Facebook as an Inspiration Tool
I joined Facebook a couple of years ago, before it became the happening place it is today. At first it seemed like a sparsely populated desert where I was standing around talking to myself. I couldn’t understand why all the tech geeks were raving about it. Then slowly but surely people I knew started moving in. Now I’m connected with friends, colleagues, family, and even high school classmates. One of those classmates, my friend Phip Ross, created a video at the beginning of the Fall semester for his fellow teachers. I thought his video was so inspiring I decided to finally tackle my own video editing learning curve. Understand, I’ve been reading about editing for years, but after seeing Phip’s video I actually edited my first video. It’s a very silly video, but I had a lot of funny learning about the editing process which was ultimately my goal. So now I’m inching closer to my dream of creating an online collaborative training/learning portal for professionals in the child welfare field. And all because I reconnected with a long-lost friend through Facebook. Cool, eh?
Here’s Phip’s video. Watch and be inspired.
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When Helping is Harmful
Anger is such a powerful emotion and it often triggers us to act; but do those actions create desired outcomes?
I work in the Social Services field and often find myself managing many emotions, especially anger. Unfortunately, sometimes when I start taking on the injustices of the social services system and the resulting consequences I become reactionary. I, of course, feel justified in my actions and feel compelled to tell everyone how this and that are not working right. Sometimes I find myself so activated, in fact, that my intense behaviors start to infiltrate other areas of my life. At those time, I can be experienced as off-putting rather than as the helpful soul I strive to be.
I was confronted by a superior recently and was forced to step back to examine my motives. Defensive at first, I felt a strong urge to justify my behaviors. I took a deep breath, went inside myself and realized that my emotional body was so activated that I was misinterpreting the situation and other people’s actions. I had insinuating myself into situations where no one had actually extended a hand asking for help. As a helper in the helping profession, I can get overly sympathetic and take on too much.
The decision to practice wisdom in difficult situations is something I re-commit to every day. When I contemplate the wisdom of my spiritual teacher it moves my soul and restores me to proper alignment. Below are some tools I use to reposition myself when necessary.
- Be in it but not of it
- Don’t extend help if someone isn’t asking
- Stay aligned in love and compassion
- Seek to understand before being understood
- Visualize God creation in all beings, things and activities
- Practice proper self love
Ask yourself, how are you primarily positioned in your daily activities? Is it serving you well and elevating you to higher consciousness.
