Comments on: LiveDifferent Challenge (13): Get Marginalized! (Emotional Energy) http://www.karipatterson.com/2008/06/20/livedifferent-challenge-13-get-marginalized-emotional-energy/ Kari Patterson Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kari http://www.karipatterson.com/2008/06/20/livedifferent-challenge-13-get-marginalized-emotional-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Kari Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:27:27 +0000 http://www.karipatterson.com/?p=193#comment-470 That is an awesome one Megs!! You are so right on--that one change would probably transform lots of us from the inside out. You really ARE going through difficult stuff right now, and I'm so proud of you! Hang in there dear friend. Thanks for taking time to read...:-) That is an awesome one Megs!! You are so right on–that one change would probably transform lots of us from the inside out. You really ARE going through difficult stuff right now, and I’m so proud of you! Hang in there dear friend. Thanks for taking time to read…:-)

]]> By: Megan http://www.karipatterson.com/2008/06/20/livedifferent-challenge-13-get-marginalized-emotional-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Megan Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:03:34 +0000 http://www.karipatterson.com/?p=193#comment-469 This is good stuff, Kar. Really good. I have been pondering this post (and the previous ones). I have a suggested addition to the list (maybe it's just for me, and I know its something you have talked about in a post a while back, but regardless...) 8. Quit your yippin': How much time is spent in a day pondering my circumstances? Whether the "pondering" is out loud in the form of griping, listening to others gripe (not suggesting we don't listen to our friends, but drawing the line between listening and feeding off their gripes to fuel our own gripes) or even if the yippin' is done in my heart, I spend a LOT of time griping about my circumstances that could be better spent doing something better. I have a limited amount of energy (as you much more eloquently state) so why do I insist on wasting even a moment of it complaining? I say this because for the past, oh I don't know, 3 weeks, I probably spend at least a combined hour a day yippin' in my heart that my current circumstances of studying 8-14 hours a day is miserable. How refreshing it would be to spend that time doing ANYTHING else that would postively contribute to my emotional energy tank! Random sidenote - yesterday a friend showed me a websitee talking about the health benfits of crying. Made me smile to see it in your post today. This is good stuff, Kar. Really good. I have been pondering this post (and the previous ones). I have a suggested addition to the list (maybe it’s just for me, and I know its something you have talked about in a post a while back, but regardless…)

8. Quit your yippin’: How much time is spent in a day pondering my circumstances? Whether the “pondering” is out loud in the form of griping, listening to others gripe (not suggesting we don’t listen to our friends, but drawing the line between listening and feeding off their gripes to fuel our own gripes) or even if the yippin’ is done in my heart, I spend a LOT of time griping about my circumstances that could be better spent doing something better. I have a limited amount of energy (as you much more eloquently state) so why do I insist on wasting even a moment of it complaining?

I say this because for the past, oh I don’t know, 3 weeks, I probably spend at least a combined hour a day yippin’ in my heart that my current circumstances of studying 8-14 hours a day is miserable. How refreshing it would be to spend that time doing ANYTHING else that would postively contribute to my emotional energy tank!

Random sidenote – yesterday a friend showed me a websitee talking about the health benfits of crying. Made me smile to see it in your post today.

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