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Happy Naming - Ep. 433
Happy Naming is about giving yourself an accurate assessment of the way things are,
Knowing your limits helps you balance, and knowing your starting point helps you grow,
Self-Awareness affords you the capacity to evaluate and understand how you got this far
And allows for the clarity of purpose and the vision to know how far you have yet to go.
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Ep. 433 - Happy Naming
We begin as always
with the Happy Creed.
We believe in Happy,
in Balance and Growth,
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.
Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!
I get the draw of softening language to lessen the blow, and yet
It runs the risk of diluting the meaning of what you’re trying to express,
Like saying “I’m experiencing slight feelings of annoyance and upset,”
Instead of just saying “I’m mad and it’s giving me a lot of stress.”
Adding abstractions and euphemisms doesn’t always make things better,
In some cases it can even create disconnection when you need to recognize
That facts aren't that scary, and not every word starts with a scarlet letter,
And that hiding from reality makes things worse, burying truth under lies.
If you can’t even name it, then you certainly can’t spot it or face it,
And it’ll forever linger to threaten, frighten and worry you to death,
An unnamed danger endlessly lurking, defying any attempt to erase it,
While an identified feeling or state is as manageable as one’s own breath.
Then once named, located, defined, and acknowledged it becomes containable,
If I'm blue, I don’t say “I’m having persistent sorrowful leanings,” I just say “I’m sad,”
And once I do, then the path appears and reaching the summit seems attainable,
As I get to work helping my heart strengthen and heal until I don’t feel quite so bad.
And it also keeps me from going overboard the other way into doom speech!
When we turn truths into exaggerations, they can get away from us but quick,
So that when merely feeling anxious, we instead call ourselves broken and beyond reach,
Losing any and all trust in our own ability to handle life and thereby make ourselves sick.
Happy Naming is about giving yourself an accurate assessment of the way things are,
Knowing your limits helps you balance, and knowing your starting point helps you grow,
Self-Awareness affords you the capacity to evaluate and understand how you got this far
And allows for the clarity of purpose and the vision to know how far you have yet to go.
Haha
Yowza
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By Geoffrey Bennett Ulrich
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Happy Naming is about giving yourself an accurate assessment of the way things are,
Knowing your limits helps you balance, and knowing your starting point helps you grow,
Self-Awareness affords you the capacity to evaluate and understand how you got this far
And allows for the clarity of purpose and the vision to know how far you have yet to go.
[full text below]
Ep. 433 - Happy Naming
We begin as always
with the Happy Creed.
We believe in Happy,
in Balance and Growth,
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.
Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!
I get the draw of softening language to lessen the blow, and yet
It runs the risk of diluting the meaning of what you’re trying to express,
Like saying “I’m experiencing slight feelings of annoyance and upset,”
Instead of just saying “I’m mad and it’s giving me a lot of stress.”
Adding abstractions and euphemisms doesn’t always make things better,
In some cases it can even create disconnection when you need to recognize
That facts aren't that scary, and not every word starts with a scarlet letter,
And that hiding from reality makes things worse, burying truth under lies.
If you can’t even name it, then you certainly can’t spot it or face it,
And it’ll forever linger to threaten, frighten and worry you to death,
An unnamed danger endlessly lurking, defying any attempt to erase it,
While an identified feeling or state is as manageable as one’s own breath.
Then once named, located, defined, and acknowledged it becomes containable,
If I'm blue, I don’t say “I’m having persistent sorrowful leanings,” I just say “I’m sad,”
And once I do, then the path appears and reaching the summit seems attainable,
As I get to work helping my heart strengthen and heal until I don’t feel quite so bad.
And it also keeps me from going overboard the other way into doom speech!
When we turn truths into exaggerations, they can get away from us but quick,
So that when merely feeling anxious, we instead call ourselves broken and beyond reach,
Losing any and all trust in our own ability to handle life and thereby make ourselves sick.
Happy Naming is about giving yourself an accurate assessment of the way things are,
Knowing your limits helps you balance, and knowing your starting point helps you grow,
Self-Awareness affords you the capacity to evaluate and understand how you got this far
And allows for the clarity of purpose and the vision to know how far you have yet to go.
Haha
Yowza