Comments on: Do you already know this about labels?

By: Nicoleta

Nicoleta — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:13:33 +0000

Thank you…so much. You so subtely introduce a new thread into the reality of how labels become maps from an early age, and yes we are not aware of the changes with time. Good for you for being a chemist AND a counselor/friend who inspires us to live in awareness. Thank you.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:01:07 +0000

Wow, Anth. Just as I think you have come up with the WISEST advice ever, you keep coming up with something EVEN MORE wise that is USABLE. Many years ago, there was Zig Ziglar who wrote the “self help” books about positivism. Your articles TRUMP his. Why? Because they give us an ACTION plan. Not ONLY an action plan, but you remind us to set ACHIEVABLE goals, and you tell us how to check them off as they are achieved. It is MUCH MORE HELPFUL to be given your advice than just to be told a bunch of platitudes with no action tips to follow them up. Thank you for not “talking down” to us, and thank you for not letting us “hang” by a thread after you give us a theory of thinking. Without the DOING part, all those other books were a bunch of “blah, blah, blah” and just took up space on my bookshelf getting dusty. You deserve the best in life for how you are helping others with their lives.

By: Tasha

Tasha — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:14:32 +0000

hi anth,

Great viewpoint! It resonates with me. I can feel a sense of freedom as I ponder people/situations/life with this in mind.

Once again, thanks for sharing anth!

By: trudy

trudy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:51:19 +0000

there is a saying and it goes like this……..all conditioned things are subject to decay..strive for you liberation with diligence……

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:38:46 +0000

yes i do already know this about labels - what I do not know is whether it is really possible to permanently rather than temporarily end the addictive relationship I/we have to these labels that keep me/us bound, despite my/our desire and long historical effort to do so.

By: Monet

Monet — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:58:15 +0000

Wow! I’ve never thought of things that way. I am around people who knew me when I was an awkward teenager,and I think they still see me as such. There were times when I believed their perception of me.

I am learning that people’s perceptions of me do not determine who I am.

Thank you Anth, you’ve just given me a new way to look at things.