Brightsided and Barbara Ehrenreich goes specifically against Americans idea about being positive upbeat and cheerful at all times. I love the fact how she discusses the fact that Cancer is not a gift and that it is okay to be angry with what is happening with you and what hoops you have to jump through with it. What is interesting is when you think of physics and the placement of thought it is not possible to just want something so badly that will alone will make it happen no matter how positive you are. As a healthcare worker, I find the thought of people who remove someone from their group because they have reached the end stage of Cancer to be appaling, even if those people are fighting the disease of Cancer, this is when they should be rallying around a person and their family not bailing on them because they are reaching the end of their life. Everyone’s time on this planet is limited but what you do with that time how you live and even how you die may positively effect those around. Cancer is not a pretty death and not desirable but you can die with grace and hopefully with closure with those you love and if you have done it right knowing that they will be taken care of both emotionally and financially when you are gone and then look forward to seeing them again when it is their time. The idea of being able to attract things to you as she so rightly points out does not mention things like Tsunamis or earthquakes due to the fact that by the logic of attraction those people wanted a Tsunami or earthquake to destroy their homes and loved ones. People also confuse Karma in such a way when they say things like good things happen to good people and that is Karma just getting you for something you did. Karma has been used for generations to treat the “lower class” of people in India horribly because they were obviously terrible people in a former life. Karma is another form of racism, but people do not want to think of it in this manner. What I really like about her is that she sees the flaws in the motivational speakers and positive psychology. She has more of a realistic view and is concerned about people creating a false hope and deluding themselves as well as being taken by charlatans. She brings a well needed perspective to this topic.
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Brightsided and Barbara Ehrenreich goes specifically against Americans idea about being positive upbeat and cheerful at all times. I love the fact how she discusses the fact that Cancer is not a gift and that it is okay to be angry with what is happening with you and what hoops you have to jump through with it. What is interesting is when you think of physics and the placement of thought it is not possible to just want something so badly that will alone will make it happen no matter how positive you are.
As a healthcare worker, I find the thought of people who remove someone from their group because they have reached the end stage of Cancer to be appaling, even if those people are fighting the disease of Cancer, this is when they should be rallying around a person and their family not bailing on them because they are reaching the end of their life. Everyone’s time on this planet is limited but what you do with that time how you live and even how you die may positively effect those around. Cancer is not a pretty death and not desirable but you can die with grace and hopefully with closure with those you love and if you have done it right knowing that they will be taken care of both emotionally and financially when you are gone and then look forward to seeing them again when it is their time.
The idea of being able to attract things to you as she so rightly points out does not mention things like Tsunamis or earthquakes due to the fact that by the logic of attraction those people wanted a Tsunami or earthquake to destroy their homes and loved ones. People also confuse Karma in such a way when they say things like good things happen to good people and that is Karma just getting you for something you did. Karma has been used for generations to treat the “lower class” of people in India horribly because they were obviously terrible people in a former life. Karma is another form of racism, but people do not want to think of it in this manner.
What I really like about her is that she sees the flaws in the motivational speakers and positive psychology. She has more of a realistic view and is concerned about people creating a false hope and deluding themselves as well as being taken by charlatans. She brings a well needed perspective to this topic.
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