“Every time we find a behavior that threatens our peace of mind, our happiness, or our safety, we are implored to heed the call of our internal world and explore the root cause of our behavior. When we do, we will unveil an aspect of our shadow. It doesn’t have to take a year or a lifetime. It can take five minutes of radical honesty to unravel a pattern from our past. If we find an impulse in ourselves that we unknowingly hid, we have the right and the ability to bring it into the light of our awareness, forgive ourselves and others for the pain we experienced, and break free from the self-defeating behavior.”
Excerpt From: Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson & Debbie Ford. “The Shadow Effect”
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ANITA JOYCE SKOCZ is a storyteller who resides in Central Florida. She credits her passion to her father, who dazzled her imagination as a child with his gift to weaver a tale. After a diving accident in 1978, Anita left the travel industry to journey the inner roads of her soul. The riches found on those adventures inward come to life in her children’s books.
Anita’s books, “Crystal Star Angel” and “Kite Tale,” were inspired by the loving relationships her father had with his grandsons.
From Where I Sit is a blog where Anita shares her life’s stories, or comments on current events from her soul’s perspective. Her insights can evoke laughter as well as take one on a reflective journey. In any case she hopes you join her each Wednesday for a new adventure.
“Every time we find a behavior that threatens our peace of mind, our happiness, or our safety, we are implored to heed the call of our internal world and explore the root cause of our behavior. When we do, we will unveil an aspect of our shadow. It doesn’t have to take a year or a lifetime. It can take five minutes of radical honesty to unravel a pattern from our past. If we find an impulse in ourselves that we unknowingly hid, we have the right and the ability to bring it into the light of our awareness, forgive ourselves and others for the pain we experienced, and break free from the self-defeating behavior.”
From Where I Sit 