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⚜️ Type 7 ENTHUSIASM – YOU CAN :
• appreciate each small step you take toward being more & more focused
• learn to be patient with people, & especially with yourself
• set reasonable limits on yourself so others won’t have to
• realize you almost always have choices. But demanding unlimited choices before acting becomes overwhelming, so nothing gets done
• recognize that your internal processes – feelings, patterns of thought, choices of behavior – are far more interesting than any external stimuli you’ve been chasing
• trust your heart as much as your head. You can have all emotions – briefly, and you can handle the unpleasant ones !

⚜️ Type 7 FLEXIBILITY  – I can sit with (rather than escape from) the discomfort or pain of a situation, accept that it’s part of life, & know that these feelings won’t last forever
Self-Statement: Sit, Be, Feel, Stay!

⚜️ Type 7 GENEROSITY of Spirit – Your enthusiasm is contagious, willing to share your ideas & listen to others’. You’ll even sacrifice your own need- for-gratification, especially to benefit the group. But these are more ego-based – to excite & stimulate yourself or to feel a little ‘better than’.
True generosity comes from accessing your own capacity for an honest, deep feeling of sensitivity & compassion for others. It means developing your ability to stay focused rather than escaping – especially when sad, anxious or stressed.

⚜️ Type 7 GRATITUDE – Obvious idea: Feel grateful for all the times you’ve been able to stay with uncomfortable feelings, rather than avoid them.
Not-obvious idea: Name one thing in your life that you care about so deeply that your interest in it is self-sustaining. Sit with gratitude for this (positive) passion – which proves you can stay focused – when something touches your heart.

⚜️ Type 7 INVOLVEMENT – You can be highly engaged with ideas, activities, individuals, & groups – that stimulate you. But ASK:
* Do I know the difference between being stimulated vs. true involvement?
* What happens when I get involved & then get bored?
* Am I focused on the desires, intentions & motivations of others – as much as on my own need for excitement?

⚜️ Type 7 MOTIVATION – Hang on to you inner motivation even when ——> what you’re doing might limit some options & choices, when no one is really listening to all your wonder-ful ideas, or when something stressful or painful has happened.

⚜️ Type 7 PERSPECTIVE – Rose-colored lenses : opposite of Type 6, but somewhat like Type 2s. Remember that everything is not nearly as pretty or amusing as you want it to be, just because you keep wanting to run from anything unpleasant. The 2s see that way to stay connected to others, you see that way to keep having fun – no matter what.
Remedy: Get lenses that do not filter out the gritty parts of life

⚜️ Type 7 PROSPERITY – Move from meaningless pleasure to grounded prosperity. Learn about & accept that there’s a real difference between temporary pleasure masquerading as prosperity, vs. solid, deeply rewarding well-being & riches that last.

⚜️ Type 7 RESPONSIBILITY – You are over-responsive to pleasure and stimulation, over-sensitive to pain (that is, by avoiding it), and under-responsive to your own interior life, being still & experiencing deeply.
It’s hard for you to focus for longer periods – out of boredom, fear, resentment…. so you don’t always live up to your responsibilities.

⚜️ Type 7 SPONTANEITY – you may think you are because you say whatever you’re thinking or do whatever excites at the moment. Impulsivity & spontaneity – are not synonyms. Being fully present “in the moment” means staying in touch with what’s happening internally, including emotional distress.

⚜️ Type 7 VISION – Thinking of creative possibilities is an important part of a vision, but not an idea anyone can easily follow. A possibility that’s not fleshed out is like a skeleton without muscle & too many possibilities will be confusing . Daydreaming a vision without a practical way of achieving it is like falling in love with the idea of a person rather than the person themself! Pick a vision you really believe in and stick with it.

⚜️ Type 7 WILLINGNESS – Be willing to do some small undramatic things that may not feel exciting very much – or at all, but are just as important. Focus long enough to do the opposite of your impulses – to forgo your desires, not just delay them. That way your ‘spontaneous’ acts come straight from your heart, offering your gifts to others or the environment.

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