Thoughts for a Lifetime

By B. Louise Bayer

Thoughts for a Lifetime delivers an awareness of self-realization through a chain system, connecting one emotional link to another. Within these pages a journey beings with a formula to follow.

Our journey begins with you as the number one passenger, having been given a key to that most special place your heart and your mind.

There are angels, with umbrellas, offering support and inspiration. So, with the crack of a whip, our horses are ready for direction. Our destination: discovering your you where clarity and understanding reside. Happy Trails!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jul 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504332781

B. Louise Bayer

Here I am living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming thinking, “What can I tell you about my life, and my own experiences? At 84, I am over read on the subject of self-help information. Self-awareness, and being, or becoming more aware of our own behavior, as it relates to ourselves and others, is where my thinking and doing takes me. I’m about moving forward, for acknowledging to addressing today’s problems, and what we can do to make a difference. It’s important! Forget about my education, etc. That’s not what’s going on here. It’s about your life, and what you are going to do with it. At this point, I am only the messenger, offering solutions to the current drug and suicide crisis among our young people, in today’s world; with a pathway to follow. B. Louise Bayer Aka - Louise Martens

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-3277-4 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015907474

Balboa Press rev. date: 7/10/2015

Contents

From Child to Adult

Recognizing Our Feelings

Connecting the Links

1 Our Emotional Well-Being

Our Heart

Our Soul

Our Conscience

Our Angels

Angel Talk

Angelology

Our Spirit

Our Truth

Our Love

Where did the love go?

To Love One Another

Solitude

Suffering and Gratitude

Action over Depression

Taking Nothing Personal

Never Make Assumptions

Doing our Best

Giving and Receiving

Joy and Happiness

Faith and Belief

Fate and Destiny

Our Choices

2 Our Hopes and Goals

Our Introduction

Understanding ourHopes and Goals

Accountability & Responsibility

Wishes & Desires

Commitment

Motivation

Courage

Confidence

Fear and Doubt

Being Prepared

Achieving

Our Intentions

Our Work

Playtime

Partnerships

Our Home

Our Family

Friendship

Community

Our Country

The Journey that Matters

3 Our Physical Well-Being Airtos!

Our Physical Well-Being

What about Guilt

Guilt

Our Body

Our Discipline

Our Mental Outlook

Consistency

Flexibility

Making Lists

Following Through

Thoughtfulness

Time-Out

In-Doors & Out-Doors

Our Activities

Finding Our Balance

Our Recovery

Understanding What We Have&Giving of Ourselves

Procrastination

Procrastination

4 Our Communication Airtos

Our Chain for Communication

Our Disposition

Capturing Our Reflection

Our Reflection

Seeing Ourselves as Others Might See Us

What We Emit & Reveal About Ourselves

Summary of the Above 4 Links

Communicating with Our Partner

Communicating with Our Children

Communicating with Family Members

Communicating with Friends

Communicating with Co-Workers

Communicating with Instructors, Educators, & Guides

Communicating with Acquaintances

Communicating with Other People

Communicating with Strangers

Communicating with People We Hire

How We Acknowledge and Communicate with Our Angels

E=Mc2

The Brain verses the Mind

Our Tool Chest

Our Own Special Journey

5 Our Emotional Growth

Our Emotional Growth

Birth through Babyhood

Self-discovery

Childhood

Gathering Knowledge

Teenage Years

Denial

Young Adult

Acknowledging Our Own Person

Adult

Survival

Middle Adult

Searching

Older Adult

Accomplishments

Middle Age

Adventure

Senior

Acknowledgment

Older Senior

Appreciation

Old Age

Reflection

Centurion

"No Good Thing Ever Dies

Living a Meaningful Life

6 Our Angels Need Us and We Need Our Angels

Introduction

We Have a Soul

Our Soul Needs Care-taking

Our Soul Comes with Caretakers!

Angels are the Communicators

Facing Survival

Temptation

The Gift of Angels

Angel Power

Being, and Staying True to Ourselves

The Gift of Tranquility

We Need Our Angels & Our Angels Need Us

Prayer for a Lifetime

Imaginings to Experience

Can what is Un-see-able… Be believable?

Dedication

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Thoughts for a Lifetime

The thought of myself as a writer never really occurred to me. I didn’t set out to become a writer as such. But, we’re taught by connecting letters we can make words visible, and so becoming our thoughts for all to see. I didn’t set out to become an artist either, but forms have a way of connecting us to our psyche.

From my earliest memories and on through my growing up years, through marriage, having children, being a mom, and a homemaker, through trauma; many unanswered questions developed and accumulated over time as to the choices I had made, and why. (The WHY being full of self-honesty!)

What we have before us is a journey of introspection; offering a closer look at our inner-workings. Leaves me wondering, could my quest work for others as well?

Seeking thankfulness for my history by acknowledging the negative side of my life, has become my journey. By allowing a negative to become a positive for the end result, revealing accountability, will be my focus.

Could these thoughts have a connection for others? Look out, company has arrived. Welcome!

With a pen in my hand and a notebook on my lap, looking out over my balcony to the pathway below, there’s a biker with a dog trailing, shadows are becoming longer; in the distance there’s a highway with cars coming and going; every life going in a direction, pursuing a destination. Questions abound! Is life full of missions pointing us in directions of fulfillment and purpose?

Once purpose is recognized, what then? Does recognition turn into commitment? This could be The Wizard of Oz all over again!

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From Child to Adult

As a child, how do we get to know who we are? While growing up under the influence of our caretakers, all we knew how to do was to react to their treatment of us, or the direction they would give us according to their upbringing.

Expressing our feelings at this young age was to show us as being eager to please, or otherwise, to be happy, or otherwise. All the while, we may have been feeling scared, fearful, hurt, or unsure. As long as we are reacting to the ways of others; how are we ever going to get to know who we are? We’re learning quite a bit about ourselves through the eyes of others, positive or negative, creating much confusion about how we feel, and how we feel about the others in our lives.

At this young age, most of us are not equipped with the maturity of understanding the circumstances of others. Our thoughts were, more than likely, trying to figure out how we could fit in. Just when do we start to think of ourselves as individuals? And where do we acquire this knowledge of ourselves?

There are things about oneself, like a mystery, asking to be revealed. Curiosity opens many paths for us to explore. Our curiosity will lead us to where we will find ourselves. And to find oneself is to find one’s treasure. But we’re not there yet!

What seems like one miracle after another coming from the sky above and the earth below; what are we learning about ourselves? What is Mother Nature teaching us? Appreciation and gratitude would be a good start. We are beginning to see beyond ourselves along with the beauty and knowledge of nature. But, a beautiful sunset can be followed by a devastating tornado.

The earth is ever changing, and I am changing too! I am becoming me.

Whatever age we might be in, a continuous light