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Today's Inspiration

presented by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

December 22, 2022

The focus for today's inspiration is:

I give up my expectations that people
should be different than they are.

If you give up your expectations that things (or people) should be different than they are, you’ll enjoy more positive thinking and feel more loving and lighthearted. You’ll suspend your agenda for others, which sets the stage for more meaningful conversations and connections.

Make a list of everyone and everything you don’t like, don’t accept, or believe should be different. Then take the first item on list and personalize the generic statement “People and things are the way they are, not the way I think they should be,” such as “My father is the way he is, not the way I think he should be.” Repeat your statement until you really get it. Then go to next item and repeat this procedure.

Rather than believing the world should conform to our view, we have the ability to focus on other things, such as counting our blessings, enjoying the beautiful day, or marveling at what wonderful people we have in our lives.

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CONTINUE READING:
Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
      Four Steps To Give Up Your Expectations and Feel More Love
      Written by Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.
Read the article here.


This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of giving up your expectations that people should be different than they are (today and every day)

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RECOMMENDED BOOK: Attitude Reconstruction

Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life
by Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.

Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life by Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.With practical tools and real-life examples, this book can help you stop settling for sadness, anger, and fear, and infuse your life with joy, love, and peace. Jude Bijou's comprehensive blueprint will teach you to: ? cope with family members' unsolicited advice, cure indecision with your intuition, deal with fear by expressing it physically, create closeness by truly talking and listening, improve your social life, increase staff morale in just five minutes a day, handle sarcasm by visualizing it flying by, carve out more time for yourself by clarifying your priorities, ask for a raise and get it, stop fighting via two easy steps, cure kids' tantrums constructively. You can integrate Attitude Reconstruction into your daily routine, regardless of your spiritual path, cultural background, age, or education.

For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.

About the Author

photo of: Jude Bijou is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT)

Jude Bijou is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT), an educator in Santa Barbara, California and the author of Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life.

In 1982, Jude launched a private psychotherapy practice and started working with individuals, couples, and groups. She also began teaching communication courses through Santa Barbara City College Adult Education.