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Arizona Workshop #43 on Gratitude.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[from Marsha — In this day and time, it seems we have been given so much that we have taken everything for granted. Seems businesses give us many choices touting \u201cnew and improved\u201d trying to get us to buy. Who would ever have thought that a simple hamburger could get so complicated. So it seems that we feel we can have everything\u00a0 just like we want it; and if we can\u2019t, we get very upset and feel mistreated, misunderstood or denied by others thereby creating conflict, struggle and resistance either within ourselves or with others.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a simple beautiful story from the Arizona talk\u2026.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this morning’s paper, there was an article about some\npeople that lived in the city of Phoenix that are homeless. They’re living\nunder an overpass, and they have no shelter except maybe they cover up with\nblankets and what-have-you.  They can\nbuild a fire out under the place where they can stay reasonably warm. Some\nreporters asked, “Where do you get your wood.” The gentlemen said,\n“If you don’t ask any questions, you will be told no lies”. But they\nhad one picture of a little two-year-old girl who looked very happy. She had a\nbig grin on her face and everything. She was stirring a pot of beans, which was\nbeing cooked on an open fire. I guess she was anticipating having some beans\nafter a while, but possibly the little child hasn’t been in a situation where\nshe could set up ideals yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it seemed to be quite all right. She’s camping out and\nhaving a good time and she’s feeling all right, even though it had been cold\nweather for Phoenix–hot for most places. She’s living outside and has no home\nof any kind; but her parents are with her and she gets to stir the bean pot, so\nthat’s quite all right.  Now maybe if\nshe’s denied stirring the bean pot, she would be very unhappy, I don’t know.\nYou see, whatever the person sets up as being the “ideal” can become\nan overpowering thing that makes you have a feeling of being sorry for\nyourself–feeling \u201cdeprived\u201d, feeling \u201cput upon\u201d, \u201cunhappy\u201d, and whatever word\nyou want to put on it.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definition of ideal from the dictionary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[from Marsha  — So perhaps it is of benefit to look at the ideals we live by and see the illusion of it\u2019s being achieved.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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