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Comments on: Toenail Chewing = Surrender https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/ Humor blogger D.J. Paris writes about the most interesting subject in the world - himself. It's worth a look if you're cool. And you are! Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:44:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Virginia https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10730 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:44:24 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10730 After many years of angst, I have concluded that there are only a few things I can control: my own thoughts, my own feelings, my own physical self. At least those are a possibility. Trying to control other people’s feelings, selves, and thoughts has wasted an incredible amount of my time and energy, and I see other people doing the same thing all the time, including their partners, their coworkers, their children, their parents. Where people get into really crazy stuff is trying to control the economy (generally for their own benefit), other people’s wants, or how people learn. A lot of suffering results. As each of us have these realizations for ourselves, humanity comes a little closer to massive watershed! I love interacting with people when we make invitations to one another to enjoy offerings — and accept the other’s decision! Welcome to the revolution!

]]> By: D.J. Paris https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10351 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:07:51 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10351 In reply to CiaraBallintyne.

CiaraBallintyne  Wait, husbands kiss their wives?

]]> By: D.J. Paris https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10350 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:07:51 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10350 In reply to SrslyAmusing.

SrslyAmusing  Same thing. Ha.

]]> By: D.J. Paris https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10348 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:57:51 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10348 In reply to inthemomlight.

inthemomlight  What you’re really talking about is control. All you have to do is give up control and you’re free. The rub is that it’s the scariest thing in the world to do.

]]> By: D.J. Paris https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10346 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:52:54 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10346 In reply to Ellen at Defenestrated Feet.

Ellen at Defenestrated Feet  Explain your goofy behaviors. If you pick your teeth with discarded toenails, I will not be impressed.

]]> By: D.J. Paris https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10345 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:52:54 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10345 In reply to jessica2.

jessica2  Thanks, Jess!!!

]]> By: jessica2 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-10314 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:37:48 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-10314 Good job. I love this one.

]]> By: Ellen at Defenestrated Feet https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-9371 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:25:57 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-9371 Wow, this is really insightful advice for getting along with people (S.O. or not). I wonder, how many peoples’ “pet peeves” are things like this that really hurt no one? Thinking about it, some of mine are, actually. Hmm.

]]> By: inthemomlight https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-9345 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:50:57 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-9345 I almost didnt’ read this post because of the title… I thought it may be too gross and I wouldn’t be able to handle it.  Anyway, I had a surreal experience with a surrender one time.  I had a discussion with my therapist about my anxiety always making me late for things and then I would get more anxiety about people being mad at me for being late, so I would always be telling them my long elaborate story of what made me late (they totally didn’t care), so my therapist was like, just own it.  All you say is, “I’m late.  Sorry.”  No reasons, no excuses.  So I was in bed one night and I said to myself, that’s it, I’m going to do it.  I’m just going to own it and meet myself where I am.  As soon as I said that in my head, I literally felt my back tingling like tension leaving my body.  I actually immediately relaxed when I told myself that I was going to surrender to this fault of mine and in time, I would learn to over come it.  It was crazy.  I have never felt an experience like that again, but it was awesome.

]]> By: SrslyAmusing https://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/toenail-chewing-surrender/#comment-9340 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:15:40 +0000 https://thoughtsfromparis.com/?p=4087#comment-9340 This is really actually quite profound if you’re able to pull it off. I hope you’re able to successfully implement that. That’s a major struggle for everyone I think … for me it translates into something a little different such that I’m most frustrated by the things I’m powerless to change, fix, or control. Maybe it’s the same thing … hard to say.

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