Seed & Flame » Positive Emergence http://www.trula.org A Creative Life Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:17:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Thing-A-Day 2/20/10: New Zine Cover http://www.trula.org/2010/02/thing-a-day-22010-new-zine-cover/ http://www.trula.org/2010/02/thing-a-day-22010-new-zine-cover/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:35:53 +0000 Trula http://www.trula.org/?p=844 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

Today I made a new cover for the 3rd issue of my zine, Positive Emergence
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]]> http://www.trula.org/2010/02/thing-a-day-22010-new-zine-cover/feed/ 0 Some Thoughts on Angry People http://www.trula.org/2009/07/some-thoughts-on-angry-people/ http://www.trula.org/2009/07/some-thoughts-on-angry-people/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:18:38 +0000 Trula http://www.trula.org/?p=590 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> What kind of person do you want to be? Do you want to be an angry person, or do you want to be a person who expresses anger in a productive and positive way? I think there is a big difference…angry people, male or female, go through life with a why-me nasty attitude. They are pessimists and tend to be whiners. They have a knee-jerk defensiveness and look for attack and danger where none exists. Every affront or perceived affront is just one more thing to stick onto their ball of misery. They carry all their angers and hurts with them. Thus, when an angry person gets mad at whatever, it can be any old little thing or an actual big event, they are also expressing anger at ish that happened eons ago in their life.

A person who expresses anger productively will speak on the issue at hand and keep it moving. They actively seek solutions to change the situation, and if they can’t, they move on. They choose to refrain from personal attack in most cases, and they don’t dwell on or stoke their anger or hold it close to them. They know how to let it go.

Angry people tend to attract and be attracted to other angry people and attract angry-making situations in their life. They rarely feel a sense of peace or completion…I’m rooting for everyone to learn how to express anger productively and to have happy, fulfilling lives.

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]]> http://www.trula.org/2009/07/some-thoughts-on-angry-people/feed/ 0 Manifesting My Dreams: Workshop http://www.trula.org/2009/02/manifesting-my-dreams-workshop/ http://www.trula.org/2009/02/manifesting-my-dreams-workshop/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:05:43 +0000 Trula http://www.trula.org/?p=437 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I’m big into manifesting my dreams, making my ideas real tangible things and happenings in my life. One thing I’ve been wanting to do for a while is conducting an annual workshop for writers that’s focused on using life experience in fiction and non-fiction writing. I want it to be class-room style for part of it but also interactive-style, with lots of dynamic movement and involvement from folks participating. I need to flesh this idea out more, then find a spot and start the ball rolling on this. yeah!

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]]> http://www.trula.org/2009/02/manifesting-my-dreams-workshop/feed/ 0 The 100% Theory http://www.trula.org/2009/01/the-100-theory/ http://www.trula.org/2009/01/the-100-theory/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:20:04 +0000 Trula http://www.trula.org/?p=340 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Recently on a message board I frequent someone posted about something called ‘The 10% Theory”, the gist of which is that 10% of people are here just to wreak havoc on the rest of us by stupid, confusing, or downright cruel behavior. I disagree, and came up with the 100% Theory, which is that 100% of people are here trying to do the best they can. I have yet to meet anyone who is intentionally stupid or confused. I have yet to meet any angry, belligerent, controlling or aggressive person who wasn’t acting from the viewpoint of their personal self- defense. At their core they see themselves as victims and many of their destructive behaviors comes from an extremely frightened ‘get them before they get me/take from me/hurt me/wreck my life’ mentality. Even this type of person is trying the best they can within that framework of relating to people. For that they should be pitied I feel. But first they must be recognized.

Merely dismissing them as stupid, or cruel, or shit-makers can overlook the havoc and misery and even sheer horror they can cause…hitler was such a person, jim jones was such a person. How different would their lives have been as well as the people they impacted to the point of death, if they had been recognized as damaged disturbed people in need of help? and the people who helped them in their destruction, who went along with them, equally disturbed and messed up mentally. Those of us in the ’90%’ of your theory might help push along humanity socially by figuring out how we will positively approach, deal with, and ‘manage’ such people. I think it starts with ourselves, as individuals, developing a strong inner core that helps deflect the influence of a persistent person operating with a frightened, damaged ego. That way you don’t react/twig out over some crazy-maker on a message board, because you are able to recognize that they are coming from a place of fear extremity that has nothing to do with you…you don’t allow them to disturb your equilibrium or peace of mind. You deal with them appropriately and keep it moving.

anyway…this has been on my mind lately also. It is a battle for me daily to simply treat others with kindness. I seriously try to interact with every person I come across in that way. I find it very, very, very difficult to do, and I note that when it is a particular struggle, it’s because I am feeling defensive towards them for whatever reason. If I find it frightening sometimes merely to smile at another person in a grocery store check-out line, how much more frightened inside is the person in the next line over going off on the clerk over an expired coupon? Seriously, we are all doing the best we can out here in this world. everyone is struggling with something…even the people in this 10 percent theory.


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]]> http://www.trula.org/2009/01/the-100-theory/feed/ 0 So Over Being Shy http://www.trula.org/2009/01/so-over-being-shy/ http://www.trula.org/2009/01/so-over-being-shy/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:04:00 +0000 Trula http://www.trula.org/?p=326 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I’m so over being shy, it’s been a real hamper to me. I tend to find people very overwhelming, and because of the way I look and/or carry myself, I’m not sure exactly which it is, people tend to assume I am not shy and expect me to be all loud and outgoing and whatnot. Some days I can’t even look at other people, I just lower my eyes when I pass them and scurry by…because it seems like if I meet their gaze, they’ll say hello. if I say hello back, they’ll want a conversation. If I conversate, next thing I know they’ll be all trying to touch my hair or touching my clothes (I make a lot of my clothes) or getting in my face and wanting to be my new best friend or something. It creeps me out. I seriously need to learn how to express/show by body language what my boundaries are. I just don’t see other people having these kinds of interactions or triggering this kind of attention. I want to be a friendly person but it’s like I am afraid to be/show that because of how weird people act towards me.

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