INNER PRINCESS Magazine » letting go

Pride and Jealousy

Penna — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:00:54 +0000

We are so “attached” to our possessions and accomplishments that they become a source of pride. This pride causes us to define ourselves by our attachments:

Who am I? “I am the president of the company”; “I am a Ph.D”; “I am the doctor’s wife”; “I am the best dancer on the block.” Pride plays a large role in maintaining a rigid persona; it fixes us in place entangling and entrapping us, deadening the living flow of…

Say “Farewell”

Penna — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:10 +0000

“One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance.” — Elbert Hubbard

As nice as we would like to be to people, sometimes it’s best to just walk away from them. If a person is not on your level, but you want to bring them up, and they are committed to staying right where they are, then you may just have to say “farewell” to them.

People don’t really want to change. If they did, then…

Things Happen As They Do

Penna — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:40:20 +0000

It is so difficult to let go sometimes. When we feel that we’ve failed at something, we go over it in our heads a trillion times. And, it becomes a never ending cycle of thinking and thinking.

Thinking about how we could have done things differently. And, how we could have prevented certain situations from happening. And, how we can correct it.

But most things don’t need correcting. They are to happen as they do.

Today, let…