Comments on: You Can Only Control Your Reactions To Things http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/ Elona Hartjes shares the insights, resources and practical classroom strategies that have earned her A Teacher of Distinction Award. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:26:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Teachers At Risk » Working Hard In The Present Moment http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Teachers At Risk » Working Hard In The Present Moment Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:08:33 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/#comment-101 [...] Neon made a comment about what a relief it was to realize “that I shape my feelings and life by choosing what I want to think about.”  It is quite a relief, in fact it’s empowering.  Whenever ( well almost whenever) I start to have negative thoughts about a situation or a person, myself included, I encourage myself to let those negative thoughts fall away and choose to see things in a more positive light. I can feel angry, crummy, disappointed etc about something or I can let it go and not bring it into the present moment.  Whatever happened, has happened. It’s over. Done.  I can’t change the past. I can only affect the present moment.  I can choose to be negative in the present moment, or I can choose to be positive in the present moment.  It is a choice. Yes, it’s a choice.  But it’s not always an easy choice.  Sometimes it takes me more “present moments” than I would like it to. Why is it the case I have to work hard at being positive while I never seem to have to work hard at being negative?  If anyone has any ideas about this, I sure would appreciate hearing them. [...] [...] Neon made a comment about what a relief it was to realize “that I shape my feelings and life by choosing what I want to think about.”  It is quite a relief, in fact it’s empowering.  Whenever ( well almost whenever) I start to have negative thoughts about a situation or a person, myself included, I encourage myself to let those negative thoughts fall away and choose to see things in a more positive light. I can feel angry, crummy, disappointed etc about something or I can let it go and not bring it into the present moment.  Whatever happened, has happened. It’s over. Done.  I can’t change the past. I can only affect the present moment.  I can choose to be negative in the present moment, or I can choose to be positive in the present moment.  It is a choice. Yes, it’s a choice.  But it’s not always an easy choice.  Sometimes it takes me more “present moments” than I would like it to. Why is it the case I have to work hard at being positive while I never seem to have to work hard at being negative?  If anyone has any ideas about this, I sure would appreciate hearing them. [...]

]]> By: neon http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-100 neon Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:35:46 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/#comment-100 You have described a very good example of Law of Attraction in action :) I have realised this wonderful knowledge one month ago, that I shape my feelings and life by choosing what I want to think about. What a relief since then. You have described a very good example of Law of Attraction in action :) I have realised this wonderful knowledge one month ago, that I shape my feelings and life by choosing what I want to think about. What a relief since then.

]]> By: Alvaro http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Alvaro Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:45:20 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2006/10/28/you-can-only-control-your-reaction/#comment-90 Nice post, Elona. Wanted to let you know we have moved to a new "home": www.sharpbrains.com/blog See you there! Nice post, Elona.

Wanted to let you know we have moved to a new “home”: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog

See you there!

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