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	<title>Comments on: Reptilian brain, meet life.</title>
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	<description>Sarah Marie Lacy is an artist who paints moody landscapes and delicate figures in oils and acrylics.</description>
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		<title>By: Wormy</title>
		<link>http://smlacyart.com/reptilian-brain-meet-life/comment-page-1/#comment-899</link>
		<dc:creator>Wormy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmm, my heart is with you lovely. Sucky and so hard this.

I&#039;m wishing you a moment to realise that this is you, right now and completely perfectly okay in this moment of stuck.

I&#039;m tempted to say take a moment to be stuck and really let it sink in. You&#039;re stuck, so what&#039;s surrounding you that can entertain you whilst you slowly become unstuck? Beautiful scenery? (if you&#039;re stuck in mud for instance - there might be mountains or a stream) or some lovely wildlife - birds, dragonflies etc. Or if you&#039;re stuck in concrete - awe inducing technology and wonderful structures being built up around you?

I&#039;m not sure - that&#039;s definately not a should, simply a suggestion that sometimes the flow of life is to get stuck and once stuck, sometimes it helps to focus on something other until the stuck doesn&#039;t seem so important.

Kinda like distracting a screaming, tantrum throwing two year old with sweeties or a new toy...

Hugs to you xx
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm, my heart is with you lovely. Sucky and so hard this.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m wishing you a moment to realise that this is you, right now and completely perfectly okay in this moment of stuck.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m tempted to say take a moment to be stuck and really let it sink in. You&#8217;re stuck, so what&#8217;s surrounding you that can entertain you whilst you slowly become unstuck? Beautiful scenery? (if you&#8217;re stuck in mud for instance &#8211; there might be mountains or a stream) or some lovely wildlife &#8211; birds, dragonflies etc. Or if you&#8217;re stuck in concrete &#8211; awe inducing technology and wonderful structures being built up around you?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure &#8211; that&#8217;s definately not a should, simply a suggestion that sometimes the flow of life is to get stuck and once stuck, sometimes it helps to focus on something other until the stuck doesn&#8217;t seem so important.</p>
<p>Kinda like distracting a screaming, tantrum throwing two year old with sweeties or a new toy&#8230;</p>
<p>Hugs to you xx<br />
.-= Wormy&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://thesecretlifeofwormhill.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/in-praise-of-the-negative/" >In Praise of the Negative</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Ginny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Sarah,

I know exactly what you&#039;re talking about - my lizard brain does the same thing to me all the time - what has worked for me the best is quite simply telling it Fuck off (excuse french, but strong words were necessary). It seems to be slowly getting the message and doesn&#039;t seem to want to intefere as much anymore. When it does pipe up (every day) I just remind myslef that this is what it does, and ignore it, or use the above expression. I&#039;m sure it looks hurt as it slinks away but I steadfastly fail to pay attention to it and am much happer, more relaxed and more productive since I started getting serious with it. Can&#039;t believe I let it fool me for, oh, only about 25 years or so!!!

Two letters, girl. FO. You have flights to fly and happiness to have!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Sarah,</p>
<p>I know exactly what you&#8217;re talking about &#8211; my lizard brain does the same thing to me all the time &#8211; what has worked for me the best is quite simply telling it Fuck off (excuse french, but strong words were necessary). It seems to be slowly getting the message and doesn&#8217;t seem to want to intefere as much anymore. When it does pipe up (every day) I just remind myslef that this is what it does, and ignore it, or use the above expression. I&#8217;m sure it looks hurt as it slinks away but I steadfastly fail to pay attention to it and am much happer, more relaxed and more productive since I started getting serious with it. Can&#8217;t believe I let it fool me for, oh, only about 25 years or so!!!</p>
<p>Two letters, girl. FO. You have flights to fly and happiness to have!</p>
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		<title>By: Debra</title>
		<link>http://smlacyart.com/reptilian-brain-meet-life/comment-page-1/#comment-897</link>
		<dc:creator>Debra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Sarah,
I think you are doing wonderfully.  I just watched your video blogs Watching Paint Dry and thought they were brilliant.  You have a warm presence with youthful exuberance that is refreshing.

Even in your darkest days, acceptance of the gift you have probably helps drag you back.

Your work is wonderful.  Good luck with the move. Happy days are around every corner.

Cheers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Sarah,<br />
I think you are doing wonderfully.  I just watched your video blogs Watching Paint Dry and thought they were brilliant.  You have a warm presence with youthful exuberance that is refreshing.</p>
<p>Even in your darkest days, acceptance of the gift you have probably helps drag you back.</p>
<p>Your work is wonderful.  Good luck with the move. Happy days are around every corner.</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
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		<title>By: Kal</title>
		<link>http://smlacyart.com/reptilian-brain-meet-life/comment-page-1/#comment-896</link>
		<dc:creator>Kal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good day Sarah,

I find myself wondering over to your blog and getting &quot;stuck&quot; reading the many interesting, humour-filled and caring words.

What you should do is...Sorry I couldn&#039;t resist :-)

What I have found when my &quot;stuck&quot; comes along for the hour, day or week (fortunately a week is the maximum play time it gets with me) is to let it get on with &quot;stucking&quot; me.

My life has a perpetual habit of radically changing and I for wone would wish that it became &quot;stuck&quot; for a bit in one place so I could get around to achieving some stuff.

Fortunately, this year I have purchased a large hammer and some six inch nails to &quot;nail&quot; it down to a particular place so I can work on it.

So, some welcome &quot;stuck&quot; others fend it off with a broom, go figure?
.-= Kal&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://originalpurity.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/achieve-your-dreams-workshop/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Achieve Your Dreams Workshop&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good day Sarah,</p>
<p>I find myself wondering over to your blog and getting &#8220;stuck&#8221; reading the many interesting, humour-filled and caring words.</p>
<p>What you should do is&#8230;Sorry I couldn&#8217;t resist <img src='http://smlacyart.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>What I have found when my &#8220;stuck&#8221; comes along for the hour, day or week (fortunately a week is the maximum play time it gets with me) is to let it get on with &#8220;stucking&#8221; me.</p>
<p>My life has a perpetual habit of radically changing and I for wone would wish that it became &#8220;stuck&#8221; for a bit in one place so I could get around to achieving some stuff.</p>
<p>Fortunately, this year I have purchased a large hammer and some six inch nails to &#8220;nail&#8221; it down to a particular place so I can work on it.</p>
<p>So, some welcome &#8220;stuck&#8221; others fend it off with a broom, go figure?<br />
.-= Kal&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://originalpurity.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/achieve-your-dreams-workshop/" >Achieve Your Dreams Workshop</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Victoria on Okinawa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victoria on Okinawa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I so relate with you! I wonder sometimes about the same things you shared here! I try to trust that God will work it all out in time, but I do get impatient with myself. Thank you for sharing your honest feelings and your wonderful word images they spoke volumes to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I so relate with you! I wonder sometimes about the same things you shared here! I try to trust that God will work it all out in time, but I do get impatient with myself. Thank you for sharing your honest feelings and your wonderful word images they spoke volumes to me.</p>
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