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Comment on You Could Be Healthier If You Just . . . by Geuka

Geuka — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:50:19 +0000

Thanks for your comment Mike! I hope she enjoys the read :)

Comment on You Could Be Healthier If You Just . . . by Mike Quisenberry

Mike Quisenberry — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:40:23 +0000

my mother in law would absolutely love your healthy blogging

Comment on You’ll See… by Kalin

Kalin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:44:24 +0000

Excellent Post. I’ve been wanting a particular car for a few years now, and once I decided I wanted it, I’ve been seeing that car everywhere! Yesterday I was either at a stop light behind the car, or parked beside it, at least 5 times! It’s amazing what the mind can bring into existence. You just have to keep in focused on what you want, not what you don’t want.

Comment on You’ll See… by Geuka

Geuka — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:27:50 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it Grace. Thanks so much for reading!

Comment on You’ll See… by grace

grace — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:15:23 +0000

Awesome as usual. My fave is “When we hold on to and focus only on what we can currently see, we reinforce that reality in our lives and emotionally plan for its continued existence.” Can’t wait to share this!

Comment on 16 Four Letter Words That’ll Change Your Life! Word #2 by Geuka

Geuka — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:40:39 +0000

Kalin, thank you for your comment. I hear what you’re saying about negative thoughts and I think it’s important that we approach this with care. Sometimes people come to the realization that they’re having a lot of negative thoughts and respond with feeling bad or judging the fact that all of this negativity is swimming around in the grey pool. Doing this adds more negative thoughts & feelings to the mix. Another way to approach this would be to simply be aware you’re having negative thoughts and say to yourself, “I think I’ll choose to think about something more enjoyable”. This way you’re not judging yourself (and dealing with that burden), you’re just choosing a different path in real time.

Comment on 16 Four Letter Words That’ll Change Your Life! Word #3 by Geuka

Geuka — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:35 +0000

Tina, thanks for your feedback. College is quite an experience and as relevant as grades are, it is important for students not lose sight of the overall journey that they are on. College is just a “filling station” on the way. I wish Nicole all the best.

Comment on 16 Four Letter Words That’ll Change Your Life! Word #3 by Tina

Tina — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:19:09 +0000

Hi G. Thanks for this. With Nicole preparing to attend college, this is definitely a well written article I have given to her to read, and she will be taking with her to college. She knows that maintaining a 4.0 in college is going to be more difficult than maintaining a 4.0 in high school. It doesn’t mean that she has been a “failure”. It just means that she has the opportunity to “better herself”. Thanks again.

Comment on Don’t Happy . . . Be Worry! by Geuka

Geuka — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:06:23 +0000

Will do Mary! Thanks for the feedback. :-)

Comment on The Importance of Fathers by Geuka

Geuka — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:46:52 +0000

Malena, you posed several interesting questions. I’ll start with this pair: “Do heroes have to be perfect for us to worship them? Does our following of our phenomenal heroes place too much pressure on them to perform?”

For starters, we are all imperfect. When our heroes are public figures, we often get fooled into thinking we know them. We develop ideas about who they are based on the characters they play, the music they produce or their athletic abilities. We create this bubble of false perfection that’s bound to pop once we get wind of their humanity. In that moment we may come to realize that we didn’t know them as well as we believed we did.

It’s a different story when our heroes are people we really know and love. We’re confronted with their humanity on a regular basis. That grounds our view of them in an admirable reality. So I don’t think our heroes have to be perfect, I just think we have to have firsthand experience with who they are in order for that imperfection to be one of the many reasons we worship them.

As for the second question . . . I think that a person who is true to themselves isn’t affected by the external “pressure to perform” that we might send their way. They excel and perform because it is who they are. They are passionate about what they do with their life and that passion is likely a big part of why we admire them.

Great questions! Look forward to your thoughts.