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Relaxation Tips Information and Inspiration to Help You
Relieve Stress and Find Balance in Life Monday, Dec. 29, 2003
Relaxation Tip of the Week
CommitmentCommitment brings balance by giving more focus and clarity of purpose to
your life. It operates like a plumb line, helping you stay tuned to what has
meaning and importance, increasing your energy and attention while reducing
distraction. When you know what you are committed to, you’ll be better able to
set and stick to priorities, to recognize and honor limits, and to live with integrity.
In their book Living in Balance, Joel and Michelle Levey discuss the notions
of your comfort zone and your learning zone:
"Your comfort
zone is what you are familiar with, what you already know so well that the knowledge is
almost automatic. Your learning zone is anything that stretches you beyond that,
challenging you to learn new skills, new ways of relating. Ultimately, when we take to
heart the lessons in our learning zone, we will create for ourselves an expanded
comfort zone, one far larger than we began with. In a sense, all of our
lives are a process of rest in the comfort zone and then a stretching and learning in the
learning zone, then rest in the new, expanded comfort zone."
As we approach the beginning of 2004, many of us
think in terms of New Year's resolutions. We often have good intentions to change
ourselves in some way, such as lose weight or break a habit or start a new practice.
To do so requires that we go beyond the comfort zone.
But a key point here is to pay attention to the balance between these two zones.
If you don't stretch far enough, you may reach a goal of only limited value.
If you try to stretch too far, you may set yourself up for certain failure.
It's important to ask: "Where is a good balance point between my comfort
zone and my learning zone?"
This question will help you set goals or resolutions that are both achievable and worth
the effort to achieve them.
"Character is the ability to carry out a good
resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed." -- Cavett Robert
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In these pages you will find a wealth of inspiration and practical
guidance, and strategies and skills for living with greater mastery and faith amidst the
many mysteries and uncertainties of your life, work, and relationships.
"Joel and Michelle have constructed a text of sheer brilliance. Every page offers
new insights and truth. No reader could be disappointed by this book!"
-- Caroline M. Myss, Ph.D.,
author of Why People Don't Heal and How They Can and Anatomy of the Spirit.
