Week Twenty-four - Full responsibility

What does "taking responsibility" mean to you? What does it look like in your life?

This is a quote from our Mission Statement:  

"We perform daily acts of spiritual courage by appropriate expression with full responsibility taken for those emotions ultimately leading to peace in our hearts, in our families, in our communities, in our countries and on this planet." 

What does that mean to you?
As you look at this topic this week, see if more and more occurs to you.

Week Twenty-two - What do you do with hurt feelings?

We all get our feelings hurt sometimes. We all do various things with that experience. Some of us excuse the other person but still have hurt feelings even though we don't let ourselves fully know that. We like the enlightened approach. Some of us are very vocal and let nothing pass. Most of us are somewhere along a continuum of behaviors.  

Each day this week you could work on some aspect of this experience.

• What is your strategy when someone hurts your feelings? Think of an example and write about it.

• How does it work for you? Are the results generally positive or negative? Write some examples.

• What do you feel like after the exchange occurs? Do this by using the things you wrote about in the previous two areas.

• What improvements would you like to make?

• Have you tried before to change? How has it worked out?

Week Twenty-one - Friends and Family

This week when you journal choose a different friend or person in your family and describe your relationship.

What aspects of this relationship do you like? What could be better?