Diamondlady1025

Hi All,

I have a question about freedom and choice, or what is related to it more to
the point.....

I totally get what has been written here by Sandra and you all....

Here is my question....

How do you relate to others who just do not seem to get it?

I ask this because I am this situation with two people in my life right now,
both whom do not get this concept of choice and freedom at all. It is
frustrating and I find myself distancing myself from them simply because
they do not get it! They do not understand that everything in their lives is
a choice, including as someone wrote, how they choose to feel and how they
choose to interrelate with myself and others.

I so wish to be close to these two people in my life, but their negativity
and emotional and energy draining behaviors are making it next to impossible
I know this is there choice, but I am not sure what my choices should be?
Do I keep trying to brainstorm with them in an attempt to "convert" them
over to choice and freedom? Or do I make the choice to give up these
relationships?

Or are there other choices out there I may not be seeing?

Any words of direction, would be of great help here! :)

Thanks for this thread Sandra, it has been a great source of inspiration for
me! :) I am thoroughly enjoying reading all of the perspectives on this! It
is so ironically funny to me how anytime thee is something that I am
grappling with in my life or the kids are in their lives or just something
that is a matter of interest to me or my kids (i.e. when my middle son was
taking interest in the guitar, or egg hatching etc.) somehow, the same exact
thing that comes up in our lives here seems to pop up as a thread on one of
the many yahoo groups I am on! :)

So thank you Sandra and everyone! :)
Patti and the boys (Chris 13, Matthew 7, Anthony 6)
Life Long Learning Academy
http://www.life-long-learning-4-all.com/index.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Inclusivity/
"For no matter where knowledge and learning come from - no matter
what shape, size, or dimension it assumes - it still is what it is,
knowledge and learning. Therefore knowledge and learning should
always be embraced." ~ unknown

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