WhatsYOURanimal eAnimals: Kozy Juggling Taste Buds for Christmas!?!

WhatsYOURanimal eAnimals: Kozy Juggling Taste Buds for Christmas!?!: Older Kozy is fretting over how to juggle the taste buds of her family over Christmas this year: Let's see, Older Solomon doesn't eat any...

Kozy Juggling Taste Buds for Christmas!?!

Older Kozy is fretting over how to juggle the taste buds of her family over Christmas this year:

Let's see, Older Solomon doesn't eat any meat or fish or raw fruits and vegetables ( kind of like a vegetarian that doesn't really like vegetables-mac and cheese for him.)

Younger Buddy doesn't eat many vegetables and is extremely allergic to nuts and shellfish.

Younger Kozy is partial to any meats that are organic and humanely treated (who could be against that?)

Younger Trooper really likes shellfish and her two offspring very young Solomon and very young Buddy say "oh yuk" to most things except for chicken strips dipped in Ranch-(much to the chagrin of their parents younger Buddy and the aforementioned younger Trooper, who are trying to eat healthily and expose their offspring to healthy fruits and veg-- to expand their horizons so that they will not be picky when they grow up.)

What's Kozy to do? Any ideas?

Forgiveness looks like what?

This is a startlingly powerful vision of forgiveness in my opinion:

Forgiveness is the boundary between exclusion and embrace. It heals the wounds that the power-acts of exclusion have inflicted and breaks down the dividing wall of hostility. Yet it leaves a distance between people, an empty space of neutrality, that allows them either to go their separate ways in what is sometimes called ‘peace’ or to fall into each other’s arms and restore broken communion.

Miroslav Volf

definition of insanity?

You've heard that the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

I would say this is the definition of normal. Each of us most likely has noticed getting locked into a familiar argument with a loved one or friend which ends badly (as usual).

I certainly have. And when the argument is over, I'm scratching my head thinking "what just happened?"

Well, probably what just happened is that your wounded "little guy" inside of you ( say around 5 years old) is arguing with the wounded "little guy" in the other person. What if you could see these wounded "little guys" as lovable animals? It might be easier to gain perspective and have a chuckle in the meantime.

Gain insight to break frustrating patterns with loved ones ( or boss)! Find out the style of your "little guy" inside of you by taking www.whatsyouranimal.com quiz. Then read the Care & Feeding documents for your "little guy's" style.

WhatsYOURanimal eAnimals: How is the "little guy" inside of you?

WhatsYOURanimal eAnimals: How is the "little guy" inside of you?: How is the “little guy” inside of you? You would like to know how he is running your your life, right? We each have a childhood trance ...

How is the "little guy" inside of you?

How is the “little guy” inside of you? You would like to know how he is running your your life, right?

We each have a childhood trance or ego style (our "little guy") that developed a strategy to deflect pain and negative consequences in our childhood. Our "little guy" has a “knee jerk” script which is often triggered by present circumstances which remind us of childhood events. When this happens our "little guy" takes over with emotions, thoughts and actions which sometimes may even seem "out of place." Sound familiar?

Which one of these EAnimal "little guys" most resembles your "little guy's" style?

Take the quiz www.whatsyouranimal.com to find out. After you discover your inner EAnimal read your "Care and Feeding" papers to help you be more fully in control of your life!

Are You Driving a Model T?

I teach about the 9 different styles of relating ( Enneagram theory) and how each of us adopts a style in childhood that suits our inborn traits as well as our environment. This style that we adopted in childhood limits our choices and narrows our field of experiences as an adult.

Imagine using the same pattern of thinking (childhood preferred style) over and over no matter what the circumstance! That would be like continuing to drive a Model T, meant for the small dirt roads of the past, on the 21st century expressway that is your life now!