The Reality Slap: Finding Peace and Fulfillment When Life Hurts:

I am currently reading another one of Russ Harris’ great books called The Reality Slap: Finding Peace and Fulfillment When Life Hurts. This is a great self-help book based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

In the pages of this book Harris outlines a strategy to help people deal with any sort of “reality gap” (the gap between the reality we’ve got and the reality we want). Whether your “reality gap” comes in the form of divorce, death, disability, illness, injury, depression, anxiety or addiction, there are four steps that can help you find peace and fulfillment.

These steps are:
        1.    Hold yourself kindly.
        2.    Drop the anchor.
        3.    Take a stand.
        4.    Find the treasure.

I’ll be sharing more about these four steps over the next few weeks. In the mean time feel free to pick up your own copy of the book and follow along. Available through Amazon.com. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments.

Love opens up endless possibilities!

Only by loving a person can we undersand them!

Only by loving a person can we help them reach their potential!

Something to think about!

“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his
personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human
being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits
and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is
potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized.
Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to
actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of
what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.”   
―     
Viktor E. Frankl,        Man's Search for Meaning