tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75122895449835414382011-04-21T12:12:05.474-07:00Retreat, Rejuvenate, Refresh, Reflect, Renew for YouJanet Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06955155986013490979noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512289544983541438.post-81369963058912100552008-04-29T14:01:00.000-07:002008-04-29T15:35:46.436-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Are you enslaved to "success"? Or, do you master success?</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Can you unravel the riddle? </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Your definition of "success" identifies your values. Some of the ways of defining success may startle you and get you to thinking more reflectively, and this post will have done its job. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Some things on your success list will be there out of necessity (eating, drinking, breathing, a place to lay your head and the cash-flow to accomplish that competently), or out of a desire for reputation in career or vocation.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Identify when you are <em>most</em> happy and productive. What is at the root of that? Is it life affirming? Does it increase your connectedness with the world? How can you increase that? </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">What are the most unhappy and least productive times? What is at the root of it? How can you modify your behaviour to minimize the bleed on your quality time quotient?</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I was playing Dragon Chess the other day and I knew that my skill level would not enable me to "win" so I decided that I had success if I stayed in the game for a while and when I captured his final bishop because he relyed heavily on his bishops. I created four <em>satisfaction points:</em></span></span><br /><ol><li><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">the pleasure of the opponent's company</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">a chance to learn more chess skill</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">the satisfaction of being good enough to be an interesting challenge to my opponent</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">the immense gratification of what I decided to be my win: the capture of his bishop.</span></em></li></ol><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">So don't set yourself up for the failure mentality:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">move on when a situation is no longer productive or positive, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">have <em>satisfaction points</em> on the job, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">enjoy the present, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">express your creativity, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">fulfill your potential, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">own your self-esteem separate from your career, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">be authentic, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">base choices on thoughtful values, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">carefully money manage, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">don't feel envious of others, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">be spiritually present, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">have fun outside work context, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">spend time with people you cherish and enjoy, </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">take good care of yourself with exercise and proper nutrition,</span></li><li><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">understand when to fight for something and when to give in.</span> </span></li></ul><p><span style="color:#663366;">What is success to you? Does how you appoach your success goal create balance in your life? Where is "success" a challenge to you? </span></p><p><span style="color:#663366;">Questions, questions! The answers will help set you free.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7512289544983541438-8136996305891210055?l=sanctuaryretreatbbspa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Janet Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06955155986013490979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512289544983541438.post-58592715284214822132008-04-26T17:04:00.000-07:002008-04-26T17:07:25.402-07:00Sorry Scott, Wordpress messed up and they have apologised to me. <a href="http://freedomlineenterprises.wordpress.com/">http://freedomlineenterprises.wordpress.com</a> is up once again!<br /><br />Janet A<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7512289544983541438-5859271528421482213?l=sanctuaryretreatbbspa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Janet Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06955155986013490979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512289544983541438.post-36225833580576506872008-04-19T08:41:00.000-07:002008-04-19T09:02:43.426-07:00<span style="color:#006600;">Welcome to Sanctuary! This is your retreat to reflect and relax. </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">This is the safe place to quiet your mind and to look at the difficult stuff that you may have been avoiding. Things that clutter your mind, cause you to function in habitual ways that stunt your growth and limit the enriching of your life. </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">There is a physical <strong>Sanctuary</strong> as well. Take a look: <a href="http://freedomlineenterprises.wordpress.com/">http://freedomlineenterprises.wordpress.com</a> </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">What stresses you? What do you want to puzzle out? Grab a healthy cup of Gano Coffee, tea, hot chocolate... and let's talk!</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">I won't bore you with my years of training, but I will say that the <strong>Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education </strong>certifies that I have completed One Basic Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). I like to think it counts for something. It certainly counts as a listening ear and sounding board.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7512289544983541438-3622583358057650687?l=sanctuaryretreatbbspa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Janet Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06955155986013490979noreply@blogger.com1