Adversity, Trials, & Opposition

Each person’s peace and happiness, both now and long term, may depend largely on his or her responses to the trials of life.
Adversity and trials come from different sources. (1)Trials may come as a result or consequence of a person’s own decisions and actions. These trials can be avoided through learning from mistakes and taking the right actions. (2)Other trials are simply a natural part of life and are not a result of any poor decisions and in fact may come at times when people are doing their best. For example, people may experience trials in times of sickness, uncertainty, or from the deaths of loved ones. (3)Adversity may sometimes come because of others’ poor choices, hurtful words, and actions.

How we face adversity will determine the long term outcome of such trials. When we ask questions like “Why does this have to happen to…

Regularly connecting to the earth’s natural, powerful energy is healing and vital for everyone.

This is why “reconnection” with both the earth itself and our body’s own innate healing abilities is the focus of grounding therapy or earthing. The best part about earthing or grounding is that it’s super simple, completely free and can be done anywhere, at any time. It requires nothing but bare feet and willingness.

The basics of how grounding or earthing works:

• Your body is a type of electrical circuit. The Earth’s surface possesses a limitless and continuously renewed supply of free or mobile electrons. The Earth’s negative charges can create a stable internal bio-electrical environment for the normal functioning of all body systems which may be important for setting the biological clock, regulating circadian rhythms, and balancing adrenal functions.
• Your body is naturally able to absorb electrical charges from the earth since your skin acts…

• Proposes that personality is based on the interaction of two basic systems in the brain:

1. Behavioral Activation System (BAS): The accelerator (“hit the gas”)

– Impulsivity, novelty seeking, sensitivity to rewards and motivation to seek rewards.

–Attraction to a person or a cookie and a desire to approach the person or cookie, especially a “new” one?

• High BAS = Lots of positive affect (PA); Low BAS = Less PA
• High BAS = Impulsive; Low BAS = Reserved and Careful
• High BAS = Extraversion; Low BAS = Introversion

BAS = Left Frontal Lobe:

• Active while experiencing positive emotion (happiness).

2. Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS): “Hitting the brakes”. Sensitivity to potential punishment and motivation to avoid punishment.

–Fear of rejection by someone you fancy or fear of a snake and the motivation to avoid these things comes from this system.

-Avoidance of people, places, and situations that have the perception of…

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If you’re the wife or girlfriend of someone who struggles with sexual sin, it’s so hard to know who to talk to or how much you should say. It’s hard to separate the truth from the lies. It’s hard to have hope for the future when everything you thought you could count on is crumbling before your eyes. It doesn’t matter whether you only recently found out about your partner’s struggle, or if you’ve been dealing with his behaviors for decades, loving someone battling with sexual compulsions is definitely a rough and lonely road.

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