Tag: Acceptance

Acceptance, 3

Two Versions of Acceptance. Version One: I can coach myself into surface-level being okay with this. But in stress, you’ll discover my hoard of marinated anger and resentment stacked in the backyard, blink-speed access. Version Two: I perhaps don’t agree or like this, yet I have cultivated peace that this is what is true in my life. I am choosing to make the decisions I can from my side of the fence. Journal Prompts: On my side of the fence... I am building up resentment...

Journal Prompts for the Past

Is the past important to process? Or is it a torture chamber of your rumination, harrassing you with shame and disappointment? Processing the past finds advantage when it is blocking your current living. It feels particularly unhelpful when it is a mixed tape on repeat, playing only to punish. Journal Prompt: I still need to process... I need to leave behind...

A Journal Prompt for the Grief in Setting Boundaries

Setting a boundary triggers grief. Choosing to not be mistreated can mean loss of connection. Setting a boundary around a controlling parent, might mean less contact. Shedding the part of you that was okay for awhile with how it was, means you lose the comfortable and predictable feeling. Journal Prompt: If I set a boundary, I will grieve...