Comments on: Don’t Waste a Good Crisis http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2009/08/dont-waste-a-good-crisis/ The Power of Appreciation Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:02:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom McKenna http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2009/08/dont-waste-a-good-crisis/#comment-1290 Tom McKenna Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:11:31 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=165#comment-1290 Mike, what you said about having "lots of compassion for ourselves and others as we face the challenges and crises of our lives" is so true. Often times I find that I can easily be compassionate with others, but find it hard to be compassionate on myself. I always feel like I have to be in control and have to 'do something' to react to a crisis. Sometimes the best thing to do is to step back and reevaluate the whole situation, try to accept it and learn from it and thank God that I am given the opportunity to understand that there are more important things in life like love and family. Mike, what you said about having “lots of compassion for ourselves and others as we face the challenges and crises of our lives” is so true. Often times I find that I can easily be compassionate with others, but find it hard to be compassionate on myself. I always feel like I have to be in control and have to ‘do something’ to react to a crisis. Sometimes the best thing to do is to step back and reevaluate the whole situation, try to accept it and learn from it and thank God that I am given the opportunity to understand that there are more important things in life like love and family.

]]> By: Mary McManus http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2009/08/dont-waste-a-good-crisis/#comment-493 Mary McManus Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:08:27 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=165#comment-493 Dear Mike - I heard you last week on It's All About You and am so grateful I subscribed to your newsletter. My son was in a major car accident and he has been struggling with life's direction for quite some time. I would go into a fear and panic mode or just completely pull away and let my husband handle it. Well, after hearing you and learning to embrace the fear and stop fighting against myself and external situations, I am growing spiritually and emotionally. I have turned over the financial concerns to God and I realized that the worst case scenario (of my son needing to move back home if he could not meet his bills) is not such a worst case scenario. He is alive and where there is life there is room for hope and growth. I live with the challenge of post polio syndrome and while I have experienced miraculous healing and am so grateful, I am dealing with a cervical spine issue which requires attention and intervention. I am asking for support, letting go of what hasn't worked and making room for God's healing once again in my life. I am focusing on gratitude for what I do have instead of focusing on areas of lack and limitation. As I open my heart I am finding God sending me new teachers every day to hear words that bring me comfort, uplift me and help me to grow as a child of God. I imagine positive outcomes and live with not being able to control - I repeat the serenity prayer many times during the day when I feel particularly stressed or challenged. I also realize that I cannot see the big picture and that I need to trust that events that are set in motion are all part of a divine plan. Thank you Mike. Jenny - loving prayers to you as your family negotiates a challenging time. Dear Mike - I heard you last week on It’s All About You and am so grateful I subscribed to your newsletter. My son was in a major car accident and he has been struggling with life’s direction for quite some time. I would go into a fear and panic mode or just completely pull away and let my husband handle it. Well, after hearing you and learning to embrace the fear and stop fighting against myself and external situations, I am growing spiritually and emotionally. I have turned over the financial concerns to God and I realized that the worst case scenario (of my son needing to move back home if he could not meet his bills) is not such a worst case scenario. He is alive and where there is life there is room for hope and growth. I live with the challenge of post polio syndrome and while I have experienced miraculous healing and am so grateful, I am dealing with a cervical spine issue which requires attention and intervention. I am asking for support, letting go of what hasn’t worked and making room for God’s healing once again in my life. I am focusing on gratitude for what I do have instead of focusing on areas of lack and limitation. As I open my heart I am finding God sending me new teachers every day to hear words that bring me comfort, uplift me and help me to grow as a child of God. I imagine positive outcomes and live with not being able to control - I repeat the serenity prayer many times during the day when I feel particularly stressed or challenged. I also realize that I cannot see the big picture and that I need to trust that events that are set in motion are all part of a divine plan. Thank you Mike.
Jenny - loving prayers to you as your family negotiates a challenging time.

]]> By: Jenny Evans Dunham http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2009/08/dont-waste-a-good-crisis/#comment-491 Jenny Evans Dunham Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:32:48 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=165#comment-491 Thanks for a super post, Mike. I love your definition of a crisis being "life’s way of letting us know that something needs to change or some old pattern no longer works." I had never thought of it that way before. I needed this encouragement right now as our family is facing a type of crisis we never expected to face in a million years. I look forward to seeing what I can learn from this situation. Jenny Thanks for a super post, Mike. I love your definition of a crisis being “life’s way of letting us know that something needs to change or some old pattern no longer works.” I had never thought of it that way before.

I needed this encouragement right now as our family is facing a type of crisis we never expected to face in a million years.
I look forward to seeing what I can learn from this situation.

Jenny

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