{"id":422,"date":"2013-04-02T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T17:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chistell.com\/africanamericanfiction\/?p=422"},"modified":"2016-10-08T23:35:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T03:35:57","slug":"testing-the-meanings-of-your-lifes-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chistell.com\/africanamericanfiction\/testing-the-meanings-of-your-lifes-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing the meanings of your life’s dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denise Turney<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, meanings we give events, including expressions other people wear when they’re around us, could play in our favor. Meanings in our personal (internal) dictionary could also set us back, causing us to believe that people don’t care for us, aren’t supporting us, think we’re boring, etc.<\/p>\n

Keep this us and it won’t be surprising if we start feeling insecure, maybe even depressed. But, what if the meanings we give events are wrong? What if a man frowns at us on a train because he’s dealing with acid reflux, an ulcer or arthritis? Surely, he wouldn’t have to stop and tell us and everyone else he met why he was frowning. Would he? Would you if you were the one frowning due to physical pain? Would you have to tell everybody you met why you were frowning?<\/p>\n

It’s a reason it’s an excellent idea to leave room for the wonderful fact that the meaning you give an event just might be WRONG!\u00a0 If you leave just a little room to consider that your personal dictionary might have wrong meanings in it, you could avoid stress, sleepless nights, fatigue, frustration, etc.<\/p>\n

You might even really start to live . . . for the first time.<\/p>\n

You might stop allowing other people’s expressions and conversations to have control of your day, how you feel about yourself, etc.<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading my blog. To learn what happens to Raymond, Brenda and the other characters in <\/i>Love Pour Over Me<\/i><\/a>, hop over to Amazon.com, B&N.com, <\/i>Ebookit.com<\/i><\/a>, or any other online or offline bookseller and get your copy of Love Pour Over Me<\/span> today. And again I say \u2013 Thank You! Consider Love<\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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