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Amazing Ways Stopping and Listening Will Improve Your Life

August 13, 2016 By Sally

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The problem with people is that they’re all too anxious to hurry their way through life. This is especially evident in the big cities where the clip of life is much faster than it is anywhere else, but the desire to hurry up and move onto the next moment is a universal thing that people struggle with.

Some people adore this way of life, but after a while, living life in forward motion without taking the time to slow down wares on people. If you’re the kind of person who is always looking to embark on the next journey but doesn’t take the time to stop, here are 3 ways that stopping and listening will improve your life:

You’ll Regain Perspective

When you live life with your eyes always fixed on a target in front of you but you don’t look to the left or the right, you certainly don’t look back, and you’re scared of looking down, you lose sight of everything else but what you’re focused on. This can be detrimental to so many aspects of your life. Sure, you might hit your target with striking accuracy, but at what cost?

If you arrive to your goal but you forgot the reason you set your sights on that goal in the first place, what was the reason for it all. If you feel like you’re at this point in life and the thing you’ve been moving towards with all your heart has lost meaning, stop, check your hearing, make sure you’re not tuning out the things and people that will put you back on the straight and narrow, and watch as your perspective begins to alter in a way where you can have new vigor, outlook, and passion for what it is you’re doing.

You’ll Find Thankfulness

When you tune out everything in life but the things that help you to accomplish your own selfish desires, things start to turn negative pretty quickly. Suddenly everything that happens that doesn’t pertain to you and doesn’t immediately help you fulfill your goals seem pointless, aggravating, and unfair, among other things.

When you stop everything that you’re doing, you listen to the desires, passions, and concerns of others, you tune into the sound of the wind, you let the meter of the water crashing over the stones wash over you, you let the sound of the music impact you and take away your anxiety, you find that you have everything to be thankful for in life.

It’s true that there is a lot to accomplish in life, but who is putting that pressure on you? You were made to live, but you were also made to exist. Just because a tree stays in one place its entire life doesn’t mean it didn’t live out the fullness of its life. When you stop, listen, reflect, and practice an attitude of thankfulness, everything changes and suddenly there is less pressure to perform and more grace to be.

The Psychology Behind Your Tears

October 9, 2010 By Sally

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I have found myself crying a lot in the past few weeks. I think that during this period, I have cried more than I have in the last 10 years. I know there is an underlying reason, but I also know that I do not want people to know what I am going through. I’d bite my lip till it bled before I let others see me cry. Yeah, I have failed a lot lately.

One thing I have learned: crying serves a purpose, and it shouldn’t be something to be ashamed of!

When we cry, it is because something specific is bothering us. In the heat of the moment, however, we may not be able to pinpoint the specific issue. That’s when things turn from bad to worse – if we do not take the time to pinpoint what the exact problem is. When you feel overwhelmed and tears start welling up, don’t lose yourself in despair. Open your mind and look deep to figure out the problem. That way, your perspective does not get skewed.

Crying is an indication that we need support, have you realized that? I am, by nature, a solitary person. I like to deal with things on my own, and I don’t like wearing my heart on my sleeve. Then again, there is only so much that a person can handle on his own. When you feel like crying, it’s probably a sign that you need to unload your feelings. Call up your best friend – the person that you would trust your most horrid secret with – and vent. If you talk your problems through, you just might be able to find a workable solution.

Remember, crying should not be taken as a sign of weakness. It is part of the process of healing and repairing that which needs to be rebuilt.

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