And yet somehow managing to end up in the opposite direction – what I’ve learned in recovering joy are a few tips (images) that might be useful, and these are: ‘OPTIONS’, ‘THE DIAMOND’ and ‘THE WHEELIE-BIN’.
When our mind goes into overdrive or AWOL, and we fall back on ‘consideration of our feelings’ – I find it is useful to employ the truth in these images, to tell myself that feelings are there to give me feedback, they don’t necessarily reflect reality accurately, and in order to stay free of being controlled by feelings, I can submit them to the following criteria, which have been proven as reliable guides:
When our mind goes into overdrive or AWOL, and we fall back on ‘consideration of our feelings’ – I find it is useful to employ the truth in these images, to tell myself that feelings are there to give me feedback, they don’t necessarily reflect reality accurately, and in order to stay free of being controlled by feelings, I can submit them to the following criteria, which have been proven as reliable guides: