{"id":400,"date":"2010-03-09T22:16:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jambointernational.com\/wordpress.php\/?p=400"},"modified":"2010-03-09T22:16:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T13:16:45","slug":"%ef%bc%93%e6%9c%88%ef%bc%92%ef%bc%90%ef%bc%91%ef%bc%90%e5%b9%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/%ef%bc%93%e6%9c%88%ef%bc%92%ef%bc%90%ef%bc%91%ef%bc%90%e5%b9%b4\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring has returned, with nature beckoning us to learn from her ways.  She is the epitome of patience and uncomplaining movement towards growth \u2013 the kind of growth which, in the end, benefits the earth\u2019s environment.  Each of us has the potential to progress constructively, by choosing \u201cthe middle way.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some of us expect too much of ourselves, trying to grow in ways which we\u2019re not capable of, and getting frustrated, feeling defeated, in the process.  Others have given up, accepting a life of drudgery with little hope, nipping the bud which encourages us to develop into the unique, wonderful being that lies in waiting.  <\/p>\n<p>How does one avoid these two debilitating extremes and move towards positive, REAL, sustaining growth?  I just read an article about Hope Therapy, which aims to help people help themselves by working with their strengths.  It has been effective in combating mild mood disorders, anxiety, and lack of enthusiasm.  The key is to set up concrete, minor, attainable goals which build your confidence in moving towards greater goals.  For example, instead of saying I\u2019m going to be healthier (too general) or I\u2019m going to ride my bicycle across the Europe (too grand), start with I\u2019ll take a 20 minute walk 3 days a week, and then build up from there.  Patience, realism and enacting \u2013 3 keys to becoming the person you want to be.<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring has returned, with nature beckoning us to learn from her ways. She is the epitome of patience and uncomplaining movement towards growth \u2013 the kind of growth which, in the end, benefits the earth\u2019s environment. Each of us has the potential to progress constructively, by choosing \u201cthe middle way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jambointernational.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}