Comments for DevYou http://www.devyou.com Develop a Better You! Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:14:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on On Sacrificing Who We Are by JoAnn http://www.devyou.com/buddhism/on-sacrificing-who-we-are/comment-page-1#comment-385 JoAnn Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:14:23 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/mind/on-sacrificing-who-we-are#comment-385 At a very low point in my life, my partner of 5 years had just told me he was no longer in love with me, I was driving home from my 25th high school reunion from Pennsylvania back to Kentucky. I began crying and asking whatever is out there (God or whatever) to give me some sign. I suddenly realized I had somehow taken an exit off the interstate. I had to turn around in some tiny town and get back on the interstate, where the on-ramp was backed up due to road work. Traffic was crawling, I was behind a station wagon, where someone had written this Du Bois quote on the back of the vehicle. I realized at that moment that I was ready to sacrifice who I was and live a completely different life. This quote changed my life. Thank you! At a very low point in my life, my partner of 5 years had just told me he was no longer in love with me, I was driving home from my 25th high school reunion from Pennsylvania back to Kentucky. I began crying and asking whatever is out there (God or whatever) to give me some sign. I suddenly realized I had somehow taken an exit off the interstate. I had to turn around in some tiny town and get back on the interstate, where the on-ramp was backed up due to road work. Traffic was crawling, I was behind a station wagon, where someone had written this Du Bois quote on the back of the vehicle.
I realized at that moment that I was ready to sacrifice who I was and live a completely different life. This quote changed my life.

Thank you!

]]> Comment on On Sacrificing Who We Are by Cosmo http://www.devyou.com/buddhism/on-sacrificing-who-we-are/comment-page-1#comment-89 Cosmo Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:00:48 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/mind/on-sacrificing-who-we-are#comment-89 Isn't it ironic that being positive will cause your friends to give you little jabs and tell you how 'unrealistic' that is?! I used to work with an elderly man who was very upbeat. When I asked him how he got to that point he said, "A long time ago my wife and I decided being positive and happy was much preferable to being negative and unhappy. We decided then and there to choose to be positive." When Su Bong Zen Master asked "What is the short-cut to Zen?" Zen Master Seung Sahn said "Not for me." This "not for me" is very important. Why are we in this world? What is our purpose? Not for me. Good post. Isn’t it ironic that being positive will cause your friends to give you little jabs and tell you how ‘unrealistic’ that is?!

I used to work with an elderly man who was very upbeat. When I asked him how he got to that point he said, “A long time ago my wife and I decided being positive and happy was much preferable to being negative and unhappy. We decided then and there to choose to be positive.”

When Su Bong Zen Master asked “What is the short-cut to Zen?” Zen Master Seung Sahn said “Not for me.”

This “not for me” is very important. Why are we in this world? What is our purpose? Not for me.

Good post.

]]> Comment on A Bunch of Ways of Improving Your Mood by Brian Tanaka http://www.devyou.com/emotion/a-bunch-of-ways-of-improving-your-mood/comment-page-1#comment-88 Brian Tanaka Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/a-bunch-of-ways-of-improving-your-mood#comment-88 Thanks, Allen! Thanks, Allen!

]]> Comment on A Bunch of Ways of Improving Your Mood by Allen Taylor http://www.devyou.com/emotion/a-bunch-of-ways-of-improving-your-mood/comment-page-1#comment-87 Allen Taylor Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/a-bunch-of-ways-of-improving-your-mood#comment-87 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you. Allen Taylor I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Allen Taylor

]]> Comment on Familiarizing Not Sanitizing While Meditating by Brian Tanaka http://www.devyou.com/buddhism/familiarizing-not-sanitizing-while-meditating/comment-page-1#comment-86 Brian Tanaka Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:58:40 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/familiarizing-not-sanitizing-while-meditating#comment-86 Hi, Cosmo! Ordinarily, in that kind of situation, I do say something. I'm not sure why I didn't this time. Hi, Cosmo! Ordinarily, in that kind of situation, I do say something. I’m not sure why I didn’t this time.

]]> Comment on Familiarizing Not Sanitizing While Meditating by Cosmo http://www.devyou.com/buddhism/familiarizing-not-sanitizing-while-meditating/comment-page-1#comment-85 Cosmo Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:35:44 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/familiarizing-not-sanitizing-while-meditating#comment-85 What a nice observation. Like clouds in the sky, thoughts come and go. Out of curiosity, why didn't you say something to the women? What a nice observation. Like clouds in the sky, thoughts come and go.

Out of curiosity, why didn’t you say something to the women?

]]> Comment on Clear Your Mind, Clear Your Desk by You’ve Seen My Desk, Now See My Desktop at DevYou http://www.devyou.com/buddhism/clear-your-mind-clear-your-desk/comment-page-1#comment-79 You’ve Seen My Desk, Now See My Desktop at DevYou Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:00:27 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/productivity/clear-your-mind-clear-your-desk#comment-79 [...] my recent post — Clear Your Mind, Clear Your Desk – I posted a photo of my physical desk in all it’s ridiculously tidy glory. Today, [...] [...] my recent post — Clear Your Mind, Clear Your Desk – I posted a photo of my physical desk in all it’s ridiculously tidy glory. Today, [...]

]]> Comment on This Is Now by Brian Tanaka http://www.devyou.com/mind/this-is-now/comment-page-1#comment-84 Brian Tanaka Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/this-is-now#comment-84 It's interesting how much more effective it is if you say it aloud, rather than just thinking it. It’s interesting how much more effective it is if you say it aloud, rather than just thinking it.

]]> Comment on This Is Now by caroline http://www.devyou.com/mind/this-is-now/comment-page-1#comment-83 caroline Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:18:30 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/this-is-now#comment-83 This definitely sounds like a good mantra. I'm going to work on practicing it today. Yesterday I had to tell myself to stop multi-tasking and just pay attention! This definitely sounds like a good mantra. I’m going to work on practicing it today. Yesterday I had to tell myself to stop multi-tasking and just pay attention!

]]> Comment on Calm Your Anxiety By Telling Yourself the One Thing You’re Doing at the Moment by Cosmo http://www.devyou.com/emotion/calm-your-anxiety-by-telling-yourself-the-one-thing-youre-doing-at-the-moment/comment-page-1#comment-82 Cosmo Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:59:15 +0000 http://www.devyou.com/techniques/calm-your-anxiety-by-telling-yourself-the-one-thing-youre-doing-at-the-moment#comment-82 Excellent example of the value of mindfulness. Thanks so much. Excellent example of the value of mindfulness. Thanks so much.

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