Sugar Waffle's Journal, 03 October 2015

So true. The most debilitating emotion there is.  

@Sugar Waffle This quote caused me to reflect and wonder if I am struggling with my weight(not living my dreams), because I am living my fears (by hiding in my own skin.) Scalewatcher3 

@glen Sorry to learn that part of your life involves talking to an attorney. I hope the situation improves. 

Same here Glen. It will work out! 

F E A R - false evidence appearing real.-unknown ~~ "Everything you want is on the other side of fear."- Jack Canfield 

Strange thing, after my son passed it was like all my fears fell away. My greatest fear had already happened. Unfortunately. 

Wow...that's a good one!  

Love it! love it! love it! 

I don't believe in positive thinking; I believe in negative thinking. Negative thinking will stop you dead in your tracks. 

NM, that makes sense! 

Yeah. I don't think positive thinking is magical in any way - it just lets you try. Have a great day Sugar. 

I still love you NM! LOL. Here's a couple of thoughts. "Thoughts become things... Chose the good ones." - www.drmbiz.com ~~ "Always remember, what you are doing, being, feeling, right now is creating your future..."-Abugfreemind.com 

Thank you for the inspiration! In a way, I think some of my overweight is caused by fears I have eaten. 

I just want everyone on here to know how beautiful they really are.  

@Sugar Waffle and Northernmusician The 2 of you have interesting views. I've never thought about negative thoughts versus positive thoughts. In my typical fence sitting, moderate to liberal way I can see both of your points. Sugar Waffle your quote, "Always remember,...is great! I don't post quotes or have them hanging on my walls. I'll tell you both that I am trying very hard to, "Be in the moment"~ by giving my full attention to whatever I'm doing. I'm also trying not to use so much Southern slang in my comments. I don't want to give the impression of being a hick. I'm well educated, but do have a distinctive Tidewater, VA accent. My accent can't be too bad :), before I resigned I had taught ESOL (English As A Second Language), grades K-12 for 11 years, before that regular pre-K, K and grades 1-2, for a total of 24 years of service. My ESOL students where from around the world. I still miss MOST, but not all of them. I need to move on to the next post-Good Lord! What a face! Northernmusician~ here's looking at you! Hahaha 

Fears are crippling. The fright of what if.. Usually if we can just push past the fear, we are fine. But that takes a lot of courage. - and we can have that. 

Fear of success is actually more common than fear of failure.... one thing I am learning how to do better is every morning to encourage my soul. I have a choice each morning to meditate on God's goodness in my life and how special I am created.... we are all miracles and have so many opportunities... Do good... feel good... Do bad... feel bad. We have a choice every minute to change our minds and get out our ruts!!!!!! This works for me so I thought I would share it.