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Assignment #8... very personal and Christian perspective on meditation tonight


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March 10, 2010 | 2010 Challenge Assignments and meanderings...

Assignment #7 - wow, is that a completely new thought, or what??

Bill’s thoughts are crashing into another area of void for me, I cannot get my mind to understand this and integrate it… I get the words, but it seem like cheating… “Oh, you can’t win?  Just change the game then.”  Now what i
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honeybee1014 wrote at 10:42 AM on Mar 11, 2010

Thank you for your warm and kind words. I truly appreciate it.

librylady wrote at 10:03 AM on Mar 11, 2010

Trish - have a wonderful time in Dallas!!

tekari wrote at 09:57 PM on Mar 10, 2010

Trish - Dallas is here!! woo hoo! Can't wait to meet you! Love and light, Kateri

Coach-Stoney wrote at 04:57 PM on Mar 09, 2010

Trish- Just stopping in to say hi and to check on you. Big hug...Coach

RoMomma wrote at 09:20 AM on Mar 07, 2010

Hey, thanks for the welcoming and fun comment on my page. I looked at your profile and it seems like I could learn a lot from you. Today's my big "Day One" and it's off to a great start... now only 135 days left..... and the rest of my life! :) Thanks again!

MickyO wrote at 04:26 AM on Mar 07, 2010

Trish thanks so much for your comments on Thia's "Step 2" thread. I've really gotten a lot of help and I love your Step 2 prayer. I will definitely be using it. Step 1, that "powerlessness thing" kicked my butt this weekend. I'm ready for the gentleness and quiet knowing of 2. (hugs) Thanks =) Micky

niksterwantstobefit wrote at 02:47 PM on Mar 06, 2010

Hi Trish I just wanted to say hi and that I think it is great that you are doing so well with your low carb diet :) It sounds like it is really suiting you and helping things settle. I hope that your hubby is better and that the stress didn't hinder you too much. Speak soon Much love Niki x :)

praju_usa wrote at 06:41 AM on Mar 06, 2010

Trish... Thank you for your kind words and support. I look forward to meeting you in Dallas. See you soon. Have a beautiful weekend. Best~Prasad.

stormdore wrote at 11:09 AM on Mar 05, 2010

Hi, Trish! Just wanted to drop in and say, "Hi!" I'm a school psychologist. I'm sure as a therapist the fact that this program deals with the inner, as well as outer, transformation was a real bonus. I know it was to me! Anyhow, I'm glad we're in the Righlight group together.

JoePimental wrote at 07:33 PM on Mar 04, 2010

Yea! I get to meet Trish in Dallas in just one week - How exciting! Gogogo>>>Joe

sunny1 wrote at 08:02 PM on Mar 02, 2010

Trish, I think I've made a tragic mistake. Perhaps I should go and retrieve my beloved scale baby before morning. What was I thinking? :( Gaye

Carolynn wrote at 07:38 PM on Mar 02, 2010

That was some pretty major growth you shared in group!! It was an "aha" moment!! You are doing great!! So happy to see it happening. You are such a great asset to our group and I am so happy you are there!! Carolynn

bori2323 wrote at 05:45 AM on Mar 02, 2010

Hi Trish , just wanted to say hi and to wish you a blessed week. thanks for the kind comments on my post , for the motivation and support. that means a lot to me . take care my friend . God bless you !...Edwin

Guccis wrote at 08:39 PM on Mar 01, 2010

HI Trish--may you never ever give up hope. You deserve the best that life has to offer, and I really look forward to meeting you--I can't remember--are you going to Dallas? If so, let's chat for a while! If not, let's stay in touch. I believe with all your knowledge that you can face all of your challenges. I look forward to hearing about your continued journey. Jenny

Suzster wrote at 07:48 PM on Feb 28, 2010

Hi Trish, your sweet reply to my blog just got me all teary-eyed. Yet another t-angel here to support me... thank you SO much! You and everyone are helping me more than you know! ~Suz

librylady wrote at 06:47 PM on Feb 28, 2010

Hi Trish - hope you had a good weekend! Have a wonderful week! Ann

carin wrote at 05:27 PM on Feb 28, 2010

Hello Friend! Did you get an Accountability Partner yet?

praju_usa wrote at 11:39 PM on Feb 27, 2010

Hi Trish... Hope all is well. Winter is almost behind us and I hope it will help us resume our workouts without much disruption in future. Thanks for your insights on the AP boards. I wish you a fabulous week. Best~Prasad.

ifnotnowwhen wrote at 05:14 PM on Feb 27, 2010

I think the t.com community really benefits from deep thinkers like you who are willing and able to articulate the innermost things we often experience but sometimes don't have the words for. Sometimes we might not even have conscious access to those feelings. Then someone like you comes along who is humble at the same time (they don't always go together in the same person), and your writing facilitates many a lightbulb moment here! Thank you for your transparency & humility. Jennifer

Carolynn wrote at 12:13 AM on Feb 27, 2010

Trish, you can do it and you've got your friends! Keep up the great work. Try not to put off the workouts till after the office. I'm really working hard to get mine done in the morning! You are doing great! Carolynn

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I Am


Entering into a process of transformation is not new for me, but it is new for me to accept that it is yet one more thing that I cannot do “alone.”
Self-sufficiency is both my great strength and my greatest weakness, and I learned it so early that most of the time I don’t even see the part of it that is an obstacle.
Today, I do… and that is what brings me to this Transformation community.

I am 54 years old, married, and live with my husband, shadow-dog border collie (who is a therapy dog in the office with me daily) and a cat… who could honestly use a round of therapy, crazy one that he is with an attitude problem… but we love him nonetheless. As a psychotherapist for 30+ years, and an ordained minister, I am an instrument of transformation in the lives of others, and am blessed with gifts in that area for which I am very grateful.
Within myself, however, there are old wounds of worth-less-ness that trip me up, physically, emotionally, sometimes spiritually, that bring me here to this community at this time… there are no accidents. These keep me from reaching aspirations for my physical, emotional and spiritual freedom, for belief in myself and trust in relationship with others.

I am a former competitive runner sidelined by injuries compounded by increased pastoral responsibilities that take the time once spent training for and competing in events. My physical health and fitness are important to me. Competitive running was once a core of that balance.

I am a Type 1 diabetic, insulin-dependent since childhood, in recovery from an eating disorder and from alcoholism for over 20 years, and facing into menopausal challenges. I now weigh 20 pounds more than I ever have in my adult life.

I need hope, accountability, fellow travelers, people who understand and seek to live the larger journey of spiritual wholeness and community. You know, I love my life.
I want to be more present and joyful in it. I work hard and yet I am still limited by doubt.

Truthfully, I am hopeful… but I am not yet convinced. That will take time and rigorous honesty, and and hard work. I am signed on for the 2010 Transformation
See you there!

My Favorite Charity

Emmaus Center, Inc.

To me, Transformation Means

Transformation means becoming deeply authentic, real, open, a true light in the darkness as the grace of God and the fellowship of community flow together. I have met people who are transformed in heart and spirit.

Their eyes sparkle with compassion and humor at once. They are willing, curious, intentional, realistic, faithful, and open. In their presence I feel like more than I was a moment ago... they are both humble and powerful, and they exude the love of God in their smile.
Have you met them too?

This is the change I want to be, from the inside out. allowing God to dissolve internal obstacles accumulated over the course of living that interfere with his purpose for me,
giving to others freely, staying with it when the going is tough, all the way. With sustained commitment and faith I will become the light that God intended me to be, through the strength he gives us all to become.

My Goals

Physically, my goals are to drop 15-20lbs, drop from 17 to 10-12% bodyfat levels and sustain it, to increase lean muscle mass and age well.

Emotionally and spiritually, I want to be at peace with my body and myself for the first time, neither fighting against it nor for it. I want to feel confident in my routines for nutrition and exercise, and to release my addictive relationship with sugar so that I am free from its cycles once and for all.

My Intentions

I intend to join in with and work through the Transformation process, commplete assignments thoughtfully and put in place a program forphysical, emotional and spiritual health thatI can sustain for life

I want to BE a light in the world, where there is so much darkness. I want to live more simply, joyfully...no longer attached to things that have no eternal value.

Who I'd Like to Inspire

Most simply put, I would like to inspire those who are struggle with darkness and feel lost, who are suffering but don't know what they are suffering from. ... and I can only give away what I have... so I need to grow in these same areas.

If I can be an inspiration, then all of those whom God sends my way will be exactly the right people!

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