Life Untwisted

Don’t Let Your Clothes Speak For You

4/27/2021

A most interesting paradox in our culture is connected to fashion choices, especially those made by teens and young adults. Everyone wants to be in fashion. So everyone hurries out to buy the latest fashion. Yet the driving need to be different, to be special, can’t be ignored so someone adds an extreme element to the current fashion. It catches on, and now everyone, at least in that age group, is doing it.

What’s the problem here? In trying to fit in, you become mediocre. Then, in trying to be special, you simply lead the pack into another mediocre expression. In other words, trying to fit in or to be special through fashion or any other outer means only winds up making you seem just like everyone else on the surface.

Wear what you like, but don’t let your clothes speak for you. Be yourself. Step up to the plate and be a responsible, compassionate human being. Think for yourself. Never judge others by what you see. Give them the same benefit you would want: look beyond the surface for the wonderful person whose clothes don’t even come close to expressing their beauty.

Is The Brass Ring Always Out Of Your Reach?

4/23/2021

Do you feel that no matter how hard you try, you will never succeed? That someone else is always one step ahead of you, and there’s nothing left for you?

These sentiments are more prevalent than you might imagine. They echo in the minds of men, women, and children of all races, all cultures. The vulnerability of the human spirit is impervious to skin color or social mores.

Are these sentiments actually true? If you feel this way right now, no one will be able to convince you otherwise unless ... you don’t want to feel this way. Then it’s possible for the door of your mind to ease open slightly—just enough to check out some new ideas. If you are willing, let’s try a different approach to your life: past, present, and future.

Is There A Reason You Fail?

Feeling Inadequate?

4/7/2021

Decades ago, a person sent me this question: “How would you explain my feelings of inadequacy when I have been very successful at every job I’ve taken on and I made excellent grades in school? It doesn’t make sense to me.” Below is how I answered her.

First, I would say you should not judge yourself by the world’s standards. You’ll find they are very fickle. No matter what you do, there will always be someone who can do better. There will likely be someone who can’t and despises you for it. Whose standards are you going to live by? The guy who is more skilled than you or the guy who isn’t? If you choose either one of them, you’ve made an unfortunate choice for many reasons.

You create your own life. No one can feel for you, no one can think for you … unless you let them. Allowing yourself to use other people’s standards as your own is like trying to wear hand-me-downs. It never looks quite as good on you as it did on the original owner.

So, why do you feel inadequate? ...

Tired of Surviving?

3/23/2021

I don't want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I'm not interested in doing that anymore.
~ Carrie Fisher

I have to say that Carrie Fisher's words resonate with me, and I'm sure they do with many others. If you've spent a lifetime "surviving," you feel that you can meet any challenge. Of course, this means that your mindset, your field of attraction, is about difficult situations—situations where you get to once again test your mettle. True, it can feel satisfying if you do survive, but what is the cumulative effect of all this struggling to survive?

Are You Proactive In Your Life?

3/1/2021

Are you proactive in your life? Do you take the initiative to make decisions about what you want to experience or do you just react to circumstances?
I hope you are because we are responsible for the conditions in our lives.

In other words, what we are experiencing is the result of the decisions, the choices, we have made. Of course, we can't control all the world "out there," but we can control the responses we have to it. This is an ability with which we are all equipped from birth — our ability to choose our responses to life.

When we use our response-ability to decide on how we are going to feel or think or act, we experience more peace, more harmony. Does this mean that everything will come up roses? No, it doesn't. It just means that we are learning how to dis-identify from those circumstances or people so that we don't hand over our personal power by letting other people or circumstances determine our choices for us.

So if we don't choose to be proactive, what are we doing? We are reacting to life. We are using yesterday's answers to today's circumstances. Why would we do this? Because we are not mindful. We are not awake and living in the Now. We have allowed ourselves to fall asleep on our spiritual journey by "resting on our spiritual laurels."

Our spiritual journey is life-long, 24/7. Our response-ability is one of our greatest tools. Using it wisely eases the pain we inflict upon ourselves and allows us to embrace all the good that awaits us.

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My husband and I spent years in one form or another teaching spiritual psychology. My husband, John Dean Williamsen, passed away in May, 2020. I wanted to bring together many of the articles, poems, etc. that the two of us have written for people like you to enjoy.
All the best on your quest,
Dannye WIlliamsen

Don’t Let Your Clothes Speak For You

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