese always make me miss my dad. He and his wife raise show geese and go to fairs and shows across the country. (Or at least they did before his wife got so sick). Seeing that beautiful white goose made me laugh as I recall how my father would talk for hours about the birds, their habits, how individual their personalities are and so on. I agree about the habit of preening your thoughts - that's a great idea. I'm sure whenever I see a goose doing some cleaning, I'll be thinking about that too. :0) Hi Jean – love the pictures!
Geese always make me miss my dad. He and his wife raise show geese and go to fairs and shows across the country. (Or at least they did before his wife got so sick).

Seeing that beautiful white goose made me laugh as I recall how my father would talk for hours about the birds, their habits, how individual their personalities are and so on.

I agree about the habit of preening your thoughts – that’s a great idea. I’m sure whenever I see a goose doing some cleaning, I’ll be thinking about that too. :0)

]]> By: Transforming Stress Into Personal Power » Are You Giving Yourself Room to Grow? http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Transforming Stress Into Personal Power » Are You Giving Yourself Room to Grow? Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:52:42 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1102 [...] Having the Sense That God Gave the Goose [...] [...] Having the Sense That God Gave the Goose [...]

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Jean Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1065 <strong>annie</strong>, I can see that if you clean mindfully it would be like a yoga exercise. Thanks for coming by. :)   annie,
I can see that if you clean mindfully it would be like a yoga exercise. Thanks for coming by. :)
 

]]> By: annie http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 annie Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:27:30 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-1064 Nice post and photographs...myself don't have any habits in specific but everyday morning i used to clean my home its also like one of the exercise... Nice post and photographs…myself don’t have any habits in specific but everyday morning i used to clean my home its also like one of the exercise…

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Jean Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:01:05 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-998 <strong>Al</strong>, Thank <em>you</em> for coming by and sharing. :)   Al,
Thank you for coming by and sharing. :)
 

]]> By: Al at 7P http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Al at 7P Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:48:19 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-997 Hi Jean - I think my act of preening is meditation. I try to do it every morning before I start my day, as an act of rebooting my mind and starting clean, fresh, and centered. I say "try" because sometimes I'm so anxious to start my day that I zip through meditation and don't get to clear the mind as I should (which particularly have been happening lately). Your post reminded me of why I even meditate to begin with and I'll be more mindful of it now. Thank you! Hi Jean – I think my act of preening is meditation. I try to do it every morning before I start my day, as an act of rebooting my mind and starting clean, fresh, and centered.

I say “try” because sometimes I’m so anxious to start my day that I zip through meditation and don’t get to clear the mind as I should (which particularly have been happening lately). Your post reminded me of why I even meditate to begin with and I’ll be more mindful of it now. Thank you!

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Jean Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:33:00 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/16/having-the-sense-that-god-gave-the-goose/#comment-984 <strong>Joanna</strong>, :) Thanks for the encouraging words. Your comment about adjusting the light sounds similar to the NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) work with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submodality_%28NLP%29" rel="nofollow">submodalities</a>. For me just turning up the light a bit on a dark scene isn't enough. Changing the image slightly, say by adding a bright candle, would be more powerful. But at the moment switching the image to a goose in a pool on a sunny day, preening her feathers, with the dark thoughts as parasites or dirt works even better for me. I'm expecting the pictures in my next post here and at Cheerful Monk to be candles radiating in the darkness. But I needed to take that sunny vacation first. Thanks for coming by! Joanna,
:) Thanks for the encouraging words. Your comment about adjusting the light sounds similar to the NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) work with submodalities. For me just turning up the light a bit on a dark scene isn’t enough. Changing the image slightly, say by adding a bright candle, would be more powerful. But at the moment switching the image to a goose in a pool on a sunny day, preening her feathers, with the dark thoughts as parasites or dirt works even better for me.

I’m expecting the pictures in my next post here and at Cheerful Monk to be candles radiating in the darkness. But I needed to take that sunny vacation first.

Thanks for coming by!

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