in connection with a project my blogger friend karen is working on, i was inspired to think about these two concepts:
trying.
allowing.
what might they mean?
of course words have such complex meanings, and how we experience them individually may vary immensely from person to person.
“trying” – the pleasant part of that, to me, is that it’s open ended, that it points to a beginner’s mind. the not-so-pleasant part, which weighs a little heavier, makes me think of clenched teeth and ‘trying but failing’.
“allowing” – allowing is so sweet. it’s expansive. it’s opening one’s arms and saying, come in, come in! it has no negative connotations for me, although i can see how it might for others (‘allowing myself to be a doormat’ comes up as a possibility).
so i can make the choice now and combine all the good stuff: when i start something new or resume something old, i can
- be open ended
- have a beginner’s mind
- be sweet
- be expansive
- open my arms
- say, “come in, come in!”
isabella mori
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1 » Carnival Of Healing #102: A Journey Of Spiritual, Mental, Financial and Physical Well Being A-Ha! - Daily Blog For A-ha! TV.com: Hot tasty secrets of success from www.a-hatv.com // Sep 8, 2007 at 8:33 am
[...] Canadian psychotherapist Isabella Mori reflects on 15 years of mental health, counselling, psychotherapy and movement therapy in a post that echoes the law of manifestation as it pertains to the power of words and thoughts. [...]
2 isabella mori // Sep 8, 2007 at 12:06 pm
thanks for including me in this exceptionally well-done carnival of healing!
3 Nancy Zimmerman: a canadian money coach » Blog Archive » Thursday Guest Post: Isabella Mori on “Trying” v. “Allowing” re money // Sep 20, 2007 at 8:22 am
[...] A little while ago I wrote an article on trying vs. allowing. Nancy thought it would be interesting to apply this to our relationship with money. [...]
4 try a little money management » change therapy - isabella mori // Sep 21, 2007 at 1:06 pm
[...] if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!looks like this is guest post week. today you can find me on nancy zimmermann’s blog. nancy is a money coach, and i wrote a little piece on “trying” money management. below is an excerpt. for the full article, go here. a little while ago i wrote an article on trying vs. allowing. nancy thought it would be interesting to apply this to our relationship with money. [...]
5 mcewen // Sep 22, 2007 at 6:36 am
I’m still at the baby steps with money, well the ‘cash’ kind in any case, rather than the bank balance stage.
So nip back over and pick up your award.
Best wishes
6 William Hambleton Bishop // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:15 pm
there is a tone to your writing that is very ‘pleasant’ – you give the feeling that you are sharing without an agenda – you are allowing more than you are trying – and that is gentle to the reader. I love the concept to i am currenlty allowing… in general
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