Comments on: In No Uncertain Terms: Dealing With An Unknown Future http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/in-no-uncertain-terms-dealing-with-an-unknown-future Living Holistically means incorporating all aspects of yourself – your mind, body, spirit, community and environment. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julie Stiles http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/in-no-uncertain-terms-dealing-with-an-unknown-future/comment-page-1#comment-572 Julie Stiles Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:38:38 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3283#comment-572 Nina, thanks for reading and sharing your experience! I'm glad it helped you think about things in a new way, and you make a really important point; whatever pattern we find ourselves in automatically probably had some usefulness in the past, such that we go to it immediately in the hopes that it will work for us now. Maybe it will or, as you have determined for yourself, maybe it is not so useful now and it's time to try something else. I'm also glad you brought in the idea of judgment. It reminds me that there are at least two different ways to judge here. There is considering what pattern we are in and whether it is helpful or not, which is a kind of judgment; it's discerning whether what we are doing is likely to lead to what we want, and if it isn't, changing it. Then there's judging ourselves for being in the pattern, thinking we should not be in it or we should be able to get out of it or not fall into it so easily or whatever. This type of judgment is, of course, less likely to be helpful. Maura: Thanks for considering this a resource for your clients, I hope they find value in it! Nina, thanks for reading and sharing your experience! I’m glad it helped you think about things in a new way, and you make a really important point; whatever pattern we find ourselves in automatically probably had some usefulness in the past, such that we go to it immediately in the hopes that it will work for us now. Maybe it will or, as you have determined for yourself, maybe it is not so useful now and it’s time to try something else.

I’m also glad you brought in the idea of judgment. It reminds me that there are at least two different ways to judge here. There is considering what pattern we are in and whether it is helpful or not, which is a kind of judgment; it’s discerning whether what we are doing is likely to lead to what we want, and if it isn’t, changing it. Then there’s judging ourselves for being in the pattern, thinking we should not be in it or we should be able to get out of it or not fall into it so easily or whatever. This type of judgment is, of course, less likely to be helpful.

Maura: Thanks for considering this a resource for your clients, I hope they find value in it!

]]> By: maura http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/in-no-uncertain-terms-dealing-with-an-unknown-future/comment-page-1#comment-570 maura Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:09 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3283#comment-570 Great article. A wonderful resource for my clients! Great article. A wonderful resource for my clients!

]]> By: Nina http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/in-no-uncertain-terms-dealing-with-an-unknown-future/comment-page-1#comment-566 Nina Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:55:06 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3283#comment-566 Thanks for this article Julie. It's not something I had thought about in this way before, but it would definitely help me to be more aware of the ways that I react to uncertainty (which as you point out is a rather constant state these days). I think I am mostly a ruminator and when I stop and ask myself whether that is actually helpful to me, the usual answer is no. I know it had some purpose for me some where along the way which is helpful for me to understand when I try not to judge it. It's just not helpful for me now. Hope you are doing well and looking forward to more adventures after your house-sitting gig ends! Nina Thanks for this article Julie. It’s not something I had thought about in this way before, but it would definitely help me to be more aware of the ways that I react to uncertainty (which as you point out is a rather constant state these days). I think I am mostly a ruminator and when I stop and ask myself whether that is actually helpful to me, the usual answer is no. I know it had some purpose for me some where along the way which is helpful for me to understand when I try not to judge it. It’s just not helpful for me now.

Hope you are doing well and looking forward to more adventures after your house-sitting gig ends!

Nina

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