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The Practice of Quitting & Letting Go
Negative emotions as well as certain people and situations can drag us down and stop us from fulfilling our goals and ambitions. We must learn how to let go of negative emotions and to quit or “fire” certain people or situations from our lives. The posts and article here are meant to help you to develop practices of letting go of resistance and quitting unhelpful people and situations in your life.

In defense of Gossiping

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Peter Anthony Gales • 0 Comments

In my last post I wrote about the Consequences of Gossiping and like most things in life there are many shades of grey.  Below there is an amusing story about gossiping that suggests that while you are well advised to remove yourself from gossip it is not wise to be completely oblivious to it. Here’s… Continue Reading

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Five consequences of gossiping you shouldn’t ignore

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Peter Anthony Gales • 3 Comments

The essence of practice is the consciousness or intention you bring to the practice – something that you willingly choose to participate in every day.  Long held practices take on a life of their own and if there is no clear purpose to the practice we call them habits.  For some gossiping is a habit,… Continue Reading

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Hidden Rivalry

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Peter Anthony Gales • 1 Comment

I was sitting with an old friend the other day, and she described something her friend observed in his conversation with her the day before.  He said, “You ever notice that you’re always trying to get one up on me in our conversations?”   “What do you mean” she replied.   “I say something about… Continue Reading

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Acknowledging what’s there

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Peter Anthony Gales • 0 Comments

Feel like typing this morning.  Talking with my fingers.  Usually I prefer to handwrite with my fountain pen in the mornings.  Very therapeutic I find … a good way to corral “free radical” thoughts that could do damage if not captured and put away somewhere.  This morning my computer seems the best place to do… Continue Reading

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Rain, Rain, Rain

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Peter Anthony Gales • 0 Comments

Whoever said, “Into every life a little rain must fall,” knew what she was talking about; but this is ridiculous.  It’s rained almost every day since I’ve been here in Trinidad and yesterday it rained all day – much of it torrential.  On the narrow congested road to where my parents live, there were parts… Continue Reading

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Breakthrough in being with another’s POV

Posted on October 17, 2008 by thepracticeofyourlife • 0 Comments

The other day I was having a drink with a good friend of mine and he began to relate his impression of one of the political candidates in the upcoming election.  To say that his view was completely at odds with my own is to put it mildly.  What was really interesting though was that… Continue Reading

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“Something’s Wrong”

Posted on October 3, 2008 by thepracticeofyourlife • 0 Comments

The other day a friend of mine called me to share that he had a huge breakthrough while sitting on the can.  He thought that last bit of detail essential to his story.  (smile) The breakthrough that he had during his biological “functioning” was that he was automatically and unconsciously coming from “Something’s wrong.” From… Continue Reading

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What is your concept of truth?

Posted on May 12, 2008 by thepracticeofyourlife • 7 Comments

What is your concept of the truth, and why is it germane to the practice of your life? Well think about it.If you live your life according to things that you believe are true, and they’re only partially true or flat out wrong, what do you think the impact would be on your life? Pretty… Continue Reading

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