Why Are We Ashamed & Full O f Fear?

I do think the world would be a fantastic place if we all acted out of love and pride instead of shame and fear. I think people feel ashamed sometimes because they feel it was their fault that they are in the situation they are in. Even if it is, they stil should have enough food to eat.

I know this was how I felt for a long time. I felt ashamed that I had not been responsible and had done things that led up to my being poor and it's fallout like being evicted, getting utilities turned off, etc. Or I felt ashamed that I couldn't do better for my kids, move them somewhere with good schools or shame that I couldn't afford private school. It took a minute for me to realize that economic status or not, my kids deserved to go to clean, safe, and academically competent schools just like the kids of the middle-class and wealthy. The shame wasn't that I couldn't afford to move to an upscale suburb (then) or pay for private schools, the shame was that this country does not provide equal public schools for all children regardless of the economic status of their parents.

In many ways when I look back on my life I feel a sense of shame that I allowed myself to be victimized by others, and didn't take responsibility for myself at an earlier age. But - I do think that we have a responsibility to other people as well. I feel a sense of shame that I have not done what I can do to help others.


This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Positive Emergence!

Getting There Despite Myself

In my journey to become a positive and proactive emotionally sound person I have, on a subconscious level, often deliberately sabotaged myself and put stumbling blocks in my own way when trying to make progress on goals I have set for myself. I am coming to understand why I do these things and what I can do to make the necessary changes within my psyche so that all of me is focused and supportive of my personal development. Sometimes it feels like I am fighting against myself. But I am getting there, despite myself. I am changing, growing, and improving bit by bit, day by day.

This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Positive Evolution Zine!

Go Through the Back Door

For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it. For every nine people who do things they way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door. Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with the things they are told are valuable. Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

Za Rinpoche and Ashley Nebelsieck in the Backdoor to Enlightenment (Three Leaves)

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This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Positive Evolution Zine!