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Some time ago I tought a class who studied Henry Cloud and John Townsend's book, Boundaries, When to Say YES, When to Say NO, to Take Control of Your Life (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1992). Go to www.cloudtownsend.com.

It's a program of Christian stewardship, taking care of what God has entrusted to us individually for God's glory. We studied the difference between this and being self-centered.

*Boundaries are full of grace rather than vengeful.

*Boundaries take and require responsibility rather than lacking consequences for irresponsible behavior.

*Boundaries confront with care and respect, not allowing passivity, secrecy, or resentment to grow.

*Boundaries encourage purposed giving, and reject coerced giving.

*Boundaries make one response-able TO others, and never responsible FOR other adults.

*Boundaries cause you to confront the person involved, and never involve a triangle with gossip.

*Boundaries let you tell the truth and forgive, rather than excusing or extracting "pay."

*Boundaries cause you to keep relationship with God in the face of God's NO or God's silence, rather than letting you break connection with God when God doesn't do what or when you think God should do.

Last Updated (Thursday, 15 July 2010 16:37)

 

Saying "I" rather than "you" helps you stay honest and on your own side of the street. Start your stentences with "I."

This is not easy when the other person has hurt you in some way, and you are sure they meant to do it with malice, and your feelings swirl away all your calm communication skills.

So here's a list of feeling words, a vocabulary helper. As you dig through the list for the exact word, dig in your inner being for deep honesty, too.

Click here for list of Feeling Words.

Last Updated (Monday, 26 July 2010 08:17)

 

One-half hour before each meal, drink 16-24 oz. water. Drink it rather quickly.

Listen to your body use this water to make saliva and digestive juices for your meal. This will make enough saliva so you won't need to drink anything to "wash down" your meal.

Note: For this experiment, try not to drink more than a sip or two of water within ten minutes before beginning a meal nor within one hour after finishing a meal. If you do drink a lot of water with your meals, notice how satisfying it feels or doesn't feel in your stomach.

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.

 

If you're concerned about night wakings for urination perhaps you'd like to skip this experiment. Some people cut off drinking any water after 5:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. to avoid such night trips to the bathroom.

Before going to bed, place nearby a bottle of water. When you wake in the night drink a sip or two. Often when you wake in the night, your eyes seem full of sand and they have trouble focusing. Notice how quickly the sips of water will help your eyes feel better.

Your body can tell you if perhaps sand-in-the-eyes during the day could be helped with a few sips of water.

 

Use the stove, not the microwave, to heat some water to boiling.

Explore your shelves. Find something green and alive. Parsley? Oregano? Chives? Put about one teaspoon of green material in the bottom of an 8-oz. cup and pour boiling water over it. Let it steep for about 15 minutes, cool to your favorite temperature, then drink it.

Listen to your body welcoming the green, which is the energy of the sun carried by the plant's chlorophyl.

Listen to it cleansing your blood and helping your body focus on the areas it needs to cleanse.

Listen to it energizing your body with vitamins, minerals, and living enzymes.

Listen to your cells shouting with joy over the nutrients.

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.

 
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