THIS WAS  INCLUDED IN PART, PER  THE 4TH/FINAL EDITION — “THE FINAL CUT” OF THIS BOOK … SEE BLOG POST DATED 3/19…

I was going to church for so many years Hoping and Praying all these Horrible Feelings of Anxiety and Depression would just leave me… It was such a long arduous road of pain I went through for, yeah, 25 years in my Life.  But I Truly Believe this eventually led me to that radio station in 2002, at age 46, where a Lady ( I call her my Angel) was talking; a Significant Sufferer as I was… She was like Me, or was Me I thought as She was relating beautifully with sufferers…  I found out later, She Prayed to God saying, if She ever found her way out of this suffering, She would dedicate her Life to Help Others.  That is what She did…

So I threw all my eggs into this final basket (getting her program), Knowing, if this did not work, That’s It! … I would be a Gonner at age 46, NO DOUBTS!!!  I Just Could Not Continue on this road of nothing but pain, with this negatively entrenched mind going on!  So I started doing it Immediately, not sure things would improve, but Trying none the less…  Seriously, as stated in previous Blog post…about a month and a half later, I dropped down and cried like a baby, Knowing that I was Finally seeing Light at the end of this, endless tunnel of pain I was in.  This was Truly the First Time I Ever felt Positivity roll through me Automatically and Naturally!!  That was a moment I Will Never Forget !!! … But Yes, I made some serious Mistakes as I was migrating through the Process, way too fast actually for one thing…  Those I share as well in Book, so Others do not make those same mistakes as I did in the Process.

Anyway, eventually I realized those mistakes I made, which drove me back to the program a mandatory 2^nd time through. This time I did it Patiently, per the suggested time frame; and Yes I did miss some Key things/elements along the way per the 1^st time through which added up to a couple crashes of Pain especially when I went through divorce …  but I always knew in those moments what I Had to do to snap out of it… i.e. get back with the Program, 100%.    So, Yes after that full 2^nd time through, I did it a Full 3^rd time to squeeze every bit out of it possible.  During these extended periods of Recovery which I made it into, I did learn a Great Deal actually allowing me to add  additional Key Elements that were Hugely Important for me (!) when I was in depressive states, and which I Know would be Beneficial if not Crucial for Others as well!  This is the area I learned, which I felt needed some shoring up, along with a few other helpful hints/elements added…

As I started feeling like this New Me internally and externally,  with more meaningful :)s going on, Everything in my Life was Changing in such a Positive way! For example… Before, when the workload as an engineer was mounting on the job, my stress level would ramp up accordingly.  Afterwards though, things became much different, where during those “stressful times” at work, I became more Calm than Anyone it seemed :).  Unbelievable :)! Furthermore, I was not beating myself up anymore always thinking, my Best was never good enough, but instead, thinking and Knowing that my Best is more than good enough in whatever I do … Huge Difference!!  Additionally, instead of dealing with stressful circumstances with People in a Passive-Aggressive style, as I did previously, I was beginning to deal with others Assertively instead, as needed, and that I became Very Good at; this is how we all should deal with People in stressful situations… (ref: Section 6.5).

But Even More Special (!), is with this new found Positivity going on within, along with Much More Clarity in thought which came along with that, this allowed me to contemplate matters Most Important in Life as opposed to all so many trivial matters… Looking Up, and Thinking/Saying… Absolutely, Can’t forget about YOU! :)…  And Yes, I did then start tuning more and more into the “Big Picture” I call it in my Book, enhancing my progress in allowing my Faith To Grow…

This is why I often call this Process, a Stepping Stone or an Enhancement of Faith!  And it would absolutely allow any Individual a Quicker Path to allow One’s Faith to Grow, as we put those Positivity Tools/Skills in the Book in play, clearing up Our minds from all the negative clutter allowing Our Thoughts to get Clearer and Clearer.  Isn’t it Very Clear when we are Positive vs. negative, and our thoughts are Clear, Our Connection just seems to be So Much Better then vs. when we are negative? Of Course it Is!  Hence, this Positivity Process allows our Connection with God, to become Stronger and Stronger, and Deeper and Deeper as well!  

As I looked further and compared the Positivity Tools/Skills Process and the Bible, I realized the parallels and uniformity are So Strong and Complete!  That made it Very Clear, why this Total Process is So Effective when One Works This :)!

You will realize as Our Faith Grows, Our fears diminish, and A LOT LESS negative to Positive conversions is then necessary. But Yet those Positivity Tools/Skills provide Us a Whole New Way of Life and Thinking in how we react to Everything, and are Extremely Helpful whenever negativity does creep in, allowing us to quickly squelch that.

In Essence, the Positivity Tools complement/supplement the Bible addressing How Best We can take care of Ourselves based on our Biological and Physiological makeup as humans, not covered within the Bible.   Examples of this includes: Importance of Exercise, Eating well, :)s/laughter… how to breathe Best as humans … how best to deal with our worries as best we can, dealing with those worries of today, and not the worries of tomorrow or thereafter as addressed in the Bible, & providing necessary Details regarding such matters…

So Yes, Recovery or Improving Our Positive Selves and Well Being, does Require (in my opinion at least :)), a Balancing of Our Minds, Bodies, and Spirit (Our Faith/Our Soul)…

Below my name, is the existing paragraph in the Book addressing those parallels mentioned. It could have been expanded some as stated above, as additional revelations really came to light after writing the Book’s Final Edition.

Have a Beautiful Day, with plenty of :)s !

Ron

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Ref: Section 4,  5th paragraph:

“The Positivity Tools & Skills essentially teach us the importance of being and Living through Life with Honesty (towards ourselves and others), Patience, Humility, Forgiveness, and Gratitude to Best Deal With our negativity, and hence, our Anxieties, and Depression. And there are probably other Positive characteristics that are not coming to mind now while writing this.   Now, these are the same character qualities that are emphasized within the Bible on how we should operate as People/ Christians in Life.  I am not going to address any specific and related Biblical verses that apply to these characteristic qualities, but if interested go on-line and do a google search on “Bible verses on…”, these qualities mentioned above ( Honesty, Patience, Humility, Forgiveness, and Gratitude).  Well, when I did this myself, I do not have a specific verse count for these respective character qualities, but for each of these entries, the verse count was at least 70 each..  Positively Interesting, Huh :).  Another Positive aspect regarding the included Positivity Tools & Skills Process is, this Process could provide the impetus or incentive to some People, to Help them to possibly begin the process to Positively build up their Foundation/Core, which as addressed, is Essential. “

… and Yes… I did forget about the other Important characteristic … Love of course :).