I made the collage you see above at the beginning of 2012 to help me sort out some of my personal goals. I feel very grateful that this last year I made more progress than I ever thought possible! First of all, I know I could not have accomplished what I did without my Heavenly Father's help. Other significant sources of assistance were from working the 12 steps with my sponsor, attending AlAnon meetings and a monthly support group.
I am grateful to learn how to better "take care of me" through the following:
"Fearing less, more faith" - I didn't realize how much fear affected my life until I started developing more faith in the Lord being in charge. No wonder I was so scared when I thought I was in charge of everyone and everything!
"Learn...trust" - learning to trust that other people could help me with challenges and what that feels like was another great lesson.
"Think" - to be able to change my attitudes and coping behaviors which I have done all my life, definitely requires that I think and make a conscious choice about my response to a situation rather than just reacting in the same destructive way I always have.
"Slower, better" - I have found stress to be toxic so I have worked hard to slow down so I can think and be more aware of my feelings and choices.
"Happy hoop" - I want to remember to stay in my happy hula hoop with the focus on taking care of myself rather than trying to control or fix other people.
"Set boundaries" - I never thought I would be able to do this! I am very grateful to begin learning how I can accomplish this.
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You do seem to have an amazing ability to learn and make changes. Very impressive.
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