Tag Archives: comfort zone

Perspective, Rebellion, and New Possibilities

Posted on May 5, 2009 by 1sojournal

I am a rebel. Have been for longer than I can remember. I am, for the most part, not radical in my rebellion, just fairly consistent. I do not like rules unless they make sense to me. And I … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective Rebellion and New Possibilities | Tagged acceptance, approval, authority, awareness and openness, balancing act, black panther, comfort zone, commenter, consistent, crashing, individual, Jacob, leopard's spots, new possibilities, ordered existence, perspective, primary need, quash, question own rebellion, radical, rebel, rebel who rebels at rebellion, rebel's outlook, Rebellion, rules, same boat, supplanter, tradition, waking dream, whirling plates | Comments Off

That Friday Night Feeling

Posted on February 1, 2009 by 1sojournal

I just spent the better part of an hour and a half writing and talking about the issue of self-trust. It’s a biggie and the umbrella under which each of us travels through every day and night of our … Continue reading →

Posted in alone, Choice, comfort zone, fear, Friends, lonely, Relationship, Self-Awareness, That Friday Night Feeling | Tagged alone in a crowd, alone vs lonely, anti-social monster, choices, comfort zone, dispel the feelings, eliminate, fear of feelings, feelings vs facts, fly away hair, Friday night feeling, Friends, need of others, no one else, relationships, self-blame, self-doubt, self-pity, self-questioning, self-trust, separating shadows, slavering idiot, trusting me, Universal trait, unlovable, validation, what I do, who I am | 7 Comments

A Crow and His Shadow

Posted on January 27, 2009 by 1sojournal

We all have a shadow. I am not speaking about the physical reality that occurs when we stand in any particular light. I am speaking about the shadow aspects of the human psyche. It is often defined as the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Crow and His Shadow, Choice, Creativity, fear, myth, Native American, Shadow | Tagged black or white, comfort zone, creative energy, Crow, dangerous and damaging, dark side, Dualistic Mindset, freedoms, happy or sad, hidden, human psyche, Journal Writing, layers of gray, legend, myth, Native American origin, paraphrase, pecking, personal choice, points of diversion, pride, rainbow plumage, right or wrong, secretive, Shadow, shadow aspects, spoiling the image, spotlight, sunlight, tolerate, Western Hemisphere, what ifs, whitish or charcoal gray | 2 Comments

Cocoons and Comfort Zones

Posted on January 4, 2009 by 1sojournal

I think the issue with the “authentic self” and finding it is that life teaches us how to lose it at a very young age, to shy away from ourselves and run toward standards and expectations. __Farah Lawal … Continue reading →

Posted in authenticity, Blanket, Butterfly, Cocoon, comfort zone, curiosity, Family, Growth, Individuation, socialization process, writing | Tagged authenticity, bump noses, Butterfly, chrysalis, Cocoon, comfort zone, curiosity, expectations, explore, flit and flutter, glass wall, jammies, natural, neck of the woods, organic, reasons why, standards, statement of fact, struck by lightening, willing to wager | 8 Comments

Personal Take Cont. (WT, as well)

Posted on December 5, 2008 by 1sojournal

I came home from the hospital to a totally different environment than the one I had left beneath the rear wheel of my father’s big black Pontiac. My world had been altered and, when I looked in the mirror, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, boundaries, change, child, Definitions, experience, Family, Life, pain, Personal Story, Self-Awareness, wild thing | Tagged altered, beliefs, bogey man, change, comfort zone, different, don't fit in, embraced, Family, four year old, garbled, home, hospital, interpretations, lonely, misfit, not belonging, outside view, resistance, skewed, sniff, survival, uncomfortable in own skin, what's to be gained, worldview | 4 Comments

Turkey

Posted on November 27, 2008 by 1sojournal

It’s Thanksgiving today. And across the nation, people will be gathering in small and large groups to feast on whatever has been prepared. I hope you have a nice day, filled with laughter, warm hugs, and great food. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Thanksgiving | Tagged blessed, chaos, children, comfort zone, expectations, laughter, memories, people, smiles, story, Thanksgiving, turkey | Comments Off

Applying The Psychic Brakes

Posted on October 16, 2008 by 1sojournal

I had never heard of psychic brakes until I read Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. In it, she talks about how we get a bit frightened when things begin to fall into place, move smoothly toward our chosen destination. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Dreams, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged adequate, avoid, changelings, comfort zone, couch potato, fear, forward motion, fulfilled dreams, Gavin De Becker, inertia, Julia Cameron, life defying circle, limited, niche, out of control, psychic brakes, skid, slow down, The Artist's Way, The Gift of Fear, uncomfortable feeling, words as magic | 6 Comments

Resistance

Posted on October 15, 2008 by 1sojournal

Yes, I know. I’m late. Came here this morning, sat down to write, and suddenly didn’t want to do that. It wasn’t because I didn’t have ideas about what to write. As a matter of fact, I had way too … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged AWOL, change, comfort zone, comfy and cozy, distractions, forbidden fruit, hawk, numero uno, poor fragile old woman, resistance, shopping, short money, sister, spiritual message | 2 Comments